Oil edges higher on fall in U.S. unemployment rate
Oil prices edged higher on Friday as an increase in U.S. jobs eased some financial market concerns that a slowing global economy could dent oil...
Social media may distract nurses from their jobs
(Reuters Health) – Nurses’ productivity takes a hit when they become ‘addicted’ to using social media at work, a habit that distracts them from tasks...
Tanzanian president backs official who beat students with a stick
Tanzanian president John Magufuli on Friday backed an official who sparked outrage and violated the country’s rules by beating more than a dozen students with...
Britain’s Prince Harry to sue publisher of The Sun over phone-hacking allegation
Britain’s Prince Harry is set to sue the publishers of The Sun over allegations of phone hacking, his office and the newspaper’s publisher said on...
S&P 500, Dow headed for best day in a month after ‘Goldilocks’ jobs data
U.S. stocks climbed on Friday as moderate jobs growth in September offered some relief from a spate of dismal economic data this week that has...
Canada opposition chief vows crime crackdown, pressed on U.S. citizenship
Andrew Scheer, the head of Canada’s opposition Conservatives, on Friday promised a crime crackdown if he won a Oct. 21 election, but faced repeated questions...
Teenager shot as violence flares hours after Hong Kong imposes emergency powers
Hong Kong police shot and wounded a teenage boy on Friday, as violent protests erupted across the Chinese-ruled city hours after its embattled leader Carrie...
Mistrust, disbelief taint Cameroon peace talks
General Capture and Destroy stepped to the microphone and in an impassioned speech to the media urged his fellow separatist fighters to lay down their...
Uprising grips Iraq, 60 killed
Police snipers fired at demonstrators in Baghdad on Friday, as the death toll rose to 60 people in three days of violent national protests against...
A brief history of the Nobel Prizes
A look at the history of the Nobel Prizes – a set of annual international awards presented in several categories by Swedish and Norwegian institutions...