GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. office for disaster risk reduction says worldwide reported economic losses from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters have been nearly $2.9 trillion over...
Read MoreATHENS, Greece (AP) — The leaders of Greece, Egypt and Cyprus are meeting on the island of Crete to discuss furthering regional cooperation, including oil and gas exploration rights in the east Mediterranean and efforts to...
Read MoreAutomakers are continually making changes in vehicles. These can be technological breakthroughs, such as the automatic emergency braking systems that are increasingly becoming standard on new cars. Some are mandated changes,...
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — Google has appealed a record $5 billion fine that European Union authorities levied against the tech giant for allegedly abusing the dominance of its Android operating system to stifle competitors. A spokesman...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Britain’s Supreme Court says a bakery owned by a Christian family didn’t discriminate against a gay customer when it refused to make a cake supporting same-sex marriage. Ashers Baking Co. in Northern...
Read MoreJOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African opposition parties are pushing for wider scrutiny of President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Cabinet after the resignation of a finance minister who acknowledged meeting with a business family linked...
Read MoreHARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — As Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, gas lines are snaking for hours, prices are spiking and residents goggle as the new government insists that the country — somehow — has...
Read MoreNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Under its adopted moniker of “Olivewood,” the tiny Mediterranean island of Cyprus is trying to woo moviemakers from around the world with 300-plus days of sunshine yearly and a package of...
Read MoreCAIRO (AP) — Egypt says inflation jumped to 15.4 percent in September, a rise of more than two percentage points over the previous month. Data released Wednesday by the state statistics bureau shows an increase in food and...
Read MorePARIS (AP) — France’s top court is ruling in a case that may require some 1,700 women around the world to pay back compensation they received over rupture-prone breast implants. The decision Wednesday concerns German...
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