Two Americans and an Israeli scientist won the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry today for atom-by-atom mapping of the protein-making factories within cells, a feat that has spurred the development of antibiotics.
Officials in India are reporting that at least 300 people have been killed and more than 1 million displaced as a result of recent floodings which were triggered by torrential rains.
British Airways has announced plans to cut 1,700 jobs as well as to introduce a two-year pay freeze for cabin crew in a bid to reduce costs in the downturn.
The World Health Organization (WHO) is insisting that vaccine is the best tool against the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, despite reports of a few minor side effects from the initial campaign.
The World Bank has warned that it could run short of funds to help poorer countries cope with the impact of the global economic slowdown, because of the huge increase in demand on its resources.
A group of prominent banks, policy makers and economists known as the Group of 30, are calling for sweeping reforms to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The Philippines has ordered the evacuation of thousands of people from some areas in the path of a second powerful typhoon to hit the country in a week.
A protester threw his shoe at the Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF at the end of a question and answer session yesterday at the Bilgi University in Istanbul, Turkey.
