| Latest worldwide news | Sao Paulo choking on its own smog study | | | Oct. 21 - Sao Paulo, host city of the first World Cup soccer match next year, has a major pollution problem. A recent study says air pollution in the southern Brazilian city causes three times more deaths than breast cancer or traffic accidents and costs the state US$160 million per year. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Watch CNN FC episode 16 | | | Champions League veterans Owen Hargreaves and David Ginola discuss the game between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund. |
| EU prepares new GMO maize cultivation approval draft | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is on course to approve cultivation of a new type of genetically modified maize for the first time in more than a decade, according to a draft proposal from the bloc's executive seen by Reuters. |
| Cinema's African-American renaissance | | | This year's critically acclaimed films take audiences from places like slave plantations in the antebellum South, to packed Ebbets Field as Jackie Robinson steps up to bat, and to inner-city public housing on a scorching summer day. While set in various eras and depicting diverse stories, many of the films on the short list for the 2013 awards season show an emerging trend; Hollywood is making movies about the black experience in America. |
| The top films at the North American box office | | | LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK, Sept 22 (Reuters) - Following are the top 10 movies at North American box offices for the three days starting Sept. 20, led by "Prisoners," according to studio estimates compiled by Reuters. 1 (*) Prisoners...........................$ 21.4 million 2 (1) Insidious Chapter 2................$ 14.5 million 3 (2) The Family..........................$ 7.0 million 4 (6) Instructions Not Included...........$ 5.7 million 5 (*) Battle of the Year..................$ |
| Leve des Conflits Extended | | | Dancers performed the work by the French choreographer Boris Charmatz, in the atrium of the Museum of Modern Art. |
| BRIEF-Lekoil intends to raise about 62 mln stg via placing | | | Oct 31 (Reuters) - LEKOIL Ltd * Intention to raise approximately US$100 million * Net proceeds will be used to fund drilling completion and testing of the Ogo-1 well and the Ogo-1 sidetrack well * Source text for Eikon * For more news, please click here |
| Roman eagle statue found in London | | | A Roman sculpture of an eagle with a writhing serpent firmly gripped in its hooked beak was unveiled Wednesday in London, where archaeologists found it on a site earmarked for a hotel development. |
| Exhausted Serena takes title | | | An exhausted but elated Serena Williams was left celebrating her 11th title of the season to round off 2013 by claiming the WTA Championships in Istanbul Sunday. |
| Serving Museum Patrons Something More | | | With the opening of a multimillion-dollar restaurant, the Brooklyn Museum joins the ranks of culture centers offering high-end dining experiences to their visitors. |
| Avon's CDS widens sharply on turnaround, legal cost fears | | | NEW YORK, Oct 31 (IFR) - The cost of insuring Avon Products debt against default rose to a three-month high on Thursday after the company missed third quarter earnings expectations and warned that it would likely cost more than expected to settle a bribery probe. |
| Millennials Kick-start your career | | | Relative to any other generation, millennials are suffering more than most right now. Large numbers are unemployed and despondent about the future. Author Dan Schwabel highlights eight ways millennials can improve their economic prospects. |
| Bombardier profit dips as plane deliveries, orders fall | | | TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier Inc reported a 15 percent fall in net profit on Thursday, pressured by fewer aircraft orders and deliveries in the third quarter and contract issues in its train unit. |
| Natural Allies for the Next Sandy | | | Natures own walls, like reefs and marshes, have appeal and provide many other benefits, but questions remain on how much protection they would provide, especially in a major storm. |
| Alcatel Revenues Lifted by U.S. as Cost Cuts Start | | | Telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent posted higher revenues in the third quarter helped by double-digit growth in the highly profitable U.S. market as it raced to cut costs to try to end six straight quarters of losses. |
| Senate Republicans Block 2 Obama Nominees | | | Voting on the nominees, one to a powerful appeals court and another to a housing lending oversight post, fell short of the 60 votes required to break the Republican filibuster. |
| YouTube tries to fix its comments | | | YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of "LOLs," insults and spam. |
| Republican cautions against blocking Yellen's Fed nomination | | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior Republican on the Senate Banking Committee said on Thursday he would oppose efforts to block the nomination of Janet Yellen as Federal Reserve chairwoman with a filibuster unless some disturbing disclosure emerged. |
| Mountain mirrors to bring light to dark Norwegian town | | | Oct. 22 - Three giant mirrors have been erected on a mountainside in Norway, to bring much needed sunlight to residents of a small town. The town is situated at the bottom of a narrow valley where the sun doesn't shine during the long Nordic winter, but its hoped the mirrors will change all that and bring its residents out of the shade and into the light. Jim Drury reports. |
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