PARIS - Actress Scarlett Johansson is suing a French publishing house over a novel that uses her name and image and explores the challenges of being beautiful. More »Scarlett Johansson sues over French novel evoking her and the difficulties of being beautiful
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said on Monday he will step down at the end of July to go to the private sector after heading the agency for four years. "I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished together during that time and look with awe on the incredible progress ICE has made as an agency," ICE Director John Morton said in making the announcement in an internal message to employees that was made available to Reuters. "ICE has truly come of age and become an innovative, leading force in federal law enforcement. ... More »Director of U.S. immigration agency resigns
LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland shares fell more than 4 percent on Thursday as investors said the surprise exit of Chief Executive Stephen Hester was a big loss and there was no obvious successor. RBS said late on Wednesday Hester will step down by the end of this year. Its board decided it wanted new leadership to oversee the sale of Britain's majority stake in the bank, which could take years. ... More »RBS shares sag 4 percent after CEO Hester goes
WASHINGTON - Efforts to curb global warming have quietly shifted as greenhouse gases inexorably rise. More »Adapting to - not just fighting - climate change is taking the heat out of global warming talk
A 25-year-old man is charged with failing to report an accident causing death after a hit and run Sunday morning. More »Man, 25, charged in fatal Regina hit and run
By Asma Alsharif and Tom Perry CAIRO (Reuters) - Sixteen years ago, Adel Mohamed al-Khayat was a member of the militant group blamed for slaughtering 58 tourists in Egypt's Valley of the Queens; today he's promising to keep visitors safe. Khayat's appointment by President Mohamed Mursi as governor of the city of Luxor has triggered howls of protest, with demonstrators protesting for a second day on Tuesday and one critic calling it 'the last nail in the coffin of tourism'. ... More »Islamist governor promises safety for Luxor tourists
By Dominic Lau TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average jumped nearly 3 percent on Friday morning, recovering some of the previous session's sharp fall, as robust data eased concerns over whether the U.S. economy can withstand a pullback in stimulus by the Federal Reserve. "People are unwinding (short) positions, or people are trying to buy on dips. The market did rebound and the U.S. did well so people are buying on the back of that," a senior dealer at a foreign bank said. U.S. ... More »Nikkei bounces from Thursday's plunge, technical charts still bearish
By Ed Osmond LONDON (Reuters) - Tillakaratne Dilshan took a brilliant one-handed catch to end a stubborn last-wicket partnership of 41 as Sri Lanka beat Australia by 20 runs on Monday to reach the Champions Trophy semi-finals. Australia, needing to reach their target of 254 in 29.1 overs to make the last four, came out all guns blazing but they lost wickets at regular intervals and, at 192 for nine, looked to be heading for a heavy defeat in the final Group A match. ... More »Dilshan swoops to send Sri Lanka into semi-finals
By Victoria Klesty OSLO (Reuters) - Olympic champion Usain Bolt responded to last week's surprise sprint defeat in Rome by storming to a world-leading time of 19.79 seconds over 200 metres at the Bislett Diamond League meeting on Thursday. The Jamaican world record holder, surprisingly beaten over 100 metres by American Justin Gatlin in Italy, streaked away from the field to win comfortably on a chilly night in his first competitive race over the distance this season. ... More »Surging Bolt powers to 200m victory in Oslo
By Leika Kihara Asahikawa, JAPAN (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan expects bond yields to stabilize over time with its flexible market operations and massive asset purchases, a central bank policymaker said, signaling that it has no immediate plans to take fresh steps to calm volatile markets. Sayuri Shirai, a former IMF economist who is among the BOJ's nine board members, said it was natural and desirable for bond yields to gradually rise in the next two to three years on prospects of an economic recovery and rising prices. ... More »BOJ Shirai says JGB yields to stabilize, signals no new steps
By Scott Malone and Svea Herbst-Bayliss BOSTON (Reuters) - A former criminal associate of James "Whitey" Bulger told jurors hearing the accused mob boss's murder and racketeering trial on Monday about killing rivals in drive-by shootings as his friend rose to power in Boston organized crime circles. John Martorano, 72, is the first of Bulger's former associates to take the stand in Boston federal court, where Bulger is being tried on charges including racketeering and 19 murders he committed or ordered while running Boston's "Winter Hill" crime gang in the 1970s and 80s. ... More »Former 'Whitey' Bulger associate tells of drive-by killings
By James Pomfret HONG KONG (Reuters) - Fresh revelations by former CIA employee Edward Snowden have raised concerns that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) may have hacked into Hong Kong's key internet exchange, which handles nearly all the Chinese territory's domestic web traffic. In an interview in Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper published on Thursday, Snowden said the NSA had been hacking computers in Hong Kong and mainland China since 2009. Among those institutions hacked, he said, was the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which houses the Hong Kong Internet Exchange. ... More »Ex-CIA man's snooping claims raise alarm bells in Hong Kong
By Philip Blenkinsop and Robin Emmott LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - France cleared the European Union to launch free-trade talks with the United States on Friday after fellow EU members accepted its demand to shield movies and online entertainment from the might of Hollywood and Silicon Valley. After 12 hours of talks, EU officials announced that the 27 EU trade ministers had finally agreed a negotiating mandate towards what could be the world's most ambitious trade agreement. ... More »France backs EU-U.S. trade talks after culture clash
(Repeat for additional subscribers) June 13 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has affirmed Malaysian Reinsurance Berhad's (Malaysian Re) Insurer Financial ... More »Fitch Affirms Malaysian Reinsurance at IFS 'A'; Outlook Stable
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the International Monetary Fund said she was satisfied with the cooperation between the IMF and European lenders, amid criticism about the flaws in the relationship. ... More »IMF head says "very happy" with EU troika cooperation
Standard atomic weights, those numbers emblazoned under the elements on the periodic table, were once thought of as unchanging constants of nature. More »Atomic Weights Tweaked for 5 Elements
Both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his British counterpart, David Cameron, downplayed signs of trouble in the Canada-EU trade negotiations Tuesday, even as the European Union's spokesman suggested Canada hasn't shown enough "pragmatism and flexibility" at the table. More »Leaders downplay reports of stalled Canada-EU trade talks
Whether it is because they support Mr. Snowden’s free-speech and privacy agendas, or because they are upset by his claims that the US National Security Agency has been hacking into Hong Kong’s computer network, 49.9 percent of people asked in a poll published here Sunday said he should not be surrendered. Another 17.6 percent said he should be turned over. A third of respondents had not made up their minds. More »Poll: Hong Kongers would not back extradition of Edward Snowden
TONGXIANG, China - It's a muggy afternoon in June and high school students wearing T-shirts stamped with the image of Terry Fox stride past towering high-rises and scooters with honking horns in this small Chinese city that's been coated in haze from the local fiberglass factory for several days. More »Terry Fox preps Chinese students for Canada
BOSTON - Two years ago, Tuukka Rask was all but ignored as the Bruins mounted their Stanley Cup charge. More »Tuukka time: Rask rises to the occasion as Bruins mount their Cup charge