LONDON — Concerns over the Chinese economy and the ongoing tensions in Ukraine continued to drive stock markets around the world lower Friday. The twin worries have had a firm grip over financial markets all week, especially as there's been a relative ...
PRETORIA, South Africa — Prosecutors in Oscar Pistorius' murder trial have dropped their assertion that the double-amputee Olympian was wearing his prosthetic legs when he shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in the early hours of Valentine's Day last year, ...
In this frame grab from video provided by WAFB-TV 9, Glenn Ford, 64, center, walks out of a maximum security prison, Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in Angola, La., after having spent nearly three decades on death row. Ford walked free Tuesday evening hours ...
BEIJING — A Malaysian Airlines flight carrying 239 people, including four Americans, went missing over the South China Sea as it flew from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on Saturday, prompting countries in the region to launch maritime search and rescue ...
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia lifts emergency law in place since uprising that overthrew dictatorship in 2011. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. U.S. Secretary of ...
PRETORIA, South Africa — A South African TV channel has apologized for broadcasting an image of a witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial after the woman requested that she not be shown. News channel eNCA says it used the picture of state witness ...
NEW YORK — Global markets recovered Tuesday after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops participating in military exercises near Ukraine to return to their bases. Stocks rose, while oil and gold fell. KEEPING SCORE: Dow Jones industrial ...
MUMBAI, India — Asian stock markets were subdued Tuesday after investors around the world took fright at how the crisis in Ukraine might escalate. Oil prices settled somewhat after spiking by 2.3 percent Monday on the possibility of Western sanctions ...
By Associated Press,. NEW YORK — A list of the world's 10 richest people, according to the latest annual tally by Forbes magazine. A list of the top 10 female billionaires in the world: More business news. Unrest in Ukraine roils world markets, boosts oil prices.
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is teaming up with major car makers to make iPhone applications easier for drivers to use while they're on the road. The system announced Monday enables iPhones to plug into cars so drivers will be able to call up maps, make ...
LONDON — Prince Harry, former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu, and Prime Minister David Cameron have joined nearly 2,000 people in a memorial service for the late South African President Nelson Mandela. Tutu said Monday at the Westminster ...
PRETORIA, South Africa — A female judge will ultimately decide Oscar Pistorius' fate and pronounce him innocent or guilty of murder in his girlfriend's shooting death on Valentine's Day last year. South Africa has no trial by jury meaning Judge Thokozile ...
JOHANNESBURG — A toilet door, a gun, an iPhone — and some prosthetic legs. A stray bullet and the difference between a man and a woman screaming. All are pieces of the Oscar Pistorius puzzle that will likely be scrutinized at the Olympian's murder trial ...
MOSCOW — The Russian military took up residence in the Crimea more than 200 years ago, when Catherine the Great built a naval base at Sevastopol. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia and Ukraine tussled repeatedly over dividing up ...
PARIS — French lawmakers voted on Tuesday to continue their country's military operation in Central African Republic, but President Francois Hollande was accused of failing to foresee how difficult it would be. The 428-14 vote in the lower house came after ...
KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine's interim authorities balked at forming a new government Tuesday as horse-trading among parties in parliament continued, despite pleas from the European Union to quickly pave the way for an emergency aid package. Activists on ...
NEW YORK — Samsung is banking on you shaping up this spring. The company on Monday unveiled its new Galaxy S5 smartphone, which is set to go on sale in April, along with a pair of fitness-themed watches. And many of the features included on the ...
NEW YORK — Robin Thicke and Paula Patton are calling it quits. A representative for the actress confirmed Monday that she and the singer are ending their nine-year marriage. People light candles during a religious service at a church in Kiev February 23, ...
Russia questioned the legitimacy of Ukraine's new interim leadership Monday, charging that it has used a Western-backed peace deal to make a power grab and was suppressing dissent in Russian-speaking regions through “terrorist methods.†In a sharply ...
Eduardo Medina Mora is Mexico's ambassador to the United States. He has served as Mexico's attorney general, secretary of public security and director of national intelligence. The arrest of Joaquin Guzman, the most notorious criminal in Mexico's history, ...
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