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- House committee votes to authorize lawsuit against Obama
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 01:01 PMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Contact lost with Air Algerie plane carrying 116 people from Burkina Faso
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 07:42 AMALGIERS (Reuters) - Authorities have lost contact with an Air Algerie flight en route from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso to Algiers with 110 passengers on board, Algeria's APS state news agency and a Spanish airline company said on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russia says will cooperate with MH17 probe led by Netherlands
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 06:38 AMKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Russia will cooperate with the investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner a week ago and is satisfied that the Netherlands, rather than Ukraine, is leading the effort, the country's ambassador to Malaysia said on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In China, Apple's focus pays off while Samsung feels squeeze
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 05:58 AMBEIJING (Reuters) - The mobile industry has long held that Samsung's broad range of mobile devices makes it nimble in changing markets, while Apple loses out by rigidly sticking to its high-end gadgets.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Disenchanted with Putin, some Russians vote with their feet
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 04:16 AMMOSCOW (Reuters) - Most of Vladimir Paley's clients want him to dig up their family history with one goal in mind: making a case to obtain foreign citizenship and leave Russia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Carey pressured from both sides of Fox Time Warner deal to stay in job
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 01:05 AMLOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chase Carey, Twenty-First Century Fox's president and chief operating officer, may be feeling pressure to stay in his job for several more years both from his boss, Rupert Murdoch, and from the company Murdoch is trying to buy, Time Warner Inc.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 10:48 PMEINDHOVEN Netherlands (Reuters) - The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last week arrived on Wednesday at a military base in the Netherlands - a nation in shock and sorrow.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Kerry pushes for Gaza truce as death toll tops 700
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 10:43 PMGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The death toll in Gaza topped 700 on Thursday as Israeli tank fire before dawn killed 16 people in the Hamas-dominated coastal territory, including six members of the same family, Palestinian health officials said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sterling marriage 'stress' at issue as L.A. Clippers trial nears end
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 09:57 PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling's bid to block the $2 billion sale of the NBA team in a probate trial entered its final stretch on Wednesday when his attorneys sought to prove his estranged wife improperly seized control of the franchise.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 03:22 PMEINDHOVEN Netherlands (Reuters) - The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last week arrived on Wednesday at a military base in the Netherlands - a nation in shock and sorrow.
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- GM's profit falls on recall costs, victims' compensation fund
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 07:33 AMDETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Co reported a lower second-quarter profit on Thursday due to numerous recalls and the expected cost of at least $400 million for its victims' compensation fund for those killed or injured by a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths.
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Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 07:12 AMDEARBORN Mich.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - European court rules against Poland over secret CIA jail
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 06:25 AMWARSAW (Reuters) - The CIA ran a secret jail on Polish soil, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on Thursday, a decision that puts pressure on the United States and its allies to reveal the truth about the global program for detaining al Qaeda suspects.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - GSK seeks approval for world's first malaria vaccine
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 06:03 AMLONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline is applying for regulatory approval for the world's first vaccine against malaria, designed for use in children in Africa.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Trial starts for Venezuela opposition leader Lopez
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 02:53 AMCARACAS (Reuters) - Jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez went on trial in Venezuela on Wednesday, accused of masterminding anti-government protests that turned violent and left 43 people dead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - As U.S. strengthens, sluggish wages explain Fed's caution
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 01:09 AMNEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Leaders of Taiwan, China offer condolences for 48 dead in plane crash
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 10:32 PMTAIPEI (Reuters) - The leaders of rivals China and Taiwan expressed condolences on Thursday for victims of a TransAsia Airways turboprop plane that crashed during a thunderstorm the previous day killing 48 people including two French nationals.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S. judge strikes down Colorado's gay marriage ban, stays ruling
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 10:02 PMDENVER (Reuters) - A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that Colorado's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, but stayed his ruling until the issue is decided by a higher court.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Gaza bloodshed deepens as airlines shun Israel
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 08:05 PMGAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Gaza fighting raged on Wednesday, displacing thousands more Palestinians in the battered territory as U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dutch mourn as first MH17 bodies arrive in Netherlands
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 03:37 PMEINDHOVEN Netherlands (Reuters) - The bodies of the first victims from a Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine last week arrived on Wednesday at a military base in the Netherlands - a nation in shock and sorrow.<
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- Jobless claims fall to lowest level since early 2006
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 08:32 AMWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in nearly 8-1/2 years last week, suggesting the labor market recovery was gaining traction.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Global economy starts second half on solid footing: PMIs
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 06:36 AM(Reuters) - China's factory activity expanded at its fastest in 18 months in July as new orders surged while the euro zone's private sector also perked up, suggesting the global economy started the second half of 2014 on a solid footing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Russian court finds opposition leaders guilty of inciting mass riots
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 06:23 AMMOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court on Thursday found Russian opposition leaders Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozhayev guilty of inciting mass riots against President Vladimir Putin.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - China regulator determines Qualcomm has monopoly: state-run newspaper
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 05:51 AMBEIJING (Reuters) - China's antitrust regulator has confirmed that Qualcomm Inc, one of the world's biggest mobile chipmakers, has a monopoly, the state-run Securities Times newspaper reported on Thursday, as Qualcomm's chief executive held talks in China.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Roche first-half sales hit by strong Swiss franc
Thursday - 07/24/2014 - 03:29 AMBASEL (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker posted a slight fall in sales in the first half, as the strong Swiss franc put the brakes on solid growth of its breast cancer medicines.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Preachers rail at police in funeral for NYC man who died in custody
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 11:12 PMNEW YORK (Reuters) - Preacher after preacher stepped up to the pulpit at a sweltering Brooklyn church on Wednesday to express fury at the city's police force during the funeral of Eric Garner, who died soon after police put him in a banned chokehold.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Arizona inmate takes nearly two hours to die in botched execution
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 10:26 PMPHOENIX (Reuters) - An Arizona inmate took almost two hours to die by lethal injection on Wednesday and his lawyers said he "gasped and snorted" before succumbing in the latest botched execution to raise questions about the death penalty in the United States.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - China July HSBC flash PMI rises to 18-month high
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 10:11 PMBEIJING (Reuters) - Activity in China's factory sector expanded at its fastest pace in 18 months in July, a preliminary HSBC survey showed on Thursday, as a raft of government stimulus measures kicked in.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Yum cuts ties to owner of China meat plant after scandal
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 08:54 PMSHANGHAI/LANGFANG China (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc severed ties with OSI Group after Shanghai police detained five people from the supplier's China meat-processing factory at the center of a food-safety scare that has ensnared several major Western brands.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TransAsia Airways plane crashes in typhoon-hit Taiwan, killing 47
Wednesday - 07/23/2014 - 02:04 PMTAIPEI (Reuters) - A TransAsia Airways turboprop plane crashed on its second attempt at landing during a thunderstorm on an island off Taiwan on Wednesday, killing 47 people and setting buildings on fire, officials said.
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