Japan's economy is back in recession...again
Yikes! Japan's economy has fallen back into recession. Gross domestic product contracted by an annualized 0.8% in the third quarter, Japan's Cabinet Office said Monday. Growth also shrank in the previous quarter, officially putting the world's third-largest economy on the rocks.
RESCHEDULING LOANS : IMF criticises govt’s policy
The International Monetary Fund has criticised the policy of allowing errant borrowers to reschedule loans, saying such policies only helped in improving the balance sheets of banks artificially.
Paris attacks: Suicide bomber identified; ISIS claims responsibility for 129 dead
Authorities in France and Belgium took people into custody Saturday in the aftermath of the worst violence in France since World War II, a series of terror attacks that killed more than 120 people.
Terror in Paris: What we know so far
Parisians woke up Saturday to a full realization of the horror wrought by the terrorist attacks of the previous evening, violence deadlier than anything Paris has experienced since World War II.
Hillary Clinton at Democratic debate: ISIS 'cannot be contained'
In direct contrast with President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton said Saturday that ISIS "cannot be contained" but instead must be "defeated."
Boston Marathon bomb 'victim' admits to scam
A woman who falsely claimed she was injured in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing pleaded guilty to all charges on Friday, admitting that she purposely lied to receive nearly $40,000 in cash from public agencies and private donors.
U.S. airstrike in Libya kills ISIS lead
The U.S. military on Friday killed the senior ISIS leader in Libya, the Pentagon said. Abu Nabil, an Iraqi national and longtime al Qaeda operative, was taken out in an airstrike authorized and initiated prior to the terrorist attacks in Paris on Friday night, said Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook.
Paris attacks: At least 153 killed in gunfire and blasts, French officials say
On a night when thousands of Paris residents and tourists were reveling and fans were enjoying a soccer match between France and world champion Germany, horror struck in an unprecedented manner. Terrorists -- some with AK-47s, some reportedly with bombs strapped to them -- attacked sites throughout the French capital and at the stadium where the soccer match was underway.
International sports federation votes to suspend Russia over doping scandal
The International Association of Athletics Federations voted Friday to provisionally suspend Russia as a member amid a doping scandal, the IAAF reported on its website.
Jailed trafficker meets victim who put him away
At eight years old, when many boys dream of being superheroes or famous pro athletes, "Gustavo" had a very different profession in mind.
