LONDON (Reuters) - Royal Mail said annual profit had more than doubled on the back of an online shopping boom, providing a timely boost ahead of a stock market listing expected later this year. An initial public offering (IPO) of the state-owned firm... [Full Article]
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Angelina Jolie says she's had a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried a gene that makes it extremely likely she'll get breast cancer. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie said on Tuesday that she had undergone a preventive double mastectomy after finding out she had a gene mutation that leads to a sharply higher risk of both breast and ovarian cancer. Jolie, writing in ... [Full Article]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc reported better-than-expected second quarter revenue of $43.6 billion, reflecting strong sales of the iPad and iPhone. Wall Street's average forecast for Apple's revenue was $42.3 billion, according to Th... [Full Article]
ISTANBUL (AP) - The United States said Sunday that it will double its non-lethal assistance to Syria's opposition as the rebels' top supporters vowed to enhance and expand their backing of the two-year battle to oust President Bashar Assad&... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - British prompt gas prices slid 15 percent on Tuesday to a two-week low as flows from North Sea pipelines and stocks of liquefied natural (LNG) gas at terminals rose sharply, although cold weather was expected to drive demand until ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - In sentencing two high school football players to juvenile jail terms for raping a drunken girl, Judge Thomas Lipps issued a cautionary note to children and parents, urging them to reconsider "how you record things on the social ... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers on Saturday accused the United States of double standards over the Obama administration's decision to provide aid to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad, saying this will ... [Full Article]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Syria's foreign minister is accusing the United States of double standards and says the decision by the Obama administration to provide aid to rebels fighting to topple President Bashar Assad is prolonging the conflict. (Sour... [Full Article]
STRASBOURG, France (AP) - The morning high-speed train from Brussels pulled into the lonely train station of the provincial French city of Strasbourg. As the doors opened, the chaotic scramble for cabs, cars and buses heralded an extraordinary phenom... [Full Article]