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World stocks rose on Monday touching a 29-month high on merger news rising commodity prices and flows into developed economies as investors bet on a stronger global economy.

World stocks rose on Monday, hovering near a 29-month high on further signs of global economic recovery, and copper rallied to a record high while U.S. 10-year Treasury yields hit their highest since May

Hosting a world's fair in the Bay Area would draw at least 25 million visitors, create 42,000 jobs and add $5.6 billion to the economy, bid organizers said today. Holding the exposition in 2020 at Moffett Field in...

The World Social Forum kicked off in this corner of west Africa on Sunday, its mantra of social change -- "another world is possible" -- proving especially resonant as anti-government uprisings continue to rock Egypt in the northern part of the continent.

The leftist World Social Forum which seeks to change a capitalist world, opens Sunday as social ills cause upheaval in Arab countries such as Tunisia and Egypt, and protests in the host country Senegal.

In-form Ivica Kostelic is treating Alpine skiing's world championships as a holiday, a fact which is hardly likely to thrill organizers who are hoping to boost Munich's winter Olympic credentials.

World stock markets opened the week in positive territory Monday amid a string of strong corporate earnings results in Japan and signs that Egypt was returning to normalcy after days of anti-government unrest.

Hannes Reichelt of Austria won a World Cup super-G race for his fifth career victory Saturday, while Bode Miller finished third.

Officials cancelled a FIS World Cup snowboard cross competition Monday in Pyeongchang, South Korea, after athletes and coaches complained the course was too challenging and too dangerous.