President Aquino and Sen. Grace Poe held a one-on-one meeting for five hours Monday – their third – and which could be the last before the President’s last State of the Nation Address (SONA) Monday. “The President and I talked for about five hours,” Poe said in an e-mailed statement to the media. The meeting […]
July 21 (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc's consumer bank has been ordered to pay $700 million in relief to borrowers for illegal credit card practices, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribal fighters launched an offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants near the western outpost of Haditha in a bid to secure a key supply route to an important military base, police and tribal sources said.
* Criminal prosecution would be deferred for set period (Recasts with Barclays statement)
ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) - A suspected Islamic State suicide bombing that killed 32 people in a Turkish border town is unlikely to push Ankara to strike against the group in Syria, where it still sees Kurdish separatism and President Bashar al-Assad as the major threats.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett said on Tuesday that media reports that he and Italian real estate agent Alessandro Proto together purchased the island of St. Thomas, southwest of Athens, are "a total fabrication."
A Texas prosecutor says the death of a black woman whose family disputes authorities' finding that she hanged herself in a jail cell is being examined as thoroughly as a murder investigation.
The team of Tour de France leader Chris Froome bowed to pressure Tuesday and released data about his riding power, heart rate and pedaling rhythm, hoping to quell speculation about doping ahead of an increasingly likely...
* Baker Hughes shares up 3 pct, Halliburton up 4 pct (Adds analyst comments, updates shares)
LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday all 27 other European Union member states had told him "clearly and categorically" that they wanted Britain to stay a member of the bloc when it holds a membership referendum by the end of 2017.
LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Tuesday all 27 other European Union member states had told him "clearly and categorically" that they wanted Britain to stay a member of the bloc when it holds a membership referendum by the end of 2017.
A new challenge to the World Bank? A 'BRICS' bank is launched in Shanghai, while in another sign of the world's changing financial architecture, the euro zone's first Islamic bank opens in Frankfurt. Ciara Lee reports.
A new challenge to the World Bank? A 'BRICS' bank is launched in Shanghai, while in another sign of the world's changing financial architecture, the euro zone's first Islamic bank opens in Frankfurt. Ciara Lee reports.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece should wrap up bailout talks with international lenders by August 20, once parliament approves the second package of measures demanded by creditors on Wednesday, the government's spokeswoman said.
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece should wrap up bailout talks with international lenders by August 20, once parliament approves the second package of measures demanded by creditors on Wednesday, the government's spokeswoman said.
After stirring up a furor with his dismissive remarks about John McCain's Vietnam war experience, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump went after the Arizona senator's record on veterans' issues,...
The latest developments at the Vatican's meeting of mayors on fighting climate change and human trafficking. All times local.
ATHENS, July 21 (Reuters) - Donations to Greek children's charities have dived since the government imposed drastic curbs on bank withdrawals, putting some volunteer-run services at risk just when they are needed most.
NYON, Switzerland (Reuters) - Switzerland's Paleo Festival celebrates its 40th edition this week, drawing big names such as Sting and Robbie Williams but also paying tribute to its folk-music roots.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novartis AG unit Sandoz must wait until Sept. 2 to sell Zarxio, the first biosimilar drug to be approved in the United States and a copycat version of Amgen Inc's $1.2 billion-a-year anti-infection drug Neupogen, a U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novartis AG unit Sandoz must wait until Sept. 2 to sell Zarxio, the first biosimilar drug to be approved in the United States and a copycat version of Amgen Inc's $1.2 billion-a-year anti-infection drug Neupogen, a U.S. appeals court said on Tuesday.
A policeman and an opposition official died in violence marring the start of Burundi's presidential election, held amid protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term and an opposition boycott.
A policeman and an opposition official died in violence marring the start of Burundi's presidential election, held amid protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term and an opposition boycott.
A policeman and an opposition official died in violence marring the start of Burundi's presidential election, held amid protests over President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term and an opposition boycott.
BANGKOK, July 21 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said on Tuesday he expected inflation to accelerate considerably in the coming months due to a tight labour market, and he brushed off the idea of needing more quantitative easing.