...e has led since early last year, filed for bankruptcy protection Monday. Concerns about the company’s holdings of European debt caused its business partners to pull back last week, which led to a seve... for the Southern District of New York. MF Global’s bankruptcy is the eighth-biggest ever in the U.S., according to the research firm BankruptcyData.com. It’s bigger than Chrysler LLC’s in 2009 and s...

...agues, who went missing in the Himalayas. Korea lost another public hero, but the tragedy will not stop the legion of Korean men and women from continuing to challenge extreme conditions in the world’s highest peaks, deserts and polar regions. During the 1990s, Park and his rival climbers Um Hong-gil mounted a thrilling competition to scale all the highest mountains in the Himalayas. Park became the eighth and Um the ninth in the world to climb all 14 “Ei...

...to hold the population steady. Low fertility rates are reported in Brazil and China, and while Iran’s 1.9 and the United Arab Emirates’ 1.8 are surprisingly low. Korea remains in the lowest group with...old or older ― has increased by 1.06 million from 4.37 million to 5.42 million. Korea has the world’s third-highest population density after Bangladesh and Taiwan (excluding city or small island state...

... active political role has touched a nerve among anti-monarchists, but Prime Minister David Cameron’s office said it did not plan reforms. Parliamentary records show that Prince Charles has been cons...lso offer consent to legislation that affects her personal property or hereditary revenues, Britain’s cabinet office said. Neither Cameron’s spokesman nor Prince Charles’ office would say whether the...

...l, Scientific and Cultural Organization, there were cheers for “yes” votes and grumbles for the “no’s” and abstentions. When the results were in, many delegates jumped to their feet and applauded and ...it harder for the Palestinians to reach their goal. White House spokesman Jay Carney called UNESCO’s decision “premature” and said it undermines the international community’s efforts toward a compreh...

...t decade, Nikolai Baskov has emerged as one of the biggest selling recording artists in Russia. He’s a favorite of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and his performances ― with dramatic lighting...verything about him, from the way he carries himself on stage to the way he sings.” In June, the U.S. Public Broadcasting System ran Baskov’s Moscow concert from the famed Luzhniki Arena. Early this ...

...m “proves a fitting tribute to the artist, the talent and the woman and serves as a reminder of Amy’s extraordinary powers as a songwriter, a singer and an interpreter of classics,” the statement said...riends and collaborators Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi. It was created in association with Winehouse’s family and management, the label said. Winehouse’s father, Mitch, told the The Sun that the album...