Reuters: Loose global monetary conditions are stoking credit and asset price booms in some emerging markets that could lead to a new financial crisis, the Bank for International Settlements warned on Sunday. Such a boom-and-bust cycle might have severe global repercussions, not least due

Reuters: Holders Spain set up a European Championship semi-final with Iberian rivals Portugal after an uninspiring 2-0 win over France on Saturday which featured yet another headed goal but prompted boos from a sometimes bored crowd. The tournament has generally been graced by high quality, exciting soccer so far but for all Spain’s skill at ...

MILAN (Reuters): Agricultural commodity markets are set to remain tight with high and volatile prices despite improved supply and weakening demand, the United Nations’ food agency said on Thursday, raising its estimates of global grain output this year. Food prices grabbed the attention of world policy makers after hitting record highs in February and helped ...

(Reuters) – Senegal’s Lamine Diack was overwhelmingly re-elected president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Wednesday, but vice president Sergei Bubka needed a controversial second vote to retain his position. Bubka, the retired world pole vault record holder from Ukraine, had finished an out-of-the running fifth in the original vote by the ...