“This year, we want to go from international to truly global,” said Jimmy Maymann, CEO of The Huffington Post, in an interview with TNW a few weeks back. Indeed, 2013 is shaping up to be a pretty big year for The Huffington Post from a global perspective, with the local Japanese edition now live in…
STORY HIGHLIGHTSNEW: "They were people with great dignity," says a friend of the couple Financial problems drive couple to hang themselves, police say Woman's brother hurls himself into sea upon learning of deaths Tragedy illustrates "shame of poverty," a national politician says Rome (CNN) -- He was a clerk at a shoe company, though he…
Serena Williams, right, pictured with her sister Venus during a doubles match af the Australian Open in January.STORY HIGHLIGHTSWilliams sisters will meet in the semifinals of Family Circle Cup in Charleston Americans will play each other for the first time since 2009 WTA finals Sam Querrey brings U.S. level at 1-1 with Serbia in Davis…
By 2015, 100 million Chinese will travel abroad, a benchmark originally forecast for 2020, according to the UNWTO.STORY HIGHLIGHTS Chinese travelers spent $102 billion overseas in 2012 Rising incomes, relaxed restrictions behind surge Experts say Chinese tourists focus on shopping (CNN) -- Chinese travelers are now the top source of tourism cash in the world,…
Airline stocks fell Tuesday after Delta said government spending cuts hurt bookings, meaning that revenue didn't grow as much as the company expected last month. Shares of all the big U.S. airlines dropped ...
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Major depositors in Cyprus's biggest bank will lose around 60 percent of savings over 100,000 euros, its central bank confirmed on Saturday, sharpening the terms of a bailout that has shaken European banks and saved the island from bankruptcy.
NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus was expected to confirm on Saturday that major depositors in its biggest bank will lose around 60 percent of their savings over 100,000 euros, under a bailout that has shaken European banks but saved the island from bankruptcy for now.
ROME (Reuters) - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Saturday ruled out standing down to make way for new parliamentary elections after the failure of attempts to form a government this week, saying he would stay in place until the very end of his mandate in May.
ROME (Reuters) - Italy remained in political deadlock on Friday after a new round of talks led by President Giorgio Napolitano failed to break the stalemate created by elections last month that left no group able to form a government alone.
American college student Amanda Knox spent four years in jail because of murder charges in the death of her roommate Meredith Kercher while studying abroad in Perugia, Italy. She and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were convicted in 2009 to 25 years in prison (Sollecito got 26 years). The conviction was overturned in 2011. Here's…
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