European court OKs crackdown on e-cigarettes, packaging
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 13:44
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The European Union's top court dealt a blow to the tobacco industry Wednesday by approving sweeping new rules that will require plain cigarette packs, ban menthol cigarettes and regulate the growing...
Diamond the size of a tennis ball could fetch €61 million
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 12:18
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
It's a rock for the ages. A 3-billion-year-old diamond the size of a tennis ball — the largest discovered in over a century — could sell for more than $70 million (nearly 61 million...
Eurozone growth in 'low gear' at start of second quarter
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 11:45
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
As winter turned to spring, the eurozone economy appears to have lost some — but by no means all — of the momentum that saw it grow faster than the U.S. in the first quarter of the...
EU countries to be fined €250,000 for each refugee they reject
Wednesday, 4 May 2016, 11:13
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
European Union countries that refuse to accept refugees under proposals to overhaul the EU's failed asylum laws could face large fines for each asylum seeker rejected. The penalties are part of a...