| Latest worldwide news | Renesas plans to close major chip plant in Japan - sources | | | TOKYO, July 27 (Reuters) - Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp plans to close a system LSI chip plant in northern Japan that makes chips for Nintendo Co Ltd's Wii game consoles and other consumer electronics, after failing to find a buyer for the facility, sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday. |
| John Kerry's bold push for peace | | | David Rothkopf says the Arab-Israeli conflict seems as intractable as ever, but the secretary of state's valiant bid to put it back on table is worth a try -- and could work. |
| Obama marks 'forgotten war' | | | No veteran should be forgotten, President Barack Obama said Saturday while commemorating the end 60 years ago of the Korean conflict, sometimes described as the "forgotten war." |
| Dubai offers gold to fight obesity epidemic | | | DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's government will pay residents in gold for losing those extra pounds as part of a government campaign to fight growing obesity in the Gulf Arab emirate. |
| Mermaids and an octopus breakfast | | | In a tiny Korean fishing village, "mermaids" dive for abalone and conch while their sisters cook up a breakfast few foreigners know about. |
| Deaths reported in Egypt as violence escalates | | | July 27 - The Muslim Brotherhood say at least 30 people have been were killed in violence in Cairo, while a number of other deaths are reported as rival demonstrators clash. Sarah Charlton reports. |
| The 'crowd' kick-starts innovation | | | Things are looking up for entrepreneurs in the Middle East as a new breed of crowdfunding is emerging to help bring life to innovative ideas from the region. |
| Character Study The Art of War | | | Noriko and Ushio Shinohara, the subjects of a new documentary film, have been locked in marriage and a kind of creative combat for four decades. |
| Mardy Fish Falls in Atlanta | | | Mardy Fish took a hit in his gradual return to full-time tennis Wednesday night in the Atlanta Open, falling 4-6, 6-2, 7-5 to Michael Russell in a rain-delayed first-round match that began Tuesday. |
| Meyer Disciplines 4 Buckeyes, Including Hyde, Roby | | | Ohio State coach Urban Meyer has disciplined four players for legal problems, including suspending leading-scorer Carlos Hyde from all team activities in the wake of an alleged assault against a female over the weekend in Columbus. |
| 10 smartphone habits to avoid | | | How annoying and rude and antisocial have we all become with our smartphones? We're embarrassing ourselves all over the place. Please stop. |
| Lakers' Steve Nash to Try Out for Inter Milan | | | Steve Nash believes Kobe Bryant is ahead of schedule in his recovery from Achilles' surgery, is hopeful that the Los Angeles Lakers will finally find the chemistry they lacked a year ago and is finding himself fueled by the memories of an injury-filled season. |
| BSkyB reports strong full year results | | | July 26 - BSkyB releases strong fourth quarter results, and announces a 500m share buyback. Newscorp has long wanted full control of the pay-TV provider, but looks unlikely to launch a bid anytime soon as the phone hacking inquiry continues. Kirsty Basset reports. |
| The films that influenced 'The Wolverine' | | | When Hugh Jackman first called his director for "The Wolverine," James Mangold told him that he had had an inspiration after reading the script. Mangold wanted to to make the set-in-Japan film similar to "The Outlaw Josey Wales" by making the mutant a Josey Wales with healing powers. Jackman hadn't seen the classic Clint Eastwood film, so Mangold sent him a copy. |
| Tunisian opposition leader killed | | | A Tunisian opposition leader was fatally shot outside his home Thursday, setting off protests in a nation still raw from the February assassination of a different politician who opposed the Islamist-led governing party. |
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