A secretive Hong Kong-based subsidiary of China's State Administration of Foreign Exchange, manager of the world's largest foreign exchange reserves, has bought stakes in three of Australia's largest banks, raising fresh questions about transparency of China's sovereign wealth investments in international markets.
Sweeping powers to intervene in failing banks are to be given to the Financial Services Authority as part of a regulatory shake-up by Alistair Darling, chancellor of the Exchequer, to avoid a repeat of the Northern Rock crisis.
NEW YORK - A happy heart just might be a healthier one as well, new research suggests.
Violence in Kenya has blocked food aid shipments to the rest of the region, the United Nations World Food Programme said on Thursday, delaying supplies to nearby Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
VATICAN CITY - A landmark meeting between Catholic officials and Muslim scholars that aims to spur dialogue between Christianity and Islam is planned to take place in Rome this spring, a senior Vatican official said.
DETROIT - An Indian car maker that will unveil the world's cheapest car next week may soon produce two of the world's premier brands as well.
The man behind the record rise in oil prices to $100 a barrel was a lone trader, seeking bragging rights and a minute of fame, market watchers say
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Public Security Minister Avi Dichter announced on Tuesday the government's official policy regarding Jewish prayer on the site of the Holy Temple. He made it quite simple: "Jews may pray on their holiest site - but only in their heart."
More than 20 girls between 13 and 15 become pregnant every day, figures show.
The cost of each visit to the petrol station has risen by £7.36 since this time last year, it has been revealed.
UK doctors' leaders warned people struck down by a violent stomach bug sweeping the country not to return to work as GPs reported yesterday that they were 'inundated' with sufferers.
COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's 25-year civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels will likely escalate into the bloodiest period of fighting the island has seen after the government scrapped a tattered truce, experts said.
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan put off its general election by 6 weeks to February 18 on Wednesday following the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, over the objections of the main opposition parties which fear a delay will work against them.