Prospects for a treaty cementing ties between Switzerland and the European Union, its biggest trading partner, appeared to fade on Wednesday as four years of negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough by the EU's mid-October deadline.

U.S. banks and securities houses could be barred from trading on exchanges in the European Union if the bloc refuses to water down "irresponsible" proposals for regulating foreign clearing houses, a top U.S. regulator said on Wednesday.

Comedian Louis C.K. can attest...sexual misconduct is no laughing matter. Veuer's Chandra Lanier has the story.

Entrepreneur Richard Branson accepted his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with help from Lance Bass and Ben Harper and stories of "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll." (Oct. 16)

Travel industry personnel received their own Trafalgar “Be My Guest” experience yesterday (Oct. 16) – a private tour of the historic Guild Inn Estate in Scarborough – during the tour operator’s 2019 Europe and Britain launch. Trafalgar Canada reaffirmed its commitment to the travel agent community with company president Wolf Paunic telling PressToday that it...

The European Union should agree a sanctions law to target computer hackers by early next year, the bloc's leaders are set to say on Thursday and will also seek a pledge from Russia and China to help stop cyber attacks, internal EU documents show.

Genoa president Enrico Preziosi says he knows the club will have to sell "superstar" striker Krzysztof Piatek, confirming he has already received calls from numerous top European clubs. Piatek has made a sensational start to life in Serie A, having joined Genoa from Cracovia in June and scored 13 goals in his first eight games ...]

A team of researchers has now engineered a virus nanoparticle vaccine against Bacillus anthracis and Yersinia pestis, tier 1 agents that pose serious threats to national security of the United States. B. anthracis and Y. pestis are the pathogens that cause anthrax and plague, respectively. Using bacteriophage T4, the scientists developed the vaccine by incorporating key antigens of both B. anthracis and Y. pestis into one formulation. Two doses of this vaccine provided complete protection against both inhalational anthrax and pneumonic plague in animal models.

EU CHIEFS have been left red-faced after their own mass survey showed half of Europeans think the Brussels bloc is heading in the wrong direction.

A recovery by global stocks proved short-lived as warnings over a slowing European auto sector soured an upbeat mood, while Wall Street was set for a slightly lower open after enjoying its best session in eight months the previous day.