A ROW about plagiarism embroiled Canada`s Prime Minister Stephen Harper today after his former speechwriter admitted to copying a speech in support of the US-led Iraq war by Australia`s former leader John Howard
DEMOCRAT Barack Obama is building widening leads in battlegrounds Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, in new polls released today in the trio of states that could be the key to victory on November 4
THE US Senate will vote today on a revised $US700 billion ($882.7 billion) Wall Street bailout after the House of Representatives rejected the original package, sending shockwaves through global markets
THE US Senate could take up a Wall Street bailout tomorrow, and not wait for the House of Representatives to pass a revised plan after dooming the bill, Democratic Senator John Kerry said
US food group Heinz says it has decided to stop buying Chinese milk for use in its products in the wake of a giant tainted milk scandal that has left 53,000 children ill
OPEN warfare broke out in the White House race today over US lawmakers` costly failure to approve an economic rescue bill, even as both candidates appealed for cooler heads to prevail
NEW York mayor Michael Bloomberg will announce this week that he is seeking to overturn a term limitations law so he can head the city for another four years, media reported today
