Credit Suisse guilty on US felony charge, pays $2.6 bnCredit Suisse pleaded guilty and was fined $2.6 billion Monday for helping Americans avoid taxes, the first time in 20 years a major bank has been punished on US criminal charges.
20 May 2014
British preacher Abu Hamza guilty on US terror chargesA New York jury convicted British hate preacher Abu Hamza on 11 kidnapping and terrorism charges Monday, opening the way for a judge to impose what will almost certainly be a life sentence.
20 May 2014
US man jailed for 25 years for Obama ricin plotA Mississippi man who concocted and then sent potentially lethal ricin-laced letters to President Barack Obama and other senior US officials was jailed Monday for 25 years.
China's Xi and Russia's Putin meet facing West's criticismChinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held talks with visiting Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as the two powers seek to build ties in the face of Western criticism and territorial disputes.
20 May 2014
AstraZeneca rejects Pfizer's final $117bn bidBritish drugs giant AstraZeneca rejected on Monday a final takeover bid from US rival Pfizer worth $117 billion, saying it undervalued the firm and created uncertainty and risk for shareholders.
20 May 2014
Rocky test for unfinished World Cup kick-off stadiumThe still-unfinished stadium hosting the World Cup opening game on June 12 held its first official match Sunday, getting off to a shaky start after delays and deadly accidents marred its construction.
20 May 2014
Michael Jackson 'back' at Billboard AwardsThe late King of Pop Michael Jackson was back on stage -- as a hologram -- performing at the Billboard 2014 Music Award event Sunday in Las Vegas.
Fossils of 'largest' dinosaur found in ArgentinaPaleontologists in Argentina's remote Patagonia region have discovered fossils of what may be the largest dinosaur ever, amid a vast cache of fossils that could shed light on prehistoric life.
19 May 2014
Bus accident kills 20 in northeast BrazilTwenty people were killed and 17 injured when the bus they were traveling in overturned Sunday in northeastern Brazil, officials said.
19 May 2014
'Godzilla' flies to top of North American box officeThe latest remake of classic monster flick "Godzilla" stormed to the top of the North American box office in its opening weekend with a killer $93.2 million, industry estimates said Sunday.
19 May 2014
SpaceX supply capsule heads back to EarthThe unmanned Dragon capsule from US firm SpaceX landed safely in the Pacific Ocean off Mexico's coast Sunday, hours after undocking from the International Space Station.
Briton, Israeli, German among student Oscar winnersYoung filmmakers from Briton, Germany and Israel were announced Friday as winners of student Academy Awards, along with 12 laureates from American universities, who will get their prizes next month.
18 May 2014
Harvard honors Venezuelan opposition leader with alumni awardHarvard University announced Friday that it had given an annual alumni achievement award to jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez for his "support of democracy and transparency."
17 May 2014
Man charged with arson amid raging California firesA 57 year-old man was charged Friday with starting one of the several fires tearing across southern California that has killed at least one person, local police said.
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