Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race |
- Labor Seeks Influence in New York’s Mayoral Race
- F.C.C. Nominee Points to His Lobbying Experience
- VIDEO: Camera pioneers' work goes on display
- Egypt appoints member of terror group that once massacred tourists to run tourism region
- Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7m Jeeps
- AUDIO: 'Changes in Burma superficial'
- China says Ghana's arrest of its miners will not harm relations
- Montreal mayor resigns after arrest
- NYU Affair Illustrates Risk of School Ventures
- Greece Looks at Speeding up Port Sale
- Spanish royal tax fraud case founders on mistaken identity
- Russia evacuates thousands after blasts at army munitions store
- Italy court sentences man for school bomb murder
- Sunnis, Shiites clash in Lebanese town
- Amazing point-of-view video shows what it feels like in the middle of Rio's massive protest
- Brazil president 'proud' of protests
- Quake shakes Peru's capital of Lima
- Chrysler agrees to recall 2.7m Jeeps
- Deloitte gets one-year New York ban
- G-8 Meeting Ends With Cordial Stalemate on Syria
| 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. 
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| 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. 
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| 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. Read full article >>
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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. Read full article >>
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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. Read full article >>
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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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