PetroChina Co. gained the most in five months in Hong Kong trading as oil rose to a record above $85 a barrel, vaulting the state-owned oil producer over General Electric Co. to become the world's second-largest company.
The German government is using the 2010 soccer World Cup in South Africa, to strengthen its influence over the South African police and military.
London Brent and U.S. crude oil futures rose more than $1 to hit new record highs on Monday, as tension rose between Turkey and Iraq.
A Ministerial Committee decision to renew the excavation by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) at the Rambam (Mughrabi) Gate has been put off due to an appeal by Sports and Culture Minister Raleb Majadele (Labor) to bring the matter before the entire cabinet.
ONE of the world's foremost meteorologists has called the theory that helped Al Gore share the Nobel Peace Prize "ridiculous" and the product of "people who don't understand how the atmosphere works".
A priest has been interviewed by police on suspicion of inciting racial hatred for expressing his Christian views in his parish newsletter.
It is long gone and best forgotten, but the wettest summer on record has left us with an unpleasant legacy. The damp summer and mild autumn have caused an unprecedented outbreak of disease-carrying ticks and fleas.
The triggers for 1987's Black Monday - when Wall Street fell 22.6pc in a single day - are back, writes Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Knesset Member Mohammed Barakeh expressed his anger Sunday morning at a decision reached by the government to allow renewal of a dig at the Rambam (Mughrabi) Gate near the Western Wall.
The Archbishop of Canterbury launched a fierce attack yesterday on the modern cult of atheism and singled out the eminent scientist Richard Dawkins. Dr Rowan Williams responded to critics of religion by arguing that atheists had missed the point and failed to understand what Christians really believe in.
The bluetongue virus has hit the first flocks of sheep in Britain after spreading to a total of 36 farms.
Major banks including Citigroup Inc are looking at setting up a roughly $80 billion fund to buy ailing mortgage securities and other assets, in a bid to prevent the credit crunch from further hurting the global economy, sources familiar with the matter said.
The public health threat posed by obesity in the UK is a "potential crisis on the scale of climate change", the health secretary has warned.
GORDON BROWN commented yesterday, "I BELIEVE WE HAVE SUCCEEDED IN OUR NEGOTIATING OBJECTIVES. IF WE WERE NOT TO ACHIEVE OUR RED LINES, WE COULD NOT ACCEPT THE AMENDING TREATY."
In the opening shot of the battle for Jerusalem, top rabbis of the Hareidi-religious and Jerusalemite communities have joined Rabbi Avraham Shapira's final statement AGAINST DIVIDING JERUSALEM.