Financial turmoil engulfs Italy amid political uncertainty
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 14:19
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The spectre of a financial crisis came back to haunt Italy on Tuesday, as its markets plunged on fears that the eurozone's third-largest economy is heading toward another election that could shape up...
Updated: Libyan rivals agree to 10 December elections in lawless country
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 13:09
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Rival Libyan leaders meeting in Paris on Tuesday tentatively agreed on a political roadmap leading to parliamentary and presidential elections on Dec. 10, but the plan faces major obstacles in the North African country, where the rival authorities rely on an array of unruly militias....
Leader of failed MH370 wreckage hunt hopes to search again
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 10:39
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The head of a U.S. technology company that scoured the Indian Ocean seabed for more than three months looking for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 said on Tuesday he was disappointed the hunt failed to...
Italy's political pandemonium, explained in 4 points
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 07:36
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
The Italian president's decisions to quash a proposed populist coalition and ask economist Carlo Cottarelli to assemble a politically neutral government sets up the steps to an early election that...
Looming Italian election seen as plebiscite on EU and euro
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 07:33
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Italian populists vowed Monday to convert voter anger over their thwarted bid to govern for the first time into a kind of plebiscite on the European Union, financial markets and eurozone membership as...
US team in North Korea raises expectations of a Trump-Kim summit
Monday, 28 May 2018, 08:04
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
A U.S. team was in North Korea to plan a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to President Donald Trump, raising expectations that the on-off-on meeting would indeed take...
Power eludes Italy's populists, angry over president's veto
Monday, 28 May 2018, 08:00
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Italy's president on Sunday vetoed a euro-skeptic choice for economy minister, foiling a bid by populists to form Italy's next government and increasing the prospects of a quick return to the polls,...