Latest worldwide news Fighting for gay rights in China | | With arms around each other's shoulders, Wu Yebin and An Wei strolled past rows of food booths and game stalls along the main road cutting through their small village in northern China one recent Friday morning. |
PRESS DIGEST - British Business - July 3 | | July 3 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories on the business pages of British newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. |
A fair World Cup deal for Brazil? | | Some of the world's biggest corporations such as Apple and Google have come under pressure over the way they have saved billions of dollars by exploiting tax loopholes. Now it is the turn of FIFA to defend its lucrative financial arrangements with 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil. |
'Sick Soccer' probe in Italy | | Italian football is gripped by new scandal after police raid the headquarters of a host of leading clubs in a tax evasion probe, according to Italian prosecutors Tuesday. |
U.S. spying is out of control | | David Rothkopf says the overreach and ineffective oversight of our intelligence efforts is as much of a threat to the kind of country we want to be as any terrorist group |
Unnecessary repeat cholesterol tests common study | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One-third of people with heart disease have their cholesterol levels checked more often than guidelines recommend, a new study of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients suggests. |
The first diva of tennis | | She drank alcohol on court, smoked "furiously" and horrified the establishment with her daring outfits, "unladylike" playing style and highly-publicized affairs. |
Cycling Gerrans takes yellow jersey | | Simon Gerrans became the sixth Australian in the history of the Tour de France to wear the famous yellow jersey after leading his Orica-GreenEdge team to another victory Tuesday. |
Bessemer goes on defense, on pace for best year | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Portfolio managers at Bessemer Trust, financial adviser to ultra-wealthy U.S. families, took an extremely defensive posture a few weeks ago amid some of the most volatile... |
Bale won't be in 'Justice League' film | | We already knew that Christian Bale probably wasn't going to show up as Batman in the upcoming Justice League movie, the Avengers-style supergroup of DC heroes. First, Bale said that he wouldn't do another Batman movie unless Nolan opted for a fourth Dark Knight chapter, which Nolan says isn't happening. Then 'Man of Steel' and 'Dark Knight' screenwriter David S. Goyer confirmed that the Justice League's Batman would be a rebooted character. So that pretty much closed the book. |
Pirelli says teams contributed to blowouts | | LONDON (Reuters) - Formula One teams contributed to the dramatic blowouts at Sunday's British Grand Prix by mounting rear tires the wrong way around and running them with low pressures, supplier Pirelli said on Tuesday. |
Bubba Watson on shaping shots | | Defending Masters champion Bubba Watson talks family, Golf Boys, that playoff and shows us how he shapes those shots. |
GE Capital will not appeal risk panel's proposed systemic tag | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GE Capital, the financial services arm of General Electric , said on Tuesday it will not appeal a proposal by the new U.S. risk council to designate the firm as systemically important, a tag that will subject the company to tougher regulations. |
Turkish Jews worried after politician links diaspora to protests | | ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish deputy prime minister linked the "Jewish diaspora" to recent anti-government unrest, drawing condemnation from world Jewish leaders on Tuesday and concern among Turkey's Jews the comments could make them targets of popular anger. |
Why Obama is right on climate change | | The goals President Barack Obama set out Tuesday in his Climate Action Plan -- including cutting pollution from coal plants and aggressively pursuing clean energy alternatives -- won't solve all the challenges of climate change, but they are a big first step in protecting the planet from its worst effects. Getting serious about solutions is critically important, especially now and especially for the United States. |
Artist stirs privacy debate with portraits from DNA | | July 1 - DNA extracted from cigarette butts and bubble gum found on the streets of Brooklyn is being used by artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg to create realistic portraits of anonymous New Yorkers. The artist says her project is designed to spark debate about the use - or potential misuse - of DNA profiling in society. Ben Gruber reports. |
Study links "heading' of soccer ball to brain damage | | June 30 - A new study links frequent 'heading' of the ball in soccer to brain damage. Research published in the journal Radiology, says players who head the ball frequently are more likely to suffer brain damage and memory loss than players who focus more on their feet. Elly Park reports |
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