The government should shoulder more of the financial burden of caring for the elderly and Britons should be urged to buy insurance to cover potential costs, a report said on Monday. Like
Ceremonies to celebrate divorces have gained momentum in Japan after the massive March earthquake and tsunami, followed by an ongoing nuclear crisis, caused unhappy couples to reassess their lives. The ceremony to
Former Bosnian Serb army chief Ratko Mladic was removed from the U.N. war crimes court at The Hague on Monday after refusing to enter a plea and disrupting the judge's attempts to
Britain's top share index made little headway on Monday as a warning by ratings agency S&P about potential trouble in the euro zone weighed on banks in particular and took the steam
World stocks hit a 4-1/2 week high on Monday and oil rose as investors grew confident over the prospects for the global economy after Greece avoided an early default on its sovereign
China's Foreign Ministry said on Monday that it had complained to Japan about Japanese fishing boats operating in waters around a disputed and uninhabited group of islands in the East China Sea.
The European Commission said on Monday it will give 10 mln euros ($14.54 mln) of food aid to North Korea to help tackle famine in the reclusive state which has left over
* Budget talks, election may stir trouble * Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk promised "energetic engagement" as he took over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Friday and said the
Swedish car shipper Wallenius Lines said on Friday it had deployed guards with rifles on its vessels to ward off Somali pirates, the first Swedish-flagged shipper to state publicly it had armed
* Rejects independent review of Fresh & Easy Tesco , the world's No. 3 retailer, has won over shareholders with a simpler and long-term focused executive pay scheme following years of disputes
