• Draghi says euro zone more stable, "needs a more European UK"

    Reuters - 1 hour 44 minutes ago

    By David Milliken and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone is more stable than a year ago but economic conditions remain challenging and governments must push on with reforms and banking union plans, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said on Thursday. Speaking in London almost a year after he vowed to do "whatever it takes" to save the euro, Draghi said European countries should strengthen their ties and flesh out plans made last June for closer integration, including a banking union. ... More »Draghi says euro zone more stable, "needs a more European UK"

  • Wolfsburg shock Lyon to win women's Champions League final

    Reuters - 1 hour 45 minutes ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - Wolfsburg completed a surprise victory in the women's Champions League final on Thursday, beating twice defending champions Olympique Lyon 1-0 thanks to a second-half penalty from Martina Mueller. The German side became the first team to defeat the French champions in normal time in 120 games. Favourites Lyon, who were appearing in their fourth straight final, dominated for large parts of the match but were unable to find a breakthrough at Chelsea's Stamford Bridge stadium. ... More »Wolfsburg shock Lyon to win women's Champions League final

  • Father of Chechen shot by FBI says he thinks son was tortured

    Reuters - 1 hour 48 minutes ago

    GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - The father of a Chechen immigrant killed during questioning over his links with one of the Boston Marathon bombings suspects said on Thursday he plans to travel to the United States where he thinks his son was tortured and killed. Ibragim Todashev, 27, was killed by a federal agent in his apartment complex when he became violent during questioning over his ties to Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the older of two brothers suspected of planting two bombs at the marathon on April 15. ... More »Father of Chechen shot by FBI says he thinks son was tortured

  • Utrecht beat Twente 2-0 to close in on Europa League spot

    Reuters - 1 hour 49 minutes ago

    ROTTERDAM (Reuters) - Utrecht took a step towards qualifying for the Europa League with goals from Cedric van der Gun and Edouard Duplan in a 2-0 win at Twente Enschede in the first leg of the Dutch playoff final on Thursday. Utrecht, who finished fifth in the standings, grabbed an early lead when Van der Gun was left unmarked in front of goal to score after nine minutes. Twente, who were comfortable league leaders earlier in the season but fell away to finish sixth, began to dominate but lacked creativity against a well-organised Utrecht side. ... More »Utrecht beat Twente 2-0 to close in on Europa League spot

  • NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease

    Reuters - 1 hour 52 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Nearly two years after space shuttle Atlantis blasted off for the last time, NASA on Thursday put out a "For Lease" notice for one of its shuttle launch pads in Florida. In a notice posted on its procurement website, the U.S. space agency said it was looking for one or more companies to take over operations and maintenance of Launch Complex 39A. The facility is one of two launch pads at the Kennedy Space Center built in the 1960s to support the Apollo moon program. Both were later modified for the space shuttles, which began flying in 1981. ... More »NASA puts shuttle launch pad in Florida up for lease

  • NYSE says AEP, NextEra trades stand after crash at open

    Reuters - 1 hour 55 minutes ago

    By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - All trades in American Electric Power Inc and NextEra Energy Inc in a crash that happened in the first minute of trading on Thursday will stand, the New York Stock Exchange said, following the latest in a flurry of unexplained sharp drops in the market. The stocks each dropped more than 50 percent in the first minute of trading, though ended just down slightly. The share drops were the latest such incidents for the market since the May 6, 2010, "flash crash," a computer-driven trading glitch that caused a sudden afternoon tumble in the major U.S. ... More »NYSE says AEP, NextEra trades stand after crash at open

  • Porto negotiating possible sale of midfield duo to Monaco

    Reuters - 1 hour 55 minutes ago

    LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese champions Porto are negotiating the possible sale of midfield duo Joao Moutinho and James Rodriguez to Monaco, club president Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa said on Thursday. Costa said negotiations over Portuguese international Moutinho and Colombia's Rodriguez started after Porto clinched their third consecutive league title on Sunday. "I only got the news that there was interest on Sunday. We are negotiating," he said in an interview with Portuguese television RTP. He did not confirm media reports that a deal could be worth up to 70 million euros (59. ... More »Porto negotiating possible sale of midfield duo to Monaco

  • Cars ablaze as Stockholm braces for fifth night of riots

    AFP - 1 hour 56 minutes ago

    At least six cars were torched in a Stockholm suburb late Thursday, as the Swedish capital braced for a fifth night of riots. More »Cars ablaze as Stockholm braces for fifth night of riots

  • Expat dies of coronavirus infection in Qassim

    Arab News - 1 hour 58 minutes ago

    RIYADH: An expatriate residing in the central province of Qassim has died of the novel coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health has announced.The latest fatality brings to 17 the total number of laboratory-confirmed coronavirus deaths in the kingdom. This was the first coronavirus case of a non-Saudi patient in the kingdom, the MOH said.In its latest update posted on its website late on Wednesday, the MOH said the patient was admitted at a hospital a few days ago due to severe acute respiratory syndrome and passed away on Tuesday. ... More »Expat dies of coronavirus infection in Qassim

  • Catholic order to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 claiming sex abuse

    Reuters - 1 hour 59 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - An order of the Roman Catholic Church has agreed to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 adults who said they were sexually abused as children by religious leaders, the parties announced on Thursday in separate statements. The victims claimed abuse at schools and child-care facilities belonging to the Christian Brothers and the Christian Brothers of Ireland, Inc, in 17 U.S. states and Canada from the late 1940s or early 1950s until the 1980s, said James Stang, a lawyer representing the plaintiffs. The settlement agreement reached in U.S. ... More »Catholic order to pay $16.5 million to more than 400 claiming sex abuse

