Helen Staudinger, 92, wanted a kiss… But authorities say after her 53-year-old neighbor refused, the central Florida woman aimed a semi-automatic pistol at his house and fired four times. "If my
Workers battled to staunch radiation leaks at a Japanese nuclear plant on Thursday, almost two weeks after it was disabled by an earthquake and tsunami, but some experts saw signs of the
Bill Nguyen, the serial entrepreneur who sold his last company to Apple Inc in 2009, is launching a new cellphone-based social network which aims to challenge Facebook's dominance in social communications beyond
Political turmoil in Portugal and looming elections in other countries are expected to prevent a summit of European Union leaders this week from taking tough decisions to address the region's debt crisis.
The Cyprus government hotly denied reports published in the Greek and Cypriot press over leaked U.S. embassy cables posted on WikiLeaks suggesting a lack of trust between President Demetris Christofias and his
There are no effects in the environment of Cyprus from the radioactive discharges leaking from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi Plant stated the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs on Wednesday. According to an
A Cypriot-Qatari Joint Labour Committee will hold tomorrow its first meeting in Nicosia, in a bid to commence talks between the two countries on labour issues, as well as for the signing
Japanese shares slipped on Thursday, with a sell-off in Tokyo Electric Power Co and financial firms weighing on the broad Topix index as radiation leaks from a quake-stricken nuclear plant stifled any
The euro fell and oil eased on Thursday after Portugal's prime minister resigned following parliament's rejection of his minority government's austerity programme, renewing worries about the scale of the euro zone's sovereign
Western warplanes hit Libya for a fifth night on Thursday, but so far have failed to stop Muammar Gaddafi's tanks shelling rebel-held towns or dislodge his armour from a strategic junction in
