Reuters

Baseball's opening day provided a glimpse into the sport's brave new world with the first use of instant replays.

The E.U.'s effort is expected to be supplemented by both U.S. and IMF aid packages.

Ukraine will now have to pay $385.5 per 1,000 cubic meters of gas in the second quarter, an increase from the $268.5 agreed in December.

The automaker Monday announced another major recall, this time related to power steering problems.

China's manufacturing engine contracted in the first quarter of 2014, a private survey showed Tuesday, adding to market expectations of government stimulus to arrest a loss of momentum in the world's second-largest economy this year.

The drop in inflation to the lowest rate since 2009 may pressure the ECB to take radical action to prevent a sustained decline in prices.

Switzerland's competition commission said it opened a probe into several Swiss, British and U.S. banks over potential currency rate manipulation.

Russian PM Medvedev flaunted Russia's annexation of Crimea on Monday by flying there and announcing a special economic zone for the region.

Novak Djokovic won the Sony Open in straight sets, 6-3 6-3.

Kerry tells Moscow that progress depends on a Russian troop pullback from Ukraine's borders.

In a memo released on Sunday by the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee, documents provided by GM and a federal regulator provided "unsettling" information.

Serena Williams breezed through the second set to win the Sony Open over Li Na, 7-5 6-1.

The Olympic track star is expected to take the stand when the case resumes.

Demonstrated at a Thursday news conference was a "touch-first" version of Office for iPad, available as a free app -- yet a subscription is needed.

Visa declined to comment on the suit, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, where Wal-Mart is headquartered.

Millions petitioned the results of the long program, which saw Yuna Kim finish second.

"We know that Russian military doctrine advocates escalating in order to de-escalate," British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said, adding, "this escalation we're seeing is indeed simply the playing out of the classic Russian military doctrine."

Abu Ghaith, 48 faces life in prison after a federal court jury in New York convicted him of conspiring to kill Americans, conspiring to provide material support for terrorists and providing such support.

"I think it underlines the fact that it remains a family dynasty in spite of being a listed company," commentator and former Murdoch editor Roy Greenslade said.

The former Vikings star inked a deal worth $32 million.

At The Hague, Obama said one trip goal was to reassure allies he was acting to meet their concerns by limiting the scope of data-gathering.

Obama said he was concerned at the possibility of further Russian "encroachment" into Ukraine and believed Putin was still "making a series of calculations."

Mohamed Badieand and the others are being tried in the same court that condemned 529 to death. The mass trials and death sentences are signs that the crackdown on the Mohamed Mursi's Brotherhood is intensifying before presidential elections.

Hundreds of people rushed to withdraw money from branches of two small Chinese banks amid rumors of insolvency.

Auto companies are subject to a specific law that makes it a crime for them to mislead regulators about safety defects.

Venezuela launched a new free-floating foreign exchange system on Monday.

Russia was acting more like an adversary than a partner, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove said, and the 28-nation alliance should rethink the positioning and readiness of its forces in eastern Europe.

The Houston Ship Channel remained shut on Sunday to contain the environmental damage and prevent additional collisions.

Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told an election rally, "Our F-16s took off and hit this plane. Why? Because if you violate my airspace, our slap after this will be hard."