Madrid / Bloomberg Spain’s state-rescued lender Bankia said it has paid out 1.2 billion euros ($1.35 billion) in compensation to small investors who bought into its failed stock market listing in 2011. The bank returned money to over 190,000 people, either through its own claims scheme or following legal challenges, it said in one of the recently released statements. ...

  Bologna / DPA A group of Italians stares out onto a market from an office in Bologna where they are discussing plans for a new gourmet amusement park which only Italians could have dreamed up. Although much of the world is familiar with pizza and pasta only, Italians relish a rich-tasting array of meats, exotic vegetables, cheeses and sauces ...

  New York / DPA Duke Riley was just a child when he rescued an injured pigeon, taking care of it until it was ready to fly away again.But then the bird came back.Now, many years later, the experience has motivated the Boston artist to use a huge flock of pigeons in a piece of performance art high in the ...