Parliament News

Brussels - Far-right and populist candidates are expected to make significant inroads in May European Parliament elections, but traditional parties are holding their ground despite debt crisis fatigue.While the strong anti-Europe rhetoric of many candidates may a...

Baidu Inc has formed a partnership to apply for a private banking license, as China's biggest search engine provider moves from acting as a store front for money market funds to a certified financial institution.

Moscow - Russia's lower and upper houses of parliament on Friday pledged to vote into law the result of a "historic" March 16 referendum in the Ukrainian region of Crimea on becoming part of Russia.The speakers of both the State Duma and Federation Council stro...

Washington - The celibate Dalai Lama has thrown his considerable moral weight behind gay marriage, condemning homophobia and saying sex was fine as long as it was consensual.The Buddhist monk offered his views on the hot-button social issue during his latest tour o...

China needs to regulate booming online financial services firms to curb the risks they pose to the wider financial sector, the former president of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Yang Kaisheng, said on Thursday.

London - Britain's House of Commons will open its doors to a commercial film crew for the first time next month in a bid to raise cash, welcoming Meryl Streep for a movie about the suffragettes, officials said.The Oscar-winning actress is appearing alongside Ca...

China sent its strongest signal yet that its days of chasing breakneck economic growth were over, promising to wage a "war" on pollution and reduce the pace of investment to a decade-low as ...

China aims to grow its economy by about 7.5 percent in 2014 and to keep consumer inflation around 3.5 percent for the year, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday as the country began its annual meeting of parliament, the National Peo...

Tripoli - Two members of Libya's interim parliament were shot and wounded by protesters who stormed the General National Congress in downtown Tripoli on Sunday, officials and witnesses said.The GNC, elected after the 2011 armed uprising that toppled autocratic l...

Moscow - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday submitted a request to the upper house of parliament asking approval for the use of Russian troops in Ukraine, the Kremlin said."In connection with the extraordinary situation in Ukraine and the threat to th...