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The prohibition on eating pork is something shared by Muslims and Jews.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher opening Thursday with investors keeping a close watch on the European Central Bank meeting later in the day, which is expected to announce stimulus measures to revive the economic growth.

Happy Yorkshire Day everyone, as it's been declared by Welcome to Yorkshire. The website has chosen August 1 to celebrate Yorkshire, the United Kingdom's largest county each year and according to The Star is has been celebrated for 37 years.

Four badminton teams were thrown out of the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday after attempting to purposely lose preliminary matches to get an easier track to a medal.

American cyclist Kristin Armstrong took home her second all-time Olympic gold medal on Wednesday in the women's individual time trial race on the grounds of Hampton Court Palace.

Japan's big three, Nissan, Toyota and Honda gained big in sales while Ford and GM had lackluster showings.

Thalia Paraskeva, 24, was getting increasingly desperate. Equipped with a degree in graphic design from Athens, she had no luck finding a job in Greece. One day, she booked a ticket to Berlin and swiftly packed some dresses, a jacket, a pair of snug boots and a Greek-German dictionary before boarding the plane.

Euro zone Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) numbers continued their 11-month straight contraction, with manufacturing in Italy, Spain and Greece continuing their alarming downward trends.

Volkswagen AG (Frankfurt: VOW) reported on Wednesday July U.S. car sales rose 2.3 percent, the company's best July U.S. sales since 1973 during the hey-day of the VW Bus.

Dropbox, the online file storage site confirmed Tuesday that a small number of accounts were hacked on its services and the organization has introduced security features that improve account safety and facilitate robust recovery.

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) is expected to report profits down 51.7 percent for the second quarter of 2012 as the company continues to slog through an uphill battle to restructure its loss-making European Opel-Vauxhall unit and to sell through high levels of North American inventory.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher opening Wednesday as investors were hopeful that stimulus measures will be announced in the Federal Reserve?s meeting to declare policy action.

Asian shares fell Wednesday after four days of gains, as expectations of stimulus action this week by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank fade, and following signs of deepening Asian economic stress.

Expect to see more prayer rooms at airport terminals and halal food on your hotel menu as Muslim travelers take to the skies like never before.

The U.S. men's volleyball team continues to dominate as the Americans provided another convincing win at London's Earls Court on Tuesday.

The number of unemployed people across all 17 euro zone countries soared 11.2 percent to 17.8 million in June -- up 1 percentage point from the year before, Eurostat, the European Union's statistical agency, reported Tuesday. Euro zone unemployment among people younger than 25 rose to 22.4 percent.

Germany's biggest bank Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE: DB) is laying off 1,900 people, most of them outside Germany, in an effort to save ?3 billion ($3.68 billion) as part of a broader strategic overhaul.

A report published in the Telegraph Media Group Tuesday revealed how the iPhone survived "multiple attempts" to scrap it owing to design flaws.

Asian shares paused Tuesday as investors grew cautious ahead of monetary policy meetings by the European Central Bank and the U.S. Federal Reserve, with scepticism countering expectations for more stimulus steps to support fragile global economies.

Swimming dominates the headlines on Monday.

In a convincing win, Yannick Agnel triumphed in the men's 200 meter freestyle to win the gold medal for France.