When a former peanut vendor and radical union leader with little schooling became Brazil's president in 2003, many believed Latin America's underperforming giant had shot itself in the foot once again.
Last week hosting the Americans. Next week visiting Russia. China's busy diplomacy amid the economic crisis reflects growing sway that some say has brought the moment for Beijing to don the cape of a full super-power.
The leaders of the world's biggest emerging markets -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- meet in the coming week for their first formal summit, seeking a louder voice on the global stage.
Leaders of Russia, China, India and Brazil do not intend to discuss new global reserve currencies at their first summit in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg on Monday, a top Kremlin aide said on Sunday.
Hundreds of gay men and women, some with rainbow flags painted on their faces, turned out for Shanghai's first gay pride festival on Saturday to celebrate with cocktails, drag shows and a hot body contest.
Pfizer Inc , the world's largest drugmaker, is looking to conclude deals in emerging markets over few months to raise its share of a market estimated at about $80 billion, an executive said on Sunday.
A California software publisher will seek an injunction preventing U.S. companies from shipping computers with Chinese anti-pornography software it says was stolen, the company's president said on Saturday.
A California software company plans to seek an injunction preventing U.S. companies from shipping computers with Chinese anti-pornography software that it claims was stolen, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.
China's plan to enforce internet-filtering software to be installed on all PC's and laptops to be sold in China, may not go as well as it had hoped.
North Korea said Saturday it would start a uranium enrichment program and weaponize all its plutonium in response to fresh U.N. sanctions, prompting the United States to demand that Pyongyang stop its provocative actions.
Rich countries may act on their own to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by developing a carbon market they hope will lure in poor nations even if U.N. climate talks get bogged down, experts said.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Saturday it was too early to start withdrawing stimulus for the world's top economies, but governments should start to outline plans for future fiscal sustainability.
A Chinese submarine accidentally collided with an underwater sonar array being towed by a U.S. military ship, CNN reported on Friday, quoting an unnamed military official.
U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on North Korea for its nuclear test may do little to change the ways of the reclusive state and could prod Pyongyang to stoke tensions with military moves, analysts said on Saturday.
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to pursue attempts to engage Tehran whether hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad or his moderate rival Mirhossein Mousavi ultimately emerges as the winner of Iran's election.
Half of China's bankers think that the current monetary policy is too loose, and 60% of bankers believe the monetary policy will maintain the status quo, according to a survey by the People's Bank of China (PBC) released on Friday.
The National Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) of Nigeria said recently they have seized a large consignment of Chinese-made fake drugs labeled 'Made in India'.
China's U.N. ambassador, Zhang Yesui, said a U.N. resolution on North Korea passed on Friday demonstrated the firm opposition of the world to Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and urged North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program.
Brazil’s mining giant Vale has started iron ore price talks with China, the company released on Friday, two days after it announced agreements with Korean and Japanese steelmakers.
The U.N. Security Council unanimously passed a resolution on Friday expanding sanctions on North Korea over its May 25 nuclear test, carried out in defiance of a previous resolution passed in 2006.
The U.S. government’s agency for international trade will determine by June 18 if certain tire imports from China cause or are threatening to cause market disruption to domestic tire makers and will transmit its findings to President Obama and the U.S. trade representative the next day.
The U.N. Security Council Friday unanimously approved expanded sanctions and a trade and arms embargo against North Korea over its May 25 nuclear test.
