Jeb Bush cheered, jeered at conservative confabJeb Bush courted rightwing American voters at a crucial political testing ground, but the presumed Republican presidential frontrunner for 2016 received a mixed reception.
Obama, Afghan leader to meet in late March at WHousePresident Barack Obama will receive his Afghan counterpart Ashraf Ghani at the White House on March 24 as Washington weighs slowing down the withdrawal of US forces from the country.
28 February 2015
Greek PM announces first 'humanitarian' legislationGreece's new anti-austerity government will put before parliament early next week its first legislation tackling the "humanitarian crisis" caused by years of cuts.
Bjork won't stream breakup albumBjork has become the latest among the rare number of pop stars to refuse to stream an album, saying it was a matter of "respect" for artists.
Mexico's Pemex oil firm posts $17.7 billion lossMexico's state-owned energy firm Pemex posted a $17.7 billion loss for 2014, hit by falling crude prices, fuel thefts by gangs and the peso's drop against the dollar.
28 February 2015
GDP inventor's Nobel medal sells for $391,000A Nobel Prize gold medal awarded to the economist who invented the calculation for the gross domestic product, Simon Kuznets, has been sold at auction here for $390,848.
Long live the King! Elvis returns to VegasElvis Presley, the late "king" of rock-and-roll and former fixture in Las Vegas, will receive a symbolic return to Sin City with a reconstruction of his concerts.
27 February 2015
British claim to have cut EU charge false: reportA British government claim to have negotiated the halving of a £1.7 billion payment demanded by the European Union is "not supported by the facts".