Monday, April 23, 2018

The Latest on the European economy (all times local): 1:05 p.m.

A personal finance expert is suing Facebook at Britain's High Court, claiming the social media company is allowing the publication of scam ads featuring his name.

During the Cold War, Soviet scientists at a secret, high-security lab worked frantically to counter the latest U. S. chemical weapons. More than four decades later, the nerve agent they developed …

The European Union is opening an investigation to see if Italy was within its rights to give struggling airline Alitalia a $1.1 billion bridge loan last year.

Major Japanese construction company Shimizu Corp. has developed robots that can weld, lift and bolt for use at building sites.

The head of the International Olympic Committee inspection team visiting Tokyo as it prepares for the 2020 Games has warned local organizers to get ready for some complaints        

When will the European Central Bank join the U. S. Federal Reserve and start raising interest rates?

India's vice president has rejected a move by opposition parties to impeach the country's top judge on grounds of misusing his office and bowing to government pressure.

The Latest on a deadly traffic accident in North Korea (all times local): 3:40 p.m. China's foreign ministry says 32 Chinese citizens and four North Koreans have been killed in a traffic accident in southern North Korea.

Greek police have evacuated refugees and other migrants who had held a protest vigil at Mytilene, the largest city on the island of Lesbos, and relocated them to an overcrowded migrant detention center following a night of attacks by anti-migrant extremists.

The sole surviving suspect in the 2015 Paris extremist attacks, who was once Europe's most wanted fugitive, will hear his judgment in an attempted murder case on Monday.

Malaysian police have released composite images of two suspects who gunned down a Palestinian engineer and are stepping up efforts to track them.

What a great introduction to Las Vegas!

The latter part of April is a good time to check in on some of baseball's top prospects.

Who threw that Boogie Bomb? For Fortnite fanatics, the enemy could be a favorite big leaguer        

Nashville looks every bit like the team that went to the Stanley Cup Final a season ago and won the Presidents' Trophy this season heading into a second-round series with Winnipeg        

Across the street from the Colorado Capitol rises an 11-story building emblazoned with The Denver Post's logo. No reporters work out of the building any more, only executives of Digital First Media, whose cuts at the Post triggered an unusual plea from the paper's own editorial page to be sold to another owner.