Latest worldwide news Who makes the most in Obama's White House? | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Twenty-two of President Barack Obama's top advisers make the top White House salary of $172,200 per year - but there is one official who earns 30 percent more. |
Well Getting Men to Want to Use Condoms | | A Gates Foundation challenge to develop a next generation condom speaks to the low usage only 5 percent of men worldwide of a prophylactic that can curb H.I.V./AIDS. |
Hernandez Remains Focus of a Media Swarm | | Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez came under police and news media scrutiny shortly after the body of Odin Lloyd, 27, an acquaintance of his, was discovered on Monday. |
AIDS-free generation 'within sight' | | We've come a long way since my early days as the associate medical director of the AIDS clinic at San Francisco General Hospital in the 1980s and 1990s. |
Egypt erupts in violence | | July 1 - Violence erupts overnight in Egypt on the anniversary of the inauguration of President Mohamed Mursi. Julie Noce reports. |
U.S. May construction spending approaches 4-year high | | WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) - U.S. construction spending rose to its highest level in nearly four years in May as a sharp rebound in public outlays offset a decline in investment in private nonresidential projects, pointing to moderate economic growth. |
U.S. trip ends without date for talks | | Secretary of State John Kerry ended four days of shuttle diplomacy without an agreement to revive Mideast peace talks but said significant progress had been made and that he would return to the region soon. |
New Jersey's Christie vetoes Medicaid expansion bill | | June 28 (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill that would have expanded Medicaid eligibility under the healthcare law known as Obamacare, his office said on Friday, in an apparent reversal of position for the presumed 2016 Republican presidential hopeful. |
Croatia Joins European Union | | The Balkan country became the 28th member of the European Union on Monday as the trading bloc grapples with upheaval in the euro zone. |
U.S. to press China on cyber theft Lew | | ASPEN (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has said he will keep up pressure on China over cyber security, especially stealing of intellectual property and trade secrets, which he sees as separate from other Internet-related issues between the two countries. |
Thousands march for gay rights | | June 30 - Gay pride events bring colour and calls for equality to many cities around the globe. Rough cut - no reporter narration. |
Real-life transformers take to skies | | Is it a plane? Is it a drone? Next time you look up and see vapor trails spreading across the sky, bear in mind that the aircraft you're looking at might just be both. |
Real Estate Q A | | This weeks topics include rent-stabilized corporate tenants, condos adopting co-op rules and work performed without an owners consent. |
Nokia to buy out Siemens equipment venture; shares surge | | HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia shares surged on Monday after it announced plans to buy out Siemens AG's share of their network equipment joint venture, betting on the technology to run 4G networks as it struggles in the smartphones business. |
PRECIOUS-Gold inches up after volatile week; data eyed | | SINGAPORE, July 1 (Reuters) - Gold edged slightly higher on Monday after posting its biggest quarterly loss on record, as investors await key economic data this week for clues on when the Federal Reserve could taper its economic stimulus. FUNDAMENTALS * Spot gold rose 0.2 percent to $1,236.39 an ounce by 0018 GMT after a 3 percent gain on Friday, while Comex gold rose about $13 to $1,236.40. * Gold fell nearly 25 percent for the April-June period, its worst quarterly perf |
Wall St. advances on first day of third quarter | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock indexes rose 1 percent on Monday, building on the strongest first half of any year since 1998 as concerns continued to ease that the Federal Reserve would soon tighten its stimulus program. |
Can a case boost your iPhone 5's WiFi? Check the Linkase | | The Linkase for iPhone 5 boasts up to a 50 percent boost in Wi-Fi signal strength thanks to a small electromagnetic waveguide extension. Does it work? See for yourself in these mobile speedtests where Wi-Fi is usually terrible. |
British Women's Drought Hits 30 Years as Robson Falls | | Laura Robson began the second week of Wimbledon looking to become the first British woman to reach the quarter-finals since 1984 but took just over 90 minutes to depart in tears as she was beaten in straight sets by Estonian Kaia Kanepi on Monday. |
Obama's right on climate change | | After centuries of pumping carbon into the atmosphere, Americans face changing weather patterns and risks to human health, says Chris Field. The nations must commit to changing this |
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