  • Tornado-hit US city, amid storms, mourns and rebuilds

    AFP - 1 hour 59 minutes ago

    Relief workers and clean-up crews defied violent thunderstorms Thursday while families and friends gathered for the funeral of one of the Oklahoma tornado's youngest victims. More »Tornado-hit US city, amid storms, mourns and rebuilds

  • Palmer takes early control with birdie fest at Colonial

    Reuters - 2 hours 0 minutes ago

    (Reuters) - American Ryan Palmer took advantage of ideal scoring conditions and local knowledge with a birdie fest as he charged into an early two-shot lead in Thursday's opening round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational in Fort Worth, Texas. The 36-year-old Texan piled up eight birdies on the way to a flawless eight-under-par 62 on a relatively calm morning at iconic Colonial Country Club, matching the lowest first round ever recorded at the long established PGA Tour event. ... More »Palmer takes early control with birdie fest at Colonial

  • Syrian opposition scrambles to save credibility ahead of peace talks

    Reuters - 2 hours 0 minutes ago

    By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Ece Toksabay ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition in exile met on Thursday to decide whether to attend a peace conference that the United States and Russia see as a crucial path to ending two years of civil war. Under international pressure to swiftly resolve internal divisions, the Syrian National Coalition began talks in Istanbul to elect a coherent leadership and decide on the conference which could take place in Geneva in the coming weeks. ... More »Syrian opposition scrambles to save credibility ahead of peace talks

  • Gold up sharply as dollar, stocks slide

    Reuters - 2 hours 1 minute ago

    By Carole Vaporean NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gold rose sharply on Thursday as investors sought its safe-haven status after the dollar and equity markets were hit by a slew of weak manufacturing data that indicated stagnant global economic growth. Stock markets around the world fell, extending the previous day's sharp losses, on concerns about global economic growth and the timing of the ending of the U.S. Federal Reserve's stimulus program. ... More »Gold up sharply as dollar, stocks slide

  • China Media Claim Private Mars Colony Mission Is a Scam

    SPACE.com - 2 hours 1 minute ago

    Some people may find it hard to believe that a private mission will succeed in landing four astronauts on Mars in 2023, but several state-run media outlets in China are targeting the project with even harsher terms like "hoax" and "hype." More »China Media Claim Private Mars Colony Mission Is a Scam

  • Japanese octogenarian breaks Everest record

    Aljazeera - 2 hours 1 minute ago

    Yuichiro Miura, who skied down Everest's South Col in 1970, becomes oldest person to reach the world's highest peak. More »Japanese octogenarian breaks Everest record

  • SAC lawyers met prosecutors to argue against charges

    Reuters - 2 hours 4 minutes ago

    By Emily Flitter and Matthew Goldstein NEW YORK (Reuters) - Steven A. Cohen's lawyers made their best case argument a month ago to federal prosecutors about why the hedge fund billionaire and his SAC Capital Advisors should not be charged with criminal wrongdoing in a long-running insider trading investigation. But people familiar with the late April meeting said the lengthy presentation did not impress federal prosecutors, who are now considering whether to use a law aimed at prosecuting the Mafia and drug gangs to pursue a criminal case against Cohen's $15 billion hedge fund. ... More »SAC lawyers met prosecutors to argue against charges

  • Feature: In Indonesia, soccer is kicked around by political parties

    Reuters - 2 hours 5 minutes ago

    By Janeman Latul JAKARTA (Reuters) - As monsoon rains swept the stadium, the chanting grew louder. "Indonesia! Indonesia!" More than 60,000 people packed into Gelora Bung Karno Stadium in Jakarta on a recent Saturday night to see the national soccer team play. Another 100 million tuned in to television to watch the match, underlining the appeal of soccer in Indonesia where attendance rivals the top English and German soccer leagues. Among the fans are two of Indonesia's most powerful people - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and politically ambitious businessman Aburizal Bakrie. ... More »Feature: In Indonesia, soccer is kicked around by political parties

  • PRECIOUS-Gold up sharply as dollar, stocks slide

    Reuters Middle East - 2 hours 5 minutes ago

    * U.S. dollar falls 0.75 percent versus basket of currencies * Weak manufacturing in China, Europe, U.S. spur buying * Big drop in US jobless claims suggests labor mart strength (Updates commentary and prices, changes byline, dateline (prevLONDON) By Carole Vaporean NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - Gold rose sharply on Thursdayas investors sought its safe-haven status after the dollar andequity markets were hit by a slew of weak manufacturing datathat indicated stagnant global economic growth. ... More »PRECIOUS-Gold up sharply as dollar, stocks slide

  • New J&J anti-depressant related to 'Special K' party drug

    Reuters - 2 hours 6 minutes ago

    By Ransdell Pierson NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said it plans to seek approvals for 11 new drugs by 2017, including a treatment for patients with depression who have failed to benefit from standard medications. The intranasal drug, called esketamine, is closely related to a pediatric anesthetic called ketamine that has been shown in academic studies to ease symptoms rapidly in such patients, including a reduction in suicidal thoughts. Ketamine is also the active ingredient of the mood-altering party drug known as "Special K. ... More »New J&J anti-depressant related to 'Special K' party drug

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