| Latest worldwide news | Russia detains Greenpeace activists | | | The Russian coast guard has seized a Greenpeace ship in international waters and detained the 30 activists aboard, who were protesting oil drilling in the Arctic, a Greenpeace spokesman told CNN on Friday. |
| Siri exits beta, enters manhood | | | When Siri, the voice "assistant" on the iPhone, made its debut in 2011, it was welcomed as futuristic way to interact with our gadgets. You could ask it simple questions, banter and flirt, or launch applications with one push of a button and without slogging through touchscreen menus. |
| UPDATE 2-U.S. FDA issues final rule on medical device identifier codes | | | By Toni Clarke Sept 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a long-awaited rule on Friday requiring companies to include codes on medical devices that will allow regulators to track the products, monitor them for safety and expedite recalls. The codes, known as unique device identifiers, or UDIs, will be entered into a database that the agency will maintain as a publicly searchable reference catalogue. "A consistent and clear way to identify medical devices will r |
| Swiss banks steer clear of consolidation | | | GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss private bankers say a capital shortfall in the financial sector and a clampdown on tax evasion stand in the way of much-need consolidation in an industry battling rising... |
| Immelt Economic efficiencies drive China ahead | | | Jan 19 - In an exclusive interview with Reuters Global Editor-at-Large Chrystia Freeland, GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt says a large and educated workforce is fueling China's strength and not simply a deflated yuan. |
| Goalie Helps Others With Multiple Sclerosis | | | Josh Harding, now back on the ice at the Minnesota Wilds training camp, spent the off-season establishing a charity benefiting M.S. patients struggling to afford medication and treatment. |
| Maasai warriors take up cricket | | | A group of young Maasai men have taken up cricket, playing not in cricket whites, but in traditional Maasai dress. "Bowling is just like throwing a spear," says the team captain. |
| Backstage Drama at the Met, Worthy of Opera | | | The new production of Eugene Onegin, which opens the Metropolitan Operas season, features Anna Netrebko along with a last-minute replacement director and a political protest. |
| House approves bill with deep food stamp spending cuts | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-run House of Representatives voted to cut spending on food stamps for the poor by $40 billion over 10 years on Thursday, defying a veto threat from the White House in the name of fiscal reform. |
| Timelapse shows aging | | | Filmmaker Anthony Cerniello made this timelapse using shots taken of family members of various ages. |
| Williams 'having fun' after 11 months of 'hell' | | | Two years after losing part of her lung during an operation to remove a life-threatening blood clot, newly-crowned U.S. Open champion Serena Williams insists playing tennis "is just fun now." |
| J.C. Penney in talks to raise more money-report | | | Sept 20 (Reuters) - J.C. Penney Co Inc is in talks to potentially raise more money while it tries to revive its flagging business, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of... |
| Marijuana The Uruguayan model | | | Views on marijuana are shifting, but nearly everywhere, it is too early to talk about substantive changes to drug policies. |
| The man who stirred up politics | | | In the quiet world of German politics, outspoken Social Democrat leader and Angela Merkel's main challenger, Peer Steinbrueck, is causing something of a storm. |
| New York man caught with 850 snakes | | | An animal control officer on disability kept 850 snakes, including two 6-foot Burmese pythons, while running an illegal snake business out of his suburban New York home, according to authorities who made the discovery on Thursday. |
| "Practical" solar car hits the road in Sydney | | | Sept. 16 - Among the teams competing in next month's 3000 kilometer World Solar Challenge race across Australia, is a group from the University of New South Wales who've built a solar-powered vehicle designed to look like a conventional car. In a field dominated by vehicles that look anything but conventional, the car provides a glimpse of what we could be driving on the roads in years to come. Lester Ranby was there for its first test drive. |
| DealBook Hedge Fund Drops Opposition to Smithfield Deal | | | Starboard Value, the activist hedge fund that was seeking to block Smithfield Foods $4.7 billion sale to a Chinese meat processor, dropped its fight on Friday, saying that it could not formalize an alternative takeover bid. |
| The McEnroe of 'chess on ice?' | | | He has overcome a fiery temper to become a champion in the world of curling -- a sport known as "chess on ice." Sweden's Niklas Edin is part of a younger generation with big dreams ahead of next year's Winter Olympics. |
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