World News

Wed, February 22, 2012

Private jet shipments slip, but improvement seen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Worldwide shipments of business jets and other private aircraft fell again last year, but billings rose modestly in a sign of improvement ...

Workers remove wood panels from the foundation of a house being constructed in Phoenix

Wed, February 22, 2012

Existing home sales at 1-1/2 yr-high, supply falls

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. home resales surged in January to a 1-1/2 year high and the supply of properties on the market was ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan

ATHENS (Reuters) - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Boeing says flaw could affect 55 Dreamliners

By Harry Suhartono

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - About 55 of Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner jets could have a recently discovered flaw in the fuselage, the ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Fitch downgrades Greece on debt swap plan

ATHENS (Reuters) - Fitch cut Greece's long-term ratings on Wednesday to its lowest rating above a default, becoming the first ratings agency to make ...

Syrian tanks are seen in Bab Amro near the city of Hom

Wed, February 22, 2012

France demands access to Homs for injured

By John Irish

PARIS (Reuters) - France called on the Syrian government to immediately halt a military onslaught on the city of Homs and allow ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

Khamenei: No obstacles can stop Iran's nuclear course

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that Iran's nuclear course would not change regardless of international sanctions, assassinations or ...

Wed, February 22, 2012

U.S., French journalists killed in Syria

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and Erika Solomon

AMMAN/BEIRUT (Reuters) - American correspondent Marie Colvin and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed in the besieged ...

A Buddhist monk looks from behind a door before worship during the Tibetan New Year celebrations at Yonghegong Lama Temple in Beijing

Wed, February 22, 2012

Tibetans mark new year under shadow of immolations

By Michael Martina

LANGMU, China (Reuters) - Tibetans in northwest China marked a tense traditional new year with prayer, the sounding of a gong and ...

Nackaerts of the IAEA checks in for a flight to Iran at the airport in Vienna

Wed, February 22, 2012

Iran defiant as U.N. nuclear talks fail

By Fredrik Dahl and Parisa Hafezi

VIENNA/TEHRAN (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog ended its latest mission to Iran after talks on Tehran ...