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Athens instituted bans on groups of protesters, as German finance chief says Greece should stop pushing for more debt write-downs.

Investors are still trying to gauge the U.S. economy's health: growth bellwether Google's earnings will provide some clues.

Asian markets traded mixed Thursday despite Bernanke’s dovish comments as concerns over a lack of stimulus from Beijing hurt Chinese stocks.

A space cloud is traveling incredibly close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way and being stretched apart by the extreme gravity.

The head of Formula One maintains he did not bribe a German banker in a deal to sell a stake of the racing franchise.

Activists are calling for a boycott of Florida tourism until the state repeals its "stand your ground" law.

Europe's economic woes linger. France and Italy saw double-digit declines in car sales last month, and even the Germans aren't buying.

Investors are still trying to gauge whether the U.S. economic recovery is losing momentum or merely entering a short summer lull.

Three times as many bankers in the UK earned in excess of a million euros than in the rest of the EU.

Removing an image of Hitler from a college wall will likely not eliminate what appears to be Thailand’s fascination with the Third Reich and Hitler.

Bullish institutional investors will try to make the case that no tapering of Fed stimulus will occur before 2014.

Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Union’s longest-serving leader, falls suddenly in a spy scandal.

Polls suggest that Vitali Klitschko, the boxing champion, has a chance to be the next president.

A huge iceberg, which sheared away from Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier earlier this week, is now floating in the Amundsen Sea.

The announcement has sparked opposition from Labor politicians and the union representing postal workers.

However, the EC’s proposal to establish a single authority for EU banks is opposed by Germany.

Investors will evaluate U.S. Fed Minutes and Chairman Bernanke's speech for tapering time-table clues.

IMF cut its global growth forecast citing anemic recovery in the US and EU, adding that if the Fed ended QE, it could hurt emerging markets.

Erasmus, launched in 1987, has now become a tool for millions of students across the EU to train for a job.

The U.S. accounts for 23 percent of the country’s $20 billion export market, followed by Germany, the U.K. and Spain.

Floods in Europe this summer are the most expensive natural calamity to hit the continent since the Elbe river floods in 2002.