Obama picks Pritzker for commerce post

Obama picks Pritzker for commerce post
Draghi urges faith in austerity measures
Japan set for Turkish nuclear deal
Syria rebels see funders run short of cash
North Africa cannot export jihadist problem
Sars-like virus kills five in Saudi Arabia
Sentiment turns against Golden Dawn rhetoric
Fortaleza strikes first goal for Brazil
Objections blight New York bikeshare plan
Funeral held for Bangladesh factory dead

Posted: 02 May 2013 10:46 AM PDT

The US president also tapped Michael Froman, his top international economic adviser, to be US trade representative

Draghi urges faith in austerity measures

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:32 AM PDT

The ECB president said euro area countries had succeeded in cutting deficits in the past two years but average debt had risen to 90.6 per cent in 2012

Japan set for Turkish nuclear deal

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:50 AM PDT

With Abe due to sign an agreement with Erdogan, a deal to build the nuclear plant in Sinop would be economically and symbolically significant for Tokyo

Syria rebels see funders run short of cash

Posted: 02 May 2013 07:04 AM PDT

Financing from networks of well-off individuals is starting to cease as the Syrian conflict escalates, driving smaller groups into shortlived alliances

North Africa cannot export jihadist problem

Posted: 02 May 2013 10:52 AM PDT

Governments try to stop Islamic militants heading to Syria to fight the regime as they could return hardened fighters determined to bring them down

Sars-like virus kills five in Saudi Arabia

Posted: 02 May 2013 08:58 AM PDT

Total deaths in the kingdom this year from the coronavirus reaches six, while two other people are in intensive care

Sentiment turns against Golden Dawn rhetoric

Posted: 02 May 2013 11:11 AM PDT

Police were asked to clear the square on grounds that the neo-Nazi party had not sought permission and that the distribution amounted to an act of racial discrimination

Fortaleza strikes first goal for Brazil

Posted: 02 May 2013 09:07 AM PDT

The Arena Castelão is the first of the south American nation's football stadiums to be finished for the 2014 World Cup

Objections blight New York bikeshare plan

Posted: 02 May 2013 05:48 AM PDT

Arguments make the run-up to the introduction of Citibike more contentious than similar schemes in Paris, London and Washington

Funeral held for Bangladesh factory dead

Posted: 02 May 2013 01:16 AM PDT

Hundreds attend the mass funeral of clothing factory workers, as police say 10 more bodies were recovered overnight, bringing the death toll to 420