Currency traders at the foreign-exchange dealing room of the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul. Associated Press. South Korea's national ego has taken a knock with another downgrade of its global competitiveness ranking by the influential ...

Here is a transcript of the video 'A Second message to America' showing the death of Islamic State hostage Steven Sotloff. The name of the british journalist has been removed. The words “A second message to America” comes on the screen. Steven Sotloff is ...

At its upcoming event, Apple is expected to announce the launch of a mobile payments service alongside its iPhone 6. San Francisco - Apple has often displayed uncanny timing, with its well-orchestrated end-of-year iPhone releases. But the leak of racy ...

The Wolf of Wall Street actor won GQ magazine's International Man of the Year honour, while the reality TV star won the Woman of the Year gong. In Hill's acceptance speech, he spoke about his sixth grade love, joking: "Emily, my first girlfriend... You broke my ...

A league table charting the economic competitiveness of countries has given the UK a boost. Sky News. © 2014 Sky News, all rights reserved. A league table charting the economic competitiveness of countries has given the UK a boost. Britain gained one ...

Roger Federer buried another of last year's ghosts by defeating Roberto Bautista Agut to reach the quarter-finals of the US Open. Twelve months ago, the 17-time grand slam champion was a shadow of himself in a straight-sets loss to Tommy Robredo in the ...

The UK has climbed a place in a major annual economic survey assessing competitiveness and productivity in 144 countries. Thinktank the World Economic Forum's (WEF's) Global Competitiveness Report sees the UK rise to ninth on the list. Switzerland and ...

Germany and Argentina will lock horns in a friendly in Dusseldorf on Wednesday just a matter of weeks after battling it out at the iconic Maracana Stadium in Rio in the final of the World Cup. Jerome Boateng, Mats Hummels and Sami Khedira are doubts for ...

Grigor Dimitrov said he will learn from his experience on Arthur Ashe Stadium, after bowing out of the US Open on Tuesday. The Bulgarian seventh seed was trumped by Gael Monfils in the fourth round, the French 20th seed impressing with yet another ...

A masked Palestinian militant of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, holds-up his rifle on September 2, 2014 in Gaza city during a rally to celebrate a week after the Egypt-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. [AFP]. The popularity of the ...

The long awaited launch of the Big Brother Africa 2014 has been postponed due to a massive fire that engulfed the house in Johannesburg last evening. The house is located at the Sesani Studios. No one was injured in the blaze and the cause of the fire is ...

Weighed down by challenging economic conditions for most part of the past year, India has slipped to 71st position -- the lowest among BRICS countries -- in an annual global competitiveness list, where Switzerland remains on top. The annual list, released ...

Geneva (Alliance News) - The US and Japan were among the top-ranked economies in terms of improving their competitiveness over the last year, according to an annual ranking published Wednesday by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Geneva.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finally tied the knot. After nine years and six children, something prompted them to become a legitimately married couple. Only they know the real reason they waited so long. Perezhilton.com reported the marriage was to honor a ...