IBT Staff Reporter

The Dutch government announced today that by end of this year the country's famed marijuana-dispensing coffee shops would start to close to tourists and be open only to Dutch citizens.

Egypt deports Qassem Hosseini, an Iranian envoy, who was arested on suspicion of spying in Egypt, state news agency Mena reported.

A non-European head of the International Monetary Fund could mean a tougher, more realistic action plan for the euro zone debt crisis, Mexican central bank chief Agustin Carstens said in newspaper interviews on Tuesday.

Sony Corp said on Tuesday it was not certain when it could fully restore PlayStation Network videogame services in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, five weeks after a massive network security breach forced the company to shut them down.

Google Inc, the world's No 1 Internet search engine, will keep the focus of its Chrome operating system on notebooks for now, a senior executive said on Tuesday.

The euro hit a three-week high versus the dollar on Tuesday on a report that Germany could make concessions on efforts to put together a bailout for Greece, while Japanese shares rose on data suggesting industrial activity has begun to recover from a March earthquake.

Goldman Sachs invested more than $1.3 billion from Libya's sovereign-wealth fund in currency bets and other trades in 2008 and the investment lost more than 98 percent of its value, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing internal Goldman documents.

Talks between South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma and Libya’s Col. Muammar Gaddafi ended on Monday without a sign of peace.

An E. coli outbreak, which is linked to contaminated cucumbers that has killed 14 people and made more than 300 seriously ill in Germany, has spread to other north European countries, Reuters reported.

North Korea released a Californian businessman who had been imprisoned since November 2010 on charges of proselytizing.

Carmaker Ford Motor is harnessing the power of cloud computing, analytics and Google innovation to make smart cars.

The European Union is racing to draft a second bailout package for indebted Greece to release vital loans next month and avert the risk of the euro zone country defaulting.

Sony Corp said on Tuesday it would restore all PlayStation Network videogame services by the end of the week except in Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea, weeks after a massive security breach leaked details on 77 million user accounts.

PBS website was hacked and login and password information have been posted with fake news that says murdered rappers Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls are alive in New Zealand on Sunday after it televised its Frontline: Wikisecrets - a recent documentary on Wikileaks.

Japan's economy showed more signs of recovery from the deadly March earthquake and tsunami with last month's industrial output inching up and manufacturers planning to crank up production further in May and June, bringing it near pre-disaster levels.

The euro hit a three-week high versus the dollar on Tuesday on a report that Germany could make concessions on efforts to put together a bailout for Greece, while Japanese shares rose on data suggesting industrial activity has begun to recover from the March earthquake.

Protesters in Tripoli are on the rise, said activists, since a video on the Internet on Monday showed hundreds of angry funeral mourners shouting slogans against the Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

A teenager with ADHD suffered a seizure after consuming two 24-ounce bottles of Mountain Dew.

What image do you have in mind when you think of a business building? Are you tired of desolate scenes of people working before computers in a concrete jungle? Pasona, an internationally renown personnel outsourcing firm for its Urban Farm, the eco-office, breaks the typical perception about business offices.

Speculations have been rising about the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 arrival dates as well as upgraded hardware specifications. The iPhone 4S will also come with an 8 megapixel camera along with a SIM built-in design, which will not require SIM cards. Though there were contradictory reports that UK carrier Orange is developing new and smaller micro-SIM cards for Apple.

Search through the Apple App Store and you may find an app called BarMax CA listed with an outstanding price tag of $999.99. The BarMax CA and NY app works on both the iPhone and iPad, allowing law students to study for bar exams. The app includes videos that were co developed with Harvard lawyers that includes lectures, flashcards, over a thousand MBE practice questions, a task list feature, and calendar.

Brent crude oil fell below $115 a barrel on Monday, heading for its first monthly decline this year, as investors weighed the prospect that Europe's debt crisis and a sputtering U.S. economy may slow demand.

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde pledged to push reforms to give Brazil and other emerging economies more influence at the International Monetary Fund as she kicked off a worldwide tour on Monday to win support for her candidacy to lead the global lender.

Empire Magazine has released an interview video as part of their commemorative issue on the Harry Potter movie franchise. The video clip shows selected cast members summing up their experience on working with the Harry Potter films in one word.

The primary elections in Iowa are more than eight months away, but Ron Paul is in the state on his 2012 campaign trail, with a meet-and-greet scheduled for Tuesday marking the fourth time in the last month he visits.

The Hangover Part II bested the comedy-debut record set by The Simpsons Movie ($74 million) in 2007 to become the best comedy sequel which has grossed $118.1 million in its first four days of domestic release since May 26, 2011.

Samsung Electronics has asked a U.S. court to force Apple Inc to hand over its next-generation models of the iPhone and iPad in the latest volley in a series of patent infringement suits between the two technology companies.

With the expanding list of social networks and new competitors, it is hard not to know about Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. According to Experian Hitwise and SocialBaker statistics, Facebook has over 50% of the social media market. The rest is split up among other major sites, mostly Youtube, MySpace, Yahoo, and Twitter. Though it seems that everyone has flocked to these sites, there are still an number of international social networks that you may not have known about which captures a larg...

Simple but traditional Korean BBQ recipe is here for the family holiday dinner.