They were supposed to be confidential chats between France’s richest woman and her financial advisers, with topics ranging from secret Swiss bank accounts to her gift of a private luxury island to a f

Roger Federer waves to the Centre Court crowd as he leaves following his quarterfinal loss to Tomas Berdych at Wimbledon on Wednesday.

Lawmakers involved in a closed-door hearing about France’s World Cup fiasco grumbled that coach Raymond Domenech refused to take any responsibility for his team’s misbehavior and offered no real explanations on Wednesday.

US Supreme Court nominee El-ena Kagan, who has displa-yed a cool demeanour and a sense of humour during her Senate confirmation hearing, was expected to move one step closer on Wednesday to becoming t

Norteno singer Sergio Vega was shot dead in a northern state that has given rise to many of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins, joining a recent string of murdered musicians — some them famous for

European Union regulators on Wednesday fined steel producer ArcelorMittal $337 million for secret deals to fix steel prices for nearly two decades with 16 other steel makers.

Now the World Cup really begins. That’s how five-time champion Brazil feels after cruising into the quarterfinals with a 3-0 win over Chile on Monday. Coach Dunga and his players know they will truly get tested against the Netherlands on Friday.

Argentina are studying Germany’s penalty techniques ahead of their World Cup quarterfinal on Saturday, goalkeeper Sergio Romero said.
Diego Maradona’s side are hoping to avoid a repeat of the 2006 quarterfinals, when Germany beat Argentina 4-2 in a shootout.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was fired last week as the top US general in the stalemated Afghanistan war, told the Army on Monday that he will retire.

The selloff accelerated after prospects for European and US economic growth dimmed as US consumer confidence fell more than expected and concerns mounted over European banks.