Toyako, Japan - The Group of Eight (G8) summit opened Monday on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido with a meeting with African leaders, amid concerns that the world's richest nations may bac
Toyako, Japan - The European Union urged Group of Eight (G8) leaders meeting in Japan on Monday to approve "meaningful," "ambitious" and "binding" long-term goals to combat climate change.
Toyako, Japan - The European Union is to provide an extra 1 billion euros (1.57 billion dollars) in aid to help farmers in poor countries as part of its response to the global food crisis, Europea
Tokyo - As the leaders of the world's largest economies gathered in the northern island of Hokkaido Monday for the Group of Eight (G8) summit, an estimated 150 people set out on a protest rally fr
Tokyo - Japan's foreign reserves exceeded 1 trillion dollars in June on rises in the appraisal value of the nation's euro-denominated assets and gold holdings, the Finance Ministry said Monday.
