French President Nicolas Sarkozy is grabbed as he speaks to supporters near the southern city of Toulouse, June 30, 2011. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been grabbed and almost knocked to the ground by a man in the southern French town of Brax. The attacker yanked Sarkozy’s suit by the shoulder and knocked him to the ground while he reached over a metal barricade... 

By 2025, seven of ten largest metropolitan cities of the world will be located in Asia. China holds all chances to become one of the world leaders on the level of urbanization of the population. China is currently experiencing a peak of migration of the rural population in large cities. In general, by 2020, nine of the world’s largest metropolitan cities will overcome... 

China has once again asked Nepal to curb ‘Free Tibet’ movement from its soil, later strongly upholds One China policy and believes that Tibet and Taiwan are integral parts of China. China is Nepal’s northern neighbor and Tibet shares border with Nepal along its northern side. The newly appointed Chinese envoy to Kathmandu, Yang Houlam, who considered as the... 

Athens : Demonstrator stand by a burning advertisment post on Syntagma square in front of the parliament in Athens on June 29, 2011 during masive clashes. The Greek parliament has passed second austerity law which will last until 2015. Angry anti-package protests are expected to break out over the parliament’s decision in Athens. ­The EU and the IMF had demanded that... 

The Greek Parliament voted in favor of the austerity measures by a narrow margin. The Greek parliament has voted in favor of new austerity measures, in a move that is expected to infuriate thousands of demonstrators outside the parliament. The austerity measures were approved on Wednesday with 155 votes in favor, 138 against and seven abstentions. Greece’s newly-approved... 

Orban says Hungarian renewal provides model for Europe as country recaptures lost respect during EU presidency. Hungary has provided practical examples for Europe by the renewal of the country, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told parliament on Monday. Assessing the six-month Hungarian EU Presidency, Orban said Hungary had recaptured much of its lost respect over the past... 

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that the US debt burden is perilously unsustainable but warned against too-sharp fiscal adjustments that would slow the fragile economy. In its annual assessment of US financial strengths and weaknesses, the IMF also said that if the government does not hike its debt ceiling soon to accommodate current spending commitments,... 

Massive public demonstrations against new austerity measures have gripped Athens. Riot police have detained 18 people so far, and 4 policemen have been hospitalized with injuries. RT is joined by financial journalist Petros Papaconstantinou, columnist at an Athens newspaper, for more on the situation in Greece. VN:F [1.9.13_1145]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes... 

Greece, Athens: Communist-affiliated unionists rally toward the Greek parliament on June 28, 2011. Greek trade unions have begun a 48-hour general strike against new austerity cuts which are due to go to a crucial vote on Wednesday. Some protesters are warning they will try to prevent MPs from entering the parliament. The strike is due to disrupt and even halt the work... 

Overload: The latest calculations suggests the UK population could hit 70.4 million in 2026, three years earlier than forecast. Runaway migration will drive the UK population above 70 million in 15 years – three years earlier than previously predicted. In 2009 official estimates predicted it would take 20 years to reach this landmark level, a figure the Prime Minister... 

Tripoli says the arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is just a cover for continued NATO bombings, while the court itself has no authority over Libya. “This court is nothing but a cover for the military operations of NATO. NATO that tried time and again and declared it frankly that it would assassinate the brother... 

Senator Don Oliver photograph in the court yard of the Senate on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ont., June 27, 2011. Blacks in Canada need to unite, rise up and address the deep racism in this country that keeps them out of positions of power, a Conservative senator says. “What will it take for our collective Afro-Canadian family to unite — to rise up and claim our... 

Poland's ambassador to the Vatican delivered a message to the Holy See urging it 'to take action to stop Father Rydzyk harming Poland's reputation abroad'. Poland’s government has asked the Vatican to censure a radical and influential Polish priest after he described Poland as uncivilised and governed by a “totalitarian” regime during... 

UFOs? In the video, three fast-moving white dots streak across the London skyline. If UFOs are real and trying to get our attention perhaps they are getting a little more savvy about the way we humans work. A new video has emerged purporting to show ‘a mothership and its fleet’ zipping around in the clouds above a BBC building in West London. Perhaps the... 

Chinese premier Wen Jiabao realised that his economy needs struggling Europe to keep buying its goods. It is in the interest of cash-rich China to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis, but Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, who is visiting Britain and Continental Europe, will want a share of the West’s buying power in return. As Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, stepped off...