Europe promised to unblock existing bailout loans for Greece and draw up a second financial rescue as long as its parliament approves fierce new budget cuts and a raft of asset sales.
European finance chiefs launched crunch talks Sunday to avert the default of debt-stricken Greece amid fears of a domino effect rippling across the eurozone.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. halted an operation to clean highly contaminated waste water at a crippled Japanese nuclear plant due to higher-than-expected radiation levels.