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Europe’s bank test celebrations mask mounting challenges

YoopyaOct 27, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – Investors were spared immediate pain on Sunday after the European Central Bank’s landmark banking health check did not force massive capital hikes amongst

Iran hangs Reyhaneh Jabbari despite campaign

YoopyaOct 25, 2014July 15, 20230

Iran has gone ahead with an execution of a woman despite an international campaign urging a reprieve. Reyhaneh Jabbari, 26, was hanged in a

Ebola outbreak: Cases pass 10,000, WHO reports

YoopyaOct 25, 2014June 19, 20230

The number of cases in the Ebola outbreak has exceeded 10,000, with 4,922 deaths, the World Health Organization says in its latest report. Only 27

Brazil’s Rousseff pulls ahead of Neves before Sunday’s election: poll

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Incumbent President Dilma Rousseff pulled ahead again in a new poll ahead of Brazil’s presidential election and she appears to be the favorite

Pledges to U.N. fund to fight Ebola more than double to $50 million

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – Pledges to a United Nations trust fund calling for nearly $1 billion to fight Ebola in West Africa have more than doubled to

Banksy arrest revealed to be a hoax as new artwork shows up in hometown

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

A report claimed that the elusive street artist was actually Paul Homer, who was arrested for vandalism along with having thousands of dollars of counterfeit

Burkina Faso government seeks referendum to extend president’s rule

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

By Mathieu Bonkoungou OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Burkina Faso’s government will submit a bill for parliament to call a referendum on removing a two-term limit for

Hong Kong protesters march after fruitless talks with government

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

(Reuters) – About 200 Hong Kong protesters marched to the home of the city’s Beijing-backed leader on Wednesday to push their case for greater democracy

Curfew in Sierra Leone town after rioting, shooting over Ebola case

YoopyaOct 22, 2014July 15, 20230

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Authorities in Sierra Leone imposed a curfew in the eastern town of Koidu on Tuesday after a dispute between youth and police

Oscar Pistorius sentenced to five years in prison for girlfriend’s killing

YoopyaOct 21, 2014July 15, 20230

A South African judge sentenced former Olympic and Paralymic sprinter Oscar Pistorius to a maximum of five years in prison Tuesday for the culpable homicide