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The two biggest names and highest earners in women's sport will set off on another collision course when the French Open gets underway at Roland Garros on May 24.

Serena Williams is a 19-time Grand Slam winner, at 33 still the undisputed queen of tennis and the top seed.    

Income inequality has reached record highs in most OECD countries and remains at even higher levels in many emerging economies, said the organization in a new report. The richest 10 per cent of the population in the OECD now earn 9.6 times the income of the poorest 10 per cent, up from 7:1 in the 1980s and 9:1 in the 2000s, according to the OECD report. 

Talks between Greece and its lenders have made a lot of progress but there are still big gaps on labour and pension issues, a top EU official said on Wednesday, adding that negotiations must be accelerated to reach a deal in the coming weeks.

Alternate Minister for Culture Nikos Xydakis expressed Greece’s full support for the directives issued by UNESCO on the national policies to combat illicit trafficking of cultural goods. Speaking at the Third Meeting of States Parties to the 1970 Convention in Paris, he presented the Greek proposal on the illegal cultural trade called “Stop Illicit Trafficking”.

Ministers from 47 European nations agreed for the first time May 19 to harmonise their laws to stop so-called foreign fighters travelling to Iraq and Syria to join jihadist groups.

The Dubrovnik Summer Festival appeared to be speedily backtracking on its earlier decision to pull a play by the controversial French writer Michel Houellebecq - on the grounds that it might offend Muslims.

By Anooja Debnath

The euro tumbled the most in two months against the dollar after a European Central Bank official said the bank will speed up its bond-buying program before an anticipated mid-year lull.

One of the few cartoonists to survive an Islamist militant attack on France's Charlie Hebdo journal is leaving the publication, saying he can no longer bear the pressure.

By Dimitra Manifava

Supermarket sales nosedived in March, recording the biggest annual decline since September 2014 and reflecting the negative mood among consumers just weeks after the new government was elected to power.

A seminar concerning a possible attack of member of the Islamic State on Greek ground was observed by the negotiation team of the Greek Police. A delegation from Scotland Yard trained 20 Greek officers in a seminar organized  by the Center of Security Stidies and the Joint Coordinating Center of Operations and Crisis Management of the Greek police force.