PERAMA, Greece - Aid workers say the Greek economic crash is causing a humanitarian crisis in one impoverished suburb of the port city of Piraeus. Most of the residents of Perama are unemployed and many are unable to afford basic healthcare or provis...
LONDON - The European Central Bank has asked financial institutions across Europe to stand behind their struggling counterparts in Greece, Spain and other countries caught in the euro debt crisis. Banks have an incentive to support their rivals, but...
WASHINGTON, May 30 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday congratulated Mitt Romney for clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while their campaign teams attack each other in an increasingly relentless manner. The two candida...
PARIS, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Serena Williams was bundled out of the French Open after she suffered the worst Grand Slam defeat of her career on Tuesday. The favorite for the women's singles title slumped to a dramatic and thrilling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 los...
PARIS, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Maria Sharapova felt herself better prepared for the French Open after dispatching Romanian Alexandra Cadantu 6-0, 6-0 in the first round on Tuesday. The relentless second seed from Russia crushed the world number 78 in 48 m...
MADRID, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Spanish BBVA Primera Liga outfit Atletico Madrid Tuesday confirmed their second signing for the 2012-2013 season. The Europa League winners have signed Turkish international midfielder Emre Belozoglu on a two-year contract....
GUANGZHOU, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Italian coach Marcello Lippi is facing a real challenge since he took charge of Chinese Super Leauge outfit Guangzhou Evergrande when they will battle Japanese FC Tokyo on Wednesday for a place in the quarterfinals of AF...
LONDON, May 29 (Xinhua) -- More than half of employers in Britain are making changes to their working practices during the Olympics to enable staff to work more flexibly or enable them to watch key events at work, according to survey results released...
While many U.S. businesses are suffering in the weak economy, one industry has been picking up speed. Women are now spending more money on their nails. They are getting more daring - straying from the basic shades of red and painting blues, greens an...
Shares in the social networking site Facebook fell to less than $30 Tuesday. The price of Facebook dropped $3.07, almost 10 percent, to close at $28.84. Facebook shares are 24 percent lower since their highly publicized IPO on May 18th of $38. Financ...
Greece's biggest bank says that if the country exits the euro currency bloc the effect on the nation's populace would be dramatic. As the country heads to a new round of parliamentary elections in mid-June, the National Bank of Greece said Tuesday th...
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 27 (Xinhua) -- Cuba' s national soccer team will this week warm up for its June World Cup qualifiers with matches against Brazil' s Mogi Mirim and Ponte Preta. The Caribbean nation will confront Mogi Mirim at the Romildo Ferreira...
RIO DE JANEIRO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Lucas scored a goal either side of half-time as Botafogo maintained its lead at the top of the Brazilian Serie A championship with a 3-2 victory over Coritiba on Sunday. Lincoln stunned the visitors with a goal in...
PARIS, May 27 (Xinhua) -- France struggled on their first warm-up for Euro 2012 as they came back from two goals down to beat Iceland 3-2 on Sunday at Valenciennes, France. Birkir Bjarnason and Kolbeinn Sigthorsson put the visitors 2-0 ahead in 28th...
CANNES, France, May 27 (Xinhua) - For Asian professionals in the film industry, the world-famous Cannes film festival on the French Riviera has always been a hard-fought battle far away from home. Although barely eligible to contend for the festival'...
