November 18, 2013
Former President Wins Chilean Vote; Faces Runoff
Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet won nearly twice as many votes as her closest rival in Chile's presidential election Sunday, but she fell short of the outright majority needed to avoid a December 15 runoff. The moderate socialist had…
November 18, 2013
Aquino Vows to Stay in Typhoon-Hit Central Philippines
Philippine President Benigno Aquino has vowed to stay in the typhoon-battered center of the country until he is satisfied with efforts to help survivors of a devastating November 8 storm. Mr. Aquino made the pledge Sunday as he visited the hard-hit…
November 18, 2013
Syria Rebels Bomb Government Building, Kill 31 – Report
Syria monitors say rebels bombed a government building near Damascus on Sunday, killing 31. The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the building was destroyed. A spokesman tells the French News Agency that three generals and a…
November 18, 2013
Hollande to Israel: France Will Keep Sanctions on Iran
French President Francois Hollande says his government will maintain sanctions and pressure against Iran until he is certain that it has renounced a suspected nuclear weapons program. Hollande made the pledge to Israeli leaders after arriving in…
November 18, 2013
Russia Plane Crash Kills 50
A Boeing 737 airliner crashed on Sunday in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board and spotlighting the poor safety record of regional airlines that ply internal routes across the world's largest nation. The son of the president of…
November 18, 2013
Nobel Winning Author Doris Lessing Dies
Nobel prize winning British author Doris Lessing has died at the age of 94 in London. Best known for the 1962 novel "The Golden Notebook," which today is considered a landmark feminist work, Lessing became the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize in…
November 13, 2013
Starbucks to pay $3bn in row over packaged coffee
An independent US arbitrator has told Starbucks to pay $2.76bn (£1.74bn) in damages and other costs to Kraft Foods in a dispute over packaged coffee. Kraft began selling bags of Starbucks branded coffee in 1998 under a deal that was due to run…
November 13, 2013
American Airlines and US Airways settle merger suit
American Airlines and US Airways have settled an anti-trust suit with US regulators, paving the way for their proposed merger to be finalised. The merger would create the world's largest airline. As part of the agreement, which must still be…
November 13, 2013
Singapore Airlines profits jump almost 80%
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has reported a 78% rise in net profit for its second quarter. Asia's second biggest carrier was boosted by the sale of aircraft, spare engines as well as increased passenger traffic. The firm posted a total net profit of…
November 13, 2013
Eike Batista-owned OSX files for bankruptcy
A second company controlled by the Brazilian former billionaire Eike Batista has filed for bankruptcy protection. Shipbuilding firm OSX Brasil made the filing in a Rio de Janeiro court less than two weeks after its sister oil company, OGX, also…