Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race

Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race

Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:42 PM PDT

After years of low morale, unions across the city are roaring back to life this election season, excited by the prospect of installing a friend in City Hall.
    

F.C.C. Nominee Points to His Lobbying Experience

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:34 PM PDT

Tom Wheeler said his work for the cable and cellphone industries convinced him that competition was more important than regulation.
    

VIDEO: Camera pioneers' work goes on display

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:17 PM PDT

Portraits by 19th century photographers Henry and Charles Meade are subjects of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington.

Egypt appoints member of terror group that once massacred tourists to run tourism region

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:47 PM PDT

It was only 16 years ago, in 1997, that members of an Egyptian militant group called Gamaa Islamiya stormed the ancient Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, a tourism magnet, and massacred 62 tourists before killing themselves, part of their insurgent campaign against the government. This week, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi swore in Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, a former leader of Gamaa Islamiya and now a member of its political arm, as the new governor of Luxor governorate.

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Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7m Jeeps

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:13 PM PDT

Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps that could be at risk of fuel tank fires, after initially refusing a US government request to do so.

AUDIO: 'Changes in Burma superficial'

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:00 PM PDT

A number of Burma's most famous dissidents have spoken of their hopes for their country, on a visit to London.

China says Ghana's arrest of its miners will not harm relations

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:57 PM PDT

ACCRA (Reuters) - China is determined that its relations with Ghana will not be undermined by the arrest of some 200 Chinese illegal gold miners in a crackdown by Ghanaian authorities, a senior Beijing Foreign Ministry official said on Tuesday.

Montreal mayor resigns after arrest

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 01:11 PM PDT

Montreal's Mayor Michael Applebaum resigns, a day after his arrest on 14 fraud charges, the latest scandal to hit Canadian local politics.

NYU Affair Illustrates Risk of School Ventures

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:10 PM PDT

NYU Shanghai, the boldest foray yet for a U.S. university into China, is emerging as an illustration of the political risks of Chinese-Western education ventures.

Greece Looks at Speeding up Port Sale

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:50 PM PDT

The head of Greece's privatization agency says he is considering speeding up the sale of the country's principal port to help plug a giant hole in its sputtering privatization program.

Spanish royal tax fraud case founders on mistaken identity

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:42 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - A fraud investigation of Spain's Princess Cristina was thrown into disarray on Tuesday when the Tax Agency said it had been mistaken in reporting she had been the seller of 1.4 million euros ($1.87 million) worth of properties.

Russia evacuates thousands after blasts at army munitions store

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:41 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Some 6,000 people were evacuated in Russia's southwestern Samara region on Tuesday after ammunition explosions shook a military training area, the Emergencies Ministry said.

Italy court sentences man for school bomb murder

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:33 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - An Italian court sentenced a man to life imprisonment on Tuesday for the murder of 16-year-old Melissa Bassi, who died when a homemade bomb exploded outside her school in the southern city of Brindisi in May last year.

Sunnis, Shiites clash in Lebanese town

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:13 PM PDT

BEIRUT — Fighting erupted in the southern Lebanese town of Sidon on Tuesday between the supporters of a Salafist sheikh and local Shiites affiliated with the Hezbollah movement in the latest example of sectarian tensions fueled by the conflict in neighboring Syria.

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Amazing point-of-view video shows what it feels like in the middle of Rio's massive protest

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:39 AM PDT

Protests across Brazil, which began as a movement against rising bus fares, have since escalated into mass demonstrations challenging the rising cost of living and what is seen as the government's emphasis on large-scale projects such as the World Cup over basic social services.

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Brazil president 'proud' of protests

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Dilma Rousseff says she is proud so many people are fighting for a better country, in her first public comments since mass protests on Monday.

Quake shakes Peru's capital of Lima

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:57 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - A moderate earthquake shook buildings in Peru's capital on Tuesday but there were no reported injuries or damage, Reuters witnesses and safety officials said.

Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7m Jeeps

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 12:13 PM PDT

Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7 million Jeeps that could be at risk of fuel tank fires, after initially refusing a US government request to do so.

Deloitte gets one-year New York ban

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:50 AM PDT

Deloitte is suspended for one year from doing consulting work in New York after regulators criticised its work at Standard Chartered on anti-money laundering issues.

G-8 Meeting Ends With Cordial Stalemate on Syria

Posted: 18 Jun 2013 11:46 AM PDT

The United States and leaders of other major industrialized nations averted a clash with President Vladimir Putin of Russia by avoiding mention of the most contentious matters that divided them.
    

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