Canadian households are worth more than their American counterparts by a strong margin for the first time, according to a report.

According to the report by the Toronto Globe and Mail, with a net wor

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran diplomats to be the next ambassadors to Afghanistan and Pakistan, two highly sensitive positions vacated when envoys recently resigned.

Obama named

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday offered a gloomy view of the economy's prospects, but provided few concrete clues on whether the U.S. central bank was moving closer to a fresh round o

Officials of HSBC Holdings Plc pledged to a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday that the bank is changing the way it polices illicit funds, but senators were skeptical the bank could deliver on promises it h

Ramping up the pressure on Obama Administration to designate the Haqqani network as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives has passed a bill through voice

Kitty Wells, the “Queen of Country Music” who broke down barriers in the 1950s to women in the genre, died Monday at her home in Nashville, Tennessee, a source close to the family said. She was 92.

There's nothing like a little booing to help the first couple overcome their shyness.

US President Barack Obama will not concede industries of the 21st century to China, India or Europe, a top presidential aide has said as he defended the administration's loan guarantee programme.

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Mitt Romney defied mounting pressure from President Barack Obama and even some Republicans to release more tax returns, as the White House battle grows increasingly acrimonious.

Romney on Monday las

A top Pentagon official assigned to work with India to streamline and ease high-tech exports and necessary bureaucratic hurdles is visiting India later this month.

The Deputy Defence Secretary, Ash