A British drug company aims to test a compound found in cannabis as a treatment for epilepsy, following a promising study using the chemical in rats and mice. GW Pharmaceuticals said on
President Barack Obama and Libyan President Mohamed Magarief spoke on Wednesday evening, agreeing to investigate the attacks on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, according to the White House. "The (U.S.) President made
Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism Neoklis Sylikiotis has said that the government is going to sign a series of agreements with Houston-based “Noble” as regards the supply of natural gas to
YouTube, the video website owned by Google Inc, will not remove a film clip mocking the Islamic Prophet Mohammad that has been blamed for anti-U.S. protests in Egypt and Libya, but it
The U.S. Federal Reserve appears set to launch a third round of unconventional monetary stimulus on Thursday while signaling that a weak U.S. economy may warrant ultra-low interest rates for at least
Asian shares slipped slightly in choppy trade on Thursday ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's decision later in the day, but investors remained cautiously optimistic for further stimulus action to bolster the
Apple Inc's new iPhone goes on sale on Friday with a bigger screen and 4G wireless technology, as the company seeks to safeguard its edge over rivals like Samsung Electronics Co
Despite the adverse financial conditions projects worth billions of euro are in the pipeline, Cyprus Commerce, Industry and Tourism Neoclis Sylikiotis has said. Sylikiotis on Wednesday visited the Cyprus Investment Promotion Agency
The euro zone debt crisis has badly shaken faith in the euro, with more than half of Europeans seeing the single currency as bad for their economies, according to an opinion poll
Egypt is likely to need more than $10 billion in external financing to help it get its economy on track, a senior EU official said on Wednesday. The official said the European
