Haruhiko Kuroda may need to talk his way out of a paradox he helped create.

European stocks and U.S. index futures fell before a report on durable-goods orders in the world’s biggest economy. Japanese shares rebounded from their largest drop since the 2011 earthquake.

A section of a major interstate highway bridge in Washington state collapsed yesterday, sending several cars and people into the rushing waters of the Skagit River north of Seattle, according to police.

Police said they arrested two more people in a London terror probe after the U.K. government identified the 25-year-old soldier who was killed in an attack outside an army barracks two days ago.

Roaches that have been hard to exterminate may be a variety that have decided sugar doesn’t taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, researchers found.

Say what you will about Microsoft’s Windows 8, it has certainly inspired personal-computer makers to shake up their offerings.

“Kill the Foreigners!” was the motto of China’s red-sashed Boxers, as they were dismissively known in the west. Members of the Righteous Fists of Harmony opposed imperialism and Christianity and took up arms to drive out their representatives. An eight-nation alliance that included the U.S., Germany and Japan invaded China and, after a quick victory, divided up Beijing.

Raiffeisen Bank International AG Chief Executive Officer Herbert Stepic offered to resign from eastern Europe’s second-biggest lender, a day after officials began a probe into his investments through offshore accounts.