March 31 (Reuters) - Guinea and Burkina Faso plan to take back hundreds of unused mining permits for re-auction, ministers said this week, as governments try to reignite interest in the sector.
BEIJING, April 1 (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Thursday that China and the United States should strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination to push jointly for strong, sustainable and balanced world economic growth, Xinhua news agency said.
Sony Pictures hopes to prank fans of 'Ghostbusters' by announcing they have successfully perfected the proton pack from the franchise. Rollo Ross reports.
Sony Pictures hopes to prank fans of 'Ghostbusters' by announcing they have successfully perfected the proton pack from the franchise. Rollo Ross reports.
Sony Pictures hopes to prank fans of 'Ghostbusters' by announcing they have successfully perfected the proton pack from the franchise. Rollo Ross reports.
PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) - In a tiny mess hall set amid pine trees and rose bushes on the heavily fortified Korean border, a lunch of steak and asparagus is served. Outside, birdsong competes with the drone of North Korean loudspeakers blaring propaganda.
PANMUNJOM, South Korea (Reuters) - In a tiny mess hall set amid pine trees and rose bushes on the heavily fortified Korean border, a lunch of steak and asparagus is served. Outside, birdsong competes with the drone of North Korean loudspeakers blaring propaganda.
SYDNEY, April 1 (Reuters) - Australian home prices rose only marginally in March while annual growth braked to its slowest in 31 months, a cooling that should please policy makers worried about the risk of a borrowing-fuelled bubble.
* Volatility, Brexit risk and U.S. election likely to crimp deals
LONDON, April 1 (Reuters) - Emerging market borrowers raised over $73 billion on global bond markets in the first quarter of 2016, almost a fifth below year-ago levels, but refinancing needs and improving market conditions could boost issuance in coming months.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Thousands of Brazilians in 17 states and the nation's capital took to the streets in defence of beleaguered President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday, many carrying banners that said "there will not be a coup", local television showed.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Social networking forum reddit on Thursday removed a section from its site used to tacitly inform users it had never received a certain type of U.S. government surveillance request, suggesting the platform is now being asked to hand over customer data under a secretive law enforcement authority.
Two-time Boston Marathon winner Geoff Smith — who is in town to run the 39th Cooper River Bridge Run — used to know only one way to run.
(Reuters) - Sixth seed Kei Nishikori withstood a blistering early assault, then saved five match points before battling past Frenchman Gael Monfils 4-6 6-3 7-6(3) in a bruising quarter-final at the Miami Open on Thursday.
London - More than 640 million people globally now weigh in as obese and the world has more overweight than underweight people, according to an analysis of global trends in body mass index (BMI).
London - More than 640 million people globally now weigh in as obese and the world has more overweight than underweight people, according to an analysis of global trends in body mass index (BMI).
UNITED NATIONS, March 31 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council said on Thursday it was ready to consider changes to sanctions on Libya's sovereign wealth fund once a unity government confirms it has control of it, along with the National Oil Corporation and the central bank.
UNITED NATIONS, March 31 (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council said on Thursday it was ready to consider changes to sanctions on Libya's sovereign wealth fund once a unity government confirms it has control of it, along with the National Oil Corporation and the central bank.
RICHMOND, Va. (Reuters) - A Virginia state trooper was clinging to life after being shot at a Richmond bus station on Thursday by a gunman who was fatally wounded after two police officers returned gunfire, a state police spokeswoman said.
South Carolina Stingrays defenseman Bobby Shea doesn’t go looking for a fight every time he steps on the ice, but he doesn’t shy away from a physical confrontation either.
LONDON, March 31 (Reuters) - - More than 640 million people globally now weigh in as obese and the world has more overweight than underweight people, according to an analysis of global trends in body mass index (BMI).
NEW YORK, March 31 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed Standard Chartered Plc from a class-action lawsuit accusing 16 banks of harming investors by rigging prices in the $5.3 trillion-a-day foreign exchange market.
