A rebound in Hong Kong and Shanghai shares helped lift most Asian stocks into positive territory on Wednesday, but concerns that Europe's debt crisis has hurt confidence in the global economy and
Every month college student Zahraa Ali joins the growing number of Iraqi women treating themselves to hair, health and beauty therapies that a few years ago were the stuff of daydreams. As
Nail varnish has become the top-selling fashion accessory, replacing lipstick as an affordable indulgence in austere times and leading to a boom in sales as consumers flock to buy bright-coloured bottles. Industry
BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were suffering a second day of problems on Tuesday, just hours after Research In Motion Ltd , maker of the devices, said it
– Judge says Tymoshenko exceeded powers in 2009 gas deal – EU has warned jailing ex-premier will damage relations (Updates with sentence, EU statement) A Ukrainian court on Tuesday sentenced former prime
– Greece's lenders say loan tranche likely to be paid in Nov – ECB's Trichet warns of systemic risk from debt crisis – Expectation of bigger Greek debt write-down mounts Greece should
Cyprus, which is in dispute with Turkey over oil and natural gas drilling rights in the eastern Mediterranean, said on Tuesday it had high expectations of finding hydrocarbons in an area south
The inflation rate dropped in September to 2.4%, after recording 2.9% in August 2011 and 3.5% in September 2010. The main reason was a decline compared with the year earlier in the
The trade deficit based on provisional data from the Statistical Service widened in August to EUR 480.8 mln from EUR 416.9 mln in August 2010. Total imports/ arrivals were provisionally estimated at
British landmark Big Ben is leaning to such an extent that the tilt can now be clocked with the naked eye, according to a report commissioned by London Underground and the Parliamentary
