Insolvencies in the British construction sector surged in the first quarter, rising for the first time in two years and raising fears that government cuts were hitting the sector harder than first
Teens who exercise and play team sports are less likely to be smokers or use marijuana and other drugs than their peers, but they do drink more alcohol, a study said. While
The European Union is racing to draft a second bailout package for indebted Greece to release vital loans next month and avert the risk of the euro zone country defaulting. Germany, which
Iran temporarily withdrew flyover rights for the plane carrying German Chancellor Angela Merkel to India on Tuesday, forcing it to circle over Turkey for two hours before the rights were restored and
A non-European head of the International Monetary Fund could mean a tougher, more realistic action plan for the euro zone debt crisis, Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens said in newspaper interviews
* Sponsors Coca-Cola and Adidas wary of game's tarnished image * Calls for reform heard worldwide * FIFA's Blatter defiant: "no crisis" in soccer Two heavyweight sponsors turned up the heat
More than half of female retirees in Cyprus fell into the “at risk of poverty” category in 2009, according to figures just released by the Statistical Service. The rate for retired women
Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi risks losing his northern power base of Milan to the left for the first time in two decades after local elections that have shown just how fragile
The euro eased on Monday, pulling away from a key chart resistance as uncertainty over how Greece's debt crisis will be tackled kept investors on edge, while the dollar stabilized following a
Add a manufacturing slowdown to the growing risks facing the world economy. High input prices, supply chain disruptions from the tsunami disaster in Japan and slowing demand from China have combined to
