Protesters marched in Nepal's capital on Monday, carrying an effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing their giant neighbor of imposing an economic blockade and meddling in internal politics over the adoption of a new constitution.
Tension between the...
Face-to-face for the first time in nearly a year, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday will confront rising tensions over Moscow's military engagement in Syria, as well as the stubborn crisis in Ukraine.
Underscoring their deep...
U.S. cable company Comcast Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy a 51 percent stake in Osaka-based theme park operator USJ Co for $1.5 billion.
Comcast said in a statement Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Seoul-based private equity firm...
Royal Dutch Shell has abandoned its Arctic search for oil after failing to find enough crude in a move that will appease environmental campaigners and shareholders who said its project was too expensive and risky.
Shell has spent about $7...
Oil prices eased on Monday, paring some of last week's 2 percent rally, despite evidence of slowing U.S. production and a fourth weekly increase in U.S. investor holdings of crude futures.
High oversupply and concern about demand growth in emerging...
Metals firm Alcoa Inc said on Monday it would split into two publicly traded entities, acknowledging that its legacy aluminum operations and higher-value and automotive businesses were diverging and no longer compatible.
New York-based Alcoa's traditional smelting business has been...
BEVERLY HILLS, September 28, (THEWILL) – Africa’s foremost cement manufacturer, Dangote Cement, said on Monday that it is set to commission its new 3.0 million metric tonnes per annum cement plant located in Mtwara District of Tanzania on October...
Throughout last week, we were treated to the “telemundo” featuring the dramatis personae of a certain Mr. Saraki, President of the Nigeria’s "hallowed" chamber; ‘frontline’ politician, and two time former governor, and scion of the Saraki ‘politidom’. Medical doctor by...
With the governorship election in Nigeria's oil rich state of Bayelsa just around the corner, it is the opinion of people in the state that incumbent governor, Seriake Dickson has performed creditably well, with the state having prospered under...
For you to make a turbine you have to specifically order for it to be fabricated for you and that could take a couple of years. Then you have to factor in the amount of time the turbines will...