VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican official has been arrested in a purported plot to bring 20 million euros ($26 million) into Italy from Switzerland aboard an Italian government plane. ( full story )
LONDON (AP) — Markets were ending the half-year on a settled note Friday after a month of volatility that pushed many of the world's major stock indexes down from multi-year and record highs. ( full story )
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — A new pipeline to bring gas to Europe from the Caspian Sea will go through Greece and then under the sea to Italy, it was confirmed Friday, a defeat for a rival project to bring gas through Bulgaria and into Austria. ( full story )
OVERNIGHT MARKETS AND NEWS September E-mini S&Ps ( ESU13 +0.31%) this morning are up +0.17% and European stocks are down -0.25% . Asian stocks closed mostly higher: Japan +2.96%, Hong Kong +0.50%, China -0.35% , Taiwan +1.27%, Australia... ( full story )