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©Reuters/Tobias Schwarz Apple, Samsung earn all smartphone profits, and more Apple and Samsung are grabbing virtually all the profits in the red-hot smartphone market while most other makers are losing money.
15 November 2013
Murder? What murder? Mystery of Haqqani killing in Pakistan A phantom body, clueless cops and busy spies: the fallout from the shooting of a senior Haqqani network leader will do little to dampen suspicions of Pakistani complicity with Islamist militants.
15 November 2013
FBI Director James Comey. ©Reuters/Yuri Gripas Ex-FBI agent gets 11 years for security leaks, child porn A former FBI agent was sentenced to more than three years in prison Thursday for disclosing confidential national security information about a foiled bomb plot to an Associated Press reporter.
15 November 2013
Photo courtesy of Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel discusses defense and countering terrorism with Kazakhstan Defense Minister US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has discussed strategic partnership in defense and countering terrorism with Kazakhstan's Minister of Defense Adilbek Dzhaksybekov.
14 November 2013
Three injured at Tesla electric car plant in California Three workers suffered burns Wednesday in an accident at luxury electric carmaker Tesla's plant in California, managers said, in the latest blow for the US company.
14 November 2013
©Reuters/Bobby Yip EU follows US in allowing portable electronics in-flight The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said Wednesday it will allow passengers to use a range of mobile electronic devices in flight with very few restrictions.
14 November 2013
Lorraine Nicolson. ©Reuters Daughter of Jack Nicolson to star in Akan Satayev's film Akan Satayev, has chosen actors for the lead roles in his new film the Hacker.
14 November 2013
Amid poison claims, ex-Brazil president exhumed The remains of Joao Goulart, ousted as Brazilian president ahead of the 1964-85 military dictatorship, were Wednesday exhumed to determine if he was poisoned.
14 November 2013
Venezuela's Maduro closes in on powers by decree Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro was a step closer to getting the votes he needs to govern by decree after his ruling party ousted an opposition lawmaker from parliament on Tuesday.
14 November 2013
©Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach Euro "too strong", says European Commission's Tajani European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani said Wednesday the euro was overvalued and urged the zone's central bank to help exporters by weakening the single currency.
14 November 2013
Afghan opium cultivation hits record high in 2013: UN Opium poppy cultivation in Afghanistan reached a record high this year as farmers seek to "insure" themselves ahead of NATO forces' withdrawal next year, the United Nations said Wednesday.
13 November 2013
Obama popularity at all-time low: survey US President Barack Obama's popularity has slumped to an all-time low, with a majority of Americans for the first time believing him to be dishonest and untrustworthy, a new survey showed Tuesday.
13 November 2013
Young Frenchman too heavy to fly will go home by ship A young Frenchman who weighs 230 kilograms (500 pounds) and was deemed too heavy to fly on a jetliner arrived in New York Tuesday to head home by ship.
13 November 2013
Google Glass gets music integration Google's new Internet-connected eyewear will have music too.
13 November 2013
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy. ©Reuters/Jonathan Ernst Television became 'window to world' in JFK shooting Television took its central role in the American home after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, a national trauma that unfolded in real time and was uniquely suited to the emerging medium.
13 November 2013
©Reuters/Brendan McDermid Chevron ordered to pay Ecuador $9.51 bn on appeal: court An Ecuadoran court Tuesday upheld a ruling that US oil giant Chevron was liable for environmental damage in its Amazon basin region by sister company Texaco, but ordered it to pay a reduced $9.51 billion.
13 November 2013
Kashagan Oil Field. Photo ©REUTERS Suspension at Kashagan won't affect Kazakhstan's 2013 budget Production from the Kashagan oilfield was not taken into consideration when the 2013 Kazakhstan state budget was made, so it will not affect the planned budget revenues.
13 November 2013
©Reuters/Ricardo Moraes Football: Australia concern at World Cup security Australian football officials on Tuesday expressed concern at the security situation in World Cup host nation Brazil, admitting that dealing with the issue was going to be a challenge.
13 November 2013
Venezuela expands crackdown on prices Venezuelans mobbed appliance and other stores Monday to cash in on price cuts ordered by the leftist government as local elections loom.
12 November 2013
Syria opposition says would attend peace talks with conditions Syria's main opposition grouping said Monday it was willing to attend peace talks on the condition that President Bashar al-Assad transfer power and is excluded from any transition process.
12 November 2013
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