| Latest worldwide news | Empire State Realty Trust IPO seen pricing at $13-$15 per share | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Empire State Realty Trust Inc, the real estate investment trust with the iconic New York skyscraper as its centerpiece, plans to launch an initial public offering of 71.5 million shares at $13 to $15 apiece, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. |
| Assad Inspectors welcome to return | | | Syria's president says he'll welcome the return of U.N. investigators to follow up on more allegations of chemical weapons use in his country. |
| U.N. report Atrocities in North Korea | | | A mother forced to drown her own baby and a prison camp inmate compelled to eat rodents and lizards just to survive -- these are some of the horrific experiences documented by a United Nations inquiry into human rights violations in North Korea. |
| Nigeria's stolen oil is sold and laundered abroad - report | | | ABUJA, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Stolen Nigerian oil worth billions of dollars is sold every year on international markets and much of the proceeds are laundered in world financial centres like Britain and the United States, a report said on Thursday. |
| The top films at the North American box office | | | July 21 - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting July 19, led by "The Conjuring," according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) The Conjuring..........................$ 41.5 million 2 (1) Despicable Me 2........................$ 25.1 million 3 (*) Turbo..................................$ 21.5 million 4 (2) Grown Ups 2............................$ 20.0 million 5 (*) Red 2..................................$ 18.5 mill |
| 'Wall of trees' protecting wildlife | | | Nairobi National Park is that rarest of things -- a conservation park located within a city -- and it is now a physical manifestation of the front lines in Kenya's human-wildlife conflict. |
| Human-powered helicopter flies into aviation history | | | July 11 - A team from Toronto has won the long-coveted Sikorsky prize by using human power alone to fly an aircraft. The team, called AreroVelo Inc., achieved the feat on June 13, securing a $250,000 prize that has been on offer for 33 years, but never before awarded. Rob Muir reports. |
| Iran Human rights activist freed | | | Nasrin Sotoudeh, a prominent Iranian human rights activist, has been released from an Iranian prison where she's been jailed since 2010, her husband, Reza Khandan, told CNN Wednesday. |
| Why Goldman's board falls short - Felix TV | | | The Goldman Sachs board of directors is supposed to keep management in check, but Reuters' blogger Felix Salmon says it is stacked with company insiders, conflicting interests and inexperience. (October 15, 2012) |
| UPDATE 2-Lufthansa confirms huge Airbus, Boeing jet order | | | FRANKFURT, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Deutsche Lufthansa unveiled a $19 billion order for 59 wide-body jets On Thursday, split between Airbus and Boeing to replace its ageing fleet as it fights to win customers from fast-growing Middle East and low-cost rivals. |
| Disney shares drop after Pixar delays two films | | | LOS ANGELES, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Shares of Walt Disney Co fell nearly 2 percent on Thursday, one day after the company delayed the release of two movies from its acclaimed Pixar animation studio,... |
| NBC adds six new players to 'Saturday Night Live' | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Late-night sketch comedy show "Saturday Night Live" has added six new members to its cast after a number of its biggest stars departed following last season, TV network NBC said on Monday. |
| Ex-paramedic who mocked patients on Twitter slapped with lawsuit | | | NEW YORK, Sept 19 (Reuters) - A New York City paramedic who was forced to resign this year after mocking patients by posting pictures of them on his Twitter account is being sued by a woman who said he uploaded a photograph of her in a wheelchair with a caption that ridiculed her weight. |
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