| Latest worldwide news | Bloomberg on climate change | | | For the first time in human history, more than half the world's population is living in cities, which now produce approximately 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. That puts cities on the frontlines of the battle against climate change -- and more and more cities are leading the charge. |
| Exports key to U.S. success | | | Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says that the American consumer is no longer the driver of the global economy and that high-tech exports are the key to future growth of the U.S. economy. |
| Rooftop algae a growth industry in Bangkok | | | Sept. 23 - Urban algae farming is gaining a foothold in Bangkok with the rooftop of one big hotel supporting a small but flourishing algae industry. Algae is well known as a source of biofuel, but the species being cultivated on the roof of the Novotel produces Spirulina, a vitamin-rich, so-called "superfood". Tara Cleary reports. |
| All the queen's horses | | | His uncle Harry has promised the newest addition to the royal family that he will have "fun" -- and if a centuries old tradition is to be followed, it is an odds on certainty that horse racing will play a prominent role in young Prince George's future social life. |
| Korean scrub mistress secrets | | | "Thank you ma'am, may I have another?" Getting clean at a South Korean spa tests your pain threshold. But it's worth it. |
| Becca Aronson, Matthew Makover | | | The bride is a senior consultant at a management consultancy; the groom is an associate at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton Garrison. |
| Exclusive Hundreds of U.S. security clearances seen falsified | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in recent years, illustrating what some lawmakers call systemic weaknesses in the granting of federal security clearances. |
| After 21-Hour Cruz Speech, Senate Votes to Take Up Budget | | | Senator Ted Cruzs verbal assault on the new health care law ended Wednesday when the Senate voted 100-0 to break off debate and move to consider House legislation that Democrats plan to use to keep the government open next week. |
| Return of risky PIKs doesn't mean high defaults Moody's | | | NEW YORK, Sept 25 (IFR) - The comeback of risky payment-in-kind (PIK) notes, a type of high-yield bond popular before the financial crisis, is unlikely to lead to the same high default rates as before, Moody's said Wednesday. |
| 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. |
| Most powerful female politician? | | | Frugal, discreet and boring -- just some of the ways Angela Merkel has been described by peers and in the global press. As Germans head to the polls Sunday, CNN looks at how the German chancellor became the most powerful woman in the world. |
| Post-Nokia Finland looking to Russia for growth | | | Sept. 25 - As Finland gets to grips with a post-Nokia landscape in the wake of the mobile company's purchase by Microsoft, it's looking to Russia, not Europe, says Chamber of Commerce member Risto Penttila. |
| Guilty plea in drug smuggling case | | | An Irish woman accused with a Scottish woman of trying to smuggle 25 pounds of cocaine from Peru back to Europe has admitted to the charges, her lawyer said Wednesday. |
| Pakistan quake death toll rises to over 300 | | | Sept. 25 - Officials say the death toll from a powerful earthquake in southwest Pakistan rose to well over 300 after hundreds of mud houses collapsed on residents in a remote and thinly populated area. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Netflix aiming for more 'Arrested Development' | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Netflix Inc is working to bring new installments of the quirky comedy "Arrested Development" to the video streaming service, Ted Sarandos, the company's chief content officer, said on Tuesday. |
| UPDATE 1-ABC TV's 'S.H.I.E.L.D' opens big with 12.2 mln viewers | | | Sept 25 (Reuters) - New ABC drama "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." garnered strong ratings in its Tuesday debut, grabbing 12.2 million viewers overall and ranking first in its time slot among viewers ages 18 to 49, the group most prized by advertisers, according to Nielsen ratings data. |
| U.N. inspectors back in Syria | | | Sept. 25 - U.N. inspectors arrive back in Syria to resume inquiry into chemical weapons use. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). |
| Report Girl, 8, dies after wedding | | | Yemen's human rights minister wants child marriage outlawed after an 8-year-old girl reportedly died of internal injuries that she suffered on her wedding night. |
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