Stricken ship Rena

By Jan Harvey LONDON (Reuters) - Gold prices are looking even more vulnerable after April's price crash, as rampant inflation expected from successive rounds of monetary easing fails to...

BERLIN (AFP) - Germany must shield its consumers from paying too much of the cost of its ambitious switch from nuclear power and fossil fuels towards renewable energy, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.

By Douglas Busvine MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pre...

By Claire Milhench LONDON (Reuters) - A tighter oil market in the second half of 2013 will boost some energy stocks, which have trailed the rest of the equity market though the rally, s...

By Andrew Callus LONDON (Reuters) - A group of accountancy professors is backing BP's fight to cap the U.S. oil spill compensation payouts it has to fund as the cash outflow threatens t...

BEIJING (AFP) - With two cars, foreign holidays and a cook for their apartment, one Beijing family epitomises the new middle class created by China's decades of rapid economic growth -- and its resulting worries.

This recipe was inspired by my favourite beachside restaurant. You can choose your favourite fish for this recipe.

The small glass bottle filled and refilled with golden olive oil has long been a staple on many restaurant tables across Europe. Now, the European Union is going to ban it.

This curry freezes well.

By Douglas Busvine MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pre...

The skill and expertise of Hawke’s Bay Regional Council’s pollution response team was commended by Judge Rea in Napier District Court today.

Aphids on roses appear in decent quantities this time of the year.

Former Greymouth Petroleum chief operating officer John Sturgess must sell his stake in the company following a High Court ruling.

A whole meal cooked in one dish.

I live in Los Angeles where it can get pretty hot so I like to have some cool, refreshing main-course salads in my repertoire.

BARCELONA, Venezuela (AFP) - Venezuela and Russia formed a joint venture to produce 120,000 barrels of oil a day by 2016 in two fields in the Orinoco Heavy Oil Belt.

Using fresh pasta is the way to go if time is short. It cooks in 2 to 4 minutes and tastes wonderful.

New Zealanders who were in Oklahoma when the latest killer tornado cut a path of destruction were shocked at the devastation