CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia said on Friday China had told embassy staff in Beijing they would not be allowed access to all parts of the trial of four Rio Tinto staff on charges of bribery and stealing commercial secrets.
"The government's disappointment has been registered with Chinese officials in Beijing ...More
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of opposition activists in Thailand vowed on Friday to press ahead with anti-government protests, preparing for a new drive to win over Bangkok's politically powerful middle classes.
The demonstrators remained at their base in Bangkok's historic heart, dancing to live folk music, listening ...More
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The quartet of Middle East peace negotiators on Friday condemned Israeli plans for new settlements in East Jerusalem, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said.
Reading out a statement from the quartet, Ban said the negotiators were also concerned by the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Secretary of State ...More
ATHENS (Reuters) - A makeshift bomb damaged the office of a far-right group in central Athens early on Friday but no one was hurt, police said.
"A makeshift time-bomb exploded outside the office of Golden Dawn, there are no injuries," a police official said.
Police said there was no claim of ...More
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Sarah Palin is closer to landing a deal for a reality show.
Sources say A&E Networks and Discovery Communications want to acquire Palin's project, which focuses on the ex-governor giving a guided tour of her native Alaska -- visiting fishing boats and taking a trip ...More
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand banker defrauded clients of $13 million to fund a lavish lifestyle of prostitutes, property and wine, local media reported on Friday.
Stephen Gerard Versalko, 52, was convicted of stealing NZ$17.8 million from the clients of his employer, ASB Bank, and jailed for six ...More
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour was named on Thursday to anchor the ABC News' Sunday morning program "This Week" starting in August, after 27 years as an international correspondent for CNN.
Amanpour, 52, was hired to replace George Stephanopoulos, the former White House aide who became the new ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, under pressure to keep a campaign promise to revamp U.S. immigration policy, embraced a "promising, bipartisan framework" on Thursday offered by two senior senators.
Obama said the proposal by Democrat Charles Schumer and Republican Lindsey Graham, which features a new identification card for U ...More
By Allyn Fisher-Ilan and Arshad Mohammed
JERUSALEM/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Israel tried to defuse a dispute with the United States on Friday over plans to expand settlements, saying it would propose "confidence-building" steps to the Palestinians to encourage a renewal of peace talks.
Relations between Israel and its the United States ...More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. safety officials believe driver error may be behind the crash in New York of a Toyota Motor Corp Prius that has been investigated as a possible case of unintended acceleration, federal investigators said on Thursday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said that an analysis ...More
