Energy giant Exxon Mobil Tuesday approved a 15 billion US dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea, potentially the largest ever such deal for the impoverished Pacific country. The venture's United States-based lead partner sai
WASHINGTON - A new era in embryonic stem cell research arrived as the government approved 13 batches of the master cells for a study using taxpayer dollars, with dozens more in the pipeline. President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on stem cell re
ADELAIDE, Australia - The Australian government on Thursday approved the extradition of an alleged Nazi war criminal accused by Hungary of a World War II killing. Home Affairs Minister Brendan O'Connor said Australia takes war crimes seriously and w
A bill that would give the Obama administration power to impose sanctions on a broad array of companies involved in providing Iran with gasoline cleared a key congressional committee Wednesday. Separately, a senior U.S. official said the Obama admin
OTTAWA - Canada will be ready to begin H1N1 flu vaccinations next week after the Canadian government approved on Wednesday a H1N1 vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline Plc that will be used for most of the population, federal health officials said. Canad
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc won U.S. approval on Friday to sell a cervical cancer vaccine for girls and young women, while a rival Merck & Co shot was cleared for preventing genital warts in males. Glaxo said the U.S. Food and Drug A
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation to punish foreign oil companies that export gasoline to Iran, marking the first time both chambers of Congress have cleared the same bill imposing economic sanctions on Iran to
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - The governor of Russia's second city of St. Petersburg signed a decree Tuesday allowing the construction of a hulking skyscraper for state energy giant Gazprom in the city's czarist-era center. Valentina Matviyenko said in t
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