Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner (2003-2007) died on Wednesday of heart attack, local media reported.

Nestle USA has announced a voluntary recall of some candy product that may contain undeclared peanuts, the CBS reported on Monday.

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a draft resolution calling on the United States to immediately end its decades-long trade embargo against Cuba.

The cost of successive massive protests over the government's pension reforms stood at 4 billion euros (5.6 billion U.S. dollars) in a way to hit the tepid recovery of Europe's second economy, local media reported on Monday.

 Haiti cholera deaths rose on Sunday above 250 but the number of new infections and fatalities began to taper off, offering hope the epidemic might have been contained.

The skipper of a small Dutch ferry capsized after a collision with a German freighter near Amsterdam Friday may be the only victim, according to local police.

Deliberations on Macedonia's membership in NATO can start once its name dispute with Greece is resolved, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday during a one-day visit here.

Apple Inc. on Wednesday showcased the latest version of the operating system runs on its Macintosh computers and launched new model of its ultrathin MacBook Air notebook, in moves to boost the company's Mac business.

Daily consumption of coffee or tea may reduce chances of developing brain cancer, said a new study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Chancellor George Osborne has unveiled the biggest UK spending cuts for decades, with welfare, councils and police budgets all hit.

France has begun importing electricity as the wave of strikes against pension reforms takes hold of energy supplies.

Typhoon Megi cleared the Philippines' main island and headed toward China on October 19, and authorities said initial estimates showed around 105,000 tons of the region's unmilled rice crop had been damaged.

The World Bank warned Tuesday that capital inflows into fast-growing East Asian economies have inflated regional currencies and could threaten growth by making exports less competitive.

 Workers clean the area near the remains of a bus and another vehicle in San Luis Potosi, outside Queretaro, Mexico, on Oct. 18, 2010. At least 21 people were killed on Monday when a bus crashed with a truck carrying industrial waste. (Xinhua/Victor Lopez)