Energetic performances and heart-felt tributes took center stage at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday, as Adele, LMFAO, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry and Taylor Swift came away top awards. British Grammy-winning singer
Didier Drogba scored Chelsea's goal and their winning Champions League penalty against Bayern Munich on Saturday and then solemnly appeared to say his farewells. The 34-year-old Ivory Coast striker capped his eight
A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday, killing at least three people and causing serious damage to the area's cultural heritage. The 6.0 magnitude quake struck
Chicago police trying to keep the peace during the NATO summit may face their biggest test on Sunday when thousands of demonstrators were expected to march near the site where leaders of
A flurry of polls on Saturday showed the race to lead Greece has tightened into a dead heat ahead of an election next month that could determine whether it remains in the
Turkey said on Friday that companies bidding to develop Cyprus' offshore gas fields would be shut out of Turkish energy projects, amid a spat between the rivals about who has rights to
* 15 bidders for 9 blocks in offshore natgas; Noble says it wants to focus on Block 12 * A mix of 15 bidders have applied for rights to explore nine blocks
* Romania bank sell-off may follow Australia * With 200 mln euros more needed to be raised by next month in order to meet EU rules on safe liquidity margins, Bank of
* Pumped 100 mln since 1999 in Crete, Paros, Santorini * BY ANGELA KOMODROMOU The Leptos Group, one of the leading Cyprus property developers, plans to invest some 600 mln euros in
**Was it the Easter effect? ** Tourism arrivals fell by 5.7% over the year earlier in April, to 189,648 in April 2012 compared with 199,762 in April 2011. There was a fall
