Egypt 'on the brink of a volcano'

Egypt 'on the brink of a volcano'

Egypt 'on the brink of a volcano'

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:15 AM PDT

Egypt's armed forces sent a stiff message to the country's embattled president and other politicians Monday, saying that the growing dispute must be resolved in 48 hours or it will step in.

Time Warner Intends to Move to Planned West Side Tower

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:09 PM PDT

The company has a tentative deal to relocate its headquarters from Columbus Circle to a skyscraper to be built in the Hudson Yards project.
    

Egypt 'on the brink of a volcano'

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:40 AM PDT

Egypt's armed forces sent a stiff message to the country's embattled president and other politicians Monday, saying that the growing dispute must be resolved in 48 hours or it will step in.

Egypt 'on brink of volcano'

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:40 AM PDT

Egyptians who helped overthrow a 29-year dictatorship last year have now given Mohammed Morsy, the country's first democratically elected president, one day to step down from office.

Russian report says Snowden applied for asylum

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:17 PM PDT

Edward Snowden has applied for asylum in Russia, the state-run RIA/Novosti news agency reported Monday, quoting a consular official at the Moscow airport.

Letter from Africa: Dollar dominion

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:59 AM PDT

US currency proliferates but Chinese businessmen dominate

Italy PM summons coalition partners as tensions rise

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:16 PM PDT

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta called a government meeting after a coalition partner threatened to withdraw support on Monday, citing frustration with a slow pace of reforms to tackle a deep recession.

Former drug dealer says Bulger's name taboo on the street

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:11 PM PDT

BOSTON (Reuters) - A former cocaine dealer who sought to protect his criminal empire by aligning with reputed mobster James "Whitey" Bulger testified on Monday that even as he worked with Bulger's closest associates he knew better than to utter the boss's name.

Management Shake-Up Hits Vatican Bank

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:25 PM PDT

Two top managers at the Vatican bank resigned on Monday, in the latest shake-up at the scandal-plagued institution, the Holy See said.

Jurors Hear Zimmerman’s Taped Police Interview

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:46 AM PDT

In a calm voice, George Zimmerman told an officer that he followed Trayvon Martin after he aroused his suspicion, and that he was then attacked by the teenager and ended up shooting him in a struggle.
    

Vatican bank chief and deputy resign

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:43 PM PDT

The director and deputy director of the Vatican bank resign following the arrest of a senior Italian cleric over corruption and fraud allegations.

The Appraisal: Opening Doors by Day, Painting on Canvases by Night

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 07:04 AM PDT

For eight years, a building service workers union has held an art show, giving its members a place to share their paintings, photographs, poems and sculptures.
    

Protests in Brazil Continue as President Reviews Response

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:33 PM PDT

President Dilma Rousseff was meeting with her 38-member cabinet to review their response to prolonged, sometimes-violent street protests amid polling evidence of sinking public support.

China Flails on Cash Squeeze

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:04 PM PDT

China's leaders are struggling not only to calm markets and redirect China's economy, but to address rumors that have sprung up in the absence of clear communication, interviews and internal documents show.

Buyers Dodge Homeowner Limits in China

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:48 AM PDT

Prices of Chinese homes posted their biggest gain in nearly two years in June, and that surge was due in part to strong demand stoked by buyers dodging government restrictions on homeownership.

Aid Donors to Weigh Afghan Progress

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:01 AM PDT

Senior international and Afghan officials plan to issue a report card this week on Afghanistan's progress in combating corruption and protecting human rights—progress watchdog groups and diplomats say falls far short of promises made by Kabul in exchange for international aid.

Top Vatican bank managers resign after Monsignor's arrest

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 12:27 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Two top managers of the scandal-plagued Vatican bank resigned on Monday following the arrest of a high-ranking cleric with close ties to the financial institution, in the latest of a string of embarrassments for the Holy See.

Statehouse Memo: Texas Democrats Try to Keep Their Momentum Going

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:05 AM PDT

As the state legislature meets in the wake of a dramatic Democratic filibuster over an abortion bill, Gov. Rick Perry is likely to regain the upper hand.
    

Governments warn about nuclear terrorism threat

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 11:14 AM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - More action is needed to prevent militants acquiring plutonium or highly-enriched uranium that could be used in bombs, governments agreed at a meeting on nuclear security in Vienna on Monday, without deciding on any concrete steps.

Snowden's mission, ideals have been subsumed by international politics

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 10:56 AM PDT

They say that idealists make for the best activists, but they do not always make for the sagest navigators of international politics. Edward Snowden's ideals, which he said led him to reveal the U.S.'s secret surveillance programs, have landed him in the middle of some of the world's most powerful actors. The 30-year-old and his mission appear to have been subsumed by forces much larger than himself, a world that turned out to be driven less by forces of good or evil than by the hard-nosed politics of international affairs.

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