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Cotto will give up WBC title instead of fighting Golovkin: Tom Loeffler
Golovkin’s promoter Tom Loeffler believes that Cotto would rather give up his title than fight Golovkin.
19 February 2015
Greece eyes pain-free EU loan deal
Greece was expected to bid for extra debt crisis aid from the EU without strings attached, ahead of a closely-watched ECB meeting on the country's emergency funds.
18 February 2015
Swiss prosecutor orders probe, search of HSBC offices
Investigators launched a search of British banking giant HSBC's Geneva offices as part of a money laundering probe.
18 February 2015
Putin visits his EU friend, Hungary's Orban, amid Ukraine tension
Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a controversial visit to Budapest, showing the world he still has a friend in Europe in Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban
18 February 2015
Netherlands cancels visas for controversial imams' visit
Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders nixed visas for three controversial imams planning to visit the Netherlands next month.
18 February 2015
Turkey slams Armenia for halting deal to improve ties
Turkey lashed out at Armenian President for his decision to withdraw from parliament a landmark deal aimed at repairing relations between the two nations.
18 February 2015
Russian court upholds sentence of Kremlin critic Navalny
A Russia court upheld a suspended three-and-a-half year prison sentence against top Kremlin critic Alexi Navalny.
18 February 2015
Britain's Tesco picks new chairman
Troubled British supermarket giant Tesco named John Allan as chairman, ending a four-month search after Richard Broadbent resigned amid an accounting scandal.
18 February 2015
Fans protest as 'Russian Sinatra' hit by EU sanctions
Russian MPs spoke out and fans launched a Twitter campaign after the European Union slapped sanctions on a popular singer often compared to Frank Sinatra.
18 February 2015
UK's Labour details pre-poll economic plan
Britain's main opposition Labour party outlined its economic plan to try to woo middle-income voters ahead of an anticipated closely-fought election in May.
17 February 2015
French MPs to vote on controversial reform plan
Millions of tourists in Paris will be able to shop all-week long if French MPs pass a controversial set of reforms seen as vital to unblock its stuttering economy.
17 February 2015
Two thousand Hungarians protest in Budapest on eve of Putin visit
Hundreds of Hungarians took to the streets of Budapest to protest against Vladimir Putin, a day ahead of the Russian leader's visit to Budapest.
17 February 2015
Cartoonist sent into hiding after Copenhagen attacks
A Swedish cartoonist believed to have been targeted in one of the Copenhagen shootings at the weekend has been sent into hiding.
17 February 2015
Minsk agreement might fail again: Kazakhstan's Idrissov
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov has expressed concerns over the implementation of the agreement signed in Minsk.
16 February 2015
Hollande says 'same targets' hit in Paris, Copenhagen attacks
French President Francois Hollande said that the "same targets" were hit in the weekend attacks in Copenhagen as during the January assault in Paris that claimed 17 lives.
16 February 2015
Netanyahu urges Jews to move to Israel after Copenhagen attacks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged European Jews to move to Israel after a Jewish man was killed in an attack outside Copenhagen's main synagogue
16 February 2015
Greece, eurozone thrash out high-stakes debt rescue changes
Greece goes into talks with its eurozone partners demanding changes to a massive international bailout.
16 February 2015
French actor Louis Jourdan, star of 'Gigi', dies aged 93
Veteran French actor Louis Jourdan, who starred in "Gigi" and "Octopussy", has died in Los Angeles at the age of 93.
16 February 2015
Copenhagen attacks: terror into the night
Saturday's twin attacks on a cultural centre and synagogue in Copenhagen left two people dead and five police officers wounded before the assailant himself was gunned down.
16 February 2015
Ban Ki-moon condemns Copenhagen attacks
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned the deadly attacks in Copenhagen and called on society to stand up for tolerance and free expression.
16 February 2015