ECB raises rates to 1.5%, as expected

The European Central Bank raised interest rates a quarter of a percentage point to 1.5% on Thursday, in an effort to curb inflationary pressures threatening buying power in the common currency region.

Turkey jails 15 more in match-fixing probe

A Turkish court jailed 15 more people, including top soccer club executives, pending trial on Thursday as part of a major match-fixing investigation which the prime minister said is staining the country's

Aer Lingus June passenger numbers down 1.7%

Aer Lingus's booked passenger numbers fell 1.7% in June year-on-year as uncertainty over the threat of industrial action by pilots hit reservations, the Irish carrier said on Thursday. Aer Lingus said its