| Latest worldwide news | Heir for a new century? | | | The news that Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is pregnant is being celebrated throughout Britain, the British Commonwealth and beyond. As well as wonderful news for the royal couple, it has positive implications for the future of the British monarchy. |
| 50 Cent charged with violence | | | Curtis Jackson -- known professionally as the rapper 50 Cent -- was accused by a prosecutor Wednesday of kicking a woman and ransacking her bedroom during an argument at her Los Angeles condo last month. |
| Nikkei choppy ahead of US jobs data; Egypt, Portugal developments eyed | | | * Egypt, Portugal developments eyed - analyst * Upside likely around 14,500 in next few weeks - analyst * Suntory Beverage and Food extends gains By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average edged up in choppy trade on Thursday as investors were cautious ahead of crucial U.S. jobs data on Friday, while worries over political turmoil in Egypt and Portugal dampened sentiment. The Nikkei gained 0.1 percent to 14,070.93 in midmorning trade after openin |
| Bolivia says Morales' plane diverted, apparently over Snowden | | | LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivia said President Evo Morales' plane was forced to land in Austria on Tuesday after France and Portugal refused air permits, apparently because they suspected it was carrying Edward Snowden, the former U.S. spy agency contractor wanted by Washington on espionage charges. |
| Blasting heat keeps hold on Western states | | | (Reuters) - A heat wave scorching the Western United States fueled lightning-sparked fires in several states and pushed temperatures well above normal on Monday in typically cooler regions such as Seattle and parts of the Rocky Mountains. |
| TABLE-Mexico's Walmex says same-store sales rise in June | | | MEXICO CITY, July 3 (Reuters) - Mexico's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart de Mexico said sales at its Mexican stores open at least a year rose in June. Pct change vs JUNE MAY year ago Mexico 1.2 -2.4 same-store sales Mexico total 5.9 2.1 sales Central 2.7 2.0 America same-store sales |
| A Push to Invigorate Womens Basketball | | | After a six-month study, Val Ackerman, a former president of USA Basketball and the W.N.B.A., recommended significant changes to rules and to the N.C.A.A. tournament. |
| Egypt army says ready to die in "final hours" | | | CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's high command said on Wednesday the army was ready to die to defend Egypt's people against terrorists and fools, in a response to Islamist President Mohamed Mursi that was headlined "The Final Hours". |
| The Consumer New Approach to Depression | | | Transcranial magnetic stimulation, which uses magnetic pulses to stimulate parts of the brain connected to mood, has helped some patients with severe depression. |
| Djokovic breezes into second week | | | Novak Djokovic gives a perfect illustration of why he's the top ranked player in the world as he dismantles France's Jeremy Chardy to reach the Wimbledon fourth round Saturday. |
| Douglas Engelbart, father of the mouse, dies at 88 | | | SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 (Reuters) - Douglas C. Engelbart, a technologist who conceived of the computer mouse and laid out a vision of an Internet decades before others brought those ideas to the mass market, died on Tuesday night. He was 88. |
| Chinese lap up French vineyards | | | The attack on Chinese students in Hostens, a small town in the South-west of France, allegedly by a group of French youngsters, followed by the largest international wine fair, Vinexpo, in Bordeaux, where Chinese investors were very much present -- and active -- have triggered much talk in France about Chinese investment in the country's vineyards and a backlash against it. |
| RLPC LightSquared splits $3B exit financing | | | NEW YORK, July 3 (Reuters) - Wireless broadband communications company LightSquared Inc is splitting its proposed $3 billion senior secured exit term loan into a $2 billion first-lien loan and $1 billion second-lien tranche, sources told Thomson Reuters LPC. The loan originally consisted of a single tranche. |
| Red Bulls Rewind On to the Dog Days | | | Connor Lade, the Red Bulls homegrown defender/midfielder, started his first game of the M.L.S. season on Sunday in the Red Bulls only victory in June. |
| How has cycling recovered? | | | Amanda Davies looks at the financial impact of the Lance Armstrong revelations and how cycling has since recovered. |
| How to play banker on the web | | | Peer-to-peer lending sites offer anyone the chance to lend money online to registered borrowers. People can lend as much or as little to as many people as they like. The interest rates can generate sizeable returns. |
| Patients HIV-free after transplant | | | Two more HIV patients have no signs of the virus in their blood following bone marrow transplants, according to the Boston researchers who treated them. |
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