Brent crude oil futures rose above $113 a barrel on Tuesday as a jittery market jumped higher on a report, soon denied, of Saudi involvement in Bahrain. A Saudi Arabian official quickly
French fashion house Christian Dior fired John Galliano on Tuesday after an online video clip circulated around the world showing its star designer shouting anti-Semitic abuse at people in a Paris bar.
Annual inflation in the Euro area1 was up to 2.3% in January 2011 compared to 2.2% in December 2010. At the same time, the annual inflation rate in Cyprus in January 2011
Greece’s harmonized inflation rate was 4.9 pct in January 2011, up from a 2.3 pct figure recorded in January 2010, Hellenic Statistical Authority said on Monday. The statistics service, in a report,
Britain will announce on Tuesday it is cutting funding to some international aid organisations and will put some others on notice that they risk losing funding if they do not improve their
The Obama administration will press ahead with its fight against one federal employee's bid to obtain health insurance for her same-sex spouse, according to a government court filing on Monday. The decision
A sustained period of higher oil prices would significantly affect developing economies but is unlikely to derail their strong recovery since the financial crisis, a senior World bank official said on Monday.
Before blasting the first human into space in 1961, the Soviet Union fired off one last test flight of the tiny capsule that would carry Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on his historic mission.
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were massed in the west of the country on Tuesday, residents said, and the United States said it was moving warships and air forces closer
* In authoritarian states, protesters want more freedom * Financial adjustments bring anger in Western economies * Vicious cycle of inflation and unrest With the Middle East in turmoil, other authoritarian states
