The New York Times A New Chief at Shell, and a Rocky Inheritance | NEW YORK - Even as Jeroen van der Veer was preparing to pass the baton to Peter Voser, who took over as chief executive of the oil giant Royal Dutch Shell last Wednesday, the contentious legacy of t... (photo: AP / Fred Ernst)
The Australian Make-or-break summit as G8 gamble on climate and economy | THE G8 summit of world leaders in Italy this week has turned into a high-risk gamble that will shape the success or failure of both the Copenhagen climate change conference and agreement on a global... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)
The New York Times What the Russians Want | NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND - Despite all the promises about a "reset" in the U.S.-Russia relationship, the Obama administration still seems to be following a script crafted by its predecessor. | Washingt... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service ) Foreign PolicyPhotosPoliticsRussiaUS
The Guardian The Eurosceptic illusion | Britain's Eurosceptics need to come clean. The media and political class have a right to be sceptical about the EU, even hostile to it. But they also have an obligation... (photo: Europe file photo) BritainEuroscepticPhotosProsperityRelationship
The News Tribune Biden: `We misread how bad the economy was' | Vice President Joe Biden said the Obama administration "misread how bad the economy was" but stands by its stimulus package and believes the plan will create more jobs ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) BagdadEconomyPhotosUSpolitics