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Portugal’s former prime minister, José Sócrates is going to be held in Évora prison, where he spent last night, following an initial interrogation which decided he should be held on
Enraged protesters set fire to buildings and cars and looted businesses in Ferguson after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the death of an unarmed
The Prime Minister, John Major, told the House of Commons the Queen had informed him earlier this year that she wished to make changes to her tax arrangements. She will also
The big cat outfit had been authenticated as the one Lahr wore in the 1939 film. Its face is a sculpted likeness of the late actor. It sold at an auction
Google has agreed to a settlement with a former Morgan Stanley banker who sued the search engine over defamatory Internet posts. Daniel Hegglin, a Hong Kong-based investor, went to Britain’s High
AUSTRALIA A 30-year-old Sydney mother has been charged with trying to kill her newborn son by abandoning him in a roadside drain for five days before passers-by heard his cries,
The U.S. and Iran are making last-minute progress at nuclear talks but will need to extend negotiations to next month, Western diplomats said yesterday. Their comments matched earlier word that negotiations had now
A 12-year-old boy was fatally shot by police in Cleveland after brandishing what turned out to be a replica gun, triggering an investigation into his death and a legislator’s call for such weapons to
A Swiss museum agreed yesterday to accept a priceless collection of long-hidden art bequeathed to it by German collector Cornelius Gurlitt, but said it will work with German officials to
It’s been called the letter that launched a literary genre — 16,000 amphetamine-fueled, stream-of-consciousness words written by Neal Cassady to his friend Jack Kerouac in 1950. Upon reading them, Kerouac scrapped an early draft of
There appears to have been little or no resistance when tanks rolled into Athens and troops took up positions around government buildings shortly before dawn. The coup was orchestrated by the
The male co-host of an Australian TV program is finally getting some attention for his fashion sense. And that’s his point. Karl Stefanovic wore the same blue suit every day for
The spokesman for the joint U.N.-African Union peacekeeping force in Darfur says the Sudanese government has asked his mission to prepare plans to exit the country. The snub comes amid tension
CHINA A strong earthquake that hit a sparsely populated, mountainous area of western China has killed at least five people and injured 54 others, including schoolchildren in a stampede, officials
According to Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal, Wynn Resorts Ltd. is under investigation by federal authorities regarding whether or not the casino operator broke money-laundering laws. Those familiar with
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is warning of “serious gaps” in the talks about a nuclear deal with Iran, and if major differences persist the possibility of extending past
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates has been detained by police as part of an investigation into corruption, money-laundering and tax fraud, Portugal’s Attorney-General’s office said Saturday. Socrates, who was Portugal’s prime minister from 2005
Tunisia took another step forward in its peaceful transition to democracy yesterday by holding its first free presidential election, with voters hoping for more stability and a better economy. Many Tunisians weighed
Al-Shabaab, the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist militia, said it carried out an attack on Christians traveling on a bus in northeastern Kenya, killing 28 people. Gunmen attacked the Nairobi-bound vehicle yesterday morning local
Lee Harvey Oswald, a 24-year-old former Marine, was being transferred from police headquarters to the county jail, at the center of a large crowd of police officers, reporters and camera
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