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Egypt Court Bans Mubarak-Era Leaders From Running In Elections

An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned the leaders of former president Hosni Mubarak's National Democratic Party from running in any coming elections, the court judge said. Judge Karim Hazem did not specify the number, names or titles of the politicians...

Both Sides Bury Dead As Ukraine Slides Towards War

Both sides have been burying their dead as Ukraine slides further towards war, with supporters of Russia and of a united Ukraine each accusing the other side of tearing the country apart. Tuesday morning was quiet in eastern and southern...

Six Wounded In Knife Attack At Southern China Rail Station

A single knife-wielding assailant wounded six people on Tuesday in an attack at a railway station in China's southern city of Guangzhou, police and state media said, the latest of a series of assaults to raise jitters around the...

Thai Court Almost Certain To Rule Against PM, Force Her From Office

Thailand's Constitutional Court is almost certain to rule against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on abuse of power charges on Wednesday, forcing her from office and raising the possibility of fresh mass protests by her supporters. That could lead to confrontation...

U.S. Economy To See Faster Growth After Winter Freeze: OECD

U.S. economic growth is set to rebound strongly in the second quarter as the scars of a brutally cold winter fade, but inflation pressures will remain tame through 2015, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In its...

Merck & Co Sells Consumer Unit To Bayer For $14 Billion

Merck & Co Inc has agreed to sell its consumer care business to Germany's Bayer AG for $14.2 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, adding to a string of major cross-border healthcare deals. "This acquisition marks a major milestone on...

Barclays’ Investment Bank Hits Profits Again

Barclays (BARC.L) said a collapse in investment bank revenue hit first quarter profits and was still hurting income in April as the British bank works on an overhaul of the flagging business, expected to be announced later this week. Income...

Dollar Wilts To Six-And-A-Half Month Low, Shares Gain

The dollar fell to a 6-1/2 month low on Tuesday despite signs the U.S. economy is emerging from a particularly harsh winter-induced slowdown. It was hurt by U.S. bond yields struggling to pull away from their recent troughs, suggesting there...

OPINION: EREDIAUWA ON 2015: WHAT IS JONATHAN WAITING FOR?

“You can never tell a bad market-day by the morning.” This weather beaten Igbo proverb cannot be any truer with the way events panned out for the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, on Friday, April 25, this year. The week...

Confab Committee Proposes New Revenue Sharing Formula

… Scrap House of Representatives - Ekpu tells Committee BEVERLY HILLS, CA, May 05, (THEWILL) – A new revenue sharing formula was on Monday proposed by the Committee on Devolution of Power at the on-going National Conference in Abuja. The...

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