BENGHAZI, Libya/AGADEZ, Niger (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi was last tracked heading for Libya’s southern border, the man leading the hunt told Reuters, though Burkina Faso again denied on Wednesday any plan to offer the deposed leader refuge. After the arrival in neighboring Niger of dozens of Libyan vehicles, including some which may be carrying gold ...
HANOI, Vietnam – An international human rights group urged Vietnam to shut down drug rehabilitation centers that it said subject inmates to abuse and forced labor. It also called Wednesday on international donors to check the programs they fund inside the centers for possible ties to human rights violations. New York-based Human Rights Watch accused ...
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. – Rick Perry is looking to make a strong first impression on the national stage. Mitt Romney is hoping for another flawless debate performance. And Michele Bachmann, perhaps, is shooting for relevance in what increasingly appears to be a two-man GOP presidential race. With the national unemployment rate stuck at 9.1 percent, ...
TORONTO – There’s a broader vibe than the usual Hollywood A-listers this year at the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the world’s top cinema showcases and a prelude for contenders at the Academy Awards. Stars such as George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Rachel Weisz, Michelle Williams, Glenn Close, Robert De Niro and Viggo Mortensen are ...
TUNOSHNA, Russia – A Russian jet carrying a top ice hockey team crashed just after takeoff Wednesday, killing at least 43 people and leaving two others critically injured, officials said. It was one of the worst plane crashes ever involving a sports team. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the Yak-42 plane crashed into a ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rallied on Wednesday, reversing three days of losses on hopes the European debt crisis might ease after Germany’s top court smoothed the way for Berlin’s participation in bailout packages. The SP and Nasdaq both topped 2 percent, and all ten SP sector indexes were higher in a broad rally. European ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc. fired Carol Bartz as CEO Tuesday after more than 2 1/2 years of financial lethargy that had convinced investors that she couldn’t steer the Internet company to a long-promised turnaround. To fill the void, Yahoo’s board named Tim Morse, its chief financial officer, as interim CEO. Bartz lured Morse away ...
PARIS (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the SP 500 up 1 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.79 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.97 percent at 0900 GMT (5 a.m. ET). Japan’s Nikkei average climbed 2 percent while European stocks were up ...
MILAN – An Anglo-American expert on the evolution of the universe and an Irish-born historian of the rise of Christianity and the cult of the saints are two of the four winners of this year’s Balzan Prizes. Astronomer Joseph Silk and historian Peter Brown joined Polish philosopher Bronislaw Baczko and Russell Lande of the United ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street fell for a third day on Tuesday on fears Europe still has failed to tackle its debt crisis, prompting worries the market is headed to new lows for the year. Investors channeled cash into less risky assets as doubts resurfaced over the political will of Italy and Greece to ...