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Can Carney save the British economy? | | July 1 - Former Canadian central banker Mark Carney takes the reigns at the Bank of England, the first foreign governor in the bank's history. Expectations are high, but as Ivor Bennett reports, he'll have his work cut out. |
U.S. seeks to calm European outrage over alleged spying | | DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama tried on Monday to reassure European allies affronted by reports of U.S. spying by suggesting all the world's intelligence services were involved in finding out the thinking of opponents and allies alike. |
Travel the 'Iron Silk Road' | | The Silk Road was once a series of dusty trails forged by traders traveling between Asia and Europe. Today it takes the form of a bustling railway linking the continents. |
Gay marriages resume in California after five-year hiatus | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Same-sex couples - some in shorts and jeans, some in their work clothes - rushed to be wed in California on Friday after a court abruptly ended the state's five-year ban on gay marriage in the wake of landmark rulings at the Supreme Court. |
Giants Beat Rockies 5-2, End 6-Game Losing Streak | | Madison Bumgarner scattered four hits over seven innings, Hunter Pence hit a two-run homer and the San Francisco Giants ended their longest losing streak in three years with a 5-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday. |
Well Bike Sharing Can Mean Safer Biking | | Growing experience from bike-sharing programs in many cities makes clear that bicycling can be a safe mode of transportation, and the mere presence of a bike-sharing program is a boon to the safety of all bicyclists. |
Western United States swelters amid deadly heat | | PHOENIX (Reuters) - A dangerous, record-breaking heat wave in the western United States contributed to the death of a Nevada resident and sent scores of people to hospitals with heat-related illnesses. |
Japan PM Abe hops and flips in voter-wooing game app | | TOKYO (Reuters) - It's a bird, it's a plane ... It's a cartoon version of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hopping and somersaulting his way through the sky in a smartphone game app his party hopes will lure young voters ahead of a July 21 election. |
Hollywood's women problem | | With women directors accounting for just 9% of Hollywood blockbusters in 2012, author and blogger Melissa Silverstein explains why we need more females writers and directors. |
Well A Bowl of Cherries | | The Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman offers five new ways to make cherries a part of your meal. |
McEnroe Still going strong | | Seven-time grand slam champion John McEnroe is delighting fans on his PowerShares tour. CNN's Don Riddell reports. |
Activist investors target UK oil and gas companies | | LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - UK-listed oil and gas companies that have lost favour with mainstream shareholders are attracting investors who want to push bosses out, access their cash and force asset sales. |
Rogers first openly gay MLS player | | Robbie Rogers was introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday, making him the first openly gay male athlete to compete in Major League Soccer and in any American professional team sport and ending his brief retirement. |
Top Somali militant, wanted by U.S., killed | | A senior Somali militant who had a $5 million U.S. bounty on his head has been killed in infighting among members of the al Qaeda-aligned group Al-Shabaab, a spokesman for the group said Saturday. |
Croatia joins EU but at a cost | | July 1 - As Croatia becomes the 28th member of the European Union Hayley Platt looks at what lies in store for the country and how membership has gone down with Croatians and their neighbours. |
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