BANGKOK (AP) - Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push world stock markets higher Monday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
TOKYO (AP) - Visits by Cabinet ministers and lawmakers to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted of atrocities, signal Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's determination to pursue a more nationalist agenda after months of focusing on the economy. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - A report of slowing manufacturing is getting the stock market off to weak start Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday evening, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 70 near the southern city of Kandahar, an official said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Talks over the potential use of water cannon for the first time on London's streets are taking place with the Metropolitan police, the Home Office confirmed on Monday. London's police force argue that water cannon would be a "valuable option in rare situations" and press reports suggest that Home Office minist... [Full Article]