What’s Really Behind US-Turkey Crisis?
The crisis between the US and Turkey is worsening. Washington is threatening to impose further rounds of sanctions if Ankara…
Militia threat hampers Ebola fight in Congo as disease kills 47
GENEVA (Reuters) – Militia violence in Democratic Republic of Congo has prevented aid workers from reaching some potential cases in…
China sacks six senior officials at food and drug regulator over vaccine scandal
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China said on Saturday it has sacked six senior officials at its food and drug regulator after…
Chinese internet stock sell-off may shake faith in FANGs
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A steep downturn in heavyweight Chinese internet stocks and recent weakness in half of the so-called…
Greece set to exit bailout, still faces daunting challenges
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece exits the last of its three bailouts on Aug. 20 and hopes to be able to…
For Greece’s austerity-hit elderly, bailout will never end
ATHENS (Reuters) – With two euros in his pocket, Yorgos Vagelakos, an 81-year-old retired factory worker, scouts the farmer’s market…
Trump asks SEC to consider switch to half-year corporate filings
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said meetings with corporate executives had prompted him to ask…
Authorities find bodies believed to be Colorado man’s missing wife and daughters
Shanann Watts, who was 15 weeks pregnant, was reported missing Monday along with her two daughters, Bella, 3, and Celeste,…
Trump asks SEC to mull half-year corporate filings vs. quarterly
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had asked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission…
Google employees demand more oversight of China search engine plan
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive told…
Pfizer bets on biotech flu vaccine in $425 million BioNTech alliance
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Pfizer has agreed to pay German biotech firm BioNTech up to $425 million in an alliance to…
China finds second African swine fever case at WH Group plant
BEIJING (Reuters) – China found its second case of African swine fever (ASF) on Thursday at a slaughterhouse owned by…
U.S. tariffs to stay on Turkey, Qatar offers Ankara aid
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday ruled out removing steel tariffs that have contributed to a currency crisis…
Cancer risk with diabetes is higher for women than men
(Reuters Health) – People with diabetes are more likely to develop certain cancers than those without the condition, and a…
Adult smokers more apt to use e-cigarettes than nonsmokers
(Reuters Health) – Current smokers are more likely than ex-smokers or adults who have never smoked to use e-cigarettes, according…
Read the letter Pennsylvania’s attorney general sent the Pope about child sex abuse
A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office said it has not yet received a response from the Pope. The letter…
Reporter: It's the same story again and again
Michael Rezendes, one of the Boston Globe Spotlight reporters who broke the priest sex abuse story in 2002, chokes up…
Critics slam Vatican’s ‘disturbing’ silence on abuse cover-ups
“We have no comment at this time,” Paloma Ovejero, deputy director of the Vatican’s press office, said Wednesday. But in…
Priest abuse victims detail lifetime of trauma and broken trust
“I couldn’t show any affection with my wife,” said Robert, now 83. “My children, I couldn’t hold or hug.” This…
Nowhere Left To Hide: The Interpreters (Part 2)
Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News In Part 2, VICE News correspondent Ben Anderson interviews an official Taliban spokesman, ……
Stocks, emerging currencies, lick wounds as lira bounces for second day
LONDON (Reuters) – Action from Turkey’s central bank pushed the lira higher for a second day on Wednesday, helping European…
Long-acting injection a shot in the arm for GSK’s HIV business
LONDON (Reuters) – A long-acting injection developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK.L) and given once a month has proved as effective as…
Exclusive: Carlyle starts preparations for listing of chemicals group Atotech – sources
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Buyout group Carlyle (CG.O) is starting preparations for a stock market listing of German speciality chemicals group…
Doctors may not explain pros, cons of lung cancer screening
(Reuters) – Many U.S. doctors don’t discuss the harms of lung cancer screening or the potential for overdiagnosis in conversations…
‘Back-and-forth’ conversations with young kids may aid brain development
(Reuters Health) – For decades, doctors have told parents to talk to kids as often as possible to help build…
E-cigarette vapor tied to changes in lung cells
(Reuters Health) – The vapor from e-cigarettes may boost the production of inflammatory chemicals in the lungs, while disabling key…
Biogen’s pricey muscle drug Spinraza too costly for Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – Biogen’s muscle disease treatment Spinraza has been deemed too expensive for use on Britain’s state-run health service,…
Musk says talking to Saudi fund, others on Tesla buyout
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday he was in discussions with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign…
Asia shares, euro under water as Turkish lira sinks
