US economy is heading in hard times. The number showing the slowing growth of GDP is not the worst problem. The real problem are the components which grew and which got weaker.

The largest serial killer investigation in Canadian history is not over yet but the judges of the Supreme Court in Canada rejected a bid for another trial of Robert William Pickton.

Italian Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi had waited until the austerity package was passed by the Parliament

Canadians are eating too much salt. By cutting the consumption of sodium in half 11,000 to 15,000 lives could be saved a year, the national strategy for sodium reduction said.

Americans are visiting the doctors less, than they used to. However, the rare visit at the ambulance does not always mean that the nation is also healthier...

The row between Treasury and Defence secretaries over who should pay for the Trident replacement reached the public opinion-exchange stage. Trouble for both is they cannot rely on Big Society here.

The capitol of the most powerful country in the world is not able to repair its metro system. Despite the reasons of crash killing 9 people in June 2009 were defined officially this week, the situation remains terrible.

Canada could be able to get rid of the annual budget deficit by 2015, a year ahead of schedule. But Ottawa must keep its spending under control.

Rest in peace... However, not in Arlington National Cemetery, where as many as 6 600 graves were "unmarked, improperly marked or mislabeled" on cemetery maps.

More and more bad news has hit the city of Windsor in Ontario. Another automaker in Windsor, Ford Motor Co., announced Thursday that job layoffs will follow.