The US Senate votes through a bill which aims to punish china for keeping its currency artificially undervalued.

Michael Jackson could not have given himself the powerful anaesthetic that caused his death, the doctor who performed the singer's autopsy testifies.

The president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, sets out a plan to support the eurozone and its banks.

A Nigerian accused of trying to bomb a US-bound flight on Christmas Day 2009 tells his trial he is changing his plea to guilty.

Blackberry users on both sides of the Atlantic are now unable to use many of its smartphone services.

Two leading credit rating agencies downgrade some of Spain's largest banks, citing a deteriorating outlook for the Spanish economy.

When it comes to vitamins, it appears you could have too much of a good thing, say researchers who have found a link between use and higher death rates among older women.

The captain of a container ship that ran aground off the coast of New Zealand and is leaking fuel oil has been arrested and charged, officials say.