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News Feed Latest worldwide news FAO urges developing nations to cut hazardous pesticides MILAN (Reuters) - Developing countries should speed up the withdrawal of highly hazardous pesticides from their markets following the death of 23 children from contaminated food in India, the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said on Tuesday. The Amazon's World Cup race For the World Cup in 2014, the 42,618-seater Arena Amazonia will be one of the event's most striking stadiums. If it is finished on time..... Merger Is Set To Create Worlds No. 1 Ad Company Together, Omnicom Group and the Publicis Groupe would become the worlds biggest advertising company, setting their sights on digital media. F.D.A. Says Importers Must Audit Food Safety If the rules are made final, they would shift the responsibility for ensuring that food is safe from the F.D.A. to companies like Walmart and Cargill. Wrinkle in Health Law Vexes Lawmakers Aides Thousands of Congressional staff members are required to get health insurance through new exchanges, with no obvious way for the government to keep paying its share of the premiums. A Crime Against Gay Israelis Is a Symbol, but of What? When two people were killed at an Israeli L.G.B.T. center in 2009, it was called a hate crime. But the label may have been premature, so now what? That shot may not be espresso Shannon Watts and Kate Beck say nobody needs to be armed to buy a coffee and Starbucks must ban loaded weapons from its stores. T Magazine The Look | Karlie Kloss Stops Traffic in Neon During her television appearance on ABC, the model took over Midtown Manhattan in a bright dress by Calvin Klein. The Lede Reaction to the Manning Verdict Pfc. Bradley Manning was an Army intelligence analyst who provided some 700,000 secret documents to WikiLeaks. UK start-up investment website plans global expansion LONDON (Reuters) - A British website which allows members of the public to buy stakes in small businesses is planning to expand worldwide, aiming to create a global platform linking investors to... Embraer shares fall on weak business jet outlook SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Shares of Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA faced their worst session in a year on Friday, after executives warned that economic concerns seemed to be weakening demand for bigger... T Magazine On View | Potholes as Art, Garbage as Great Books A new show by Daniel Knorr at Kayne Griffin Corcoran gallery in Los Angeles elevates the banal byproducts of human existence into beautiful objects. Wal-Mart, Google, others back U.S. bill to fight 'patent trolls' WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - Dozens of major U.S. companies, including Morgan Stanley, Google, Wal-Mart and Dell, on Tuesday urged lawmakers to pass bills that they said would protect new products against "extortive demands" on patents. Alexion shares rise after report of approach by Roche (Reuters) - Shares of Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc rose more than 7 percent on Tuesday following a report that Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG made an informal approach to the biotech company last... World Fuel questions Quebec order to pay for train crash cleanup * Company says railway, local authorities handling cleanup Could drones be highways future? Going off-road used to mean tearing up dirt tracks in a powerful four-by-four or gigantic monster truck. Father of fracking George P. Mitchell dies at 94 HOUSTON (Reuters) - George Phydias Mitchell, a petroleum engineer who transformed the natural gas industry by using hydraulic fracturing to pull the fuel out of shale formations, died of natural causes at the age of 94 on Friday. Fantasy Football Players to Avoid, Quarterbacks and Running Backs Though these players could be useful depending on where you draft them, we will do our best to keep them off our fantasy football rosters this summer. Can West Bank business survive? As Middle East peace talks resume, businesses in the West Bank struggle to stay afloat. CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney reports. Groups That Are Often at Odds Join Forces to Oppose Spitzers Campaign Womens groups, business leaders and labor unions have found common cause in their antipathy toward Eliot Spitzer, who is running for comptroller. A Charity Aims to Bring Buddhist Studies Into the Modern World Robert Y.C. Ho, chairman of the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation, is trying to step away from traditional, text-heavy methods of teaching. Baby giraffe makes public appearance July 17 - A six-day-old giraffe makes her debut at a Buenos Aires zoo. Tara Cleary reports. Wolff drives females forward Susie Wolff says she will keep fighting to win a place on the Formula One grid -- but she won't rely on her sexuality to get there. Sports Briefing | Hockey Islanders and Bailey Agree to Five-Year Deal The Islanders agreed to terms with the restricted free agent forward Josh Bailey on a five-year, $16.5 million deal. RLPC-Advent mulls Domestic General debt refinancing as well as sale LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International is considering refinancing debt in its British home appliance insurer Domestic General and paying itself a dividend as an... Snowden dad 'He shared the truth' Edward Snowden did the right thing by leaking U.S. intelligence and helping the American people see the truth, his father, Lon Snowden, said Friday on NBC's "Today." Bites Restaurant Report La Buvette in Paris At this fashionable wine bar that opened over the winter, the owner is also the sommelier, waiter, cook and dishwasher. Chromecast Google TV game-changer? Google rolled out a new Nexus 7 tablet on Wednesday. But a much smaller, much cheaper new gadget may be the one that makes a seismic impact in the consumer technology world. U.S., Liechtenstein bank reach settlement in tax evasion case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors and Liechtenstein's oldest bank, Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, announced a $23.8 million settlement on Tuesday that halts any criminal prosecution of the bank, which admitted to helping U.S. clients evade taxes. Plane flying too low, and too slow NTSB July 10 - Investigators release new information into the deadly Asiana plane crash in San Francisco. Julie Noce reports. REFILE-Facebook stock almost hits IPO price, 14 months after rocky debut (Corrects typographical error in paragraph two to "concerns" instead of "concerts") Going, Going, Still Going? Voyager 1 at Solar Systems Edge Scientists waiting for the spacecraft to enter the wider reaches of the Milky Way are perplexed Only one of two telltale signs of its departure has been detected. American Wiebe Beats Langer in Playoff to Win Senior Open Mark Wiebe clinched the British Senior Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Monday after winning a playoff against Bernhard Langer, who had blown a two-shot lead on the final hole on Sunday before bad light stopped play. Sports Briefing | Football Witness Testifies That Paterno Said Penn State Erred on Sandusky Mike McQueary, a former Penn State assistant, said that the longtime football coach Joe Paterno told him the university mishandled its response to the Jerry Sandusky child sexual abuse scandal. Bronx Courts Trim Big Backlog, With Outside Judge at the Helm Justice Patricia DiMango has handled 500 cases since January, leading officials to declare a partial victory after years of failed efforts to break the logjam. Watch live pandas 24/7 Internet users love animal videos. So why not watch pandas -- anywhere, anytime? Ghosts beat minions as 'Conjuring' horror flick leads box office LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - The low-budget horror flick "The Conjuring" outran the "Despicable Me" minions and a racing snail named "Turbo" to win the weekend box office contest at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to studio estimates on Sunday. EU's top diplomat meets deposed Morsy The European Union's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, met with deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy for two hours Monday, her spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said via Twitter. South Korean Court Tells Japanese Company to Pay for Forced Labor The high court in Busan, in southeastern South Korea, ordered Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to pay $71,800 each to five Koreans forced into work during the colonial period. Sea this Inside $200m yacht hotel With land at a premium, an increasing number of developers are turning to floating hotels. Introducing Gibraltar's new $200m five-star yacht hotel.

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