New York Yankees' Opening Day 2014 is set for April 1 against the Houston Astros.
Google partnered with Nintendo and Pokémon to create a new Google Maps challenge for April Fools' Day.
The International Court of Justice, the judicial arm of the U.N., ruled Monday that Japan’s whaling efforts in the Antarctic were unjustified. The court ordered Japan to cease whaling in that region.
On Tuesday, Japan’s sales tax is slated to rise from 5 percent to 8 percent.
The drop in inflation to the lowest rate since 2009 may pressure the ECB to take radical action to prevent a sustained decline in prices.
The postmodern world can't seem to go more than a month without an alarming incident on the Korean peninsula.
Fellow superhero Captain America a hit overseas.
Despite some scary moments, no major damage or injuries were reported.
Search and rescue teams shifted their hunt after several floating objects were spotted in a previously ignored section of the southern Indian Ocean.
A new study maps "mega-regions" in the U.S. and compares their economic output to countries around the world.
Yet another suggestion of a positive start but can the gains be sustained?
In Asia, only Japan has signed intergovernmental deals to be FATCA-compliant while banks say compliance would be a costly exercise.
It dates from Stradivari's "golden period" from 1700-1720, when Stradivari made perhaps his best instruments.
The WTO ruled that Chinese exports of environmentally damaging rare earth elements shouldn’t be artificially manipulated by the government.
Gold prices have risen over tensions in Ukraine. Are the recent gains sustainable? Or Pyrrhic?
Rahul Gandhi has declared that Congress will confound polls and return to power for a third straight term.
Uncertainties are deepening about the Japanese economy ahead of its first consumption tax hike in 17 years.
Movement of banking stocks, specifically Citigroup's, along with Q4 GDP data and jobless claims numbers could influence markets.
The NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Core Observatory satellite observed a cyclone off the coast of Japan on March 10.
Forty-six years ago, in violation of international law and UN resolutions, Great Britain seized the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius.
The Ebola virus can have a long-lasting and complex impact, even after the outbreak is over. Here's why.
Ukraine, the Candy Crush IPO and Facebook's latest acquisition could play on investors' minds even as sentiment looks upbeat.
