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European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said Thursday it is “imperative” that Europe’s leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted banks to help the region leave its economic and financial crisis behind once and for all. In the text of a ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Italian leftist leader Pier Luigi Bersani admits he had "come in first but not won" key elections and asks parties to help him push through reforms amid a political deadlock that has sent markets tumbling.
The dollar plunged below ¥92 in Tokyo trading Tuesday as the euro was battered after the general election in Italy left the country in political gridlock and raised uncertainties over the reconstruction of its public finances. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ...
Stocks fell sharply Tuesday, pressured by heavy selling on the back of the yen’s upsurge and rekindled concerns over the European debt crisis after Italy’s general election. The Nikkei 225 average closed down 263.71 points, or 2.26 percent, at 11,398.81. On Monday, the key ...
When Silvio Berlusconi put his foot in his mouth yet again last week, claiming that kickbacks are a normal part of doing business abroad, Italy waited for a crushing rebuke from his main opponent in this month’s election. But Pier Luigi Bersani is not ...
Conservation workers at the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii began a €105 million ($142 million) makeover partly funded by the EU on Wednesday, a day after former site managers were put under investigation for corruption. The project, which is being funded to the tune ...
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vowed Sunday to refund the money Italians have had to fork out for an unpopular property tax if his coalition wins this month’s elections. Speaking at a rally in Milan, he vowed to scrap the levy and refund the ...
A year after the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster, the luxury liners that ply the waters just in front of St. Mark’s Square in Venice are stirring unease in the world-famous lagoon. The debate pits conservationists who are up in arms about the environmental ...
A 13-year-old boy ran away from his adoptive parents in Italy, taking his father’s Mercedes and driving 1,000 km toward his native Poland before being stopped in Germany. The boy — a go-kart enthusiast — managed to pass highway toll booths and cross two ...
Italy’s playboy former prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, announced a deal Monday with the rightwing Northern League ahead of next month’s national elections, potentially opening up a tighter contest in a race being closely watched by financial markets. “We have a pope,” the 76-year-old billionaire ...
Silvio Berlusconi’s re-election bid was thrown into fresh doubt Sunday as his support among party stalwarts and a rightwing splinter group eroded ahead of a campaign for February polls in Italy. Just over a week after the three-time prime minister announced his candidacy, his ...
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti’s decision to resign has left the door wide open for the former Eurocrat to run in the upcoming general election, or take on the mediator role of president. For now, the professorial 69-year-old — whose first foray into politics ...
New York AP U.S. stocks edged higher Monday after a strong sales report from McDonald’s offset concerns about the surprise resignation announcement of Italy’s prime minister. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 14.75 points, or 0.1 percent, to 13,169.88. The Standard and Poor’s 500 ...