A gun man opened fire at the suburban Milwaukee beauty salon where his s pouse worked on Sunday, killing three people and wounding four others before taking his own life, police said, two weeks after he was accused of slashing his wife's car tires. The suspect was identified as 45-year-old Radcliffe Haughton, a resident of
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President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney face off in front of the cameras for a third and final time on Monday near the end of a presidential campaign season marked by a high number of memorable debates. With 15 days to go until Americans vote on Nov. 6, the two candidates turn to
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Gunmen exchanged fire in southern districts of Beirut overnight after the state funeral of an assassinated Lebanese intelligence chief ended in violence when angry mourners broke away and tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati. Sunday's clashes fed into a growing political crisis in Lebanon linked to the civil war in neighbouring
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The global attention bestowed on a Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban has sparked outcry amongst many Afghans dismayed by what they say is the unequal response to the plight of their women and children. Malala Yousufzai, shot by Taliban gunmen for advocating girls' education, was flown from Pakistan to Britain to receive treatment after
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The fourth "Paranormal Activity" fright flick crept into the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office with $30.2 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales. Iran hostage thriller "Argo" earned $16.6 million and took second place, studio estimates released on Sunday showed. Two-time box office leader "Taken 2" fell to the No. 4 spot
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A short walk from billionaire Stanley Ho's extravagant Grand Lisboa casino stands the faded pink exterior of the Conde S. Januário, Macau's only public hospital. Inside, bathroom tiles are stained and paint peels off the walls along the corridors where patients queue to be examined by busy medical staff. The hospital, built in the 1980s,
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European Union leaders face two months of tough bargaining on money, power and the future governance of the euro zone before they can boost confidence that the existential threat to the single currency has faded. The European Central Bank's pledge to buy the bonds of struggling euro zone countries in unlimited amounts has changed the
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Senior Lebanese intelligence official Wissam al-Hassan, who led the investigation that implicated Syria and Hezbollah in the killing of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, was killed in a Beirut explosion on Friday, a Lebanese official said. "I can just say that it is true, he is dead," the official, who worked with al-Hassan, told Reuters.
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U.S. stocks extended their slide to session lows on Friday as earnings from General Electric and Microsoft renewed worries about corporate profits, pulling down the technology and industrial sectors. The sell-off occurred on the 25th anniversary of the stock market crash of 1987 – known as Black Monday – when the Dow Jones industrial average
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Dutch bank Rabobank ended its multi-million euro backing of professional cycling on Friday, the latest sponsor scared away by a doping scandal that has engulfed seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. The bank is the biggest backer of the high profile Dutch Rabobank team, w ith total sponsorship worth 15 million euros ($20 million)
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