When French President Jacques Chirac hands over power to Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin will lose the last European ally with whom he had built a strong personal friendship.
Reuters Group and Thomson Corp. said Tuesday that they had agreed on terms for a merger to create one of the world's largest financial news providers.
A suicide attacker detonated a bomb that ripped through a crowded hotel restaurant in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people and wounding 25, police said.
Hamas gunmen Tuesday ambushed rival Fatah forces near a crossing along the Israeli border, killing eight people in the deadliest battle yet in three days of factional fighting.
French President Jacques Chirac ends his last full day in office Tuesday with a farewell address to a nation he has led for 12 years, and that he leaves in a state of malaise about its place in the global economy and world affairs.
Last month, the popular film ""Pokrovskiye Vorota"" marked its silver jubilee -- perfect timing for the opening of a restaurant named and styled after this Soviet classic.
Now there's a way to unclutter your apartment without throwing things away.