02/08/2012 | Sports

Del Potro reaches quarters

02/08/2012 | Sports

Disqualified Chinese player Yu quits badminton

Disgraced Chinese Yu Yang has decided to quit badminton while national officials have told their Olympic team leaders and disgraced players to make a public apology for throwing matches at the London Games.

02/08/2012 | World

'Don't judge Pussy Riot too harshly,' Putin says

President Vladimir Putin said the three women in the band Pussy Riot who performed a "protest prayer" at Russia's main cathedral should not be judged too harshly, raising defence lawyers' hopes that they could escape lengthy jail terms.

02/08/2012 | Entertainment

Entertainment in brief

02/08/2012 | Argentina

'Euro zone crisis resembles Argentina's situation in 2001'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said today that 2the euro zone is undergoing a unprecedented, formidable speculative attack" and likened the situation "to what happened in Argentina in 2011, with the mega debt swap and the plating,” during a ceremony at the City Stock Exchange, to announce the payment of the last installment of the dollar denominated Boden 2012 bonds.

02/08/2012 | Entertainment

Eva Ayllón + Inti Illimani

02/08/2012 | World

Facebook shares dip below $20 for first time

Shares of Facebook Inc dipped below $20 for the first time, pummeled by ongoing doubts about its growth prospects, a string of recent executive departures, and the Aug. 16 expiration of a lockup period on insiders' share sale

02/08/2012 | Economy

Federal Reserve says US economy has slowed

02/08/2012 | Entertainment

Friends, fans mourn death of author Gore Vidal

The death of author Gore Vidal at the age of 86 brought tributes from around the globe today, as friends and fans mourned the passing of the man remembered as one of America's literary giants.

02/08/2012 | Sports

Games shaken by misconduct