Chinese President Hu Jintao and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev met here Thursday and declared they were ready to further advance bilateral relations and cooperation.

• June 11, 2010

Port traffic for May has grown just 2.5% on a sequential basis, signaling a weak pick up in export-import activity. According to Indian Ports Association (IPA), the overall port traffic for May stood at 4.78 million tonne against 4.66 million tonne in April 2010.

• June 10, 2010

Iran faces its toughest sanctions for failing to comply with UN demands over its nuclear enrichment, the US says.

• June 9, 2010

The environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has put offshore drilling operations in the Caspian Sea under fresh scrutiny.

• June 9, 2010

Japan's new Prime Minister Naoto Kan is due to name his cabinet and be formally sworn in by Emperor Akihito.

• June 8, 2010

Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia began two days of talks Friday outside Berlin, with Russia asking Germany, and German companies, to help with modernization.

• June 7, 2010

When Vladimir Putin traveled to Guatemala three years ago to personally promote Russia's bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics, he pledged the Games in Sochi would be "safe, enjoyable, and memorable."

• June 7, 2010

kraine’s new president is not a Russian stooge. But his country is in deep economic trouble

• June 7, 2010