Alexander Lebedev, a Russian businessman and the owner of the London Evening Standard, is reportedly in advanced talks over the purchase of the British daily The Independent and its stablemate Independent on Sunday.

Negotiators from around 200 countries worked towards an agreement on pollution controls at the climate summit in Denmark. While developing countries hope for subsidies, others had their eye on business opportunities.

Secret operations, impressive collections and a passion for acting. Historama paints you a brief picture of December 18.

Russia and the US have made excellent progress on the new strategic arms treaty and an agreement is near, the Russian and US presidents told the press after their Friday meeting in Copenhagen.

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The designer who once dressed Jackie Kennedy, American couturier Carolina Herrera, has presented her Spring 2010 collection in Moscow during her first-ever visit to Russia.

Authorities plan to introduce an anti-drinking policy to cut alcohol consumption by three-fold by 2020. The measure is expected to be introduced in two steps within the next 2 years.

Russian truck maker Kamaz says Daimler will take a controlling stake in the company. But the German automaker is expected to push first for a better price.

A startup company is experimenting with technology, which manipulates the ions in seawater to produce drinking water with little energy consumption.

The only way the Climate Summit can succeed is if the stakeholders agree to make drastic emission cuts and the US joins the deal, says Sunita Narain, Director of the Center for Science and Environment in India.