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S. Korea proposes new talks with N. Korea on joint zone South Korea on Thursday proposed fresh talks with North Korea aimed at re-opening a shuttered joint industrial zone at Kaesong.
04 July 2013
West calls for elections after Egypt's Morsi ousted Western powers called for restraint and a swift return to democracy in Egypt after the army on Wednesday toppled Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.
04 July 2013
Douglas Engelbart. Photo courtesy of wikidi.com Computer mouse inventor dies at 88 Douglas Engelbart, who revolutionized computing by inventing the mouse, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 88.
04 July 2013
US Navy bolsters presence in Gulf The US Navy has deployed three additional coastal patrol ships to its Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, bolstering America's presence in the strategic Gulf.
04 July 2013
©REUTERS Martin Luther King remembered in Washington exhibit Civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr is being remembered in a Washington, D.C. exhibition held to tie-in with the 50th anniversary of his famous march on the US capital.
04 July 2013
Erbol Zhumagulov. Photo courtesy of vseprokino.kz 'The Book' of Erbol Zhumagulov to show at Busan Festival Kazakhstan poet and debuting film director Erbol Zhumagulov will represent his project The Book at the Busan International Film Festival.
04 July 2013
©REUTERS/Sergio Moraes Brazil truckers block highways in fresh toll protest Trucks blocked highways across Brazil for a second straight day on Wednesday as drivers pressed demands for fuel subsidies, better working conditions, and an end to road tolls.
04 July 2013
Sauat Mynbayev. Photo courtesy of flickr.com Mynbayev appointed new head of KazMunaiGas Former Kazakhstan Oil and Gas Minister Sauat Mynbayev has been appointed new head of KazMunaiGas National Oil and Gas Company.
04 July 2013
Photo courtesy of revpatrickcomerford.blogspot.com El Greco sets new record at London auction El Greco's 400 year-old painting "Saint Dominic in Prayer" on Wednesday broke the record for a Spanish Old Master, selling at a London auction for £9,154,500 ($14,000,000, 10,750,000 euros).
04 July 2013
'Amelie' star's dress is boon for young designer "Amelie" star Audrey Tautou's choice of Yiqing Yin for the Cannes film festival generated more interest in one night than the Chinese-born French designer has enjoyed in her whole career.
04 July 2013
China seeks Xinjiang most-wanted, offers reward: media Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang region have issued a "most wanted" list and offered rewards for tipoffs.
04 July 2013
Britain's Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge. ©REUTERS/Stephen Morrison/Pool Mother-to-be Kate faces Diana comparisons As Prince William's wife Catherine prepares to give birth to a new heir to the throne, she faces renewed comparisons with her late mother-in-law, Princess Diana, whom she never met.
04 July 2013
Scramble to reach Indonesia quake survivors as toll hits 22 Rescuers battled Wednesday to reach survivors from an earthquake in Indonesia's Aceh province that has killed at least 22 people.
04 July 2013
The building that was damaged by gas explosion. Photo by Marat Abilov© Astana residential building's basement explodes Something has exploded in the basement of a #29/1 Shakarim street 9-storey residential building in Astana.
04 July 2013
Ingrid Lederhaas-Okun (C) departs Manhattan Federal Court with her lawyer. ©REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Former Tiffany exec charged in jewelry theft A former executive of iconic New York jewelry store Tiffany was arrested on Tuesday for stealing more than $1 million worth of valuables which she later resold.
04 July 2013
©REUTERS/Gaston Brito US director making Chavez 'addendum,' not feature Oliver Stone is not shooting a new movie about Hugo Chavez but an "addendum" using outtakes from an old film.
04 July 2013
Photoc courtesy of flippies.com Ecuador says hidden microphone found in London embassy A hidden microphone was found in Ecuador's embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is holed up.
04 July 2013
US air tankers help fight killer Arizona blaze The US military on Tuesday ordered four air tankers to join fire-dousing efforts in Arizona, where firefighters were battling a still out-of-control inferno which killed 19 of their comrades.
04 July 2013
©REUTERS/University of Oxford/Handout Wales votes for 'presumed consent' organ donation Wales will become the first country in the United Kingdom to adopt an organ and tissue donation scheme based on presumed consent after assembly members voted in favour of a bill.
04 July 2013
©REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader Bolivia FM denies Snowden on Morales jet Bolivia's foreign minister on Tuesday denied that fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden was traveling with President Evo Morales in his plan.
04 July 2013

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