Workers reopened a major highway in southwestern China that was destroyed by a massive earthquake in May, speeding up rebuilding efforts, state media said Wednesday.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's foreign minister has quit, local media reported on Wednesday, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej a day after he invoked emergency rule against protesters seeking to unseat him.
An independent Albanian TV station on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Sali Berisha of trying to gag media critics after it was fined over an anti-government advertisement.
Sep 1 - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is feted by Russian media for saving a television crew from attack by an Amur tiger in the wilds of the Far East.
The convictions of two former Bank of China managers and their wives for money laundering and racketeering in the United States will send a warning signal to Chinese officials on the risks of corruption, state media said.
BOSTON (Reuters) - Apple Inc has set the stage for new iPod music player launches -- and potential price cuts -- with a media invitation to a "Let's Rock" event next Tuesday that has been widely anticipated by Apple fans.
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.
