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An east-west struggle over Ukraine turned nastier as Moscow accused the United States of fomenting a coup and Washington pointed a finger at Russia for leaking a recording of U.S. diplomats discussing how to shape a new government in...

Francois Hollande's advisers needed a drink. Their boss, the president of France, had been dogged for days by allegations he was cheating on his long-time girlfriend with a movie actress. At the same time, he was making another big split...

Syria's deputy foreign minister said on Friday the government would take part in a second round of peace talks on Syria's civil war in the Swiss city of Geneva, state media reported. The 'Geneva 2' peace conference, which had its...

Anti-government protesters in Thailand's capital collected money for farmers on Friday, seeking to capitalize on discontent in rural areas at the state's failure to pay for rice bought under a controversial subsidy scheme. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was helped to...

South African President Jacob Zuma has set May 7 as the date for general elections in which his ruling African National Congress is likely to easily extend its two-decades rule. "The electoral term of the present government will come to...

Stocks gained ground on Friday to further recover from a steep two-week selloff, buoyed by expectations that a January U.S. jobs report will soothe recent concerns over the pace of global growth. The euro dipped to a session low against...

Internet search company Google Inc will own a 5.94 percent stake in China's Lenovo Group Ltd worth $750 million once Lenovo's deal to buy Google's Motorola handset division closes, according to a disclosure on the Hong Kong stock exchange. Google...

U.S. employment likely rebounded in January after being held back by cold weather the prior month, which would offer assurance that economic growth was not faltering. Nonfarm payrolls are expected to have increased by 185,000 last month, according to a...

The companies working to widen the Panama Canal have made a new proposal to resolve a row over cost overruns on the multi-billion dollar project, the consortium said on Friday. Grupo Unidos Por El Canal (GUPC), led by Spanish builder...

Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) has named company veteran Carsten Spohr as the group's new chief executive, Germany's largest airline said on Friday. Spohr will take over on May 1 from Christoph Franz, who is moving to Swiss pharmaceuticals group Roche (ROG.VX). REUTERS