LONDON (AP) — George Michael was being treated at a hospital Friday for what his publicist called minor injuries after being a passenger in a car crash near London.
A statement released Friday said the singer was in an accident on Thursday night and suffered "superficial cuts and bruises."
The statement from publicist Connie Filippello said no other vehicle was involved in the crash. She declined to provide details about where Michael is hospitalized...
LONDON (AP) — A clutch of Twitter accounts and a blog maintained by the Financial Times were hacked Friday, the latest in a series of cyberattacks claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army, a pro-government group which has regularly targeted media organizations it sees as sympathetic to the country's rebels.
A few of the FT's dozens of Twitter feeds and blogs broadcast messages supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad and attacking Syria's opposition. One described the...
PARIS (AP) — A four-month strike at a car factory north of Paris has come to an end, although the workers say they will still fight a plan to close the plant.
PSA Peugeot Citroen said Friday that it had signed an agreement with the CGT union to end the strike, which started in January. The CGT called the strike "suspended."
Peugeot said around 130 of the plant's 2,500 workers have been on strike since Jan. 16.
France's largest...
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says the number of Syrian refugees has surpassed the 1.5 million mark.
Agency spokesman Dan McNorton says that since this figure reflects only those who have registered with authorities, it "sadly means the actual number is much higher."
He told reporters Friday that the agency has registered close to 1 million refugees just since the start of this year — from a country that had a population of 23 million — but...
HONG KONG (AP) — A light rail train has derailed in Hong Kong's northern suburbs, injuring dozens of passengers.
Police say 62 people were hurt, four seriously, in Friday's accident. They were all sent to hospitals. There was no word on the cause.
Passengers told local media that the train was moving quite fast and going around a bend at the time of the accident.
The incident occurred on a public holiday, when there were likely...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's deep, six-year recession is likely to end in 2014, but growth will be weak and unemployment will remain above 20 percent for another three years, the country's international debt inspectors said.
The European Commission issued the gloomy predictions Friday in a 237-page assessment of Greece's bailout agreement, as the country formally received its latest emergency loan payout, worth 4.2 billion euros ($5.4 billion).
The...
BRUSSELS (AP) — The small glass bottle filled, and refilled, with golden olive oil has long been a staple on many restaurant tables across Europe. Now, the European Union is going to ban it.
The European Commission, the EU's executive, said Friday that, as of next year, restaurant customers will only be allowed to use oil from non-refillable bottles with proper content labeling to douse their crusty bread or garden salad.
EU spokesman Olivier Bailly...
TOKYO (AP) — An adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended a visit to North Korea on Friday but would not give details of his talks with leaders in Pyongyang.
Isao Iijima's three-day visit came amid a slight easing of tension on the Korean Peninsula after weeks of threats from the North aimed at Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.
Japan has not disclosed the purpose of Iijima's trip.
"I had serious and long hours of talks (with...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of Iran's constitutional watchdog says it may disqualify candidates in June presidential elections who seek full relations with the United States.
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, secretary of the Guardian Council that vets candidates, said Friday on state radio that some nominees may hope that international sanctions over Tehran's disputed nuclear program will end if the country restores relations with the U.S.
"Indeed, we...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's swanky resort island of Sylt has been shaken by the death of a Japanese chef following a fight with two customers who had complained about his food.
Miki Nozawa died Monday from a brain hemorrhage after a brawl with the two men at a nightclub near his restaurant in the North Sea island's main town of Westerland.
Prosecutors are waiting for a second autopsy report to determine whether Nozawa — who had opened his restaurant less...
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