Britain launched a public consultation Monday to help authorities decide whether people who donate eggs and sperm to fertility clinics should be paid cash compensation, and if so how much.
The Social Network, Glee, and actors Natalie Portman and Colin Firth won big at this year's Golden Globe awards, while Jim Parsons and Laura Linney also stole the limelight.
Annette Bening, who played a lesbian mother in The Kids Are All Right, and Christian Bale, who portrayed a drug-addicted boxer in The Fighter, won Golden Globe trophies on Sunday.
Roger Federer launches the defense of his Australian Open title on Monday looking to continue his recent purple patch of form against Slovakian Lukas Lacko.
UK department store chain Debenhams Plc said bad weather in December impacted like-for-like sales by 2.5 percent to 3.0 percent for the 19 weeks to January 8.
World stocks held near the previous day's two-year high on Friday while oil hit fresh two-year peaks after strong U.S. data this week encouraged investors to maintain their risk positions into 2011.
World stocks held near the previous day's two-year high on Friday while oil hit fresh two-year peaks after strong U.S. data this week encouraged investors to maintain their risk positions into 2011.
Shares surged in Scandinavian carrier SAS on Thursday after a report that Lufthansa planned a takeover, giving new buzz to a long talked-of match.
Global regulators said on Thursday that banks in low debt countries like Australia and Denmark will get more leeway to comply with tough new liquidity rules.
The Basel Committee of global banking regulators published on Thursday the final text of Basel III, which will force banks to triple the amount of capital held to withstand shocks.
Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki have been crowned the International Tennis Federation world champions for the year 2010.
The European Central Bank is considering requesting an increase in its capital from euro zone member states, euro zone central bank sources told Reuters, as a cushion against any potential losses from its bond buying.
European Union leaders will agree next week to insert two sentences into the EU treaty to pave the way for the creation of the European Stability Mechanism from 2013, draft conclusions of the summit showed.
Europe, US will turn up to witness royal wedding in London but there will be no blessings from France, Skyscanner, a leading travel search site, said in a statement.
According to the London-based daily al-Hayat, the WikiLeaks release includes documents showing Turkey has helped al-Qaeda in Iraq, So far, the countries making rounds in news and on Twitter which may figure in Wikileaks' release include the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Norway, Israel, Iraq, India, China, Turkey, Russia and Iceland.
Registration of European passenger cars slumped by 16.6 percent in October against the numbers recorded in the corresponding period a year ago
The CEO of Vestas, a major supplier of wind turbines, is asking for heads of state to meet for an hour to help come up with methods of weaning the world from fossil fuels.
Now a new generation of drivers is set to embark on a similar kind of experiment. Until recently, most electric vehicles, or EVs as they are often known, have had a range of just a few dozen miles, limiting their usefulness and appeal.
Women who took medication to treat herpes infections during pregnancy weren't more likely to have a baby with birth defects than women who didn't take these drugs in a study of over 800,000 babies born in Denmark.
Europe's attempt to restore confidence in its banks comes to a head on Friday with widespread expectation that up to 10 lenders will fail the test and have to raise capital.
Crude drifted lower after hitting a three-month high near $80 on Friday, supported by a storm threat to U.S. Gulf oil installations but pressured by uncertainty over the result of bank stress tests in Europe.
By 0943 GMT (5:43 a.m. EDT), U.S. crude for September was trading 26 cents lower at $79.04 a barrel. ICE Brent crude futures were 28 cents down at $77.54.
European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday to increase monitoring of member states' economies from January as part of efforts to tighten budget discipline and prevent new economic crises.
