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Giving is as good for your own soul as it is for the people you help. If you don?t have the cash, do what 43 percent of American?s do -- volunteer to help a non-profit that helps others.

Sixty-eight years after the D-Day invasion, the beaches of Normandy are now pilgrimage sites -- a treasure trove of history amidst a prosaic land.

A flotilla of 1,000 boats will sail down the London's River Thames on Sunday as part of the nationwide celebrations to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth's 60 years on the throne

As Queen Elizabeth reaches her diamond jubilee -- marking 60 years as head of the British monarchy -- the British government is hoping to honor her and her accomplishments by naming a key landmark after her. Several Members of Parliament have begun a campaign to rename the tower that houses Big Ben in honor of Queen.

Got an extra long weekend to explore the British capital where Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her 60th year on the throne with a massive Diamond Jubilee party? Come explore London amid the royal hoopla.

A new report from the World Bank reveals a pattern of aid mismanagement in Somalia. In 2009 and 2010, approximately $130 million in funds delivered to the transitional government seem to have disappeared into thin air.

Following a high-volatility period over that past few days that has seen the political situation in Greece worsen, highly disappointing economic data prints in the U.S. and China and -- most prominently -- a surprise banking crisis in Spain, U.S. Treasuries have been hitting historically low yields on a daily basis. Lawrence Dyer, a New York-based rates strategist for British giant bank HSBC says should soon fall to 1.32 percent or lower.

While speculation swirls about whether Greece is going to drop the euro, the European Central Bank said on Wednesday that none of the eight countries trying to get in the currency bloc are ready to join.

Only two of the 35 wealthiest countries have rates of relative childhood poverty above 20 percent. The United States shares the dubious honor with a former Communist dictatorship

However, it remains far from certain that the Scottish public even wants independence.

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In a talk at New York's Princeton Club, Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times Columnist Paul Krugman said the solution to create more jobs and get the U.S. economy to grow faster isn't rocket science: it's fiscal stimulus.

In bilateral discussions on Friday, British Prime Minster David Cameron is expected to urge newly elected French President François Hollande to renege on campaign promises to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2012.

British bank Barclays PLC (London: BARC) is making a grand entrance into the U.S. retail banking space, debuting an online savings account this week that pays substantially more in interest to accountholders than its closest competitors.

Hacktivist members of the online collective called Anonymous targeted the websites of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and the CIA on Friday, responding to efforts by both governments to stifle internet freedom. Anonymous has named its new campaign to fight online censorship Operation The Pirate Bay (TPR) and Operation Trial At Home.

Voter turnout was very low, at about 32 percent ? partially due to rainy weather -- the worst such figure since 2000

Over one in 10 babies were born prematurely in the U.S. in 2010.

Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, has notched up significant traffic on the Internet lately thanks to the overwhelming amount of speculations, anticipations created by its next iteration of Galaxy phone, Galaxy S3. While speculations are uncountable, we have tried to be picky about some of the features we are certain about. Check out the list of all the more-or-less expected features of the Galaxy S3 like 4.8-inch Super AMOLED Plus screen, Ice Cream Sandwich OS, 1.4GHz Exynos 4 Quad process...

Tulisa Contostavlos is a bit like the Kim Kardashian of the United Kingdom. She made headlines when an alleged sex tape surfaced and now she's famous. Here are five things to know about FHM's sexiest woman of the year.

The one constant that we can rely on is the willingness of the Federal Reserve to act promptly if the data were to become unambiguously negative

HSBC Holdings PLC (NYSE: HBC) plans to cut more than 2,200 jobs in the United Kingdom, where it's most profitable, in a bid to lower costs and boost profit margins, according to published reports.