| Latest worldwide news | Kite rider fights back from brink | | | Hannah Whiteley laughs in the face of danger -- at least she does now. And after a near death experience she has gone on to establish herself as one of Europe's rising kitesurfing stars. |
| Bankers warn of long crisis as rich seek comfort | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Private banks are telling their clients financial volatility surrounding Europe's debt crisis will continue for at least a year as more of the continent's rich seek the comfort of... |
| Royal baby betting bonanza | | | July 4 - British bookmakers are taking bets on everything from the future King or Queen or England's sex, weight, height and hair. Novelty betting is a growing market that reflects the facination the world has with the British royal family. Hayley Platt reports. |
| Fashion and glamor at Ascot | | | Winning Post's Francesca Cumani talks to fashion designer, Fitriani Hay about the glamor on display at Royal Ascot. |
| Few Signs of a Taste for Diet Pills | | | Qsymia, a weight-reduction drug, had sales of only $4 million in the first quarter. Its manufacturer is trying to jump-start acceptance of the drug. |
| UPDATE 2-SEC alleges insider trading in Onyx ahead of Amgen offer | | | July 3 (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has filed a lawsuit accusing unnamed defendants of insider trading in Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc call options before the drugmaker publicly rejected a takeover bid by larger rival Amgen Inc and put itself up for sale. |
| How impressive is the Chromebook Pixel? Very! | | | I've been using a Chromebook Pixel for the past two days and a single phrase comes to mind blown away. Is it worth $1,299 or more? Take a look to see and then stack it up against your mobile computing needs. |
| Turks gather for 20th anniversary of Madimak Massacre | | | Tens of thousands of people gathered across Turkey on Tuesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Madimak Massacre, in which 37 people, mostly members of the Alevi sect, were killed when an angry mob set fire to their hotel. |
| Zuma Mandela not in 'vegetative state' | | | Court papers lodged by members of former South African leader Nelson Mandela's family in a burial dispute reveal that his "health is perilous" and that fears his death is drawing near are justified. |
| Restrictive drug laws censor science, researchers say | | | LONDON (Reuters) - The outlawing of drugs such as cannabis, magic mushrooms and other psychoactive substances amounts to scientific censorship and is hampering research into potentially important medicinal uses, leading scientists argued on Wednesday. |
| Malaysia Denies Entry to Journalist | | | The journalist, Clare Rewcastle Brown, is the sister-in-law of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain and the founder of news outlets that have taken on the Malaysian government. |
| A Kazakh Spaceport Slowly Declines | | | Baikonur, in remote southwestern Kazakhstan, was once the pride of the Soviet Union. Today, nomadic herders from the nearby steppe are moving into abandoned buildings. |
| NSA hit with furloughs starting next week | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The National Security Agency, the spy agency thrown into the public eye following former contractor Edward Snowden's disclosures, is getting hit with furloughs starting next week. |
| Santos, BG to link Australia LNG pipelines in bid to cut costs | | | PERTH, July 4 (Reuters) - Australia's Santos Ltd and BG Group PLC agreed on Thursday to link their major gas pipelines, allowing them to buy, sell, and swap gas supplies - a move that will help slash costs at a time when they have been hit by budget overruns. |
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