ANGOLA

It's not Shamcey Supsup of Philippines, as an online poll suggested, who named the winner of the Miss Universe 2011 contest. The crown has been awarded to someone who didn't even appear in the list of top 10 voted contestants - Miss Angola, Leila Lopes.

Miss Universe 2011 is is the gorgeous Miss Angola Leila Lopes!

The Miss Universe 2011 swimsuit presentation took place on Thursday night, as the international beauties showed their stuff in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

College graduates in debt-stricken Portugal have been migrating in large numbers to its former colonies such as Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique to find work

Portugal is mired in staggering debt, high unemployment and drastic budget cuts to social services

Here's a bold prediction to feed Western worries that power is shifting inexorably to the East: China's yuan could overtake the U.S. dollar as the world's principal reserve currency as soon as next decade.

El Nino is not only responsible for creating an abnormal warming of ocean waters in the tropical Pacific but it has also influenced ancient civil wars, a new study has found.

When the weather heats up, people get more uncomfortable and perhaps a little testy. But until now, no one has ever accused heat of causing war.

A new study has revealed a stronger evidence for the climate-conflict link, with data showing that tropical countries affected by the El Niño-Southern Oscillation are twice as likely to suffer internal unrest compared to the phenomenon's cooler, wetter counterpart, La Niña.

Civil wars are twice as likely to break out in countries that see severe weather fluctuations because of El Niño, according to a new study published in the journal Nature.

The El Nino climate cycle brings not only high temperatures and dry weather, but also possibly civil wars, a new study claims.Between 1950 and 2004, the risk of civil wars doubled in 90 tropical countries when bit by El Nino every three to seven years, according to a study published in Wednesday's Nature.

China's crude imports from Russia in July plunged 45 percent from a year earlier to 615,193 tonnes, or 144,870 barrels per day (bpd), the lowest level in several years, customs data showed on Monday.

China's buying of West African crude oil is set to rise about 15 percent in September from August, trade sources said on Friday, but overall Asian imports from West Africa will fall due to slower Indian demand.

BP Plc Chief Executive Bob Dudley's pledge of strong long-term growth failed to reassure investors concerned about the company's post-oil spill strategy and second-quarter results well shy of forecasts.

BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley promised long-term growth after a weak performance for the next few months, in an attempt to ease investors' frustration at the oil major's sluggish share price.

“Those who have been involved in war crimes or crimes against humanity will find no haven on our shores,” said Immigration Minister Jason Kenney in Toronto.

Lil Boosie on Thursday was charged in a second instance of smuggling drugs into Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.

The top of the list might shock you: Expatriate cost of living is examined in Mercer's annual study.

Luanda beat out perennials such as Tokyo, Oslo and New York as the city with the highest cost of living.

OPEC just had a meeting that failed to produce any agreement. Saudi Arabia, the biggest producer of the cartel, admitted it was one of the worst meetings in OPEC history.

OPEC talks broke down in acrimony Wednesday without an agreement to raise output after Saudi Arabia failed to convince the oil cartel to lift production.