LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's economy dodged a return to recession and grew faster than expected in the first three months of this year, a relief for finance minister George Osborne. The Office for National Statistics said Britain's gross do... [Full Article]
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's fashion house Roberto Cavalli, known for its animal prints and flowing silk dresses, reported a 4 percent rise in revenues to 185 million euros ($247 million) in 2012, helped by the opening of new stores, including in C... [Full Article]
BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran's Jafar Panahi has defied a 20-year ban on filmmaking to secretly co-direct "Closed Curtain", a multi-layered portrayal of how restrictions on his work and movement have brought on depression and even thoughts o... [Full Article]
ATHENS (Reuters) - With his red beanie hat and rickety three-wheeler, 56-year-old Dimitris cuts an unlikely figure as he dives head-first into the garbage to scour for scrap in Athens's wealthy suburbs. The unemployed builder is one of the few G... [Full Article]
North Korea defied international warnings and fired a long-range rocket Wednesday, the second launch under its new leader and a clear sign Pyongyang is pushing forward with its quest to develop the technology needed to deliver a nuclear warhead. (Sou... [Full Article]
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Daimler AG stuck to its forecast for roughly flat underlying earnings this year, easing concerns that a slowdown in Chinese growth would force the luxury carmaker to cut its outlook and boosting its shares. The gr... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's core Internet business increased revenue by 21 percent in the second quarter, easing Wall Street worries that a slumping global economy would take a toll on the company's online advertising. Shares of ... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's core Internet business increased revenue by 21 percent in the second quarter, easing Wall Street worries that a slumping global economy would take a toll on the company's online advertising. Shares of ... [Full Article]
China's state-run Catholic church ordained a bishop on Friday in defiance of the Vatican, authorities said as they dismissed protests from the Holy See as "rude and unreasonable". (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Egypt's newly elected president has read the oath of office in Tahrir Square and defied the country's military rulers by saying, "I fear no one but God." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]