U.S. stocks opened lower on Wednesday as a strong reading on the labor market failed to convince investors to add to gains a day after the Dow and S&P advanced to their
— Oil still above $100; Egypt riots choke ports — Global stocks rallied and the euro rose to its highest versus the dollar in more than two months on strong manufacturing data
Ireland will vote on Feb. 25 in the first general election in Europe dominated by the euro zone debt crisis and by demands to renegotiate an unpopular EU/IMF bailout. The two main
As Egyptians poured onto the streets on Tuesday to demand he go, President Hosni Mubarak had already given more ground in a week than ever before in his 30 years in power.
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
