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Americans prefer digital games more than traditional boxed games, says a new study on game spending.

When Benjamin Lawsky formally accused U.K.'s Standard Chartered bank of money laundering and a cover-up linked to Iranian financial institutions, the head of New York's newly formed Department of Financial Services was hardly described in glowing terms in the press. He was termed a rogue, an egomaniac and worse by unnamed scorned colleagues in New York and Washington. But in describing his ambitions, what these reports failed to take into account was the depth of his and Governor Andrew C...

Kenya has thrown in a bid, along with Egypt and South Africa, to be the first African nation to host the Olympics in 2024. But the Kenyan economy might not be able to handle the financial burden.

Chemotherapy treatment for certain types of cancer might actually make tumors grow, a study revealed on Sunday.

"That turban has tragically marked us as automatically suspect, perpetually foreign and potentially terrorists."

Murray won the gold over Roger Federer in convincing fashion.

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.

According to EGMNow.com, the PEGI software ratings system found on video game titles in Europe is now officially a legally binding law in the UK.

Some blame oil. Others blame a loss of pleasure in the roads. Researchers call it “peak travel.” Whatever the reason, one thing's clear: Americans are not driving their cars as far away from home as they used to.

Putting an end to London's seven-year countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games, the biggest sporting extravaganza of this year finally began with a nearly four-hour long opening ceremony Friday night.

Next week could see some major worldwide financial implications, depending on what three of the world's largest central banks do at their scheduled meetings.

Romney's blunders at the 2012 London Olympics threaten to jeopardize one of his campaign's biggest arguments -- his successful leadership of the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics in Utah.

Rationing was so severe, that British athletes were forced to consume whale meat for sustenance.

The presumptive Republican nominee was grilled by the press because of comments he made to NBC's Brian Williams that questioned whether London was ready for the Olympic Games. Romney also committed a faux pas by mentioning his meeting with the MI6 chief agency and broke the longstanding rule of U.S. politicians not criticizing the president while overseas.

The Spanish crisis, last week’s German vote, talk of a possible withholding of funds for Greece, and now the downgrading of the credit outlook for Europe’s strongest economies, point to a worsening of the financial crisis, a reduction in support for the euro, and a global economy increasing at risk.

The ASA rules against Activision in a case involving a daytime television ad for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. How will this impact future marketing for the next installment in the Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops 2?

The UK government (which represents England and Wales) is expected to pass same-sex marriage by 2015.

Britain has contingency plans to send a powerful fleet to Syria; France may even send an aircraft carrier; Russia is sending 11 ships; and then there are the Americans. Are they all there just to bring back any evacuated civilians?

Liverpool, only about 130 miles from Dublin across the Irish Sea, has long attracted immigrants from Eire.

A national election is expected to take place in Zimbabwe next year. Without sanctions to condemn, Mugabe would be hard-pressed to find something else to blame.

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden conducted a study that led them to find a correlation between heavy use of technological devices and mental disorders.