Supreme Court to deliver Obama healthcare law ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is set to deliver on Thursday its ruling on President Barack Obama's 2010 healthcare overhaul, his signature domestic policy achievement, in a historic...
View ArticleEgypts Morsi to address Tahrir rally
Egypt's President-elect Mohamed Morsi will address crowds at a “rebirth” rally at Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, before being sworn in at the Constitutional Court on Saturday. Morsi "is taking part...
View ArticlePlane crew 'thwart hijack attempt' in China
Crew and passengers travelling on a plane that had just taken off from a restive city in China's far-western Xinjiang region on Friday thwarted a hijack attempt by six people, authorities said. The...
View ArticleMongolia parties call for new elections
Mongolia is facing a political gridlock with the ruling party leading calls for fresh elections and rejecting a new voting system that was intended to bring more fairness to the polls. The ruling...
View ArticleEgypt's Mursi to take oath as president
Mohamed Mursi, Egypt's first elected civilian president, is set to take his formal oath a day after he pre-empted the ceremony by swearing himself in at Tahrir Square and warning off generals trying...
View ArticleRecognition battle over Jesus' birthplace
For millions of Christians around the world, the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem is a place for worship and contemplation, a revered site worth travelling thousands of kilometres for a chance to...
View ArticleWorld powers open Syria crisis talks
World powers have opened a crisis meeting on Syria with the West at odds with China and Russia over how to end 16 months of bloodshed and agree on a transition plan for the country. Before the...
View ArticleDozens dead and wounded in Iraq bombings
A series of attacks in Iraq have killed at least 20 people and wounded more than 100, according to local officials, the latest in a wave of deadly attacks this month. The worst incident was a car...
View ArticleMexico polls give widening lead to Pena Nieto
Enrique Pena Nieto, the frontrunner in Mexico’s presidential race, has a wide lead over his rivals ahead of Sunday’s elections, according to the most recent opinion polls. Newspaper El Universal...
View ArticleChina president in Hong Kong to mark handover
Chinese President Hu Jintao has arrived in Hong Kong to mark the 15th anniversary of the territory's handover from Britain to Beijing. Hu, whose three-day visit is his last as president before a key...
View ArticleNews Corp to split into two companies?
Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has said it plans to split into two companies, one holding its newspaper and publishing business, and another its entertainment operations. Under the proposal, the global...
View ArticleEgypt's Morsi defies military in fiery speech
Mohamed Morsi, the Egyptian president-elect, took a symbolic oath of office during a rousing speech in Cairo, promising dignity and social justice to a crowd of tens of thousands gathered in Tahrir...
View ArticleMongolia election marred by corruption fears
Concerns about government corruption are increasing as Mongolians go to the polls on Thursday to elect a new parliament. When former president Nambaryn Enkhbayar claimed authoritarian strong-arming...
View ArticleUS diet pill gets green signal
For the first time in 13 years the US Food and Drug Administration has approved a pill to help people lose weight. The approval from the US federal regulator comes almost two years after it first...
View ArticleMexican Left hoping for resurgence
Mexicans will choose their president on Sunday, in a poll dominated by the country’s two main conservative parties. In this largely Catholic nation, leftist politics has remained largely on the...
View ArticleWildfires rage in western US
Hundreds of homes have been destroyed as wildfires are threatening the second biggest city in the US state of Colorado. Thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes as dozens of fires...
View ArticleFrances footballing years of woe
Samir Nasri has apologised for a row with a journalist that followed France’s elimination from Euro 2012. After , Nasri was involved in a heated exchange with a journalist in which he used profane...
View Article'Dozens killed' in northern Mali fighting
Al-Qaeda-linked fighters have taken control of the headquarters of the local separatist rebels in the north Mali town of Gao after a bloody battle that has killed at least 20 people, residents said....
View ArticleMalaysia's FELDA to launch palm oil IPO
In Malaysia, shares of the world’s third-largest palm oil plantations operator will be publicly traded on Thursday for the first time. The Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) is now selling...
View ArticleWorld powers seek accord on Syrian crisis
Foreign ministers of world powers are to gather in Geneva to hold talks on developing a common strategy to tackle the bloodshed in Syria, but differences persist between Syrian ally Russia and other...
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