Obama opens long-delayed visit to Australia
2011-11-16 14:50:59
US President Barack Obama has finally fulfilled his promise to visit Australia.
Canada seeks to raise energy exports to China
2011-11-16 14:45:29
Canada's energy cooperation with other countries will have no effect on its desire to increase energy exports to China, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver said Tuesday.
Guatemala announces ex-president's extradition to Us
2011-11-16 11:19:05
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom announced the extradition of former President Alfonso Portillo to the US, where he will face money laundering charges.
Wal-Mart Q3 profit below estimates
2011-11-16 11:02:37
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. saw its Q3 profit below analysts' estimates as it cut prices to boost sales.
Police clear Occupy Wall Street protesters
2011-11-16 10:15:53
Police in NYC cleared up Zuccotti Park after Occupy Wall Street protesters encamped for two months.
NY police evict anti-Wall Street protesters
2011-11-16 10:08:59
Wearing helmets and wielding batons, New York police evicted Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park early on Tuesday, two months after they set up camp and sparked a national movement against economic inequality.
Facebook attacked by unsolicited porn, violent videos
2011-11-16 07:01:56
Unsolicited porn and violent videos are spreading across Facebook in a likely widespread spam attack.
Android captures 52% of global smartphone market
2011-11-16 06:30:20
Android operating system accounted for 52.5 percent of the global smartphone market in Q3 this year.
NYC residents plan anti-Occupy Wall Street protest
2011-11-15 10:47:42
A group of lower Manhattan residents in the US city of New York planned to protest the Occupy Wall Street at City Hall late Monday.
Canada releases hard-to-forge plastic bills
2011-11-15 09:55:23
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada and chairman of the Financial Stability Board, holds the new C$100 bill made of polymer in Toronto November 14, 2011.
Secret Google technology lab unveiled
2011-11-15 05:23:03
Google is running a secret research lab in the San Francisco Bay Area where it experiments and invents what may be world-changing future technologies.
US top court to hear Obama healthcare law
2011-11-15 03:41:46
The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide the fate of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, with an election-year ruling due by July.