Lending to the private sector in the eurozone decelerated in January, ECB data showed Wednesday, as the withdrawal of a central bank stimulus last year begins to show its impact. Borrowing among eurozone firms and households grew by three percent year-on-year in January, according to...

Air strikes have been stepped up against rebel-held northwestern Syria, the last major bastion of opponents of   Bashar al-Assad, prompting thousands of civilians to flee the town of Khan Sheikhoun, war monitors said on Tuesday. The area near the Turkish frontier is under a ceasefire...

Handset makers are racing to launch their first smartphones with folding screens but analysts warn the technology is still too rudimentary -- and expensive -- to woo consumers in large numbers for now. Samsung, the world's biggest seller of smartphones, unveiled a handset that folds open...

 China's Huawei is set to take the wraps off a new folding-screen phone, joining the latest trend for bendable devices as it challenges the global smartphone market's dominant players, Apple and Samsung. The company on Sunday plans to unveil the device, which can be used on superfast...