Britain plans to sell public land worth an estimated 10 billion pounds ($16.35 billion) to address a chronic housing shortage and help erode its record budget deficit. All government departments with significant
People using short messaging service Twitter to deliberately breach gagging orders could face prosecution, the UK government's senior legal adviser said. Since the introduction in 1998 of human rights legislation enshrining individuals'
Europe must take tough decisions before the IMF can release its next block of aid for Greece, the Fund warned on Tuesday, while ratings agencies and German banks cast doubt on whether
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that euro zone members share a mutual interest in ensuring that problems with one member do not shake the stability of the common currency as
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that if there were an "uncontrolled spiral" and default in the euro zone it would be disastrous for the global economy. "We need to make
Greece on Monday agreed to sell a 10 percent stake in Hellenic Telecom (OTE) to Germany's Deutsche Telekom AG as the Mediterranean state kicks off privatisation deals to cut its debt pile.
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn entered a plea of not guilty on Monday to charges he sexually assaulted a New York hotel maid in a case that cost him his job and
The International Monetary Fund backed the British government's plans to reduce the budget deficit on Monday, but said that tax cuts or more quantitative easing may be needed if growth proves persistently
Ju Duoqi stocks up on cabbages in the Beijing vegetable market and then transforms the humble vegetables into works of art depicting beautiful women — that sometimes leave very little to the
Investors will have two big questions to answer in the coming week — are they chasing U.S. Treasury yields too low and can they put the Greek debt crisis on ice and
