Economy & Business
Chile rejects huge hydroelectric project in Patagonia
A government commission rejected an $8 billion proposal to dam Patagonian rivers to meet growing energy demands, handing a victory to environmentalists ...G7 warns Russia of sanctions over Ukraine
Leaders of the G7 industrial nations meeting in Brussels say they are prepared to impose further sanctions on Russia over its actions ...G7 powers meet without Russia in summit snub over Ukraine
The leaders of the powerful G7 industrial nations meet in Brussels Wednesday, intent on maintaining diplomatic and economic pressure on Russia, their ...Indian Minister Munde dies in road accident
Indian Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde died on Tuesday after a head-on road collision in New Delhi, depriving Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...Google offers Europeans a right to be forgotten form to fill out
Google has started accepting requests from Europeans wanting to remove search links to information on them that they find objectionable, following a ...Russia suspends U.S. pig imports over virus fears
Russia said on Thursday it was suspending pig imports from the United States due to concern about outbreaks of the deadly Porcine ...China wants to remove dirty vehicles from the road
China plans to take more than 5 million ageing vehicles off its roads this year in a bid to improve air quality, ...Iran billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud
A billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam in Iran, the largest fraud case since the country\'s ...China and Russia sign historic $400bn gas deal after 10 years of negotiations
After 10 years of negotiations, Russia\'s Gazprom and China\'s CNPC have finally signed a historic gas deal which will provide the world\'s ...Swiss bank pleads guilty to US tax evasion, fined $2.6bn
Swiss bank Credit Suisse pleaded guilty Monday to the charge that it facilitated wealthy Americans who sought to commit tax evasion, becoming ...