A man who pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama and the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis was sentenced on Friday to four years of probation and home detention.
Supporters of former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra ended a rally in Bangkok on Saturday, claiming more than five million signatures for a petition seeking royal clemency for the fugitive billionaire.
Former Philippines President Corazon Aquino, who swept away a dictator with a “people power” revolt and sustained democracy by fighting off seven coup attempts in six years, died on Saturday. She was 76.
Pakistan stocks rose, driving the benchmark index to its steepest climb in almost a month, after Fauji Fertiliser Co posted a second-quarter profit, raising expectations of more positive earnings reports next month.
Frustrated by your spouse’s spending habits? It might be why you married them, according to a working paper titled Fatal (Fiscal) Attraction by professors of the Wharton School of Finance and Northwestern University.
Analysts say there will always be demand for functional, focused sites like Twitter and Ning.com
If there is anywhere in the global economy where green shoots are emerging, it is in the desert around Doha.
Selection should match investors’ current attitude to risk on a platform which allows free switching of investments between fund houses.
Derby, Blackpool and Leeds are among hardest hit as one in ten shops in large towns and cities remain unused.
But reducing spending everywhere can be suicidal for small businesses