| Latest worldwide news
| Singapore Looks Below for More Room | | | The city-state is looking at the possibility of an Underground Science City containing 40 interconnected caverns for data centers and research labs. |
| U.S. senator presses EPA on biofuel market volatility | | | WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - A U.S. senator is pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to release more information on the market used to trade biofuel credits, known as RINs, after suggestions of manipulation by Wall Street banks. |
| Burger King debuts lower-fat french fries | | | (Reuters) - Burger King Worldwide Inc, known for its "Whopper" hamburgers, has introduced lower-fat french fries as consumer groups and nutrition experts in the United States increase pressure on the food industry to offer healthier alternatives. |
| Qatar shows new green credentials with first low-energy villa | | | Sept. 4 - Sensitive to criticism over its high carbon dioxide emissions, Qatar has opened its first ultra-low energy villa to show a new commitment to environmental sustainability. The oil-rich emirate hopes the development in capital Doha will pave the way for more sustainable properties to be built in the desert nation. Jim Drury reports. |
| Solar innovation in Uganda | | | Inside Africa looks at how Ugandans living without electricity use innovative technology to bring light in their worlds. |
| The harm that casinos do | | | David Frum says casinos are more than an entertaining diversion. They extract money from those least able to afford it. |
| Euro Tour denies U.S. takeover | | | The chief executive of golf's European Tour has dismissed reports the organization could be bought out by its American counterpart the PGA Tour. |
| Swedish appeals court reduces sentence for Pirate Bay founder | | | STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A Swedish appeals court on Wednesday reduced a hacking case sentence for a founder of file-sharing website Pirate Bay to one year, saying it could not be proved he had broken into Nordic bank Nordea's mainframe computer himself. |
| British Green MP charged over part in fracking protest | | | LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's only elected member of parliament from the Green Party, Caroline Lucas, was charged with public order offences on Wednesday after taking part in a protest last month against the shale gas extraction process known as fracking. |
| Campbell Soup sales disappoint, shares fall | | | (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co , the world's largest soup maker, reported quarterly revenue that fell short of analysts' expectations as sales in its core U.S. soup business slowed, sending its shares... |
| Sailing-Oracle Team USA wins America's Cup | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Oracle Team USA won the 34th America's Cup on Wednesday, coming from behind to defeat Emirates Team New Zealand in the tie-breaking 19th race of the finals. |
| Who could spoil Merkel's party? | | | Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity will not be enough to ensure a continuation of the government she would like to lead after Germans go to the polls - and a newcomer on the political scene could throw a wrench in the gears of her plans for the nation. |
| RPT-U.S. panels agree on bill to regulate drug compounding | | | WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S. House and Senate committees have agreed on legislation that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration greater authority to regulate companies that compound sterile drugs and ship them across state lines. |
| |
Комментариев нет:
Отправить комментарий