| Latest worldwide news | Aircraft noise linked to increased health risks | | | Oct. 29 - UK researchers say long-term exposure to aircraft noise increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. A five year study focusing on the noise produced by planes flying in and out of Heathrow reveals a higher rate of hospitalisation for people living near the airport than for those who live in quieter environments. Jim Drury has more. |
| Beijing's corruption fight | | | In China, a sex scandal is often more than just a sex scandal -- because it often involves public money. |
| Storms spook some U.S. cities into postponing Halloween fun | | | NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Forecasts for heavy rain and strong winds spooked dozens of U.S. cities and towns into postponing Halloween trick-or-treating on Thursday as a storm system that flooded parts of Texas, killing at least one person, churned north toward the Great Lakes. |
| Soros Angela Merkel was the creator of the European crisis | | | George Soros explains to Reuters' Chrystia Freeland how German Chancellor Angela Merkel's actions in 2008 could lead to the disintegration of the European Union. Consequently, a disorderly default of European sovereignties may lead to a global financial meltdown worse than 2008. He explains his analysis here. |
| Finding an edge in a crowded market | | | The decline of print and rise in peer-reviewed websites are giving publishers a big headache. So how do you find an edge in the crowded marketplace? |
| Moldovan dancer admits Concordia captain affair | | | Prosecution witnesses at the trial of Captain Francesco Schettino painted a picture of chaos aboard the Costa Concordia on the night the cruise liner sank, as they testified Tuesday in Italy. |
| The Sun That Did Not Roar | | | The Sun appears to slack off at the height of the solar cycle, the solar maximum, usually a time of roiling activity as the stars magnetic fields reverse. |
| Deadly sins Good for your career? | | | Greed, envy, pride and wrath Four of the seven deadly sins and the subtext of many a cautionary tale. But could these dark, often suppressed aspects of the human psyche also offer up clues to the secret of career success? |
| Orcas in captivity | | | Gabriela Cowperthwaite, director of "Blackfish," talks about why she made the movie. |
| LPGA Waives Off Age Limit to Grant Teen Ko Membership | | | New Zealand's 16-year-old golfing prodigy Lydia Ko has been granted full membership to the LPGA Tour from the start of the 2014 season after the governing body waived the age limit clause, the tour said on Monday. |
| Kazakhstan reboots Islamic finance ambitions | | | LONDON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A new head of Kazakhstan's central bank and a raft of initiatives from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) are rekindling hopes for the development of Islamic finance in... |
| Qatar defends 2022 project | | | There's nearly a decade to go before a ball is kicked at soccer's 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. But the tiny Gulf state, which won the right to host the event nearly three years ago, is embroiled in controversy over the treatment of the huge migrant labor force within its borders. |
| How do drivers get to F1? | | | Amanda Davies attends a World Series by Renault event to find out why it's been such a successful breeding ground for F1. |
| Phys Ed The Marathon Runner as Couch Potato | | | On an average workday, runners training for a marathon reported sitting for more than 10 hours a day, raising provocative questions about the growing prevalence of sedentary behavior and its accompanying health risks. |
| 5 reasons why Roma are Europe's best | | | No team in European football has made a better start to the 2013-14 season than Roma; no team in Italian football history has ever made a better start to a Serie A season.. |
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