For several years, Shell Oil Products, a division of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, has been involved in a sleazy fraud perpetrated on customers at an oil lube chain in Illinois.

A Mexican whose fight to stay in the United States became a cause celebre for pro-immigration activists was deported without her young son, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

U.S. President George W. Bush will review the credit crunch and global market turmoil with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon at a two-day summit that starts on Monday.

South Korea has announced a multi-million dollar aid package for North Korea, where hundreds of thousands of people are suffering because of floods. The United States has also pledged to send help. VOA's Kurt Achin has more from Seoul.

The Senate approved a package of security measures recommended by the 9/11 Commission, shifting more federal money to high-risk states and cities and requiring more stringent screening of air and sea cargo.

Many people are looking forward to see the July 4th firework shows across USA. Some of the most watched fireworks are Macy’s Fireworks, Boston Fireworks, Washington D.C. Fireworks, New York, Houston, Philadelphia, Nashville, Baltimore, San Francisco, Austin and Pittsburgh fireworks.

Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says the term "Cold War" will be forgotten if the United States accepts his country's missile-defense plan for Europe. But Ivanov is also threatening to deploy Russian missiles near Poland if Washington rejects the Kremlin offer. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky reports.

India announced on Friday that there is no future for the grouping of four key WTO members as a platform for breaking the impasse in multilateral trade talks.

Sajani Shakya is a very special 9 year old girl. She is a living goddess.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country will aim its rockets at European targets if the United States goes ahead with plans to build a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned Thursday what he called U.S. "imperialism" in world affairs. The comments came during an increasingly tense period in U.S.-Russian relations.

Beijing has issued a strong protest to the U.S. following the publication of an annual report on China's military power, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Monday.