Faced with freezing temperatures as the bitter cold sets in, the protesters who have poured onto the streets of the Ukrainian capital burn tires and sip hot soup and tea to stay warm.
12 years, 4 months ago
Six financial institutions were fined €1.71 billion ($2.32 billion) by European Union regulators Wednesday for colluding in an attempt to manipulate key benchmark interest rates, the EU's largest-ever penalty in a cartel case.
Urbane liberals are joining black-booted skinheads to protest on the streets of Kiev, but if the Orange Revolution of nine years ago is to be repeated, they need a leader to unite them.
Ukraine saw its largest popular protests since the 2004 Orange Revolution on Sunday when at least 300,000 people took to the streets calling for the resignation of the president, Viktor Yanukovych.
12 years, 5 months ago
Riot police in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, have forcefully dispersed hundreds of protesters, beating some with truncheons, witnesses say.
L’avenir de l’archipel des Chagos a fait l’objet de débats approfondis à la Chambre des Lords à Londres dans la soirée d’hier suite à une initiative de la baronne Whitaker.
The Italian Senate has voted to expel ex-Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi from parliament with immediate effect over his conviction for tax fraud.
In this perfectly timed photo by Tiago Pinheiro, we see huge waves crashing into the pier at Praia da Aguda in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.
Photo and caption by Adriano Morettin
They were arrested, there are five days Catania province of Sicily, Italy. Both Mauritians were arrested after being prosecuted by the police car. They are suspected of trafficking in marijuana.
Photo Location: carezza, bolzano, Italy
KAZAN, RUSSIAVideo broadcast by Russian television stations shows a Russian plane going down at a near-vertical angle and exploding on the tarmac in Kazan in a giant fireball.
Millions of U.K. commuters were told to stay at home today and thousands of people lost power as Britain’s worst storm in five years toppled trees that blocked train tracks and brought down overhead electricity cables.
12 years, 6 months ago
Britain's strongest storm in a decade battered southern regions on Monday, forcing hundreds of flight cancellations, cutting power lines and disrupting the travel plans of millions of commuters.
The European Central Bank on Wednesday outlined the parameters for a wide-ranging review of commercial banks that is designed to expose and fix any problems and ultimately allow credit to begin flowing normally again, a prerequisite for faster economic growth.
