Separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine reported heavy casualties on Tuesday after a second day of fighting with government forces, as authorities in Kiev vowed to continue the military offensive "until not a single terrorist" was left.
Stephen Hawking has landed the richest prize in science for his work on how black holes emit radiation.
London-based banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay a total of 1.92 billion US dollars to settle a US money-laundering probe, the bank said Tuesday.
French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Tuesday unveiled an anti-poverty plan worth up to 2.5 billion euros (3.24 billion U.S. dollars) over next five years.
One of the Australian radio presenters who made a prank call to a London hospital treating Prince William's wife, Kate, sobbed as she recalled hearing the news that a nurse had been found dead.
Weekly average prices of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) declined to $106.74 per barrel last week from the $107.92 price the week before, the Vienna-based cartel said Monday.
Germany announced its expulsion of another four members of the Syrian embassy in Berlin on Monday, in what it called a clear gesture to shrink the diplomatic liaison with regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The European Union on Monday picked up the controversial 2012 Nobel peace prize at a prize-giving ceremony held at the Oslo City Hall.
The London hospital that treated Prince William's wife Catherine has condemned the Australian radio station whose hoax call apparently led to a nurse's suicide, calling the stunt "appalling".
Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Saturday he intended to resign, according to a statement from the president office.
European space power, Arianespace, has announced that the Ariane 5 is getting ready for its first launch in 2013.
A nurse who answered a prank call at the London hospital that was treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate for morning sickness has been found dead, the hospital said on Friday, in a suspected suicide.
Max Clifford, Britain's highest-profile celebrity publicist, was arrested for alleged sex crimes on Thursday by a special police unit set up in the wake of an abuse scandal involving a former BBC TV star.
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