Oil rises above $84 on weak dollar

Oil prices rose above $85 a barrel on Monday, buoyed by a drop in the U.S. dollar and bullish data that showed Chinese crude imports jumping to their second-highest monthly level in March. Euro zone finance ministers approved a giant…

Euro rises on Greek aid

The euro posted its sharpest daily gain in two months on Monday and Asian stocks hit 22-month highs after a giant emergency aid plan for Greece boosted demand for riskier assets across the board. In what may be the biggest multilateral…

Poles mourn for President

Poland's government moved swiftly Sunday to show that it was staying on course after the deaths of its president and dozens of political, military and religious leaders, even as tens of thousands of Poles expressed their grief over the…

Bomb explosion in Northern Ireland

A suspected dissident Republican car bomb has exploded outside a British Army barracks in Northern Ireland, less than half an hour after law and order powers were officially transferred from London to Belfast. The explosion happened at the…