As local and national funding is slashed, two soccer teams in Greece are turning to some unusual sponsors to make ends meet.

A squabble between Opus Dei, the exclusive Catholic organization, and a small Danish game-maker, has ended up in court. At issue is a card game.

Greece's credit rating just got an upgrade by Standard & Poor's. The ratings agency bumped Greece up to a solid B-. And it says that rating is stable — meaning it won't change in the next several months.

Brazilian President announces plans to build at least 800 new regional airports.

The U.S. may be littered with skyscrapers, but by the end of the year, nearly three-quarters of the world's 100 tallest buildings will be located in Asia and the Middle East.

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party promises to tackle economic problems.

North Korea defies international sanctions to launch a rocket. Japan has called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which could take place later today.

The International Monetary Fund says a $4.8 billion loan for Egypt is on hold. The IMF cited "unfolding developments on the ground."

The United Nations said today that more than half a million Syrians have fled to other countries in the region, as the revolution against the Syrian government rages back at home.

If the U.S. falls off the fiscal cliff at the end of the year, countries across the pond could also suffer the effects.