South Africa will host the 17th conference of parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2011, the chair of the Copenhagen climate talks, Connie Hedegaard, said on Wednesday. The 2010 conference will take place in Mexico
Volkswagen is in talks to buy a stake in Japan’s Suzuki Motor in a deal that would create the world’s largest carmaking alliance.Osamu Suzuki, Suzuki’s chief executive, on Wednesday confirmed long-circulating rumours that that the groups were negoti
Ignored, marginalised or despised in many countries, wastepickers from Asia, Latin America and Africa have come together in Copenhagen to lobby for recognition as unsung heroes in the fight against climate change. An estimated 15 million people arou
SEOUL A rift between the United States and over the future of a military air station on Okinawa widened Tuesday, as Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada told Japanese media that talks on relocating the base have been suspended.The report offers addition
SEOUL President Obama's special envoy to traveled Tuesday to Pyongyang to find out whether the North Koreans, after a long bout of provocative behavior, are willing to return to international talks aimed at dismantling their nuclear weapons.Bearin
Investor sentiment took a knock on Tuesday after the Dubai government said talks to restructure a troubled state-backed conglomerate at the centre of the emirate’s financial crisis could drag on beyond a previously requested deadline.Abdul Rahman al
An unofficial delegation of Tibetans, the first to attend UN climate talks, said Tuesday that global warming and China's environmental policies threatened Himalayan glaciers providing water to more than a billion Asians. Tibet, the world?s largest a
TOKYO - A report says high-level talks between the United States and Japan on the relocation of an American military base have been suspended. Kyodo News agency quoted Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada Tuesday as saying the U.S.-Japan working
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