World stock markets fell on Wednesday as investors sought safety amid fresh worries about the fragile economic recovery, helping propel the yen to a 15-year high against the dollar, analysts said.

World stocks down on Europe debt fear, yen surge

World stock markets mostly slipped Wednesday amid new concerns about European banks' exposure to risky debt and as the yen's rise to a fresh 15-year high against the dollar weighed on Asian exporters.

The World Bank Group and the Republic of Lebanon have finalized a Partnership Strategy that enables the client Government to borrow between US$375 million and US$550 million over four years to finance

The world's smallest teenager, standing at a mere 22 ins, toured New York and asked out a 6ft2 blonde on a date.

World Snooker chairman gives his support to ex-world champion after 'devastating' corruption inquiry.

The world's tiniest teen took a bite out of the Big Apple Tuesday, topping off his whirlwind tour of the city by sharing a tender moment with a fair-haired New York Post reporter more than three times his height.

World stock markets slid Wednesday amid new concerns about European banks' exposure to risky debt and as the yen's rise to a fresh 15-year high against the dollar weighed on Asian exporters.