
Iran unveils uranium sites, renews defiant tone
With words of defiance, Iran announced two nuclear-related projects Tuesday that expand capabilities to extract and process uranium — modest advances ...
Cyprus to build gas plant with or without Israel
Cyprus' offshore natural gas deposits are enough to warrant the construction of a gas processing plant to export excess supply, regardless of whether ...

NKorea refuses to let SKoreans enter joint factory
In past deadly confrontations between North and South Korea, a jointly operated industrial park stayed open, churning out goods. But in the latest ...
Japan Gas, Technip of France in Russia LNG project
JCG Corp., a Japanese engineering company, and French oilfield services company Technip S.A. have won a contract for a liquefied natural gas plant in ...

NKorea says it is in a 'state of war' with SKorea
North Korea warned Seoul on Saturday that the Korean Peninsula had entered "a state of war" and threatened to shut down a border factory complex ...

Slovakia signs deal to have US Steel stay
The Slovak government and U.S. Steel signed a deal Tuesday that will ensure the American company remains the owner of a steel mill employing thousands ...
Slovak PM visits US Steel, no deal announced
Slovakia's Prime Minister met with U.S. Steel executives in Pittsburgh on Monday to discuss the future of a steel mill in Kosice, but no final ...
Opel employees reject redevelopment plan
Employees at General Motor Co.'s Opel troubled German plant in Bochum have rejected a redevelopment plan, which means production there could end by ...
Myanmar parliament agrees to review constitution
Myanmar's parliament agreed Wednesday to set up a commission to review the pro-military 2008 constitution, a process that could eventually change the ...
Lego plans first China factory as Asian sales leap
Lego is building its first factory in China as part of a plan to move production closer to Asia, its fastest growing market. The Danish maker of ...

Suu Kyi meets more anger over Myanmar mine
With rare hostility, villagers sharply criticized opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday as she traveled in northwestern Myanmar to explain ...

Myanmar villagers unhappy that Suu Kyi backs mine
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi met with rare public scorn while trying to justify an official report endorsing continued operation of a copper ...
Iran: Bushehr nuclear power plant taken off line
Iran's vice president says the Bushehr nuclear power plant has been disconnected from the country's electricity grid because of a mechanical problem.

Asia stocks down on bleak UK factory production
Asian stock markets ran out of steam Wednesday after a sharp drop in Britain's industrial production and a warning from the head of Germany's central ...

Thousands of Greeks protest planned gold mine
More than 10,000 people have taken to the streets of Greece's second largest city to protest a planned gold mine they see as an environmental risk.
Italy protests Bridgestone tire plant closure
Italy's labor minister is criticizing a decision by the Bridgestone tire company to close a plant in southern Italy as "serious and without reason.

Greece: Special units police site of gold clash
Residents of a northern Greek village clashed with authorities during protests against a Canadian company's plans to operate a gold mine in the area, ...

Clashes at Goodyear protest of factory closure
Burning the very fruit of their labor, workers from Goodyear clashed with police outside the tire-maker's French headquarters Thursday in a last-ditch ...
Shell continues liquefied natural gas push in US
Royal Dutch Shell PLC is continuing its push into liquefied natural gas with plans to build two plants that will serve LNG to ships and trucks around ...

Obama nominates 3 to Cabinet-level posts
President Barack Obama signaled his willingness to tackle climate change with his pick of Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, ...

Residents symbolically bury bankrupt Bosnian town
If a town is dying, doesn't it at least deserve a decent funeral? With candles, speeches and an obituary poster reading "Town of Drvar 1883 - 2013," ...

European carmakers to get serious at Geneva show
The Geneva Motor Show has long had a reputation as one of the glitziest stops on the global auto show circuit — the place to unveil luxury models and ...

Upbeat US survey helps stocks clamber off lows
Upbeat U.S. manufacturing figures Friday helped ease the selling in stock markets and gave the dollar a further boost despite nervousness over the ...

GM's Opel, employees seal deal on German plant
General Motors Co.'s Opel unit reached a deal with its employee council on Thursday to keep car production going at a troubled German plant until the ...

Caterpillar to cut 1,400 jobs at plant in Belgium
Construction equipment maker Caterpillar says it will cut more than one in three jobs at its Belgian plant because of high labor costs and sluggish ...