- 21:45 10/07/2009
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Pope Benedict XVI for the first time on Friday.
- 21:17 10/07/2009
The British Royal Family has opened a Twitter account, a Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said on Friday.
- 21:10 10/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev gave his conditional backing on Friday to a proposal to hold a second G8 summit later this year in Italy's L'Aquila.
- 21:00 10/07/2009
Russia will lift its veto on the extension of the UN mission in the Caucasus region if its partners adopt a more pragmatic approach, the Russian president said on Friday.
- 20:37 10/07/2009
G8 leaders believe there is little time left for dialogue with Iran over its nuclear program, the Italian prime minister said Friday after a summit in Italy's L'Aquila.
- 20:33 10/07/2009
A U.S. guided-missile destroyer will enter the port of Batumi on July 14 to participate in a joint naval exercise with Georgia, the U.S. embassy press service in the Caucasus republic said on Friday.
- 19:41 10/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday the most realistic option for Russia to join the World Trade Organization was to do so separately, but to agree on common positions with Belarus and Kazakhstan.
- 19:05 10/07/2009
Russia could still deploy tactical missiles in its westernmost exclave if the U.S. goes ahead with its plans for a missile shield in Central Europe, the Russian president said on Friday.
- 19:03 10/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he found it easier to hold discussions with U.S. President Barack Obama than with his predecessor George Bush.
- 18:23 10/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev urged Japan on Friday to refrain from politicizing the two countries' territorial dispute over the Kuril Islands.
- 18:10 10/07/2009
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday he had been given an example coin of a possible global currency at the G8 summit in Italy, adding that all aspects of reserve currencies were under discussion.
- 17:32 10/07/2009
Wimbledon champion Serena Williams has announced the launch of a new line of skincare products aimed at today's active woman.
- 17:10 10/07/2009
Russia pledged to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2050 on 1990 levels, President Dmitry Medvedev said Friday.
- 16:57 10/07/2009
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Friday that participants at the Group of Eight summit had agreed to earmark $20 billion for a three-year program to fight hunger.
- 16:41 10/07/2009
Thousands of protesters gathered near the central Italian town of L'Aquila on Friday, as the Group of Eight summit came to a close.
- 16:36 10/07/2009
Russia, the U.S., and France said on Friday they would submit a revised set of proposals on the disputed region of Nagorny Karabakh to Armenia and Azerbaijan.
- 16:06 10/07/2009
The Group of Eight leaders pledged to work closer with African nations to ensure access to water supplies and sanitation in a joint declaration adopted on the final day of the rich countries' summit in Italy on Friday.
- 15:51 10/07/2009
The United States will pull 10,000 combat troops out of Iraq by the end of the current year, Iraq's charge d'affairs to Russia said on Friday.
- 15:15 10/07/2009
Southwest China's Yunan Province was struck by more than 380 aftershocks overnight following a powerful earthquake on Thursday, the Xinhua news agency said.
