President Hu Jintao cut short his trip to the G-8 summit as the party boss in China’s Xinjiang Province issued a threat after three days of ethnic violence.
An Australian executive of one of the world’s biggest mining companies is being held by Chinese officials, an Australian government official said Wednesday.
AP - The nation's hospitals will give up $155 billion in future Medicare and Medicaid payments to help defray the cost of President Barack Obama's health care plan, a concession the White House hopes will boost an overhaul effort that's hit a roadblock in Congress.
AP - President Barack Obama joined other leaders of the industrialized world Wednesday in backing new targets for battling global warming. But the wealthy nations were unable to persuade leaders of developing countries to commit to reductions of their own, and their cooperation is critical to avoiding the worst effects of climate change.
The killings of former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his girlfriend have been classified as a murder-suicide that was carried out by the woman, authorities said Wednesday. The bodies of McNair, 36, and Sahel Kazemi, 20, were found in a Nashville condominium on Saturday. McNair was shot in the head and chest, likely as he slept, while Kazemi was shot once in the head, police said.
Michael Jackson's dermatologist did not rule out that he may be the biological father of Jackson's children, and Dr. Arnold Klein denied that he ever gave Jackson dangerous drugs.
In the wake of Michael Jackson's memorial service, the key question of how the pop superstar died remains unanswered, awaiting an official report from the Los Angeles County coroner.