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Aston Villa and Fulham battle for the biggest prize in soccer

Neville Williams | Aston Villa FC | Getty Images Ahmed Elmohamady of Aston Villa during the Sky Bet Championship match between Fulham and Aston Villa at Craven Cottage on February 17, 2018 in London, England. The biggest trophy in club soccer is up for grabs this weekend, when Real Madrid …

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EU politicians dissatisfied with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s parliament meeting

John Thys | AFP | Getty Images Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives at the European Parliament on May 22, 2018. Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s meeting with European lawmakers in Brussels on Tuesday has been criticized by political representatives for being too short and providing “no answers.” Zuckerberg’s appearance in …

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Renowned fund manager says Italy won’t exit the euro and we won’t face another Brexit

Alessia Pierdomenico | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Italian national flag, seen between statues, flies atop the Quirinale palace, the office of Italy’s president in Rome, Italy. The two anti-establishment parties looking to clinch power in Italy will not take the country out of the euro zone and reject the …

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British court dismisses charges against Barclays over 2008 Qatar deal

Matt Crossick/PA Images via Getty Images Barclays Bank’s UK headquarters in Canary Wharf, London. A British court has dismissed charges brought by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) against Barclays over its 2008 capital raising, the bank said on Monday, suspending for now the threat of regulatory sanctions on its business …

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Italy’s next prime minister could be a mostly unknown law professor

FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images Leader of the Italy’s populist Five Star Movement, Luigi Di Maio (L), shakes hands with Giuseppe Conte, who could become Italy’s next prime minister. Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) and Lega party have reportedly agreed on who the next prime minister should be — taking another step …

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle wed in Windsor as millions watch

Shaun Botterill | Getty Images Prince Harry (L) and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge the wedding of Prince Harry to Ms Meghan Markle at St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018 in Windsor, England. The wedding was a global event, thanks to Harry’s status as a senior British …

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Putin, Merkel discuss U.S. withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) arrive to the plenary session at the G20 Summit on July 7, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he had discussed the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at talks with German Chancellor …

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Ex-Russian spy discharged from UK hospital

Toby Melville | Reuters Police officers seal off the road on which Russian Sergei Skripal and his daughter have been staying in Salisbury, Britain, March 7, 2018. Sergei Skripal, a former Russian spy poisoned by a nerve agent in Britain in March, has been discharged from hospital, England’s health service …

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US/German bond yield spreads last hit these levels almost 30 years ago

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump and Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, right, stand for photographs at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, April 27, 2018. The spread between the 2-year yield on U.S. and German bonds has hit its widest …

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Turkey’s economy is entering a ‘slow burning crisis,’ analysts warn

Mikhail Svetlov | Getty Images Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during Russian-Turkish-Iranian talks at Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, November 22, 2017. Turkey’s economy is overheating and if the government doesn’t act then the country is in trouble, according to several analysts. “The government has no intention of …

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