World News

Fri, May 25, 2012

Exclusive: China leadership rules Bo case isolated, limits purge: sources

By Benjamin Kang Lim and Chris Buckley

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Hu Jintao has demanded senior Communist Party officials stifle tensions over the ousting ...

Fri, May 25, 2012

Analysis: China's nine-dashed line in South China Sea

By David Lague

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alongside an armada of paramilitary patrol vessels and fishing boats, China has fired off a barrage of historical ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Hurricane Bud takes aim at Mexico's Pacific coast

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hurricane Bud, the first Pacific hurricane in the 2012 season, strengthened into a major Category 3 storm on Thursday as it ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Exclusive: Fidelity facing "thousands" hit by Facebook woes

By Jessica Toonkel and Tim McLaughlin

BOSTON (Reuters) - Fidelity Investments said it was working with "thousands" of brokerage clients affected by trading issues that ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Italy's Monti says Greece will probably keep euro

ROME (Reuters) - Greece will probably remain in the euro zone, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said on Thursday, but demands made of Greece by ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Senate panel backs $631 billion in defense spending

By David Alexander

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted on Thursday to authorize $631.4 billion in defense spending for the 2013 fiscal year ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Clinton: U.S. sanctions will stay as Iran talks continue

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not ease sanctions on Iran before a third round of talks between major powers and Iranian officials about ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Citadel lost $30 million in Facebook fiasco: source

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citadel Securities' market-making business lost around $30 million due to Facebook Inc's botched initial public offering on Nasdaq OMX Group ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Nuclear waste expert tapped as top nuclear regulator

By Roberta Rampton

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he will nominate Allison Macfarlane, an expert in nuclear waste, as the nation ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Greek anti-bailout left has 4-point lead -poll

By Harry Papachristou

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's anti-bailout leftist SYRIZA party is maintaining its poll lead ahead of a June 17 election that is ...