LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers saw the biggest annual decline in prices since at least 2006 in June, with cheaper furniture, electricals and clothes as well as a supermarket price war all contributing, an industry group said on Wednesday. The
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say 50 bodies have been discovered outside a city south of Baghdad, many of them blindfolded and with their hands bound. Military spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan Ibrahim says the bodies were discovered Wednesday in
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Only four percent of Syrians believe Islamic State insurgents, who have captured large swathes of Syria and Iraq, represent their interests, according to research conducted by a British polling group published on Wednesday. The survey, conducted by
The Bank of England is again set to leave its key interest rate at a record low of 0.50 percent Thursday after it launched measures to cool Britain’s housing market. The BoE is forecast also to leave its level of
The leader of the free world hasn’t been greeted like this before. Obama reacts as he is greeted by a man wearing a horse-head as he walked the streets of downtown Denver. pic.twitter.com/QNqnXKzwzm — Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) July 9, 2014
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) – Washington and Lee University says it is removing Confederate battle flags from its campus. The move was announced in a lengthy email from university president Kenneth Rusio to faculty and students on Tuesday. This spring, a
From CNSNews.com: The man who heads the federal agency responsible for many of the 50,000 unaccompanied alien children from Central America who have entered the U.S. illegally in recent months told attendees at a conference on Tuesday that those working with refugees
LILLE France (Reuters) – German Marcel Kittel won his third stage on this year’s Tour de France when he prevailed in a bunch sprint on Tuesday after defending champion Chris Froome suffered a fall. The victory is Kittell’s third in
As Germany was demolishing and humiliating Brazil 5-0 in the first half of a World Cup Semifinal battle on Tuesday, some Brazilian fans showed their anger by burning Brazilian flags. Soccer is like a religion to Brazilians, and they are
(Reuters) – Iraq’s government has lost control of a former chemical weapons facility to “armed terrorist groups” and is unable to fulfill its international obligations to destroy toxins kept there, the country’s U.N. envoy told the United Nations. In a
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) — Miroslav Klose has broken the World Cup scoring record after netting a goal for Germany against Brazil in Tuesday’s semifinal in Belo Horizonte. Klose put Germany ahead 2-0 in the 23rd minute for his 16th
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has given the military permission to mobilize up to 40,000 additional reservists as it steps up an offensive in the Gaza Strip. Tuesday’s decision came hours after Israel launched an offensive aimed at stopping
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — United Nations officials are pushing for many of the Central Americans fleeing to the U.S. to be treated as refugees displaced by armed conflict, a designation meant to increase pressure on the United States
LILLE, France (AP) — One former Tour de France champion dropped out of this year’s race and another crashed but recovered as the cycling showcase got back on home turf Tuesday after a boisterous three-day start across the channel in
Hamas militants in Gaza fired “dozens” of rockets into southern Israel late Monday, the Islamist movement said after six of its men were killed in air strikes. The bombardment was confirmed by the Israeli army which said militants had launched
(AFP) Fictional boy wizard Harry Potter made his first appearance in seven years on Tuesday, featuring as a nearly 34-year-old with grey hairs in a new short story by author J.K. Rowling. In an article on the “Pottermore” website written
(AFP) Iraq’s politicians agreed to meet next Sunday after delays to the formation of a new government outraged Iraqis exasperated by political polarisation and fearful of a brutal Sunni militant offensive. It was unclear what prompted the about-turn after lawmakers
(AFP) Iran will need 19 times more nuclear centrifuges than Washington is seeking to restrict it to in a long-term deal with major powers, its supreme leader said on Tuesday. Uranium enrichment is the sensitive process at the heart of
(AFP) The United States tried to cool Monday a new spy row with Germany after Chancellor Angela Merkel warned reports an alleged German double agent helped the CIA could again damage trust between the allies. Revelations that a 31-year-old German
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon pummeled the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa on Tuesday, paralyzing transport and prompting U.S. forces based there to cancel all outdoor activity. The Okinawan government said 10 people were injured, one seriously. Separately, a
A suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan killed 10 civilians and two Afghan policemen, officials said Tuesday, as well as four NATO soldiers.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military launched what could be a long-term offensive against the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday striking nearly 100 sites in Gaza and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion aimed at stopping a heavy barrage
LONDON (Reuters) – British scientists have identified a set of 10 proteins in the blood that can predict the onset of Alzheimer’s and call this an important step towards developing a test for the incurable brain-wasting disease. Such a test
Mahatma Gandhi, who was at the forefront of efforts to end British rule in India and was repeatedly imprisoned, is to be honoured outside Britain’s parliament, British finance minister George Osborne said Tuesday. Osborne, on a trip to New Delhi
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country needs to significantly increase its number of centrifuges, underlining a gap in positions between Tehran and world powers as they hold talks aimed at clinching a nuclear accord.
