Why London Beats Delhi and Mumbai for Indian Cuisine
Restaurant awards ceremonies rarely come up with the unexpected – especially if they involve votes from the fractious food community. Imagine the surprise, then, when the prestigious National...
View ArticleU.S. Pulls Embassy Staff from Libya After Militia Clashes in Tripoli
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - The United States evacuated its embassy in Libya on Saturday, driving its staff under heavy military guard across the border to Tunisia because of escalating clashes between rival...
View ArticleIsrael Agrees to Extend Gaza Truce by Four Hours, Government Source Says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has agreed to extend by four hours a humanitarian truce agreed with Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, an Israeli government source said, declining...
View ArticleWhy Did Nicolas Cage's 'Superman' Film Die?
Traditionally the Superman film franchise has cast cleft-chinned, boyish actors for its lead role, including Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh and most recently, Henry Cavill. Casting Nicolas Cage as...
View ArticleProtesters March on Ebola Center in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Thousands marched on an Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone on Friday after a former nurse alleged that the deadly virus was invented to conceal "cannibalistic rituals" at the...
View ArticleBritain Arrests Two in Suspected Female Genital Mutilation Case
LONDON (Reuters) - British police have arrested two people in London on suspicion of conspiracy to carry out female genital mutilation (FGM) and placed a young girl in the care of social services, a...
View ArticleVenezulea Ex-general Awaits U.S. Extradition Bid in Aruba Jail
CARACAS (Reuters) - A retired Venezuelan military general wanted in the United States over drug-trafficking remained in jail on the Caribbean island of Aruba over the weekend awaiting a formal...
View ArticleMilitants Resume Firing Rockets into Israel from Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - Militants resumed firing rockets into Israel from Gaza around two hours after the end of a 12-hour ceasefire on Saturday, the armed wing of Islamist group Hamas said.Warning sirens...
View ArticleHamas Accepts 24-Hour Gaza Humanitarian Truce, Israel Considers Move
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hamas Islamist militants have agreed to a 24-hour humanitarian truce in their conflict with Israel in the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for the group said on Sunday, hours after...
View ArticleBoko Haram Kidnaps Wife of Cameroon's Vice Prime Minister
YAOUNDE (Reuters) - The wife of Cameroon's vice prime minister was kidnapped and at least three people were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants on in the northern town of Kolofata on Sunday,...
View ArticleAfter Meat Scandal, China Food Firm Withdrawing All Products
BEIJING (Reuters) - The parent company of a scandal-hit Chinese food supplier said it is withdrawing all products made by the subsidiary.Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, owned by Illinois-based OSI Group...
View ArticleFighting in Gaza Abates, But Truce Hopes Look Fragile
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce, but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end their...
View ArticleThe Goosebump Sensor That Knows How You Feel
Reading the emotions of someone else can be a tricky business, even when it’s someone we know well. But a rapidly growing field of research is exploring whether technology can be used to read our inner...
View ArticleMore Than 50 Killed in Benghazi, Tripoli Clashes
BENGHAZI Libya (Reuters) - At least 36 people were killed in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, many of them civilian, where Libyan Special Forces and Islamist militants clashed on Saturday night and...
View ArticleA Korean Couple Let a Baby Die While They Played a Video Game
Children die every day and it’s seldom front-page news; even the daily body count of Palestinian children being killed by Israel in the current conflict has produced the yatta-yatta effect in a lot of...
View ArticleLet Me Guide U 2 the Purple Rain: Prince's Rock Opus Turns 30
Thirty years ago today, Prince's funkadelic rock opera Purple Rain hit theaters. Grossing $7.7 million its opening weekend, the film cemented the rock legend's status as a chart-topping,...
View ArticleRunaway Sierra Leone Ebola Patient Dies in Ambulance
FREETOWN (Reuters) - A Sierra Leone Ebola patient whose family sparked a nationwide hunt when they forcefully removed her from a treatment center and took her to a traditional healer, died in an...
View ArticleThe Untimely Death of World Traveler Harry Devert
A six-month search ended Thursday, July 18, when DNA tests confirmed that the human remains found in two plastic bags near a beach in southwestern Mexico were those of 32-year-old Harry Devert of...
View ArticleTel Aviv Diary: Israelis Wary of Cease-Fire
Today was one of uncertainty here in Israel. Was there going to be a ceasefire or was there not? Israel stated it was willing to extend the ceasefire last night. Despite Israel’s willingness at 8:03,...
View ArticleThe Goosebump Sensor That Knows How You Feel
Reading the emotions of someone else can be a tricky business, even when it’s someone we know well. But a rapidly growing field of research is exploring whether technology can be used to read our inner...
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