To hear some of Calleja's performances Some opportunities to hear tenor Joseph Calleja: _Recordings: Calleja has released two solo albums, Tenor Arias (2004) ...
China's pledge on greenhouse gases means it would shoulder more than a quarter of the CO2 emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous global ...
POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters Life!) - Kate Winslet returned to the German film studio where she made the Oscar-winning film "The Reader" on Thursday evening to accept the 2009 Bambi Award for best international actress. The British actress, who won the Academy Award ...
Germany's top general quit on Thursday over an air strike in Afghanistan on two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in which dozens of civilians are believed to have died in the resulting inferno. The resignation, announced in parliament by Defence Minister ...
Germany's top general quit on Thursday over an air strike in Afghanistan on two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in which dozens of civilians are thought to have perished. The resignation, announced in parliament by Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg together ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions on Thursday, a carbon intensity goal that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to a summit in Copenhagen next month hoping to aid a global climate deal. The announcement ...
BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany's armed forces and a senior Defense Ministry official were forced to resign on Thursday over reports the military withheld details about a September 4 air strike that killed civilians in Afghanistan. Opposition parties also called ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe's biofuels industry said on Thursday it would lodge a complaint with EU trade authorities against companies they say are evading duties slapped on U.S. biodiesel imports. The European Commission, which oversees trade policy for the 27-nation bloc, imposed ...
FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2009 file picture German defense minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, center, and the inspector general of Germany's military, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, center right, pictured in a Bundeswehr plane on their flight to Kabul, Afghanistan. The inspector general of ...
German defense minister removes military chief over Afghan airstrike fallout The German military's top official was removed Thursday for failing to properly pass on information to political leaders about a September airstrike in Afghanistan that killed civilians. The new defense minister, Karl-Theodor ...
Germany's top soldier and a senior defence ministry official quit on Thursday over a controversial strike in northern Afghanistan in September in which NATO says as many as 142 people died. The resignations, announced in parliament by Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top climate envoy said on Thursday emissions absorbed by carbon "sinks" will not be covered by the country's carbon intensity target, which will be calculated using energy consumption and "production processes." Xie Zhenhua, deputy head of the powerful ...
