FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the eurozone sagged more than expected to 0.5 percent in May, increasing pressure on the European Central Bank to take action this week to support the weak economic recovery. The figure released Tuesday by
The leader of Pakistan’s MQM party, Altaf Hussain, has been arrested in London on suspicion of money laundering, reports said Tuesday. Police said only that a 60-year-old man had been detained at a residential address in northwest London and officers
SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Monday that gradually increases the minimum wage in the city to $15, which would make it the highest in the nation. The issue has dominated politics in the liberal
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Companies bored with a dot-com or dot-net Web address can now spice things up with a dot-Vegas suffix. Las Vegas-based firm Dot Vegas Inc. is opening up registration Monday for the new domains, which offer registrants
WASHINGTON (AP) — Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds. But here is Victoria’s secret: Hurricanes
From Defining Ideas: Narendra Modi won an overwhelming victory in the Indian election. He avoided or minimized contentious issues, like Hindu nationalism. The Republicans can learn a lot by following a similar strategy on religion. Modi’s campaign emphasized growth, a
Nas is proud to be an American, but he confesses he didn’t always hold that opinion. The rapper opened up to Charlie Rose recently about being black in America and his views on his homeland. The two were discussing Nas’
Liberals often have their way in the realm of entertainment, dominating film, television and music. The graphic novel realm can also lean left, but that didn’t stop the creators of The Forgotten Man. The new graphic novel, from Amity Shlaes
MSNBC reported on the death of Brady Bunch star Ann B. Davis along with many other news outlets Sunday night. The far-left network managed to muck up the moment with a poorly chosen graphic. Many people know the ’70s sitcom
Designer/film director Tom Ford may not look as youthful as he once did, and he isn’t about to apologize for it. Ford says becoming a father two years ago changed his life dramatically. One of the perks he’s given up–Botox
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold face-to-face talks on the Ukraine crisis with British Prime Minister David Cameron, Downing Street said on Monday.The two leaders will meet after they attend events to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings
Justin Bieber is apologizing for a newly released video featuring the then-15 year old uttering a racist joke. The troubled pop star released the following statement to TMZ after the site published the video of a young Bieber telling a
Further tests on Cadbury chocolate bars found no traces of pig DNA, a Malaysian minister said on Monday, after earlier positive results of the halal-certified confectionaries sparked a scare in several Muslim countries. Cadbury pulled its Dairy Milk hazelnut and
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama’s fashionable clothing has become something of a given in her five-plus years as first lady. Yet her wardrobe still is the subject of endless public fascination and one long-simmering question: Who pays for those incredible
Pressure mounted Monday for FIFA to call a new vote on the 2022 World Cup hosts with Australia declaring that corruption accusations against controversial winners Qatar were a “serious development”. British government and football officials have also said a new
Turkish police on Sunday fired tear gas and water cannon at hundreds of protesters in Ankara a day after violent clashes on the one-year anniversary of the country’s largest anti-government demonstrations in decades. Police stepped in to disperse around 500
BANGKOK (Reuters) – The military junta running Thailand has drawn up a list of emergency measures such as price caps on fuel and loan guarantees for small firms to kick-start an economy threatened by recession after months of political turmoil. The plans, outlined by
CAIRO (AP) — Smugglers have killed six Egyptian army border guards, including an officer, in a gunbattle in the remote southwest, the military announced on Sunday. The official Facebook page of Col. Ahmed Mohammed Ali, a military spokesman, said smugglers
(Reuters) – Three Turkish construction workers were killed on Monday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a police building in east Afghanistan and three policemen were killed in an attack in the south, officials said. The Taliban summer offensive, launched in mid-May,
PARIS (AP) — Four people were arrested Monday in a sweep against French jihadist recruiters, the country’s top security official said a day after authorities announced the detention of a French suspect in the deadly shooting at a Jewish museum.
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s King Juan Carlos, who led Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy but faced royal scandals amid the nation’s near financial meltdown, announced Monday he will abdicate in favor of his son, making way for a “new
CHICAGO (AP) — Alec Martinez scored at 5:47 of overtime, and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-4 in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals Sunday night. Martinez’s shot went off Blackhawks defenseman Nick Leddy and over
A bombing at a football pitch in Nigeria’ss restive northeast killed at least 40 people on Sunday in an area previously attacked by Boko Haram Islamists, a police officer and a nurse said. The blast hit the town of Mubi
Soldiers who served with Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, the American soldier in Afghanistan released in exchange for five Taliban members held in Guantanamo Bay, regard him as a deserter — and some want to put him on trial. The Taliban held Bergdahl
