TOKYO (AP) - The expert behind the monetary policies of Japan's new prime minister welcomed the recovering stock market and favorable exchange rate as signs of success Friday, and said the dollar can rise to 110 yen before excessive inflation ri... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - Was it a proud revelation, or an impassioned case for privacy? A coming-out speech, or a why-SHOULD-I-come-out speech? Too little and too late, or just enough? (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
North Korea, though struggling to feed its people, is now one of the few countries to have successfully launched a satellite into space from its own soil. But leaders in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo immediately pushed for consequences over a rocket la... [Full Article]
American actress Sarah Jessica Parker says this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner, the European Union, could serve as an example for the United States. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
ROME (Reuters) - European partners heaped praise on outgoing Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti on Monday, and called for the next government to stick to his reform agenda after his surprise decision to resign rattled financial markets. Monti's ... [Full Article]
Opposition groups in Kuwait hailed their election boycott as a success Sunday after officials said voter turnout on Saturday was sharply lower than during the last parliamentary races earlier this year. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
Opposition groups in Kuwait are hailing their election boycott as a success after officials said voter turnout on Saturday was sharply lower than during the last parliamentary races earlier this year. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow city officials have hailed the first modest steps in a campaign to unclog the city's famously gridlocked roads and meet Russian President Vladimir Putin's goal of turning the Russian capital into a global business ... [Full Article]
The London Olympics have been a triumph of the imagination, says Craig Reedie, the main architect behind the city's innovatively successful Games. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - Three days before the opening of the London 2012 Olympics, Games chief Sebastian Coe hailed the city's seven-year preparations as an extraordinary journey and said five promises made in 2005 had guided the work. In an emotiona... [Full Article]