Yikes. The stock market is plunging on the latest news from Greece. Problems with Greek debt are about to spread to other countries and could infect the US unless the nation tackles its own mounting problems, Pimco’s Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC. Riots erupted in Greece again on Thursday night to protest ...
Lots of people have emailed us to express suspicion at the reports of “youths” rioting in Greece after the police shooting of a teenager. The suspicion is understandable, given media’s previous reluctance to identify the rioters in France as anything other than “youths,” but the simple fact is that this ...
Blast rips through U.S. embassy compound in Athens. ATHENS (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through the U.S. embassy compound in central Athens on Friday, a police source said. It was not clear what caused the blast and there was no immediate word on whether there were any casualties. Police cordoned off all ...