Greek president to seek to form unity government

Athens, Greece (CNN) — Greek President Karolos Papoulias is to hold talks in the next day with party leaders in a bid to create a national unity government, his office said Saturday. Evangelos Venizelos, More...

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Historic elections in Tunisia lauded

Tunisia was the first Arab country this year to overthrow its long-ruling dictator. And it now is the first country of the Arab Spring to hold an election, one that international More...

Former Cape Verde president wins $5 million award

A $5 million prize for excellence in African leadership was awarded to former Cape Verde President Pedro Verona Pires in London on Monday. Pires was recognized for helping transform More...

Millions reportedly without BlackBerry

Millions of BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were reportedly without Web and texting service Monday because of an outage that BlackBerry maker Research More...

Inflation downplayed as Argentina recovers

 Argentina defaulted on $100 billion in debt — the largest default in history. The move ushered in an era of utter chaos: five presidents in two weeks, cash and food shortages, More...

New government formed in Haiti

It has been nearly a year since Haiti held elections, but it was not until late Tuesday night that the troubled nation finally was able to form a new government. Garry Conille, More...

North Korea seek to restart six-party talks

U.S. officials held a “positive” meeting Monday with a North Korean delegation in an effort to restart talks More...

Chinese officials blast Senate currency bill

In a rare showing of bipartisanship, the Senate passed a bill on Tuesday targeting China’s undervalued currency More...

Anti-government protests across Syria

One propelled by the funeral of an assassinated Kurdish opposition leader — turned deadly again Saturday...

Millions reportedly without BlackBerry

Millions of BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa were reportedly without Web and...

Today Stocks: Back where we started

U.S. stocks rallied to the highest levels since early August on Friday, as investors grew increasingly hopeful More...

American economists win Nobel

wo American economists won the Nobel Prize for economics on Monday for their work studying how changes in government policies or..

Greek president to seek to form unity government

Athens, Greece (CNN) — Greek President Karolos Papoulias is to hold talks in the next day with party leaders More...

How a German state election affects Europe

Berlin (CNN) — Germany’s electoral map has many colors in comparison to the red and blue of America, yet on both..

Merkel: Germany won’t make bailout promises it can’t keep

Davos, Switzerland (CNN) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel launched an outspoken defense of the European project on Wednesday, but warned that..

Barcelona: Messi is not racist

Lionel Messi has been dragged into the row about racism in football, but his club Barcelona insists that accusations against the..

Home ownership: Biggest drop since Great Depression

The percentage of Americans who owned their homes has seen its biggest decline since the Great Depression, according to the U.S...

7 reasons the 787 Dreamliner is special

Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner makes its first passenger flight Wednesday, carrying about 250 passengers from Tokyo to Hong Kong on Japan’s All..