Brazil’s rapid expansion has not been underpinned by sound legal systems, as logic has dictated. But they have managed to break out of poverty.
The United States’s Republicans are pitting women against one another in an attempt to distract from the real issues.
<em>The New York Times</em> has revealed that Wal-Mart covered up findings of an internal probe that proved its Mexican subsidiary bribed officials.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has urged Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s regime to protect the 300 ceasefire monitors due in Syria next week.
Singer Jennifer Hudson is one of 300 potential witnesses in the trial of her then brother-in-law, which started on Monday.
Amid weaker than expected data in the US and China, and a flare-up in Europe’s debt crisis, markets will be paying close attention to key statistics.
Among the US states with medical marijuana, Colorado stands out because it has chosen to develop a comprehensive system to regulate marijuana.
TV show host Dick Clark, whose long-running TV dance show helped rock ‘n roll win acceptance in the mainstream US audience has died at the age of 82.
The space shuttle <em>Discovery</em> has made its final voyage a piggyback jet ride to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Virginia.
US and Chinese officials have taken part in war games in bid to prevent military blowout resulting from rising anger over cyberattacks.
Google has been ordered to pay $25 000 for collecting personal information without permission and not cooperating with an investigation into it.
Dozens of tornadoes tore through parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa overnight and one twister killed at least five people.
A dozen Secret Service agents, sent to Colombia to provide security for President Obama have been relieved of duty after allegations of misconduct.
Apple and five publishers have been sued by the United States’s justice department for conspiring to fix the prices of e-books.
Rick Santorum has suspended his bid for the Republican US presidential ticket, leaving Mitt Romney as the party’s likely choice to challenge Obama.
Multi-millionaire African-American movie director Tyler Perry has opened charges against two police officers for alleged racial profiling.
Malawi’s government on Saturday confirmed the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and vowed to adhere to a constitutional transition.
A US Navy F-18 jet has crashed into a block of flats in Virginia Beach, Virginia causing an inferno. Reports of injuries have not yet been confirmed.
The CIA has reportedly held back data from MI5 and MI6 in retaliation for a UK court disclosing details of a Briton held in Guantánamo Bay.
Police have arrested a former student of a California college after he opened fire at the Christian school, killing seven people and wounding three.
The short trading week will end with important US jobs data, with key EU gatherings to keep things interesting till then, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.
Three people have beaten the one-in-176-million chance to win their of "the world’s largest jackpot” prize of $640-million in the US lottery.
Obama proposal is a symbol of the efforts the president and Democrats are making to portray themselves as champions of economic fairness.
Officials drew the numbers for a record jackpot of $640-million in the Mega Millions lottery on Friday night, but had yet to announce the winners.
Tony Blair stands accused of misleading his colleagues over a dispute central to the government’s decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq.
The two countries with the world’s largest economies must co-exist in a relationship and despite their frosty relationship, the future is promising.
The US and China have agreed to coordinate their response if North Korea goes through with a planned rocket launch next month.
Snapshots of EU and US consumer sentiment are due this week, but all eyes in SA will be on the Reserve Bank’s interest rate decision on Thursday.
Rick Santorum won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary on Saturday, adding an 11th state to his total.
US soldier Robert Bales is expected to have 17 counts and murder and six counts of attempted murder charged against him for a massacre in Afghanistan.
The mother of a teen gunned down by a neighbourhood watch captain has told protesters the demand for his arrest is about what’s ‘wrong and right’.
A series of data releases this week will show how the world’s economies are faring in the face of an uncertain future, writes <b>Matt Quigley</b>.