RPT-HQ debate settled, HSBC spotlight turns to top-level succession
* Chmn Flint and CEO Gulliver likely to step down in next 2 years
* Chmn Flint and CEO Gulliver likely to step down in next 2 years
Rumors about the virus and microcephaly are swirling
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's Assembly of Experts, made up mostly of elderly clerics, has not mattered much for years. The body's main task is choosing Iran's supreme leader, but that job has not come vacant since 1989.
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's Assembly of Experts, made up mostly of elderly clerics, has not mattered much for years. The body's main task is choosing Iran's supreme leader, but that job has not come vacant since 1989.
Казан шәһәренең Мәдәният һәм сәнгать институтында беренче тапкыр халыкара “Әлмәндәр варислары” дигән Шәүкәт Биктимеров исемендәге Халыкара балалар театрлары фестивалендә лениногорскилылар да катнашты.
Читать дальше...AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A third successive clean sheet proved the high point of Saturday's win in the Dutch league for PSV Eindhoven coach Philip Cocu as his team prepare to host Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday.
BARCELONA (Reuters) - McLaren unveiled their new Formula One car on Sunday, certain it cannot be any worse than last year's but still unsure when they might get back to winning ways after their longest drought in decades.
Damaged power lines and flooding are hampering relief efforts in Fiji after Cyclone Winston tore through the country. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Damaged power lines and flooding are hampering relief efforts in Fiji after Cyclone Winston tore through the country. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Damaged power lines and flooding are hampering relief efforts in Fiji after Cyclone Winston tore through the country. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Damaged power lines and flooding are hampering relief efforts in Fiji after Cyclone Winston tore through the country. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Damaged power lines and flooding are hampering relief efforts in Fiji after Cyclone Winston tore through the country. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
* Moderates could still influence choice of next Supreme Leader
FRANKFURT, Feb 21 (Reuters) - It doesn't look like much, but a boxy wooden vintage Swedish footstool isn't just a place to rest your weary feet after cross-country skiing. It is the latest competition to hedge funds or high end real estate. And that means it will cost you $17,000.
BARCELONA, Feb 21 (Reuters) - McLaren unveiled their new Formula One car on Sunday, certain it cannot be any worse than last year's but still unsure when they might get back to winning ways after their longest drought in decades.
(Reuters) - Seven people were shot and killed and several others wounded in Michigan on Saturday night in a series of apparently random public shootings, according to authorities and local media.
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's below-par season has continued with the former world number one dumped from the Rio Open semi-finals with a 6-7(6) 7-6(3) 6-4 defeat by unseeded Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas on Saturday.
Бу турыда Татарстанның гидрометеорология һәм әйләнә-тирәне күзәтү үзәге хәбәр иткән. Алар китергән мәгълүматларга караганда, 22 һәм 23 февраль көннәрендә республикада начар һава торышы сакланачак.
Читать дальше...BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll from two bomb blasts in the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday reached 46 including at least 28 civilians, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - The United States has criticised the handling of Uganda's disputed presidential election and raised concerns about the house arrest of an opposition leader who failed to end President Yoweri Museveni's 30-year rule.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Thousands of people surrounded Japan's parliament on Sunday to protest against government plans to relocate a U.S. military base on Okinawa island, local media reported.
A baby Sumatran tiger is born in an Indonesian zoo, as conservationists hope to increase the population of the critically-endangered species. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
A baby Sumatran tiger is born in an Indonesian zoo, as conservationists hope to increase the population of the critically-endangered species. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
A baby Sumatran tiger is born in an Indonesian zoo, as conservationists hope to increase the population of the critically-endangered species. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
A baby Sumatran tiger is born in an Indonesian zoo, as conservationists hope to increase the population of the critically-endangered species. Rough cut (no reporter narration).