| Latest worldwide news
| Colombian guerrillas free hostage | | | Colombia's FARC guerrilla group has released an American hostage who spent more than four months in captivity, officials said Sunday. |
| Sochi Need-to-know facts | | | Here's some background information about the 2014 Sochi, Russia, Winter Olympics. This is the 22nd Winter Olympics. The games will be held February 7-23, 2014. The Paralympic Games will be held March 7-16, 2014. |
| TABLE-Foreign brokers set to sell Japanese stocks | | | TOKYO, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Following are orders for Japanese stocks placed through six foreign securities houses before the start of trade on Tuesday. Japanese Stocks SELL 13.8 million shares BUY 10.8 million shares ------------------------------------------------------ SELL 3.0 million shares |
| Obama says shutdown shows contrast of parties' visions | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - With an eye to 2014 elections, President Barack Obama held up the government shutdown this month as an emblem of fundamental differences between Democrats and Republicans on Friday in an appeal to wealthy donors. |
| Well New Years Baby? You May Pay More | | | While medical conditions and encounters dont care whether its 2013 or 2014, health insurance and subsidies generally play by the calendar year. Having a child early in the year presents some special challenges. |
| Bradley helps Roma set Serie A record | | | AS Roma set a new Serie A record with their ninth straight win from the start of the season after a 1-0 victory at Udinese Sunday with Michael Bradley scoring the crucial goal. |
| Graphene is creeping into your home | | | Just under ten years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and his colleague Kostya Novoselow the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics. It was graphene -- a one atom thin substance. The Professor of Physics at Manchester University talks to CNN about discovering the first ever 2-dimensional material. |
| Finding affordable hotels in pricey cities | | | Unless you have an unlimited budget (lucky you), deliberating about where to stay on vacation can be an exercise in financial frustration. On most trips, a major chunk of the kitty will be spent on where you sleep. |
| EU mergers and takeovers (Oct 28) | | | BRUSSELS, Oct 28 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process |
| Lessons from Hong Kong | | | As Beijing touts a high-profile crackdown on corruption, experts say it should look south to Hong Kong as an example of a Chinese territory that has succeeded in cutting out the rot. |
| My photos North Korea deleted | | | As the sole Western journalist covering a unique bicycle race in North Korea last month, I was provided with a personal guide, a car with a driver and the promise that I was free to take any photographs I wanted. As a journalist, it seemed like an incredible opportunity to document a small snapshot of what North Korea was really like. |
| Sao Paulo choking on its own smog study | | | Oct. 21 - Sao Paulo, host city of the first World Cup soccer match next year, has a major pollution problem. A recent study says air pollution in the southern Brazilian city causes three times more deaths than breast cancer or traffic accidents and costs the state US$160 million per year. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Rapper 50 Cent gets probation in domestic violence case | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American rapper 50 Cent on Monday struck a deal with Los Angeles prosecutors for three years' probation and 30 days of community service after allegedly kicking the mother of his child and destroying her property during a June altercation. |
| |
Комментариев нет:
Отправить комментарий