WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Producer prices recorded their largest drop in three years in April as gasoline and food costs tumbled, pointing to weak inflation pressures that should give the Federal Reserve latitude to keep monetary policy very accommodati... [Full Article]
The Arctic experienced an extended period of warm temperatures about 3.6 million years ago - before the onset of the ice ages - at a time when the concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere was not much higher than the levels being re... [Full Article]
By Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Freddie Mac , the No. 2 provider of U.S. mortgage money, posted its second-largest quarterly profit in company history in the first quarter due to rising home prices, falling mortgage delinquencies and inc... [Full Article]
By Anuradha Raghu and Niluksi Koswanage JOHOR BARU, Malaysia (Reuters) - Malaysians began voting on Sunday in an election that could weaken or even end the rule of one of the world's longest-lived coalitions, which faces a stiff challenge from a... [Full Article]
BAGHDAD (AP) - A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in an eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts, ... [Full Article]
(Please ignore this Nikkei stock market report. This was released on Thursday, May 2 and has been sent accidentaly on May 3) By Dominic Lau TOKYO, May 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average fell for a fourth straight session on Thursday, its worst... [Full Article]
LONDON (Reuters) - A sharp rise in the number of people working less than they would like helps explain the apparent resilience of Britain's job market while the economy stagnates, according to a study published on Thursday. British unemployment... [Full Article]
By Maria Golovnina UTAMYSH, Dagestan, Russia (Reuters) - A mess of rubble, ash and charred vehicles is all that's left at the desolate farmhouse where a Canadian Muslim convert died fighting his last battle alongside Islamist insurgents in the R... [Full Article]
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) - A bomb exploded Wednesday in a busy shopping area in the capital of Russia's restive republic of Dagestan, killing at least two people, police said. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A bomb left in a bag exploded near a shopping mall in the capital of Russia's turbulent Dagestan Republic on Wednesday, killing two teenagers, the internal ministry said. Mainly Muslim Dagestan, in recent years the home of the... [Full Article]