There were chaotic scenes inside Japan’s normally orderly parliament Wednesday as opposition lawmakers thronged a committee room in an unsuccessful bid to block Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial security bills. Dozens of politicians held signs protesting against what they said was the “forced” passage of legislation that will bolster the role of Japan’s military, in […]
(Reuters) - Spanish soccer club Real Madrid retained top spot on a list of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams, according to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday that was made up mostly of National Football League franchises.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday cut a copyright infringement verdict by more than $2 million against recording stars Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams over their 2013 smash hit "Blurred Lines," but offered Marvin Gaye's heirs a 50 percent royalty on future earnings from the song.
A juvenile great white shark was rescued and taken out to sea, after it became trapped on the shore in Chatham, Massachusetts. Jillian Kitchener reports.
BRUSSELS, July 15 (Reuters) - Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil producer, called for the European Commission to help it fight charges of money laundering and tax evasion involving its Romanian refinery, a senior Lukoil executive said on Wednesday.
BRUSSELS, July 15 (Reuters) - Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil producer, called for the European Commission to help it fight charges of money laundering and tax evasion involving its Romanian refinery, a senior Lukoil executive said on Wednesday.
China has begun building a 314-metre (1,030-ft) high dam which will be among the world’s tallest, officials said, as the country massively expands hydropower. The Shuangjiankou dam on a tributary of China’s mighty Yangtze river will be completed in 2022, the environmental ministry said on its website Tuesday. The facility, costing 36 billion yuan ($5.8 […]
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter the threat of Islamic State on the alliance's southern flank.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO and its allies will hold their biggest military exercise in more than a decade from October, deploying 36,000 personnel across the Mediterranean to counter the threat of Islamic State on the alliance's southern flank.
LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Britain's top share index ended flat on Wednesday, with building supplies company Travis Perkins leading gainers after a broker upgrade, while luxury goods maker Burberry was among the biggest fallers after posting slower sales growth.
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's banks will have been hit by an additional 40 billion pound tax bill by the end of this decade, harming their ability to lend to businesses and create new jobs, an industry lobby group said on Wednesday.
GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss authorities have begun questioning the soccer officials who were arrested in Zurich in May in a corruption scandal and are facing extradition to the United States, legal sources said.
Boris Johnson should be fined to recover the hundreds of thousands of pounds he spent on useless water cannon, Alex Salmond has suggest.
Comedian Amy Schumer pulls double duty as the writer and star of her new film "Trainwreck". Edward Baran reports.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities working with law enforcement officials abroad have shut down the Darkode online forum used by cybercriminals around the world and charged 12 people linked to the site, the Justice Department said on Wednesday.
A chiefly US-led nuclear deal between world powers and Iran has been held up as a harbinger to re-establishing formal relations but historical enmity makes broader detente a difficult prospect. Both nations have reasons for distrust and a legacy of differences live on in the chants of “Death to America” that ring out at […]
Oil prices that slumped steeply earlier this year may further be cut once a historic deal between the West and Iran allows that country to start pouring more crude into a market already brimming with supply. Many analysts estimate that Iran, OPEC’s fourth-largest oil producer, has piled up tens of millions of barrels on floating […]
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems says it has developed a body sensor that could help save the lives of pilots by forewarning of possible loss of consciousness in extreme manoeuvres or because of oxygen starvation.
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) - Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems says it has developed a body sensor that could help save the lives of pilots by forewarning of possible loss of consciousness in extreme manoeuvres or because of oxygen starvation.
To many residents of Mindanao, Christian or Muslim, Ramadan evokes memories of food. There are special snacks served during the season of Ramadan and especially at the end of the fasting season; there are also food items that are served to break the all-day fast throughout the month. Eateries in the region that serve mainly […]
More than six months after the deadly encounter in Mamasapano, Maguindanao, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) filed a complaint of complex crime of direct assault with murder and theft against more than 100 Moro rebels for the death 35 members of the Philippine National Police-Special Action Force (PNP-SAF). Among the respondents in the complaint […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Toran Gaal is tired, like you wouldn't believe, but he's also pumped. He's got some "Ooh Rah!" for sure.
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SAN DIEGO -- Fifty-plus years since committing to drag a deeply divided nation toward a brighter tomorrow, Rep. John Lewis recently turned not to well-heeled donors or seasoned pols for…
Читать дальше...July 15 (Reuters) - Spanish soccer club Real Madrid retained top spot on a list of the world's 50 most valuable sports teams, according to a Forbes poll released on Wednesday that was made up mostly of National Football League franchises.
Sea water leaked dangerously into an undersea tunnel in western Norway on Wednesday after a fuel truck crashed into the tunnel's side, triggering a series of explosions. The leaks prompted fears the tunnel could...
