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BUDAPEST, Hungary – Hungary’s junk credit rating has been upgraded by Standard & Poor’s, which cited the country’s improving growth outlook and its better preparedness to handle unexpected crises. S&P said in a statement Friday that it was raising Hungary’s rating from BB to BB+, one step below investment grade, …

MOSCOW – Russia officials say they will resume space tourism in 2018 after years of sending into space only professional cosmonauts and astronauts. Russia had sent seven paying guests to the International Space Station since 2001 before curtailing the program in 2009. Sending a tourist has been all but impossible …

ATHENS, Greece – More than 280 passengers and crew are facing a possible third night on board a ferry that ran aground just outside port on the small Aegean island of Kassos, because bad weather hampered the arrival of a tug boat. The coast guard said the Vintsenzos Kornaros, its …