Eurozone concerns building again after period of calm
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 18:04
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Slowly but surely, worries over the 19-country eurozone are building again. After being out of investors' spotlight for months, the single currency zone is facing a range of new concerns —...
United Arab Emirates picks woman to be first 'happiness' minister
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 18:02
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Forget the negative headlines pouring from the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates thinks it's time to focus on something brighter instead. The prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al...
Sanders defeats Clinton, Trump wins in New Hampshire
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 07:37
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Bernie Sanders won a commanding victory over Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire primary, and Donald Trump also scored a big win in a triumph of two outsider candidates who have ridden a...
Australia commits to legal growing of medicinal marijuana
Wednesday, 10 February 2016, 07:14
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Australian lawmakers committed on Wednesday to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use within a part of the world renowned for zero-tolerance and harsh penalties for illegal drugs. The...
Powerful storm damages world’s third largest cruise ship
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 19:25
Last update: about 9 years ago
The third largest cruise ship in the world was caught in a powerful storm on Sunday that rocked the vessel wildly, overturning furniture, smashing glassware and collapsing part of a ceiling in a...
IOM says 409 migrants die in Mediterranean in 2016
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 12:52
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The International Organization for Migration says 409 people have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea, and migrant crossings in the first six weeks of 2016 are running at nearly ten...
Indian scientists study chunk that fell from sky, killed man
Tuesday, 9 February 2016, 10:39
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Scientists are analyzing a small blue object that plummeted from the sky and killed a man in southern India, after authorities said it was a meteorite. The object slammed into the ground at an...