Spain's New King Felipe VI Sworn In in Muted Ceremony
MADRID (Reuters) - A divorced former journalist, Letizia Ortiz, became Spain's first commoner queen on Thursday when her husband, Felipe VI, was sworn in as king.With a background contrasting deeply...
View ArticleChina Denies Trying to Ban Unapproved Critical Media Coverage
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is not trying to ban reporters from publishing critical reports without prior approval, an official told state media on Thursday, insisting an order had been misinterpreted...
View ArticleHow Credit Suisse Got Off Easy
Last fall, James Cole, the No. 2 man at the Justice Department, sent an intriguing email about the criminal investigation of Credit Suisse’s offshore tax-evasion schemes for wealthy American clients....
View ArticleDid CIA Smear a Former Operative to Cover Up a Bad Firing?
One of the oldest jokes told by CIA hands during the Cold War was that if the spy agency’s top officials spent as much time plotting against the KGB as they did against each other, the Soviet Union...
View ArticleSpain's Shocking Exit From the World Cup
Adios, Espana.Spain, the last nation standing at the World Cup in 2010 in South Africa, became the first to exit this edition with Wednesday’s 2-0 blanking by Chile at famed Maracana Stadium in Rio de...
View ArticleWatch Live: Obama Addresses the Nation on Iraq
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will make a statement at 12:30 p.m EDT (1630 GMT) about the situation in Iraq following a meeting with his national security team, the White House...
View ArticleEgypt Court: Death for Muslim Brotherhood Leader
CAIRO (Reuters) - An Egyptian court signalled on Thursday that it wanted death sentences for the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and 13 other defendants charged with murder and firearms possession,...
View ArticleRetirees Set to Lose Big in Argentina’s Bond Fight
One of the first things Maria Elena Corral did after retiring 15 years ago was pay a visit to a Société Générale branch in Argentina’s capital city, Buenos Aires. There, she listened intently as her...
View ArticleUkraine's Poroshenko Confirms He'll Sign EU Agreement on June 27
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he would sign an association agreement with the European Union on June 27 and would also send his new foreign minister to...
View ArticleE.P.A. Administrators Plead With Fellow Republicans to Acknowledge Global...
Four former Environmental Protection Agency administrators, all Republicans, pleaded with GOP senators Wednesday to acknowledge and address the reality of climate change, the Huffington Post...
View ArticleGadget Lust: We Didn't Start the Fire
I’m in a relationship, and I’m feeling let down.Late night is our special time, when we idle away the hours. We’ve been together for all the holidays. But I’m beginning to feel it’s a one-sided...
View ArticleAnti-Vaccination Crazies Strike Out In Bible Belt States
In May 2014, measles was at a 20-year high in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that there were 288 identified cases—and counting. This is particularly...
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A Fruit Billionaire Tries to Rewrite the Textbook on Medicine
Rows of small white bungalows, once the property of workers at the local textile mill, still line the streets of Kannapolis, North Carolina. A larger-than-life bronze statue of town hero and NASCAR...
View ArticleMagnetic Cooling Will Put Your Refrigerator to Shame
Keeping cool is making the globe hot. The refrigeration technology that keeps your beer frosty, your extra porterhouse frozen and your apartment bearable in July is one of the world’s biggest...
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My Big Fat Myanmar Wedding
Outside a makeshift church high in the mountains of Kachin state, northern Myanmar, 30 brides fuss with their dresses, fix each other’s makeup and wait for the opening bars of Richard Wagner’s “Wedding...
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Putin's Ukraine Push Causes Big Fight in Little Odessa
“I have no nationality,” says Anna Fayngersh, sitting on her usual bench on the Brighton Beach boardwalk. “I’m from Odessa. Yiddish at home, Ukrainian in the street, Russian in school and French to...
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An Angry Flash of Gordon
Gordon Lish is a traveler from a country no longer extant, a country where editors were princes and writers kings. A country where the publishing fiefdoms of Manhattan were proud castles in the sky,...
View ArticleObama Announces Deployment of Military Advisers to Iraq
President Barack Obama announced at a press briefing Thursday that he will deploy up to 300 American military advisers to Iraq as instability in the country mounts.Obama also said the U.S. has no...
View ArticleUkraine Rebels Speak of Heavy Losses After 'Truce' Is Rejected
(Reuters) - Ukrainian troops and pro-Russian separatists were locked in fierce fighting in the east of Ukraine on Thursday and a rebel commander acknowledged big losses among separatists heavily...
View ArticleU.S. Targets Aid in Uganda, Cancels Military Exercise Over Homosexuality Law
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday cut aid to Uganda, imposed visa restrictions and canceled a regional military exercise in response to a Ugandan law that imposes harsh penalties on...
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