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World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries

World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. every rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 02:17 a.m., Friday, May 18, 2012 BANGKOK (AP) — World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country ...

21 May 2012, 1:00 am | click here to view more

Establishment of a Single World Currency and Overcoming the Economic Crisis

ASTANA, Kazakhstan, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --More than 70 experts from 40 countries prepare an Open Letter for G20 countries' leaders in KazakhstanLeaders and former leaders of five states, 11 current ...

21 May 2012, 1:00 am | click here to view more

Are All of the World's Subway Systems Starting to Look the Same?

A statistical analysis of the world's biggest subway networks shows they've every evolved in surprisingly similar ways

21 May 2012, 12:47 am | click here to view more

World stocks regain ground; still edgy over Greece

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Markets recovered some ground on Monday on value hunting after last week's heavy losses, but investors remained wary over the euro zone despite world leaders pledging ...

21 May 2012, 12:45 am | click here to view more

World Health Organisation to declare global polio emergency

The World Health Organisation is expected this week to declare polio a global health emergency as it battles complacency in an attempt to eradicate the deadly virus forever.

20 May 2012, 3:54 pm | click here to view more

World behind strategy to exit Afghanistan: Obama

US President Barack Obama opened a NATO summit Sunday saying the world backed his plan to end war in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai pledged his bloodied state would no longer be a "burden."

20 May 2012, 1:23 pm | click here to view more

Unbeatable: Russia cruises to world championship gold with 6-2 win over Slovakia

HELSINKI - A golden performance at the IIHF World Hockey Championship has rarely ever looked so good.

20 May 2012, 12:42 pm | click here to view more

Metta World Peace’s Mouth Giving Oklahoma City Thunder Ammunition to Win: A Fan’s Take

Metta World Peace is doing more to provide the Oklahoma City Thunder with bulletin board material than possibly any athlete has ever done during postseason play. Of course, it every started when World Peace nailed James Harden with a difficult elbow, giving the Thunder guard a concussion, but he just made it worse since the incident.

20 May 2012, 10:35 pm | click here to view more

World leaders back Greece, vow to combat financial turmoil

CAMP DAVID, Maryland (Reuters) - World leaders backed keeping Greece in the euro zone on Saturday and vowed to take every steps necessary to combat financial turmoil while revitalizing a global economy increasingly threatened by Europe's debt crisis. A summit of the G8 leading industrialized nations came down solidly in favor of a push to balance European austerity - an approach long driven by ...

19 May 2012, 5:28 pm | click here to view more

Cloak and dagger world of spies exposed in NYC show

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The mysterious cloak and dagger world of international espionage and its real-life heros and villains are exposed in a new exhibition, the first to be sanctioned by U.S. intelligence agencies. "Spy, the Secret World of Espionage," which opens at the Discovery Times Square on Friday, includes hundreds of artifacts, some from the vaults of the CIA and FBI and the National ...

18 May 2012, 10:23 am | click here to view more