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Study suggests lower death risk for coffee lovers
REUTERS - Older people who reported drinking a few daily cups of coffee were less likely to die over the subsequent 14 years than were those who abstained from the beverage or rarely drank it, according to a U.S. study of 400,000 people. In particular, coffee was tied to a lower #markets #NewsTracker
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Cameron looks to shield Britain from euro break-up
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron will promise on Thursday to do whatever is needed to protect Britain's economy and banks from a break-up of the euro zone, and will urge leaders of the single currency bloc to "sort out its problems". Cameron's remarks, in a speech to business leaders #facebook #India
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Police disperse, detain anti-Putin protesters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian riot police detained at least 35 demonstrators on Wednesday, breaking up one Occupy-style sit-in at a Moscow park and threatening to disperse another in a crackdown on a protest movement against newly inaugurated President Vladimir Putin. Police raided the site of the week-old sit-in at a central #markets #Technology
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US Navy ships collide off California, no injuries reported
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two U.S. Navy ships collided off the coast of California on Wednesday due to a steering malfunction during a refueling operation, damaging both vessels but causing no injuries, the Navy said in a statement. The Navy identified the ships involved as the USS Essex, an amphibious assault #Argentina #Latin America
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Wife of Robert F Kennedy Jr found dead at NY home
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mary Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr, was found dead on Wednesday at her home in a New York City suburb, an officer at the Westchester County Medical Examiner's Office said. She was 52. Mary Kennedy had four children with Kennedy, the son of #Latin America #NewsTracker
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US path out of Afghanistan faces risks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan, where the United States has already trimmed its forces ahead of the coming NATO withdrawal, a modest number of al Qaeda fighters have re-established operations, U.S. officials say, a worrying sign of the risks that could jeopardize Western hopes of #Obama #United States
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Hollande taps old hands, new faces for French govt
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Francois Hollande named a government dominated by moderate left-wingers on Wednesday after Socialist Party boss Martine Aubry, overlooked for the post of prime minister, said she no longer wanted to be part of the new cabinet. Hollande, sworn in on Tuesday as France's first Socialist president #Latin America #NewsTracker
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Iran flouts UN sanctions, sends arms to Syria: panel
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria remains the top destination for Iranian arms shipments in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban on weapons exports by the Islamic Republic, according to a confidential report on Iran sanctions-busting seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Iran, like Russia, is one of Syria's few allies as #Argentina #Syria
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US official: finding underwear bombmaker ‘very important’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bombmaker suspected of designing exotic weapons like underwear bombs for al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate is a key target of U.S. counter-terrorism efforts, a top U.S. official said on Wednesday. Matthew Olsen, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, in his first public comments since a plot by Al #China #Latin America
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China pushes N-Korea to drop nuclear test plan
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react. If North Korea goes ahead with the test, China would #markets #North Korea