Facebook opens first international engineering centre in London
LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook's first engineering centre outside the United States opened in London on Tuesday, boosting the British government's ambition to make the digital economy a central plank of...
View ArticleWill Obama-Romney foreign policy debate determine the election?
The economy has dominated the presidential campaign, but Monday’s foreign policy debate could decide who wins on Election Day.
View ArticleOriginal Batmobile from TV series sells for $4.2M
The original Batmobile from the 1960s television series has sold at auction for $4.2 million.A spokeswoman for the Barrett-Jackson Auction Co. in Scottsdale, Ariz., says the winning bidder has not...
View ArticleWas IRS targeting limited to Cincinnati office?
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional investigators are starting to see cracks in the Internal Revenue Service argument that a small group of agents in the Cincinnati office solely targeted conservative...
View ArticleJournalist Michael Hastings dead at 33
Michael Hastings, the award-winning journalist whose explosive 2010 Rolling Stone profile of U.S. Gen. Stanley A
View ArticleShipwrecked Concordia hauled upright off Italy
GIGLIO ISLAND, Italy (AP) — Engineers declared success on Tuesday as the Costa Concordia cruise ship was pulled completely upright during a complicated, 19-hour operation to wrench it from its side...
View ArticleIran calls for destruction of all nukes
Rouhani's remarks come ahead of a landmark meeting with the U.S.
View ArticleIsraeli city divided by religion after close vote
BEIT SHEMESH, Israel (AP) — After a contentious mayoral election between secular and ultra-Orthodox rivals, this deeply divided city has become a flashpoint for a religious struggle that is...
View ArticleReview: Nexus 5 delivers basics at great price
You don't get a lot of frills with Google's new Nexus 5 phone. There's no fingerprint reader, no waterproof covering, no sensor to detect eye movement or hand gestures
View ArticleReady to sleep at the airport? Bad holiday weather blues
Holiday travelers in the Midwest and parts East and South were keeping a leery eye Friday on a band of foul weather stretching across the nation's midsection that was threatening to mar the opening...
View ArticleLottery companies cash in as China raises bet on punters
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Every day during his lunch break, Chinese businessman Shen Bin buys three lottery tickets for about 33 cents apiece and then watches to see if his chosen numbers...
View ArticleUkraine opposition sets 24-hour deadline
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday to call early elections within 24 hours or face more popular rage, after at least...
View ArticleSochi chief: city is world’s ‘most secure venue’
LONDON (AP) — After all the talk of terror threats, corruption, overspending and anti-gay legislation, the head of the Sochi Olympics is determined to show the world the games will be a huge success.
View ArticleIrony: Android SmartWatch doesn’t even run Android
“Android SmartWatch” would be a very apropos name for Google’s own smartwatch, but that’s not going to happen, as such a product already exists. Sadly for Android fans, the Android SmartWatch doesn’t...
View ArticleU.S. moves more forces closer to Libya as unrest grows
The United States has increased the number of Marines and aircraft stationed in Sicily who could be called upon to evacuate Americans from the U.S. embassy in Tripoli as unrest in Libya grows, two U.S.
View ArticleEgypt’s el-Sissi sworn in as president
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's former army chief Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi was sworn in on Sunday as president for a four-year term, assuming the highest office of a deeply polarized nation that has been roiled by...
View ArticleU.S. official: 5 killed in Afghanistan are American
The five NATO soldiers killed in an apparent friendly fire incident were American.
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