A 54-year-old Swiss care worker has admitted abusing 114 people, including children and disabled adults, in care homes in Switzerland and Germany over the past 29 years, Swiss police said on Tuesday.
European share prices gained on Tuesday, with sentiment lifted by strong euro zone manufacturing data and technology stocks buoyed by positive results news from Autonomy and Infineon. By early afternoon, the pan-European
Russian spy Anna Chapman has registered her name as a trademark to cash in on her growing popularity since she was deported in a Cold War-style swap last year, Russia's state patent
At least one million people rallied across Egypt on Tuesday clamouring for President Hosni Mubarak to give up power, piling pressure on a leader who has towered over Middle East politics for
Euro zone nations are working on a "comprehensive package" of measures they hope will end the bloc's year-long debt crisis. Germany, Europe's biggest economy and the key to any deal, expects agreement
Germany's resistance to expanding a euro zone bailout fund and easing Greece's debt burden seems to be softening as it scents a grand bargain in which European states would commit to tough
The unemployment rate in Cyprus increased slightly in December 2010 and reached 7.3%, compared to 7.2% in November, according to the data published on Tuesday by Eurostat, the statistical office of the
Investors shifted their focus from Middle East turmoil to concentrate on improved economic data and corporate results on Tuesday, lifting global stocks. Inflation expectations boosted the euro, helping drive the dollar to
AstraZeneca's nasal flu vaccine has been approved for use in Europe in children aged from two up to 18 years and is likely to be available for the 2012/13 influenza season, the
The days of R&R on Thailand's famous Pattaya beach could be numbered. The eastern city, a magnet for foreign tourists seeking sun, sea, watersports and racy nightlife, is under siege by both
