VIDEO: Royal couple reach Canada's Northwest

VIDEO: Royal couple reach Canada's Northwest

VIDEO: Royal couple reach Canada's Northwest

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 03:35 PM PDT

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have continued their tour of Canada with a visit to one of the country's most remote regions.


VIDEO: Returning after the devastation in Japan

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:45 PM PDT

The Japanese government has approved a second supplementary budget to help victims of the March earthquake and tsunami.


Home again, Chavez salutes independence (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:23 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hugs his daughters Rosa (L) and Maria while appearing to supporters on a balcony of Miraflores Palace soon after his return to the country from Cuba, where he underwent surgery and treatment for cancer, in Caracas July 4, 2011. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsReuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez saluted his people on their 200th anniversary of independence on Tuesday, looking pale but defiant after a triumphant return from cancer surgery in Cuba.

European football clubs hunt for Asian bargains (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:21 PM PDT

The success of Park Ji-Sung (pictured) at Manchester United and Japanese star Keisuke Honda's exploits at CSKA Moscow have convinced European clubs that Asians can deliver.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Europe's wealthy football clubs are sniffing around the hottest young talent in Asia as they scour the worldwide transfer market for prospects that will not break the bank.

Philippine Senate probes govt donations to bishops (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:30 PM PDT

AP - Philippine lawmakers have begun investigating allegations that some Roman Catholic bishops illegally received donations from the government's lotto operator in exchange for political favors.


Australia to phase out aid to China, India (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:24 PM PDT

A man (L) caries a sack of rice under the watchful eye of an Australian soldier in the East Timorese capital, Dili. Australia said Wednesday it will phase out aid to rising economic giants China and India, and its focus will be on Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor as well as Africa and the Middle East.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Australia said Wednesday it will phase out aid to rising economic giants China and India, and its focus will be on Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor as well as Africa and the Middle East.

Home again, Chavez salutes independence

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:23 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez saluted his people on their 200th anniversary of independence on Tuesday, looking pale but defiant after a triumphant return from cancer surgery in Cuba.

Thai PM elect looks at economy, firms fear wage inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:53 PM PDT

Prime Minister-elect Yingluck Shinawatra of the Puea Thai Party addresses reporters at her party's headquarters in Bangkok July 5, 2011. Jockeying for ministerial posts in Thailand's new government began on Tuesday as Prime Minister-elect Yingluck Shinawatra seeks to deliver on billions of dollars of populist campaign promises that critics say will fuel inflation. REUTERS/Damir SagoljReuters - Thailand's prime minister elect, Yingluck Shinawatra, said she would hold a strategy meeting Wednesday to review urgent action to revitalize the economy, but business leaders fear her populist wage policies will spark a surge in inflation.

Should Australia Say 'Sorry' for Its Old Anti-Chinese Laws? (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - A growing number of Chinese Australians want the Australian government to apologize for anti-Chinese laws last century


Refugees revive a village in Italy's deep south (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:58 PM PDT

The southern Italian village of Riace has greeted some 200 refugees in the last few years, with 130 more refugees from Libya expected to move in over course of the next few days.(AFP/File/Mario Laporta)AFP - An Ethiopian pop song blares as a group of African women sit embroidering in an impoverished hilltop town in southern Italy that has opened its arms to asylum-seekers as a vital economic resource.

Italy: A Row Erupts over Bears in the Wild -- and on Plates (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Time.com - A political battle erupted when locals objecting to the arrival of bears decided to hold a very particular kind of barbecue


Japan orders 'stress tests' of nuclear plants

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Checks on 54 reactors intended to reassure public the facilities are safe after Fukushima accident sparked by tsunami.


Thai PM elect looks at economy, firms fear wage inflation

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:53 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's prime minister elect, Yingluck Shinawatra, said she would hold a strategy meeting Wednesday to review urgent action to revitalize the economy, but business leaders fear her populist wage policies will spark a surge in inflation.

Italy's Bear Meat Barbecue: A Peculiar, 'Barbaric' Animal Protest (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:25 PM PDT

Time.com - A political battle erupts when locals objecting to the arrival of bears decide to hold a very particular kind of barbecue


Passengers on capsized Baja California boat (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:12 PM PDT

AP - Below is the list of passengers and crew on the fishing boat Erik that capsized in the Gulf of California, according to the Mexican Navy.


Controversial Nigeria bid to start Islamic banking (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:39 PM PDT

A Nigerian student checks his notes at a class in an Islamic school in the southern city of Maradi. Plans to introduce Islamic banking as one of the models of non-interest financial services has touched off intense controversy in religiously divided Nigeria.(AFP/File/Mustafa Ozer)AFP - Plans to introduce Islamic banking as one of the models of non-interest financial services has touched off intense controversy in religiously divided Nigeria.

Afghan officials: Cargo plane down in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:57 PM PDT

Canadian soldiers sit aboard a plane on their way home from Kandahar airbase on July 5, 2011.(AFP/Shah Marai)AP - A cargo plane crashed into a mountaintop in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.

Abandoning China: In Search of Cheap Labor, Businesses Turn to Vietnam (Time.com)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:25 PM PDT

Time.com - With the era of cheap Chinese labor over, international manufacturers suchas Samsung, Canon and Foxconn have relocated major production plants acrossthe southern border to Vietnam


Grounded Tiger Airways stops ticket sales (AFP)

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 09:07 PM PDT

Empty luggage trolleys sit outside the Tiger Airways terminal at Melbourne Airport as the airline's senior executives hold crisis talks with aviation regulators.(AFP/William West)AFP - Grounded Australian budget carrier Tiger Airways stopped selling tickets Wednesday after the airline came under pressure from the consumer regulator over its ability to deliver flights.

Afghan civilians killed by British drone

Posted: 05 Jul 2011 08:47 PM PDT

UK defence ministry says four Afghan civilians killed and two injured in attack on Taliban commander in Helmand.


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