Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced growing pressure to quit as head of the IMF after his arrest on attempted rape charges, and Europe sought to fend off a challenge from developing countries to fill a post it has traditionally held. China, Brazil and South Africa questioned Europe's right to the job but Europeans said it made sense

Η Εταιρεία Τουριστικής Ανάπτυξης και Προβολής Λάρνακας έχει εκδÏŽσει έντυπο με τα νέα έργα της Λάρνακας τα οποία αναμένεται να αλλάξουν την εικÏŒνα της πÏŒλης και επαρχίας. Το έντυπο με τίτλο “Larnaka’s new face as a prominent tourist destination” παρουσιάζει τα δεκαπέντε σημαντικÏŒτερα έργα που επηρεάζουν άμεσα ή έμμεσα τον τουρισμÏŒ της Λάρνακας με τις

Cypriots go to the polls on Sunday to elect the 56 members of the new House of Representatives, who will serve a five-year term. This is the tenth parliamentary poll since the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus in 1960. In an interview with CNA, Head of the Election Service Demetris Demetriou said that the

Mother and baby products firm Mothercare said it would close over a quarter of its UK stores over the next two years as it responded to a 23 percent slump in year profit. The firm, which issued a profit warning in January as sales falls at its core UK business offset rampant growth overseas, said

The U.S. government is suing the Starbucks coffee company for firing a barista in El Paso, Texas because she is a dwarf. When the employee asked for a stool or small stepladder to perform her job, Starbucks denied the request and fired her that same day, claiming that she could be a danger to customers

The U.S. dollar will stay an important currency in upcoming decades but huge changes in the world's currency landscape is to be expected, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy said on Wednesday. He told a conference that the Chinese yuan will in future play an important role as a global reserve currency.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn faced growing pressure to quit as head of the IMF after his arrest on attempted rape charges, as some French politicians expressed outrage over his treatment by U.S. authorities. The battle to succeed Strauss-Kahn, who is alone in a cell at New York's notorious Rikers Island jail, heated up when China, Brazil and

– Critics say hard questions not asked of top applicants  – Strauss-Kahn case comes as private firms getting tougher    Whether IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is innocent or guilty of sexual assault, his arrest has raised questions about whether international organizations are soft on their top officials in such matters. The scandal has broken at a

A new study from Bangladesh has experts concluding that most of the world's women don't need vitamin A supplements. In the developing Asian nation, giving vitamin A supplements to pregnant women in the rural north didn't cut down on their chance of pregnancy-related death, or on infant deaths, according to a new study.

Asia shares rose from a six-week low on Wednesday, led by consumer stocks, but disappointing U.S. data have made some investors reluctant to follow commodity prices higher, containing a bounce in risky assets from currencies to oil. Japan's benchmark Nikkei average was up 1.1 percent and MSCI's index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan rose