French media and telecommunications giant Vivendi SA said Monday that net profit in the second quarter was little changed as higher earnings at its Canal+ pay-TV operations were offset by a decline in profitability at its SFR mobile telecoms business.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was feted by Russian media on Sunday for saving a television crew from an attack by a Siberian tiger in the wilds of the Far East.
Canada's Mike Weir overcame a stumbling start and tougher course conditions to move two strokes clear early in the Deutsche Bank Championship second round on Saturday.
Chinese police investigating a spate of attacks this month in western Xinjiang province shot dead six suspects and arrested three others, state media reported.
Zimbabwean power-sharing talks, which resumed in South Africa on Friday, have hit a snag over a proposal for President Robert Mugabe and his opposition rival to jointly chair the cabinet, state media reported on Saturday.
Gloucester High School principal Joseph Sullivan, who drew worldwide media attention to his community when he told a reporter in June that a number of teenagers in his school had a pact to get pregnant, abruptly resigned yesterday.
John McCain tapped little-known Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate, two senior campaign officials told The Associated Press on Friday. A formal announcement was expected within a few hours at a campaign rally in swing-state Ohio.
Dozens of anti-government protesters armed with knives, guns and golf clubs stormed a TV station and briefly forced it off the air Tuesday, while thousands more peacefully laid siege to government ministries, witnesses and local media said.
In the lead-up to the Beijing games, the world's media put China under intense scrutiny and a thorough health check-up. Now it's London's turn to get on the examination table.
The FBI is looking into reports in Denver media outlets that a man under investigation for drug and weapons violations may have made threats against Barack Obama, officials said Monday.
(Reuters) - Web-based marketing data company Greenfield Online Inc said a $17.50-per-share offer from an unnamed buyer was superior to a prior bid from media-focused U.S. buyout firm Quadrangle Group LLC.
They're grossly outnumbered by a swarm of Democrats, but national Republicans have set up shop in Denver, hoping to thrust themselves into the media's coverage of the Democratic convention.
Eighty-eight children who were orphaned after a massive earthquake struck central China earlier this year have been made eligible for adoption, state media reported.
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin backed proposals Monday allowing Moscow to renege on some commitments it has made during World Trade Organization accession talks, state media reported.
