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Trump goes to court to oppose Scotland wind farm
Issued: May 16, 2013
LONDON — American tycoon Donald Trump is taking legal action to challenge the Scottish government's decision to approve an offshore wind farm near...
Merkel, Hollande at odds over Europe's way forward
Issued: May 16, 2013
BERLIN — Germany and France recognize that their cooperation is key to overcoming Europe's persistent economic crisis, but comments Thursday by...
Beckham to retire, ending riveting soccer journey
Issued: May 16, 2013
LONDON — David Beckham is retiring from soccer, ending a career in which he transcended the sport with forays into fashion and a marriage to a pop...
Pentagon: US still in armed conflict with al-Qaida
Issued: May 16, 2013
WASHINGTON — The United States remains in armed conflict with al-Qaida and its affiliates, a fight likely to last a decade or two, senior Pentagon...
Argentina brokers 24% wage hikes for millions
Issued: May 16, 2013
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Two million Argentines will get wage hikes of 24 percent under a deal President Cristina Fernandez brokered with six allied...
Pope blasts 'cult of money' that tyrannizes poor
Issued: May 16, 2013
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has denounced the global financial system, blasting the "cult of money" that he says is tyrannizing the poor and...
Now Venezuela is running out of toilet paper
Issued: May 16, 2013
CARACAS, Venezuela — First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities — toilet paper. ...
Residents shout 'Protest!' over refinery in China
Issued: May 16, 2013
KUNMING, China — More than 2,000 people in southern China unfurled banners and shouted "Protest! Protest!" on Thursday to oppose plans for a...
Japanese economy grew at 3.5% pace in 1Q
Issued: May 16, 2013
TOKYO — Japan's economy grew by a stronger-than-expected 3.5 percent in annual terms last quarter, giving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe a boost as his...
Eurozone recession longest in currency bloc
Issued: May 16, 2013
PARIS — The eurozone is now in its longest ever recession — a stubborn slump that has surpassed even the calamity that hit the region in the financial...
Geneva auction sells huge diamond for $26.7M
Issued: May 15, 2013
GENEVA — A huge diamond unearthed in Botswana commanded an unearthly price of $26.7 million from Christie's auction house Wednesday amid the...
Wigs? A map? Strange stuff in alleged US spy kit
Issued: May 15, 2013
MOSCOW — A couple of wigs, sunglasses and a compass? Really? ...
Space not the final frontier for viewing movies
Issued: May 15, 2013
WASHINGTON — The crew of the International Space Station is boldly going where no one has gone before — to see the new "Star Trek" film. ...
UK casino accuses US poker star Ivey of cheating
Issued: May 15, 2013
LONDON — A major casino operator is accusing Phil Ivey, an American who is one of the world's top professional poker players, of amassing millions...
Bank of England sees 'modest, sustained' recovery
Issued: May 15, 2013
LONDON — The Bank of England predicted a modest and sustained economic recovery for Britain on Wednesday, but tempered hope that the worst might be...
Arctic states open council to China, India, Korea
Issued: May 15, 2013
KIRUNA, Sweden — Arctic states have agreed to let nations that are located nowhere near the Earth's north to become observers to their diplomatic...
Foreign investment in LatAm-Caribbean hits record $173B
Issued: May 15, 2013
Foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean rose 6.7 percent to a record $173.3 billion in 2012 despite an external context...
Eviction fears haunt Haiti camps after attacks
Issued: May 14, 2013
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Attorney Reynold Georges showed up with a judge and a police officer on a recent afternoon at Camp Acra, a cluster of tents...
Secretive Vatican bank to publish annual report
Issued: May 14, 2013
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican bank, long a source of secret and scandal for the Holy See, plans to publish its annual report online as part of its...
Fitch upgrades Greece's credit rating
Issued: May 14, 2013
ATHENS, Greece — Debt-hobbled Greece got some rare goods news on Tuesday, when Fitch ratings agency upgraded its sovereign credit grade after the...
Hedge fund wants part of Sony entertainment sold
Issued: May 14, 2013
TOKYO — The U.S. hedge fund manager renowned for shaking up Yahoo Inc. has set his sights on Sony Corp., proposing that the Japanese electronics giant...
EU probes oil companies for possible price-fixing
Issued: May 14, 2013
LONDON — European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. ...
Russia detains US diplomat accused of spying
Issued: May 14, 2013
MOSCOW — Russia’s security services say they have caught a U.S. diplomat who they claim is a CIA agent in a red-handed attempt to recruit a Russian...
EU to shift bill for bank failures to creditors
Issued: May 14, 2013
BRUSSELS — European Union governments want to shift the cost of rescuing troubled banks from taxpayers to the banks' creditors, including the...
Eurozone growth hopes emerge after industrial data
Issued: May 14, 2013
LONDON — A larger-than-expected increase in industrial production across the 17 European Union countries that use the euro has raised hopes that the...

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