Japan's economy shrank much more than expected in the first quarter and slipped into recession after the triple blow of the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis hit business and consumer spending
The dollar slipped on Thursday with funds sensing a rally this month is ending and expectations increasing that commodity prices have resumed an uptrend, pushing up equities in Asia's energy and materials
Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the International Monetary Fund, saying he needed to devote all his energy to fight charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. His arrest after he
One in three university students in the German capital would consider sex work as a means to finance their education, a study from the Berlin Studies Centre said on Wednesday. The figure
A shake-up of copyright laws could add nearly 8 billion pounds to the economy by putting it on par with international competitors, an independent report welcomed by government ministers said on Wednesday.
A Ukrainian weather forecaster has created a storm of her own by taking a swipe at Ukraine's leadership during a live radio broadcast. Lyudmila Savchenko, head of the forecasting section of Ukraine's
EU plans to cut energy use by 2020 risk raising the proportion imported from outside the bloc, partly due to domestic nuclear power curbs, Danish academic and environmental writer Bjorn Lomborg said
* IMF warns Greece bailout off track without more reforms * Unclear if Greece can return to markets in 2012 – Thomsen * ECB's Stark – restructuring would be recipe for disaster
The rugged Cornish coast will be the first part of Britain to host the London 2012 Olympics torch next year after organisers named Land's End as the starting point of an 8,000
Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced growing pressure to quit as head of the IMF after his arrest on attempted rape charges, and Europe sought to fend off a challenge from developing countries to fill
