New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner has admitted that he started three different virtual relationships with women after he resigned from Congress following his...
Facebook shares jumped by more than 25% at the market opening on Thursday, after it beat profit forecasts with stronger than expected mobile ad...
Jane Austen is to feature on the next £10 note, the Bank of England has announced, avoiding a long-term absence of women represented on...
Aston Martin is to team up with the Mercedes to develop a new generation of engines and components. As part of the deal, German carmaker...
The US House of Representatives has rejected the Amash amendment, voting to continue collecting data on phone calls, in the first legislative move on...
Disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been charged with bribery, corruption and abuse of power, state media say. Bo Xilai, formerly the Communist Party chief...
The European Union’s plans to cut transaction fees on debit and credit cards have been published - but there is disagreement over the potential...
The White House is urging Congress to reject an attempt to stop the NSA collecting Americans' phone records. With a key vote coming up, President...
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has appealed for calm after weeks-long protests escalated into a blockade of parliament and clashes with police. Rosen Plevneliev urged both...
Anthony Weiner, the Democrat New York mayoral candidate, has admitted sending messages to a woman, two years after he left Congress over a similar...
China has decided to ban the construction of government buildings for the next five years, according to state media. The move comes as part of...
According to Forbes magazine, Lady Gaga is the top earning celebrity under 30 years old. Lady Gaga made an estimated $80 million in the last...
Swiss bank UBS has reached an agreement with US housing agencies to settle claims it had mis-sold mortgage investments. UBS said it had reached an...
Japanese markets show a little change after PM Shinzo Abe was given a vote of confidence for his economic policy known as "Abenomics". As widely...
Japan is voting in upper house elections expected to deliver a win for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Half of the 242 seats in the chamber...
Russian activist Alexei Navalny has told supporters he will fight and win the Moscow mayoral vote, after he was freed from jail pending an...
Venezuela announces it has "ended" steps towards restoring diplomatic ties with the US, after comments made by Samantha Power, who was nominated as the...
Huawei has denied claims made by former CIA chief Michael Hayden that it has spied for the Chinese government. Michael Hayden was quoted by the...
Russian activist Alexei Navalny has been freed from jail pending an appeal, a day after being sentenced to five years for embezzlement. The court ruled...
Detroit has become the largest US city ever to file for bankruptcy, with debts of at least $15 billion. The city of Detroit, once a...
Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes' list of highest-paid actors, with estimated earnings of $75 million. The Avengers and Iron Man 3 featuring 48-year-old Robert...
Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone has been indicted by German prosecutors on a bribery charge. The charge relates to a $44 million payment to a...
Egypt’s interim government has been sworn in, with army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, who led the ousting of President Mohamed Morsi, becoming deputy...
The global market that deals with automobile accessories is vast in size. It is spread across continents, starting from North America, the topmost name...
British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) made "illegal" transfers, say Chinese police as they released details of an investigation into bribery allegations. Four senior Chinese executives...