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asia share markets skidded and the euro hit one-year lows on Monday as a renewed rout in…
Seattle plane crash devastates family, raises questions on airport security
Richard Russell took off in a stolen plane at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday night, flew for about an hour…
Exclusive: Saudi Arabia’s PIF has shown no interest in bankrolling Tesla buyout
DUBAI/RIYADH/LONDON (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has shown no interest so far in financing Tesla Inc (TSLA.O)…
Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in world’s first Roundup cancer trial
(Reuters) – A California jury on Friday found Monsanto liable in a lawsuit filed by a man who alleged the…
China’s CNPC takes over Total’s share in big Iran gas project: Iranian agency
DUBAI (Reuters) – China’s state-owned energy major CNPC has taken over the share in Iran’s multi-billion dollar South Pars gas…
Airline employee steals plane from Seattle airport, crashes and dies
The 29-year-old ground service agent — the only person aboard — died, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department said, without further…
Thyssenkrupp needs new strategy, targets not enough: investor
DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) needs a broad overhaul in strategy carried about by a new external chief executive, as…
Here’s a recap why Assange’s revelations have angered Washington
For six years now, the Wikileaks chief has been stuck in the Ecuadorian embassy in London, over fears he will…
Roundup trial: Cancer patient takes on Monsanto in first trial over weed killer risk
Doctors have said they didn’t expect him to live to see this day. But Monday marks a milestone: Johnson, 46,…
Heineken considers closing Brazilian factories due to court dispute
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Heineken NV (HEIN.AS), the world’s second-largest beer maker, is considering closing two factories in northeastern Brazil…
Turkish lira’s free-fall rocks equity markets, euro falls
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – A plunge in the Turkish lira rocked global equities and emerging markets on Friday and fear…
Doug Field, former Tesla engineering chief, returns to Apple
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Doug Field, who stepped down as the senior vice president of engineering at Tesla Inc (TSLA.O)…
Wall St. falls amid Turkey woes; banks, tech decline
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks slid on Friday as a deepening economic crisis in Turkey dragged on bank stocks…
Western-produced weapons end up in terrorists’ hands – report
According to an investigation by war correspondent Robert Fisk a large batch of weapons, discovered in formerly terrorist-controlled areas of…
Trade war threatens reign of luxury stocks
LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – An escalating trade war between the United States and China could abruptly end a glittering stock market…
Brazil slams Venezuela as measles spreads across border
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil complained on Thursday that Venezuela was doing nothing to stop the spread of an outbreak of…
US announces its armed drones now operate in Niger
The U.S. has confirmed its armed drones have been operating in the west African country of Niger for more than…
Perrigo plans to separate prescription pharma business
(Reuters) – Perrigo Co Plc (PRGO.N) said on Thursday it would separate its generics prescription business, which has been a…
Tribune Media files suit, terminates Sinclair merger deal
(Reuters) – Tribune Media Co (TRCO.N) said on Thursday it had terminated a $3.9 billion deal to be acquired by…
Viacom shares gain as ‘Mission Impossible’ powers Paramount
(Reuters) – Viacom Inc’s (VIAB.O) quarterly profit beat analysts’ estimates and the media company forecast a strong current quarter, boosted…
Samsung unveils gaming-friendly Galaxy Note 9 to boost sales
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) launched the Galaxy Note 9 “phablet” in New York on Thursday, promising…
Tech stocks take Nasdaq closer to record
(Reuters) – The Nasdaq inched toward a record on the back of high-flying technology trio of Apple, Amazon and Microsoft,…
U.S. built Mercedes-Benz SUV’s held up by Chinese customs
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz sports utility vehicles built in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, are being checked for potential problems by Shanghai customs…
U.S. sanctions whack Russia’s rouble, Turkey’s lira free-falls
LONDON (Reuters) – Alarm bells were ringing on Thursday as harsh new U.S. sanctions drove drove down Russia’s rouble Turkey’s…
Portland police ignore immigration agents’ emergency calls on mayor’s orders
Further rallies against Donald Trump’s divisive immigration policy are expected across the U.S. later. Some previous protests turned ugly –…
New name for Austin? Texas capital tries to avoid confederate history
The city of Austin in the U.S. may have to rethink its name. A report from the city’s Equity Office…
IKEA strives to keep prices low as opens first store in India
HYDERABAD (Reuters) – IKEA will set some prices even lower in India than elsewhere when it opens its first store…
Nigeria approves $150 million World Bank loan to fight polio
ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria has approved a $150 million loan from the World Bank to help eradicate polio and scale…