Brazil is experiencing its most sustained period of growth ever, with an expanding middle class and social and economic benefits for the poor. Ruth Hi...
Dee Dee Myers was the first woman - and one of the youngest - White House press secretaries. Now, more than a decade after her service in the Clinton ...
Iraqi authorities are defending their handling of a hostage-taking attack Sunday at a Baghdad church. At least 57 people died during the incident, whi...
Thirty years ago this week, Democratic President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale lost their reelection bid to Republican presidential c...
The judge in the New York City trial of accused terrorist Ahmed Ghailani has moved to insulate jurors from all news and information related to terrori...
Environmentalists have warned of a new industrial accident in Hungary that they say could once again threaten villages, towns and even Budapest with t...
Next year will mark the 110th anniversary of a U.S. government agency that is unknown to most Americans. Yet its work affects their everyday lives in ...
India is urging its oil companies to expand overseas to meet the soaring demands of its growing economy. India 's massive dependence on imported oil h...
In the northwestern United States, the city of Seattle requires its residents to separate food waste from the rest of their trash. The food gets recyc...
This year 1.5 million women around the world will be told they have breast cancer. Experts say there is now a 98 per cent rate of survival if the canc...
