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Ford calls it quits in Australia
Stuart Cohen May 23, 2013
Ford Motor Company is calling it quits in Australia, after a nearly 90-year run. The U.S. automaker says it will shut down its two factories down under and halt production in 2016.
North Korea threatens U.S. nuclear strike ahead of U.N. sanctions vote
Lucy Williamson Mar 7, 2013
North Korea's government has said it reserves the right to carry out a preemptive nuclear attack against the United States ahead of a U.N. vote on tighter sanctions against the communist regime.
The cost of corruption spirals in Afghanistan: Report
Bilal Sarwary Feb 7, 2013
Half of all Afghans have bribed public officials in the last year and the amounts are growing, according to a report from the UN.
Chinese customers stockpile Australian baby formula
Phil Mercer Jan 10, 2013
Supermarkets and pharmacies in Australia are reporting a shortage of the baby formula Karicare due to stockpiling by Chinese customers.
Alarms raised over treatment of maids, domestic workers
Jeremy Hobson Jan 9, 2013
The International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency, raised concerns about the legal protections that domestic workers get.
North Korea rocket launch angers international community
Lucy Williamson Dec 12, 2012
North Korea defies international sanctions to launch a rocket. Japan has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which could take place later today.
At U.N. climate meeting, a focus on fossil fuels
Eve Troeh Dec 4, 2012
New sources of fossil fuels are stirring up the United Nations climate talks in Doha.
Tobacco packaging laws could hurt Australian retailers
Stuart Cohen Dec 3, 2012
Over the weekend, the world’s most restrictive packaging law for cigarettes went into effect in Australia. All tobacco products in the country must now be sold in the same generic package, covered with images of diseases caused by smoking.
Online world anxious over new U.N. regulations
Bob Moon Dec 3, 2012
Heavy hitters in the online world worry that U.N. regulation could stifle the Internet's future.
Texting turns 20, U.N. group begins talks over Internet control
David Brancaccio Dec 4, 2012
Celebrating the text message as the technology turns twenty, and waiting on results from a UN summit on controlling the Internet.
