First taste of test-tube burger declared “close to meat”
LONDON, (Reuters) – The world’s first laboratory-grown beef burger was flipped out of a petri dish and into a frying pan yesterday, with food tasters declaring it tasted “close to meat”.
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U.S. extends embassy closings, lawmakers say threat serious
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States extended embassy closures by a week in the Middle East and Africa as a precaution yesterday after an al Qaeda threat that U.S.
Egypt mediation gathers pace but Brotherhood leaders face trial
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-installed government said yesterday it would give mediation a chance to resolve the crisis brought on by the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, but warned that time was limited.
Moroccan king revokes pardon of Spanish paedophile
RABAT, (Reuters) – Morocco’s king yesterday revoked his pardon of a Spanish paedophile, after hundreds rioted in front of parliament on Friday to protest the decision.
Whistleblowers pay price even as China vows to fight corruption
HUIZHOU, China, (Reuters) – Chinese bloggers trying to expose corruption say they are coming under increasing physical and verbal attack over their reports, in what anti-graft activists describe as another blow to efforts to make Chinese officials more accountable.
Zimbabwe’s Mugabe declared winner, rival challenges poll result
HARARE (Reuters) – Africa’s oldest president, Robert Mugabe, was declared winner of Zimbabwe’s election yesterday, but his rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, said he would challenge in court a result he called a fraud that would push the nation back into crisis.
Attack on Indian mission in Afghanistan raises spectre of regional struggle
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Insurgents attacked the Indian consulate in Afghanistan’s eastern capital yesterday, killing nine people and reinforcing fears that a bloody regional power struggle will be played out in the country once most foreign troops leave.
Conciliatory tones in Egypt as envoys seek to avert bloodbath
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s army-backed rulers and allies of its deposed Islamist president gave the first signs yesterday of a readiness to compromise, pressed by Western envoys trying to head off more bloodshed.
Moroccans protest against pardon of Spanish paedophile
RABAT (Reuters) – Riot police broke up a protest by hundreds of Moroccans late on Friday against a royal pardon for a Spanish paedophile serving a 30-year sentence for raping and filming children as young as four.
New York Times sells Boston Globe to Red Sox owner
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York Times Co has agreed to sell The Boston Globe to the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team for $70 million in cash, a small fraction of what the Times paid for the newspaper 20 years ago.
Mugabe re-elected Zimbabwe President
HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has won re-election for a further five-year term, the Zimbabwe Election Commission said today.
U.S. issues global travel alert, cites al Qaeda threat
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States issued a worldwide travel alert yesterday warning Americans that al Qaeda may be planning attacks in August, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.
Scientists to cook world’s first in-vitro beef burger
LONDON, (Reuters) – A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world’s first lab-grown beef burger.
U.S. declares new push to defuse Egyptian crisis
CAIRO, (Reuters) – The United States said yesterday it would work with other nations to resolve Egypt’s crisis peacefully, injecting new energy into a push to end a bloody standoff since the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Mursi.
U.S. says visas from gay spouses will get equal treatment
LONDON/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. officials paved the way yesterday for same-sex spouses to visit or live in the United States, announcing the State Department will give equal treatment to visa applications of gays and lesbians who want to travel with their partner.
Mexico president to present energy reform next week
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Thursday his sweeping energy reform, which is expected to include constitutional changes to lure private investment and boost output, will be presented to Congress next week.
U.S. issues global travel alert, cites al Qaeda threat
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The United States issued a worldwide travel alert on Friday warning Americans that al Qaeda may be planning attacks in August, particularly in the Middle East and North Africa.
Berlusconi conviction leaves Italian government hanging
ROME, (Reuters) – A ruling by Italy’s supreme court upholding a tax fraud conviction against former premier and centre-right leader Silvio Berlusconi has left the fate of the country’s fragile ruling coalition resting in the balance.
Russia gives Snowden asylum, Obama-Putin summit in doubt
MOSCOW/WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Russia rejected U.S. pleas and granted American fugitive Edward Snowden a year’s asylum yesterday, letting the former spy agency contractor slip out of a Moscow airport after more than five weeks in limbo while angering the United States and putting in doubt a planned summit between the two nations’ presidents.
Tsvangirai denounces Zimbabwe vote as “huge farce”
HARARE, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwe’s election as a farce yesterday after his rival President Robert Mugabe’s party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in power for Africa’s oldest head of state.
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