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Kiev  – The death toll from a swine flu outbreak in Ukraine rose to 34 on Saturday, as the government announced new measures to control the spread of the virus.

New York  – CIT Group, a critical lender to small businesses in the United States, sealed a last minute rescue deal with billionaire investor Carl Icahn, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.But the bank remained at risk of bankruptcy and was likely to make its application in court as early as Sunday or Monday, the [...]

New York – Amgen Inc, the worlds largest biotechnology company, is being sued by 15 US states after an investigation into an alleged nationwide kickback scheme that aimed to boost sales, New York’s attorney general said Friday.

Victoria, Canada/Washington  – Olympic gold medal winners Catriona Le May-Doan and Simon Whitfield led off the longest domestic Olympic torch relay in history Friday which will end in Vancouver before the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.

Washington  – Windows 7’s headline features naturally get all the attention. If you’ve read anything about Microsoft’s latest operating system, you probably already know that Windows 7 is faster, more compatible, and less annoying than Windows Vista. But Microsoft has also sneaked quite a few less visible but still noteworthy features into Windows 7. Here [...]

Washington  – Botswana President Seretse Khama is expected to visit US President Barack Obama next Thursday, when the two leaders are to discuss sound governance, economic development and natural resources conservation, the White House said Friday.

New York  – Billionaire Michael Bloomberg looks set to win an unprecedented third four-year term as New York mayor on Tuesday while setting an all-time spending record by a candidate using his own money.

Erfurt, Germany  – A last-minute crisis nearly robbed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party of power in one of Germany’s states on Friday – before legislators in Thuringia appointed a Merkel supporter as state premier.

Berlin  – Germany plans to stop giving development aid to China, Economic Assistance Minister Dirk Niebel said in a newspaper interview on Friday.

Paris  – French pharmaceuticals giant Sanofi-Aventis said Friday that its net profits, calculated at constant exchange rates, rose by 7.7 per cent in the third quarter of 2009, to 2.229 billion euros (3.31 billion dollars), compared to the same period last year.