| Latest worldwide news | Well Medical Procedures May Be Useless, or Worse | | | Many new techniques and medicines are either no more effective than the old ones, or worse, and many doctors persist in using practices that have been shown to be useless or harmful, a new analysis shows. |
| Cheryl Boone Isaacs Chosen to Head Film Academy | | | Ms. Isaacs, a veteran film marketer, is the first woman to hold the presidency of the motion picture academy since 1983, and the first African-American in the role in the groups 86-year history. |
| Ford to offer F-150 pick-up that can run on compressed natural gas | | | By Deepa Seetharaman DETROIT, July 31 (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co, the second-largest U.S. automaker, will offer this fall an F-150 pickup truck that can run on compressed natural gas to take advantage of the resurgence in truck demand. The move also allows Ford to capture consumers' interest, as rivals General Motors Co and Fiat SpA's Chrysler Group LLC sell revamped versions of their trucks to U.S. car shoppers. Ford is expected to introduce its overhauled truck next year. U.S. dema |
| Tennis baby new web star | | | The daughter of Bob Bryan, part of tennis' greatest double act in history, has become a social media phenomenon. |
| Mystery at Richard III's burial site | | | Archaeologists working at the site where Richard III's body was found have made another intriguing find -- a coffin within a coffin. Who is inside? |
| Israel, Palestinians seek peace deal within nine months | | | July 30 - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will seek to reach a peace agreement within nine months and negotiators will meet again within two weeks after holding a "positive" first round of talks, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announces. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Murray wins Wimbledon | | | CNN's Pedro Pinto talks to Andy Murray who made history by becoming the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936. |
| Can horn sales save the rhino? | | | South Africa wants to sell some of its $1 billion of stockpiled rhino horns. But will it end poaching, or just encourage the slaughter? |
| Hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay shows signs of weakening | | | GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The hunger strike that began nearly six months ago at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba and spread to include two-thirds of its 166 prisoners has tapered off with a Ramadan pardon that has allowed some prisoners to be together during Islam's holy month. |
| UPDATE 1-Yelp loss narrows as mobile advertising grows | | | July 31 (Reuters) - Consumer reviews website Yelp Inc posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss, helped by a stronger mobile advertising business, and it forecast third-quarter revenue above analysts' expectations. |
| Clowney, Jay-Z Talks Were Within NCAA Rules | | | A South Carolina spokesman says the school found no impermissible contact between All-American defensive end Jadeveon Clowney and Jay-Z, the rap mogul turned sports agency head. |
| CANADA STOCKS-Banks, materials take TSX to 2-week low as Fed stays course | | | * TSX falls 95.11 points, or 0.76 percent, to 12,486.64 * Eight of 10 main sectors decline * Talisman drops after quarterly loss By John Tilak TORONTO, July 31 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index slipped on Wednesday to its lowest closing level in two weeks, dragged by declines in materials and financials, as investors digested a statement from the Federal Reserve that the U.S. central bank will continue its bond-buying stimulus program. Weakness in Potash Corp, which exte |
| QA Verifying Gmail on the Road | | | If you do not have access to your cellphone for Gmails verification process, there is an option to print out a set of codes. |
| 10 smartphone habits to avoid | | | How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop. |
| Tense for China test, after Fed settles nothing | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets got off to an indecisive start on Thursday after the Federal Reserve provided little clarity on the outlook for U.S. stimulus, leaving investors hostage to Chinese data later in the session. |
| US STOCKS-Wall St gains after Fed gives no word on tapering | | | NEW YORK, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced in volatile trading on Wednesday, pushing the SP 500 to within a few points of 1,700, after the Federal Reserve gave no hint that a reduction in the pace of its bond-buying program is imminent. |
| Top 10 stopover stays | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - Spending a night between destinations in a stopover city and need a place to stay? Online boutique hotel experts Mr Mrs Smith (www.mrandmrssmith.com) have come up with 10 hotels for a memorable stopover. Reuters has not endorsed this list. |
| Fed Meeting Ends With No Sign of New Direction | | | The Federal Reserve announced no changes after the latest meeting of its policy-making committee and offered no indication how soon it might start to reduce its monthly bond purchases. |
| Peace talks resume in Washington | | | July 30 - Israeli and Palestinian negotiators sit down for dinner together in Washington in an effort to resume peace talks. Julie Noce reports. |
| Thai oil spill having "extreme" impact on tourism - minister | | | BANGKOK (Reuters) - An oil spill that has blackened beaches at a Thai holiday island was having an extreme impact on tourism and could spread to the coast of the mainland and affect the fishing industry, officials and an environmental group said on Tuesday. |
| Another jewel heist in Cannes | | | July 31 - Thieves made off with loot from luxury watchmaker in Cannes -- just days after a multi-million dollar jewel heist in the French resort city. Deborah Gembara reports. |
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