Thousands of people injured in Tuesday’s massive earthquake in the Caribbean country spent another night waiting for help, many lying on sidewalks, as their despair turned to anger. A spokeswoman for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
January 15, 2010
The 27-country bloc has set manufacturers a goal of cutting emissions from new cars by around 15 percent by 2015, after a lengthy battle that pitted environmentalists against auto-making nations France, Germany and Italy. “It can be important to try
Eritrea is seen on the threshold of a mining boom, with hopes it may boost an agriculture-based economy that has suffered from irregular rainfall. The UN voted last year to punish Eritrea for its alleged support of Islamist insurgents in
The value of Japanese trust funds aimed at retail investors rebounded 18 percent in 2009 as global share prices and economies recovered from the previous year’s financial crisis, an industry group announced recently. Japanese individuals, who hold $15trn in savings
February gasoline exports will likely remain steady versus January levels due to high refinery runs, though icy weather has disrupted some cargo flows at northeastern ports, they said. Other than this, the key refineries in the northeast have so far
