The Congress of Peru on Wednesday approved a bill that would reform the country's private pension system. The bill, which will increase the number of workers while lowering the fees for contributors, was passed with...
British legislators on Thursday approved a parliamentary inquiry into the country's banking industry. The 330 to 226 vote came two days after Prime Minister David Cameron announced that he would initiate the parliamentary...
After finding evidence of inconsistencies Mexico's electoral authorities on Thursday announced that they will recount votes cast in Sunday's presidential election. Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the left wing party Partido de la Revolucion Democratica...
UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance Mutuma Ruteere on Tuesday called on the international community to be wary of signs of racism that could lead to escalated...
A Japanese expert panel on Thursday issued a report claiming that the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was preventable. In the 641-page document the panel claims that the accident was not caused solely by the earthquake...
A Spanish court on Wednesday opened the case against former executives of Bankia , including former IMF-chief Rodrigo Rato , for allegations of fraud, price-fixing and falsifying accounts. The Supreme Court of Spain [official website,...
The Supreme Court of the UK on Monday began its two-day hearing in the case of a 29-year-old individual detained by US officials at an Afghan prison. Yunus Rahmatullah, a citizen of Pakistan, was arrested by British...
The Constitutional Court of Romania on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Victor Ponta and his leftist party, the Social Liberal Union (SLU), of attempting to seize control over the judiciary system. The court announced...
US computer chip maker Intel on Tuesday argued before the EU General Court that the European Commission used flawed and inadequate evidence when it imposed a fine against the company in 2009. Intel...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday called on member states to abolish capital punishment. He welcomed the trend of abolishing the death penalty since the UN General Assembly endorsed a...
