An Astronaut Snapped This Image Of Huge Gas Flares At An Iraq Oil Field
On Earth, something is always burning. Occasionally, large wildfires send vast plumes of smoke streaming into the atmosphere, but most fires are much less dramatic when viewed from space, appearing in...
View ArticleNigeria court rules central bank governor can't be arrested pending plea
ABUJA (Reuters) - A Nigerian court has issued an order on the security agencies, barring them from arresting suspended Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi, after he was briefly detained and his...
View ArticleG20 united on need to tackle tax reform: Australian Treasurer
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Finance officials of the world's 20 major economies discussed the impact of the Federal Reserve's withdrawal of stimulus on emerging markets and were united on the need to address...
View ArticleMorocco summons French ambassador over torture lawsuit
RABAT (Reuters) - Morocco has summoned the French ambassador in Rabat to protest against a French lawsuit filed against the head of Morocco's domestic intelligence for alleged complicity in torture,...
View ArticleFacebook's new acquisition WhatsApp messaging app down
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Users of WhatsApp reported on Saturday that the rapidly expanding mobile messaging app was down, just days after its acquisition by Facebook for $19 billion."Sorry we currently...
View ArticleWhatsApp Returns To Normal After Suffering Massive Outage
Messaging service WhatsApp went down for several hours today, just a few days after Facebook announced it would acquire the company in a $19 billion deal.WhatsApp has more than 450 million users, but...
View ArticleMissing U.S. student found dead in Italy railroad tunnel
(Reuters) - A U.S. college student who went missing two days ago while traveling in Italy has been found dead, authorities said Saturday.The body of 21-year-old John Durkin, of Rye Beach, New...
View Article21 Insane Photos From The President Of Ukraine's Incredible Compound
Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych fled from Kiev on Saturday as the protest movement against his government continued to gain ground. His departure follows a deal signed yesterday with opposition...
View ArticleFour family members die in Indianapolis house fire
(Reuters) - Two children and their parents died and two other children were critically injured on Saturday in a house fire in Indianapolis, said a spokeswoman for the Indianapolis Fire...
View ArticleBrazil presidential poll tips Rousseff win; Neves support slips
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff would likely win a second, four-year term if elections scheduled for October were held today, a poll published by the Folha de S. Paulo...
View ArticleHere's What Ordinary Venezuelans Are Saying About Their Country's Major Problems
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela is deeply divided between supporters of the government of President Nicolas Maduro and members of the opposition. Here is a sampling of what people on both sides of...
View ArticleBuddhist faction protests Dalai Lama as he visits U.S
By Laila KearneySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dozens of Buddhists rallied on the streets of San Francisco on Saturday protesting the Dalai Lama, who they say has persecuted followers of an ancient deity...
View ArticleSeeking cheap stocks, chaos no problem? Try Libya
By Ulf LaessingTRIPOLI (Reuters) - Investing in Libyan stocks may sound like an absurd idea at a time when the North African country is descending into chaos and armed militias seize oil ports or...
View ArticleThe New 5G Networks Will Be Faster, Smarter, And Connected To Everything
This post is sponsored by Intel.Talk of future wireless networks is swirling ahead of Mobile World Congress, enough so that it’s sucking many of us into believing that 5G networks could feed all of our...
View ArticleFive snowmobilers found safe after lost in Wyoming mountains
By Kevin Murphy(Reuters) - Five snowmobilers were found safe on Saturday after going missing Thursday in the Bighorn Mountains of north central Wyoming, officials said.The adult men were found together...
View ArticleTwo killed, 41 wounded in attack on Thai protest rally: media
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra meet on Sunday hours after an attack on an anti-government rally killed two people and wounded 41, media said,...
View ArticleJulian Assange's 'Ghostwriter' Eviscerates The WikiLeaks Founder In Crushing...
In January 2011, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange chose Scottish novelist and non-fiction author Andrew O'Hagan to 'ghostwrite' his autobiography/manifesto.The project failed spectacularly over the...
View ArticleHSBC cost cuts set to lift profits as CEO faces growth challenge
By Steve SlaterLONDON (Reuters) - HSBC's profits are expected to rise by almost a fifth to $24 billion for 2013 as it benefits from a cost-cutting drive that spans managing its documents more...
View ArticleDeutsche Bank to slash U.S.-based assets by $100 billion: FT
(Reuters) - Deutsche Bank has laid out plans to reduce its U.S. balance sheet as the U.S. Federal Reserve adopts new rules to shield the country's taxpayers from costly bailouts, the Financial Times...
View ArticleNumericable in talks to buy SFR: Les Echos
PARIS (Reuters) - French cable firm Numericable is in talks to buy mobile operator SFR in a deal that would value the unit of media group Vivendi at more than 15 billion euros ($20.6 billion), Les...
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