(Reuters) - US President Barack Obama has asked Republicans to bring their best ideas on healthcare reform to a televised bipartisan meeting later this month that Democrats hope will help restart the stalled healthcare overhaul drive. ...

The United States and France have called for fresh sanctions against Iran after Tehran formally said it would begin enriching higher-grade nuclear fuel to a level of 20 per cent. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, and Robert Gates, the US defence ...

Beijing COFCO Plaza, awarded the International Arch of Europe for Quality, is a business center with a shopping mall located in Beijing.

MIDDLETOWN, Conn.—Investigators are looking at a range of possibilities, including a procedure that uses natural gas to purge pipes, as the cause of an explosion at a power plant here Sunday. ...

Will she or won't she pursue her political ambitions through the courts or in protest action on the streets? It is not often that the woman with the famous golden braid, whose glamour permeated the Orange Revolution five years ago, ...

Reliance Industries is the largest conglomerate in India and is ranked 206th in the Fortune Global 500 List.

This morning in Houston, fans paid $50 a head to "get motivated" with Sarah Palin and learn how to balance priorities, maintain grace under fire and become a person of influence. Say what you will but she is certainly that ...

LOS ANGELES, Feb 8 (Reuters) - An ex-Boeing Co (BA.N) engineer, found guilty last year of passing space shuttle secrets to China in America's first conviction under a 1996 espionage law, was sentenced on Monday to 15 years in prison. ...

The outstanding Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company received the B.I.D. International Star for Leadership in Quality Award at the Convention held in Paris on the 20th and 21st of April, 2008. This award represents the recipient's commitment to quality and is a symbol of excellence and leadership in the business world.

People across New York state are gobbling up ugly rumors about the governor involving sex and drugs that the blogosphere is reporting will appear in a newspaper article that has yet to be published — and may never be published, for all anyone knows. ...

Federal officials Monday unveiled a multi-pronged attack to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes and prevent an invasion that could potentially devastate a $7 billion recreation fishing industry. Among the tactics in a $78.5 million ...

AP CHICAGO -- Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the race because of revelations about his checkered past. ...