| Latest worldwide news | The Great Wall, Our Way | | | A two-day hike along a remote stretch of Chinas Great Wall affords endless views without the distraction of crowds. |
| Scientists go tech to uncover mass graves | | | July 30 - Scientists want to aid in the search for hidden mass graves in Colombia. The researchers are conducting an experiment aimed at combining different geophysical technologies in the hopes of perfecting a new technique to locate bodies underground. Ben Gruber reports. |
| Telenet Q2 core profit higher than expected | | | BRUSSELS, July 30 (Reuters) - Belgian cable group Telenet on Tuesday reported better-than-expected core profits in the second quarter as it spent less on securing new mobile phone customers and kept costs down. |
| Italy prosecutor asks top court to reduce Berlusconi ban | | | ROME (Reuters) - An Italian public prosecutor on Tuesday asked the country's top court to reduce former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's ban from public office for tax fraud to 3 years from 5, but to confirm a one year prison term. |
| A fair World Cup deal for Brazil? | | | After some of the world's biggest corporations such as Apple and Google have come under pressure over aggressive tax avoidance strategies, now its FIFA's turn to defend its lucrative financial arrangements with 2014 World Cup hosts Brazil. |
| UPDATE 2-Ackman's fund sitting on growing losses on Herbalife bet | | | BOSTON/NEW YORK, July 30 (Reuters) - Herbalife's surging stock price may be causing hedge fund manager William Ackman gastrointestinal pain now that he is nursing $300 million in losses due to his billion dollar bet that the nutrition and supplement maker's shares would fall. |
| Seoul shares seen edging higher, market cautious as Fed awaited | | | SEOUL, July 31 (Reuters) - Seoul shares may open higher on Wednesday after a largely positive lead from Wall Street overnight, but investors will remain cautious ahead of the a U.S. Federal Reserve policy statement due later in the global day. "The market will probably open higher, but gains will be capped ahead of the FOMC," said Y.S. Rhoo, an analyst at Hyundai Investment Securities. Rhoo said that gains in U.S. technology shares may support South Korean peers. U.S. semiconductor in |
| Faster than Dodd-Frank? Nearly everything | | | As the landmark financial legislation passes its third anniversary, regulators still are trying to put all its pieces in place. Meanwhile, some of historys biggest projects were finished in less time. (July 17, 2013) |
| Well Australians Are Getting Fatter | | | Australia may be known for its rugged outdoor lifestyles but recent statistics suggest a different reality. Australia and its equally outdoorsy neighbor, New Zealand, are now two of the fattest countries in the developed world. |
| Breakingviews SECs Fab bind | | | July 30 - Richard Beales and Breakingviews columnists explain why regardless of the outcome, the SECs case against Fab Tourre can only end with the Wall Street watchdog looking foolish. |
| 15-love Top tennis romances | | | The life of a tennis professional is tough, but the rewards are plentiful -- and not just in a financial sense. |
| Inside the homes of dictators | | | From Tito's nuclear bunker and Stalin's summer house, to Mussolini's villa and Gaddafi's cruise ship, autocrat hideouts have become tourist attractions. |
| Yuliya Bulba, Noah Baer | | | The bride is a candidate for a doctorate in clinical psychology from Yeshiva University; the groom is an associate in the Manhattan office of a London law firm. |
| Musical Nomads, Escaping Political Upheaval | | | The annual Festival au Dsert, usually based in Mali, has been forced to go on tour this year because of political turmoil. It comes to Lincoln Center Out of Doors on Wednesday. |
| Colorado town mulls issuing licenses to shoot down drones | | | DENVER (Reuters) - The farming and ranching town of Deer Trail, Colorado, which boasts that it held the world's first rodeo in 1869, is now considering starting a 21st century tradition - paying bounties to anyone who shoots down an unmanned drone. |
| EU's top diplomat meets deposed Morsy | | | The European Union's top diplomat, Catherine Ashton, met with deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy for two hours Monday, her spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said via Twitter. |
| Bankers warn of long crisis as rich seek comfort | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Private banks are telling their clients financial volatility surrounding Europe's debt crisis will continue for at least a year as more of the continent's rich seek the comfort of... |
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