Brazil must convince markets that it can grow its economy while also slash spending and curtail inflation, analysts said after the country’s credit rating sunk to near junk status. The Central Bank said Brazil would respond “robustly” to global economic…
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Bayern Munich were crowned German champions for the 24th time on Tuesday with the man who helped build them into a European powerhouse waiting to go behind bars. Uli Hoeness, 62, resigned as Bayern’s president two weeks ago after being convicted of…
The United States on Tuesday urged Egypt not to execute 529 supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Morsi who were given the death penalty in a mass sentencing which has triggered an international outcry. Deputy State Department spokeswoman…
How do recovery teams map a search zone for plane wreckage? CNN’s Brian Todd interviews an expert whose team has done it.
International scientists will gather near Tokyo on Tuesday for a week-long meeting centred on a grim climate change report that warned of floods and drought that would stoke conflicts and wreak havoc on the global economy. A draft of their report, seen…
The United States will send 1,150 Marines to Australia in April, bolstering the roughly 200-member force already in Darwin, officers said Monday. The reinforcements are part of a planned deployment of up to 2,500 US Marines in Australia by 2016-2017…
The world’s football stars will not be the only ones competing for glory at this year’s World Cup in Rio de Janeiro. Coca-Cola will also be running hard. The US soft-drink giant, facing lower sales in North America, is an official sponsor of the 20th…
Brazil will deploy the military in slums near Rio’s international airport to back up police as the city braces for the arrival of hundreds of thousands of tourists for the World Cup, authorities said Monday. Justice Minister Eduard Cardozo announced…
Nottingham Forest have sacked manager Billy Davies, the English second-tier club announced Monday. The Scot’s second spell in charge of the Midlands side came following a poor run of results and a reported breakdown in his relationship with the club…
An Italian minister vowed Monday to use his country’s upcoming presidency of the European Union to pursue a campaign by southern EU producers against Britain’s “traffic light” food labels. Speaking as he went into EU farm ministers’ talks, Agriculture…
One description that does not fit Devils defenseman Jon Merrrill is that he talks a good game. In fact, the 22-year-old rookie doesn’t do much talking at all. So when Merrill struggled through a tough weekend in Florida just over a week ago (he was…
For about ten minutes on Monday, there was a case of mistaken identity involving a former Nets player. A report from The Post from Monday afternoon initially reported Quinton Ross, the guard-forward who played for the Nets in 2010-11, had been found…
You may not have heard of Skout but it’s actually one of the oldest and largest mobile (iOS and Android) social networks. The company is in its eighth year of operation and has 220 million users in over 180 different countries. Skout focuses on…
These days, Hollywood is constantly on the look out for the next hit movie, and Sony hopes they’ve got it. According to the NBC News, Sony has purchased the rights to a New York Times article regarding how the Target security breach came to light…
A second straight sell-off of popular technology shares dragged US stocks lower Monday, as tensions with Russia over Ukraine kept investors on edge. At the closing bell the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 25.88 points (0.16 percent) at 16,276.…
The Group of Seven top economic powers said Monday they are ready to step up sanctions against Russia if Moscow fails to de-escalate the crisis in Ukraine that has shaken relations. “We remain ready to intensify actions including coordinated sectoral…
News broke this morning that Apple, one of the global leaders in consumer computing technology, is in talks with Comcast, one of the world’s largest cable providers, to bring Apple set-top boxes to the living rooms of Comcast customers. In a nutshell…
It’s been a little while since we’ve heard anything in the way of an official update regarding Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s handset business, but today both parties are finally providing a long awaited update. According to a post on “…
Kevin Pietersen’s controversial England exit could yet prove a boon for Surrey, according to the county’s new coach, who has known the star batsman since he was a schoolboy in South Africa. The 33-year-old may be England’s leading all-time run-scorer…
By now, we’ve gotten about 500 close looks at the All New One from HTC, the follow-up to the company’s flagship phone from 2013. And even though HTC will be unveiling the phone at an event in New York City tomorrow, another massive leak about the…