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By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:00pm EDT (Reuters) – Personal data including text messages, contact lists and photos can be extracted from iPhones through previously unpublicized techniques by Apple Inc employees, the company acknowledged this week. The same techniques to circumvent backup encryption could be used by law enforcement or others with access to the “trusted” computers to which the devices have been connected, according to the security expert who prompted […]
By John O’Donnell FRANKFURT Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:04am EDT (Reuters) – With the prospect of stiffer sanctions against Russia rattling confidence in Europe, investors will be looking to the United States and China to underpin the global economy. Wednesday’s U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) reading and jobs data on Friday will help markets to judge the strength of the economy’s rebound and the likely speed of the Federal Reserve’s return to more conventional monetary […]
Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:06pm EDT (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co executives have faced regulators’ questions on whether private bank advisors guide clients to buy the firm’s own financial products, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. As a result of the questioning regarding potential conflicts of interest, the New York-based bank has sharpened its disclosures to clients, the newspaper said, citing sources. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, one […]
By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:22pm EDT (Reuters) – Asian stocks dipped in early trade on Monday after disappointing earnings hit Wall Street, while the dollar hovered near six-months peaks against a basket of major currencies. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS was down 0.1 percent, taking cues from Wall Street where lackluster results from bellwether names Visa and Amazon triggered a discretionary sell-off on Friday. Tokyo’s Nikkei shed […]
House Speaker Sonny Belmonte lead the formal start of the regular session of the 16th Congress.
The Philippine National Police (PNP) is ready for President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), deploying 10, 000 police.
By Piya Sinha-Roy SAN DIEGO Sun Jul 27, 2014 9:32pm EDT (Reuters) – Every year, around 130,000 comic book fans and entertainment enthusiasts trek to San Diego’s Comic-Con International, where thousands of booths and hundreds of panels are set up by industry outlets to cater to attendees. With the 2014 convention wrapping up on Sunday, here are five highlights from the packed four-day event. – Experiencing Death in Virtual Reality Ever wondered what it’s like […]
By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK Sun Jul 27, 2014 2:29pm EDT (Reuters) – “Lucy,” starring Scarlett Johansson as a woman with a super-powered brain, collected $44 million to win the domestic box office race, outmuscling “Hercules” which took in $29 million for second place. Both new films exceeded expectations, pumping some much-needed life into a lackluster summer at U.S. and Canadian theaters. “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,” which topped […]
Former Isabela governor Grace Padaca was grateful to President Aquino despite not being reappointed to the COMELEC.
Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:30pm EDT (Reuters) – The National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony had the feel of an Atlanta Braves reunion as pitching greats Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine were inducted on Sunday along with former manager Bobby Cox. Maddux and Glavine, mainstays on the Braves team that won the 1995 World Series while Cox was at the helm, went into the Hall in Cooperstown, New York with former slugger Frank Thomas […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ori Lewis GAZA/JERUSALEM Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:15pm EDT (Reuters) – Fighting subsided in Gaza on Sunday after Hamas Islamist militants said they backed a 24-hour humanitarian truce and U.S. President Barack Obama called for a ceasefire but there was no sign of any comprehensive deal to end fighting with Israel. Hamas said it had endorsed a call by the United Nations for a pause in the fighting in light of […]
MONROVIA Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:27pm EDT (Reuters) – The Liberian government on Sunday closed most of the West African nation’s border crossings and introduced stringent health measures to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola virus that has killed at least 660 people across the region. The new measures announced by the government on Sunday came as Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone struggle to contain the worst outbreak yet of the virus. Speaking at […]
