Germany cannot pay out its share of the next tranche of aid to Greece if the International Monetary Fund decides not to disburse its part, a coalition ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday. "The contribution of the IMF is and remains a factual and legal precondition for Germany paying its part of
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Athens and its European creditors are about to reach an agreement on forming a privatisation agency that will work independently from the Greek government, German newspaper Handelsblatt reported on Wednesday. Handelsblatt, without citing sources, said it was still open whether the International Monetary Fund, the European Union or the European Central Bank would be involved
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Copper was steady on Wednesday as signs of slowing factory activity in China and Europe constrained prices and attention turned to pending U.S. figures, while a weak dollar against the euro cushioned prices. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange traded at 9,210.25 at 0959 GMT from a close of $9,220 a tonne on Tuesday.
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Using a mobile phone might increase the risk of developing certain types of brain tumors and consumers should consider ways of reducing their exposure, World Health Organization (WHO) cancer experts said on Tuesday. A working group of 31 scientists from 14 countries meeting at the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said a
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A former Turkish soccer referee who says he was forced out of the football federation two years ago because of his homosexuality pleaded to be reinstated at an Istanbul court on Tuesday. Halil Ibrahim Dincdag, 35, has accused the Turkish Football Federation of passing documents to the media showing he was exempted from compulsory military
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As "The Hangover: Part II" speeds past a record-breaking $200 million at the worldwide box office, Warner Bros. is beginning to get the creative gang together for the third part. Craig Mazin, who co-wrote the Bangkok-set sequel, is in early talks to work on the new script. Story details are being kept secret. Todd Phillips,
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FIFA President Sepp Blatter was set to be returned unopposed for another four-year term on Wednesday, but the woes surrounding soccer's governing body deepened with fresh calls for a probe into Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup. Germany's call for a re-examination of Qatar's winning of the bidding process for that event was just
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The euro traded at a four-week high versus the dollar on Wednesday, buoyed by hopes for a fresh bailout package for debt-laden Greece, while Asian stocks edged higher after manufacturing data from China was largely in line with expectations. European stocks were steady in early trade as investors awaited key U.S. jobs data for further
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Greece and a team of EU/IMF/ECB inspectors are set to conclude talks by Thursday on a medium-term fiscal plan including the government's progress towards meeting budget targets, a Greek newspaper reported on Wednesday. Inspectors from the "troika" are in Athens to decide whether to release a tranche of 12 billion euros the country needs next
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The sooner a new mother goes back to work after giving birth, the less likely she is to breastfeed her baby, according to a U.S. study. Mothers in the study, published in Pediatrics, who went back to work within six weeks were less likely than other women to start breastfeeding — and when they did
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