Eurozone in panic as Athens teeters on brink of default

ATHENS: Greece was teetering on the brink of a default that could see it crash out of the euro hours before a key debt deadline was due to expire on Tuesday, as the country’s prime minister warned Athens’s coffers were empty.

Thousands took to Greece’s streets on Monday night to support their government’s opposition to the latest debt deal after a clash with the country’s creditors forced a shutdown of its banks and brought the country close to financial collapse.