TOKYO, (Reuters) – Japanese police have launched an investigation into the financial scandal engulfing Olympus Corp, a newspaper said yesterday, as a major investor joined increasing calls for a wholesale clean-out of the board.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A vaccine or new drugs against malaria could be developed, British scientists said, after they made a critical discovery about the way the most deadly species of malaria parasite invades human red blood cells.
ROME, (Reuters) – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said yesterday he would resign after suffering a humiliating setback in parliament that showed a party revolt had stripped him of a majority.
VIENNA, (Reuters) – Iran appears to have worked on designing an atomic bomb and may still be conducting relevant research, the U.N.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – A key U.N. Security Council committee could not reach consensus on whether Palestine should be accepted as a U.N.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (Reuters) – A black asteroid as big as an aircraft carrier zoomed past Earth on Tuesday, delighting astronomers who trained telescopes on the ancient body in hopes of learning more about its composition and origin.
MANAGUA/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Two veterans of Cold War conflicts that ravaged Central America in the 1980s won elections in Nicaragua and Guatemala on Sunday, highlighting the heavy footprint the wars left on the region.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – A mudslide has killed 37 people in Colombia and buried homes in the central city of Manizales after torrential rains, the government said yesterday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Michael Jackson’s personal doctor was found guilty yesterday of involuntary manslaughter in the singer’s death following a six-week trial that captivated Jackson fans around the world.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of poor Americans hit a record 49 million in 2010, or 16 percent, according to new data released yesterday that showed poverty rates for the elderly, Asians and Hispanics higher than previously known.
ROME (Reuters) – Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi defied huge pressure to resign yesterday, desperately playing his last cards to save his crumbling government as fears over Italy’s instability hit markets across Europe.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa (Reuters) – Two former Penn State officials were charged yesterday with covering up alleged sexual assaults of young boys by a former coach, as authorities widely criticized the university for allowing the abuse to continue unchecked for more than a decade.
LONDON (Reuters) – Computer analysis of brain scans could help predict how serious or long term a psychotic patient’s illness may become and help doctors make more accurate decisions about how best to treat them, researchers said on Monday.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A human resources graduate from Venezuela, whose ambition is to work with children, was crowned Miss World 2011 at a glittering beauty pageant in London yesterday.
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters) – Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has a legion of fans all over the world, but not many will be able to beat Vishal Singh’s obsession with the star.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Animated film “Puss in Boots” held on to the domestic box office crown with a surprisingly strong second weekend performance that beat new Eddie Murphy comedy “Tower Heist.”
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – “Twilight” actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner, made their mark on Hollywood on Thursday, leaving imprints of their hands and feet outside Grauman’s Chinese Theater.
ATHENS/PARIS, (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and conservative opposition leader Antonis Samaras agreed yesterday on a new coalition government to approve a euro zone bailout deal before calling elections, the office of the president said.
ROME – Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has one day left to win over waverers and see off a group of party rebels threatening to bring down his government in a backlash over its failure to adopt reforms to defuse a dangerous debt crisis.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez accused political opponents eyeing a 2012 election battle yesterday of wanting to reverse social policies in Venezuela’s slums and rid the nation of Cubans who promote his self-styled “revolution.”
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