While the auto industry has long been reluctant to mass produce electric cars, the current financial crisis is forcing carmakers to reconsider - much to the delight of the thousands of Californians who drive them.
In this edition: reactions online to the sending of European observers to Georgia, the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City and Twitter enters the US presidential campaign.
The US Senate has given final congressional approval to an agreement to end the three-decade ban on US nuclear trade with India, sending the legislation to President George W. Bush for signing into law.
One in three Americans can vote ahead of the Nov. 4 elections, a system that enables political parties to get out the vote. But in the swing state of Ohio, Republicans believe early voting favours the Democrats.
Today's FRANCE 24 Interview guest is Alain Juillet, senior director in charge of competitive intelligence. A former military officer and executive in the food industry, he is the French government's expert when it comes to strategic information.
In this edition of The Week in the Americas: the financial crisis' origin; the Vice- Presidential dual of Biden vs. Palin; the new Russian-Venezuelan alliance.
US politics dominates online debates, from finding culprits for the financial crisis to anticipating Thursday's debate between vice presidential candidates Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.
US negotiator Christopher Hill arrived in North Korea on Wednesday amid reports he will offer the secretive communist state a face-saving compromise to try to save a nuclear disarmament deal.
In the latest in a string of such incidents in Pakistan's tribal areas, a US unmanned spy drone fired a missile at a house in the border region, killing five people, according to Pakistani security officials (file photo).
The Debate's subject tonight is the aftermath of the decision by the US House of Representatives to vote against the government's $700 billion bailout plan. (Part 2 of 2)
