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(Reuters) – President Barack Obama expressed concern to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about the risk of an escalation of hostilities in the region and said the United States was ready to help bring them to an end, the White House said. “The United States remains prepared to facilitate a cessation of hostilities, including a return to the November 2012 ceasefire agreement,” the White House said Obama told Netanyahu in a phone call. […]
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY Thu Jul 10, 2014 11:00pm EDT (Reuters) – Asian shares recouped early losses on Friday as sentiment in the region proved resilient to Portuguese bank concerns amid signs offshore funds were returning to emerging world assets. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan recovered to be a fraction firmer. Indices in Australia, Singapore and China were all higher, while Japan’s Nikkei pared its losses to be off just 0.26 percent. […]
Thu Jul 10, 2014 4:09pm EDT (Reuters) – Country music star Garth Brooks said on Thursday he was coming out of recording retirement and will release new music for the first time in more than decade. Brooks, who in recent years has been playing concerts in Las Vegas, said at a Nashville news conference he would also make his music available for purchase on his website. The “Friends in Low Places” singer, who has sold […]
Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:46pm EDT (Reuters) – Online music sharing service SoundCloud Ltd is close to a deal with Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, and Warner Music Group for licenses to continue playing their songs and avoid potential legal disputes, Bloomberg reported citing people with knowledge of the matter. SoundCloud is in return negotiating offering a 3 percent to 5 percent stake to the companies as well as a percentage of future revenue, […]
By Julian Linden RIO DE JANEIRO Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:37pm EDT (Reuters) – Argentina and Germany were both back at work on Thursday, secretly hatching plans for Sunday’s World Cup final as Uruguay striker Luis Suarez lost his appeal against his ban for biting. While their contrasting styles promise a classic battle between Europe and South America, Argentina and Germany have plenty to think about as they put the finishing touches to their preparations. […]
By Kate Kelland LONDON Thu Jul 10, 2014 7:09pm EDT (Reuters) – Combining two types of polio vaccine, including one that is injected rather than given orally, appears to give better immunity and could speed efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, scientists said on Friday. British and Indian researchers said the inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), which is given by injection, could provide better and longer lasting protection if given alongside the more commonly used live […]
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK Thu Jul 10, 2014 1:04pm EDT (Reuters) – A federal appeals court in New York has revived claims by 211 cleanup workers who sought compensation for their alleged exposure to toxic contaminants in buildings near the World Trade Center site after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday said a lower court judge erred in dismissing the claims, after the workers had answered […]
BEIJING Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:27pm EDT (Reuters) – Eleven people died, including eight children, in a school bus crash in China‘s southern Hunan province, state media said on Friday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that have fueled public anger over unsafe transport for school children. A bus taking kindergartners home on a rural, mountainous road near Xiangtan city tumbled into a reservoir on Thursday afternoon, state-run China News Service reported, killing […]
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller GAZA/JERUSALEM Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:24pm EDT (Reuters) – At least 78 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday as militants in the enclave kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities. As Israeli officials seemed to hint at a possible invasion by ground forces, eight members of one family, including five children, were killed in […]
(Reuters) – At least 74 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s Gaza offensive, Palestinian officials said on Thursday, and militants kept up rocket attacks on Tel Aviv and other cities in warfare showing no signs of ending soon. Eight Palestinian family members, including five children, were killed in an early morning air strike that destroyed at least two homes in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the Palestinian Health ministry said. Israel’s […]
Government investigators will be filing charges against twenty suspects in the death of the 18-year old hazing victim.
As Israeli aerial offensive continues on its third day, with tanks of the Israeli army reported to be seen approaching the border.
