Category Archives: Reuters
No confirmation senior al Qaeda militant dead: Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan had no confirmation on Friday that al Qaeda’s chief of operations in the country had been killed in a recent drone strike in the northwestern tribal region, as reported by American officials.
Insight: Looming U.S. decision on Taiwan arms risks China rift
BEIJING (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s impending decision on new arms sales to Taiwan is likely to strain the diplomatic truce between the United States and China, which faces rising domestic demands to wield its growing power against debt-saddled Washington.
Analysis: Japan’s PM Noda: warm to Washington, wary of China
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda is turning his back on his Democratic Party’s early effort to recast Tokyo’s U.S.-centered diplomacy and embrace Asia more closely, instead putting the U.S. alliance back at the core of security policy.
Rescue under way to free four trapped in Welsh mine
LONDON (Reuters) – Emergency services were carrying out a major rescue operation on Thursday after four miners became trapped following a flash flood in a coal mine in south Wales.
In would-be Palestinian state, a dose of reality
THE JORDAN VALLEY, West Bank (Reuters) – In another world, the tented village at al Hadidiya might mark the farthest reaches of a future Palestine. Instead, the herding community living here talk about the limits of that dream.
A’s tame Tigers as Rays close on Red Sox
OAKLAND (Reuters) – The Oakland Athletics snapped Detroit’s 12-game winning streak with a 6-1 win on Thursday, halting the Tigers’ march toward their first division title since 1987.
Sandoval hits for cycle in Giants win
(Reuters) – San Francisco’s Pablo Sandoval hit for the first cycle of his Major League Baseball career to lead the Giants to an 8-5 over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday at Coors Field.
U.S.-Russian space trio lands safely in Kazakhstan
ALMATY (Reuters) – A Russian Soyuz space capsule with three astronauts on board landed safely in Kazakhstan on Friday, leaving a single three-man crew aboard the International Space Station.
Trio of space station crewmembers set for landing
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) – Three crewmembers left the International Space Station for Earth on Thursday while their replacements remain delayed by an investigation into a Russian launch accident.
