WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir welcomed the nuclear agreement with Iran during their meeting on Friday, the White House said.
Ministers overruled advice from senior civil servants and handed a £3m grant to a controversial children’s charity that has been accused of financial mismanagement.
BRASILIA, July 17 (Reuters) - The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress broke with the government of President Dilma Rousseff on Friday over corruption accusations, deepening a political crisis in Latin America's largest economy.
BRASILIA, July 17 (Reuters) - The speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress broke with the government of President Dilma Rousseff on Friday over corruption accusations, deepening a political crisis in Latin America's largest economy.
It was not only the England players who had some fun at Steve Smith’s expense when he last reached these shores with Australia. “He thinks he’s one of those good-looking roosters in our team,” his captain, Michael Clarke, reflected of him in a diary item early in the 2013 tour, something Smith self-evidently is not. The then 24-year-old’s mannerisms became well known at that time, too. “He has an itch with his left hand,” Clarke remarked, after watching Smith – the man they call “Smudge” – twitch... Читать дальше...
Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures threaten homes around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures threaten homes around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures threaten homes around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece. Jillian Kitchener reports.
Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures threaten homes around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece. Jillian Kitchener reports.
NASA's New Horizons team displays a 'flyover' graphic animation of what the mountains and plains of Pluto look like from high above. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
NASA's New Horizons team displays a 'flyover' graphic animation of what the mountains and plains of Pluto look like from high above. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
NASA's New Horizons team displays a 'flyover' graphic animation of what the mountains and plains of Pluto look like from high above. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
NASA's New Horizons team displays a 'flyover' graphic animation of what the mountains and plains of Pluto look like from high above. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
NASA's New Horizons team displays a 'flyover' graphic animation of what the mountains and plains of Pluto look like from high above. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - A would-be leader of Libya's $67 billion sovereign wealth fund warned on Friday that conditions were not right to start unfreezing and managing the funds assets, speaking out against a rival's plan.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will tape his seventh appearance on Jon Stewart's "Daily Show" in New York on Tuesday, the White House said on Friday.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday proposed a rule to make changes to its annual exam of the financial health of the banks it oversees, the so-called stress tests.
Plans to limit the amount paid for nursing care by Britain’s growing elderly population have been mothballed for at least five years after ministers were warned the move could lead to a “cataclysmic” collapse in services.
England's Ashes series lead is in jeopardy after Steve Smith's maiden double century, and a rush of early wickets for Australia's pace attack, put the tourists in control at Lord's.
ST ANDREWS, Scotland, July 17 (Reuters) - The 'chip on his shoulder' could be the driving force that propels Adam Scott to that elusive maiden British Open victory this weekend, the Australian said on Friday.
LONDON (Reuters) - "Black Magic," the new single from Girl group Little Mix topped the British pop charts on Friday, their third No. 1 single since winning the 2011 series of ITV's "X Factor" talent show,
‘Lazy’, lying Labour supporters were the reason why pollsters predicted the 2015 general election result inaccurately, according to research by the British Election Study (BES).
July 17 (Reuters) - The resurgence in drilling seen earlier this month seemed to fizzle this week as U.S. energy firms cut seven oil rigs, oil services company Baker Hughes Inc data showed on Friday.
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - Oklahoma is expanding restrictions on drilling activities to stem a sharp increase in earthquakes that has damaged homes and raised concerns about the future of the energy industry in the state.
This was the moment dozens of cars - and even a coach - risked their lives to avoid a traffic jam on the M1.
