| Latest worldwide news | 'Baby Veronica' birth father freed after surrendering | | | OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - The biological father of "Baby Veronica," a Native American girl at the heart of a protracted custody battle, surrendered to Oklahoma police on Thursday to be extradited to South Carolina where he faces felony charges for interfering with her adoption. |
| Brazil cancels advance team trip for state visit to U.S. | | | BRASILIA, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Brazil has canceled a trip by an advance team to Washington to prepare for a visit by President Dilma Rousseff that might be called off after revelations the United States spied on her private communications. |
| Zurich launches 'sex drive-ins' | | | In an attempt to reduce open street prostitution and to improve security for sex workers, Switzerland's largest city, Zurich, is opening "sex drive-ins" Monday. |
| Dude rancher in Grand Canyon dispute with tribe briefly arrested | | | PHOENIX, Sept 5 (Reuters) - A dude rancher in a bitter dispute with a Native American tribe over access to a Grand Canyon tourist attraction was briefly arrested after confronting crews building a road near his property, a tribal spokesman said on Thursday. |
| Japan outlines spending plans for Fukushima water crisis | | | TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government plans to spend 47 billion yen ($473.05 million) to deal with mounting amounts of radioactive water at Tokyo Electric Power Co's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, the country's industry minister said on Tuesday. |
| 76ers Owner Expected to Buy Devils | | | Josh Harris, the principal owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, is expected to buy the Devils and assume their lease in Newark in a deal said to be worth more than $320 million. |
| UK At least 100 vehicles crash in chain-reaction | | | At least 100 vehicles smashed into each other in a massive pile-up Thursday in England's southeastern county of Kent, police said, injuring six people seriously and leaving 200 others with minor injuries. |
| Madrid doesn't do austerity | | | What do austerity-hit Real Madrid fans think of the huge amounts of money the club have spent on new signing Gareth Bale? |
| Egypt rethinking who its 'real friends' are | | | Egypt is reconsidering its ties with countries that haven't been supportive of the government that the military installed after ousting the country's first democratically elected president, the interim president said. |
| 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. |
| $46 painting worth $390,000 | | | A postcard-sized painting bought as part of a job lot for $46 has been identified as work by John Constable worth more than $390,000. |
| Rumsfeld defends his war legacy in Venice Festival film | | | VENICE (Reuters) - Errol Morris is not at all certain why former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld agreed to let him make a documentary portrait of the man who oversaw the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions, but he is convinced of at least one thing. |
| CR Bard to buy Rochester Medical for $262 million | | | (Reuters) - Medical device company C. R. Bard Inc said it would buy Rochester Medical Inc, which makes products for urinary retention and incontinence, for about $262 million to boost its presence in... |
| Google goes inside the A380 | | | Not content with climbing Mount Fuji or scaling the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the Google Street View team has once again stretched the limits of their brief, this time with a full tour inside an Emirates Airbus A380. |
| Archaeologists use drones in Peru to map and protect sites | | | LIMA (Reuters) - In Peru, home to the spectacular Inca city of Machu Picchu and thousands of ancient ruins, archaeologists are turning to drones to speed up sluggish survey work and protect sites from squatters, builders and miners. |
| Habla Espaol? Bale's Spain pain? | | | It might better to travel than arrive, but in the case of British footballers succeeding abroad the journey has all too often been painful and all too frequently they have returned home after barely arriving. |
| The McEnroe of 'chess on ice?' | | | He has overcome a fiery temper to become a champion in the world of curling -- a sport known as "chess on ice." Sweden's Niklas Edin is part of a younger generation with big dreams ahead of next year's Winter Olympics. |
| The Chinese railway that time forgot | | | No city better exemplifies China's investment in its western interior than Chengdu, the booming capital of Sichuan, famous for pandas and spicy food. |
| Britain's pioneer of the arts | | | The year is 1969 and Britain is at the peak of its counter-culture revolution -- a time of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll. The Beatles are at the height of their fame, while a relatively unknown musician, David Bowie is making waves with his track "Space Oddity." |
| Beautiful Congo, beyond conflict | | | Congo has a reputation for violence, but this beautiful country can be the breadbasket of Africa, and an economic powerhouse, says one campaigner. |
| 76ers Owner Expected to Buy Devils | | | Josh Harris, the principal owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, is expected to buy the Devils and assume their lease in Newark in a deal said to be worth more than $320 million. |
| CBS Returns, Triumphant, to Cable Box | | | An agreement with Time Warner Cable restores CBS and its related channels, like Showtime, to millions of cable subscribers largely in three major cities, New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. |
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