South Africa: Winnie Mandela's items to be sold
Dozens of paintings, a silver tea set and other items belonging to Nelson Mandela's ex-wife Winnie will be auctioned next week to pay off debts she ...
Kenyan protesters release pigs over parliament pay
Nearly three dozen piglets were released and animal blood spilled Tuesday at an entrance to Kenya's parliament as civil society activists protested ...
Croatia Airlines goes on strike over pay cuts
Croatia Airlines pilots and flight attendants went on strike Tuesday over planned salary cuts and layoffs that are part of efforts to restructure the ...
Asia stocks rise as investors cheer US jobs data
Asian stock markets rose Monday after an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report pushed Wall Street to new highs. Malaysian shares jumped after the ...
Libya bans Gadhafi-era officials from state posts
Under pressure from armed militias, Libya's parliament passed a sweeping law Sunday that bans anyone who served as a senior official under Moammar ...
A look at impact of ECB rate cut
The European Central Bank influences the cost of borrowing in the economy of the 17-country eurozone by moving its key interest rate up and down.
Storming ministries, Libya's militias put pressure
Gunmen swooped in on trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and surrounded Libya's Justice Ministry on Tuesday, cutting off roads and forcing ...
SKorea demands talks with NKorea on closed factory
After weeks of threatening rhetoric from the North, South Korea on Thursday promised its own unspecified "grave measures" if Pyongyang rejects talks ...
Cyprus to open casinos to restart economy
Cyprus' president said Friday that the bailed-out country will open casinos and bolster its tourism sector to get the economy going again.
Dutch republicans want new king to take a pay cut
Dutch republicans have a message for the Netherlands' Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become king when his mother Queen Beatrix abdicates at ...
Bailed-out Portugal to unveil more cuts next week
Portugal's prime minister says his government will announce new spending cuts worth 1.2 billion euros ($1.6 billion) next week to compensate for ...
Head of Austrian bank returns millions in pay
The head of an Austrian bank has returned millions of euros of his pay from last year, saying the size of his remuneration goes against his and the ...
France to tax companies 75 pct on $1.3M salaries
French President Francois Hollande may have finally found a way to tax the really rich: by making their companies pay. In a televised interview ...
Cypriots anxious as banks reopen with limits
Anxious Cypriots patiently waited in long lines to get at their accounts on Thursday after banks opened for the first time in nearly two weeks, ...
Cyprus president cuts own salary by a quarter
Cyprus' president has cut his salary by a quarter in a show of solidarity with ordinary Cypriots feeling the effects of the country's severe financial ...
Israel to resume money transfers to Palestinians
Israel said Monday it would resume regular monthly transfers of about $100 million in taxes and customs it collects for the Palestinian Authority, a ...
Mistrial declared in California corruption case
Saying she feared "all hell" had broken loose among jurors, a judge declared a mistrial Thursday on dozens of remaining counts against five former ...
Cyprus president tries to amend bailout plan
Cyprus' president said Sunday that he is trying to amend a key provision of an unpopular eurozone bailout plan that would tax deposits in the ...
Syrian opposition pushes for interim government
The main Syrian opposition group is pushing to form a breakaway interim government to rein in chaotic rebel-held areas in the north. But it faces ...
Mali media outlets go silent over editor's arrest
The airwaves in Mali's capital fell silent on Tuesday and newspapers didn't print a morning edition in protest over the arrest last week of an editor ...
Nantes transfer ban put on hold until CAS ruling
The transfer ban imposed by FIFA on eight-time French champion Nantes has been suspended until a formal ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Report: EU to propose controls on bosses' pay
A top European Union official says he plans to propose that company shareholders across the continent be given the power to set managers' pay — an ...
Payrolls shore up markets at end of historic week
Markets across Europe and Asia made decent gains Friday, bringing to an end what has been a historic week that was capped with the release of ...
EU pushes ahead with bonus cap despite UK concerns
Britain stood isolated against a broad majority of European Union countries Tuesday in refusing to back legislation that would strictly limit bankers' ...
Residents symbolically bury bankrupt Bosnian town
If a town is dying, doesn't it at least deserve a decent funeral? With candles, speeches and an obituary poster reading "Town of Drvar 1883 - 2013," ...
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