Standard Chartered Plc's shares fell as much as 20% on Tuesday after New York's top bank regulator threatened to remove its state banking license, saying the British lender hid $250 billion in
Asian shares gained on Tuesday as investors maintained the hope that Europe will take further action to tackle its debt crisis and the United States and China will adopt stimulus measures to
* Expectations for growth low; painful adjustment measures seen * International lenders assessing Cyprus's bailout needs found the economy in a "worse state than expected" and in need of painful adjustment in
A group claiming to represent dissident Syrian diplomats has swung behind the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad, calling for a power transfer to a body "representing the Syrian people" and urging more
With 80,000 sets of eyes locked on the world's best sprinters and an electrically-charged silence hanging heavy inside the Olympic Stadium one lucky ticket holder decided to add to the drama on
Judges in the trial of hundreds of Turkish military officers accused of plotting to overthrow the government agreed on Monday to give the defendants one last chance to argue their case as
Four times world champion Tom Slingsby won Olympic sailing men's Laser gold on Monday, banishing the demons of his failure in Beijing in 2008 and succeeding after 12 years of preparation. The
Doctors at the University of Tokyo saved a small child who was seriously suffering from a severe heart condition, aided by a BerlinHeart Excor ventricular assist device, the first time this procedure
Cyprus and Zenon Consortium have signed a contract for a joint transformation of the Larnaca port and the Larnaca Marina, in a massive
Pavlos Kontides is set to become the first Olympic medal winner for Cyprus this week after guaranteeing himself at least silver in the single-handed Laser class. The 22-year-old shipping science student was
