By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Commodities from gold to oil recouped some of their earlier steep losses but remained volatile after investors dumped risk assets overnight, gripped by worries over slowing growth in China and the United States. Euro... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - A pre-dawn military rehearsal was held Monday in preparation for Margaret Thatcher's funeral, while officials announced the familiar bells of the Big Ben clock tower will be silenced for the actual event. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
BERLIN (AP) - For nearly 30 years, the Berlin Wall was the hated symbol of the division of Europe, a gray, concrete mass that snaked through neighborhoods, separating families and friends. On Wednesday, it took hundreds of police to guarantee the saf... [Full Article]
BERLIN (AP) - Work crews backed by about 250 police removed parts of the Berlin Wall known as the East Side Gallery before dawn Wednesday to make way for an upscale building project, despite demands by protesters that the site be preserved. (Source: ... [Full Article]
CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist president proclaimed the country's newly adopted constitution as the dawning of a "new republic" in a television address Wednesday, calling on the opposition to join a dialogue with him after a month ... [Full Article]
CHICHEN ITZA, Mexico (Reuters) - Dawn broke over ancient holy sites in southern Mexico to celebrations on Friday, ushering in the start of a new era for the Maya people that had been billed as a possible end of the world. Mystics, hippies and tourist... [Full Article]
Markets were subdued Friday as Wall Street readied to return following the Thanksgiving holiday and as the U.S. shopping season begins in earnest.The day after Thanksgiving is dubbed "Black Friday" ... (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
The sun has set on the "Twilight" franchise with one last blockbuster opening for the supernatural romance. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bella and Edward's big-screen farewell lit up box offices with $30.4 million in late-night ticket sales for the finale of the blockbuster "Twilight" vampire series, production studio Summit Entertainment said on... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Dozens of excited "Twilight" fans set up tents in Los Angeles on Thursday ahead of next week's world premiere of the last film in the vampire romance franchise. Some 2,200 people from all over the world have reg... [Full Article]