| Latest worldwide news | Microsoft Surface new models, same problem | | | Sept. 23 - Microsoft unveils two new powerful and visually enhanced Surface tablets, but analysts say the products still may not have the appeal to sell the millions per quarter needed to catch up to the iPad. Conway G. Gittens reports. |
| South Korea unfolds future of urban driving | | | Sept. 2 - South Korean researchers have developed an electric car that folds in half for easy parking. Called the 'Armadillo-T', the prototype vehicle is designed for commuters in busy urban areas. Rob Muir has more. |
| U.S. intelligence chiefs open to new surveillance controls | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers and intelligence chiefs, facing an outcry over the government's collection of personal communications data, said on Thursday they were open to measures tightening oversight of the government's sweeping electronic eavesdropping programs. |
| New Van Gogh discovered | | | More than 120 years after Vincent van Gogh's death, a new painting by the Dutch master has come to light. |
| Merkel's recipe for success | | | The woman who was once written off by critics has shown in a new election that she is Europe's leading political figure, writes Ulf Gartzke |
| Samsung dazzles phablet followers with more girth, size | | | SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is seeking to dazzle followers of the phablet with bigger screens, and even possibly with a curved one, in its attempt to fence off a segment of smartphones once mocked for their girth and size. |
| Heart docs call for help for severely obese kids | | | NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rates of overweight and obesity in U.S. children and teens may be leveling off, but kids at the extreme - the severely obese - are still swelling in numbers and need attention, according to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA). |
| Elop to Nokia I won't return my pay-off | | | Nokia's chairman asked Stephen Elop, the Finnish group's former chief executive, if he would forgo part or all of his 18.8m pay-off several days ago as the furore over it grew. |
| M.L.S. Tries to Mute Fans Vulgar Chants | | | Some teams in Major League Soccer have been trying, with mixed success, to stop off-color taunting of opposing goalkeepers that at times is audible over TV broadcasts. |
| UPDATE 4-New delays hit Obamacare rollout before Oct. 1 launch | | | WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday announced new delays in rolling out President Barack Obama's healthcare reform, saying small business and Spanish-language health insurance enrollment services would not begin on Oct. 1 as planned. |
| Who is the 'White Widow'? | | | British-born Samantha Lewthwaite was once seen as a kind of victim of the July 2005 London terror attacks -- the pregnant wife of one of the suicide bombers that killed 52 people, now left alone to care for her children. |
| Cincinnati Freshman Lineman Dies in Accident | | | A freshman offensive lineman for Cincinnati was killed and two freshman receivers were injured in a one-vehicle accident after the Bearcats 14-0 win over Miami (Ohio) on Saturday. |
| Mexico insurance group says storm losses total almost $6 billion | | | MEXICO CITY, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The damage from two storms that caused major flooding and heavy rain across much of Mexico could top 75 billion pesos ($5.76 billion), the highest ever cost from a natural disaster in the country, Mexico's insurers' association said on Thursday. |
| Well Statins Tied to Cataract Risk | | | In one of the largest studies ever done on the subject, researchers have found that taking statins, the widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs, is associated with an increased risk for cataracts. |
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