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News Feed Latest worldwide news GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar, stocks fall as U.S. spending deadline nears * Dollar slides broadly, most major world stock indexes lower Possible China partner for Peugeot no worry for GM NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors Co , which has been seeking to fix its ailing European operations, believes a crucial partnership in France would survive even if the French partner ties up with China's Dongfeng Motor Group Co Ltd , a top GM executive said on Friday. Biology Decoy Protein Boosts Bone Growth Mice with dwarfism characteristics, caused by a gene mutation, resumed normal bone growth after injection of a decoy protein. Gunman in Afghan Army Uniform Kills Coalition Soldier Though insider attacks are down, it was the second time in a week that a person thought to be an Afghan soldier turned his weapon on foreign troops. RPT-Fitch European Companies Face Negative Free Cash Flow in 2013 July 15 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) U.S. economic growth gauge at highest since April 2010 ECRI NEW YORK (Reuters) - A measure of future U.S. economic growth rose to its highest in three and a half years last week, while the annualized growth rate also rose, a research group said on... Justine Chilvers, John Fang The bride is a lawyer; the groom is an investment banker. Her Husbands Execution, Then a Bag of Ashes A day after a Chinese street vendor named Xia Junfeng was put to death for killing two local officials, his widow, Zhang Jing, vowed to clear his name. Asymmetry, modernity bloom at Dior's secret garden in Paris PARIS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - A colourful yet eerie pleasure garden greeted guests to the Dior fashion show in Paris on Friday, as artistic director Raf Simons introduced "a new tribe of flower women" to the ready-to-wear scene. Sport's most dangerous job? One of the scariest scenarios of any sport must be the realization by a jockey that the half-tonne animal underneath him is not going to land successfully as it flies over a fence six feet high at nearly 50 kilometers per hour. Sports Briefing | Tennis Murray to Have Surgery Andy Murray will have surgery for a lingering back problem and will miss the rest of the season. UPDATE 1-Raytheon wins $243 mln U.S. Navy order for SM-6 missiles WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Raytheon Co has won a contract worth $243 million to build 89 new Standard Missile-6 interceptors for the U.S. Navy, the Pentagon said on Friday. Sudans President, Wanted by International Court, Cancels Visit to U.N. The United Nations said that President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges, has canceled his visit to the General Assembly, amid protests in Sudans capital. YouTube tries to fix its comments YouTube comments are rough. They dabble in all forms of trolling, bullying, racism, sexism and other offensive -isms, interspersed with endless spurts of nonsensical chatter. Any thoughtful comments are typically lost in a roiling sea of "LOLs," insults and spam. Rocky Transition From Farm to Town in China It is one of the largest peacetime population transfers in history the removal of 2.4 million farmers from mountain areas in central Chinas Shaanxi Province to low-lying towns. Where superyachts are born CNN's MainSail takes a sneak peak inside the Wally workshop, which has built some of the world's most expensive boats. Kids of gay and lesbian parents lag on insurance NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kids with same-sex parents are less likely to have private insurance than those with opposite-sex married parents, according to a new study. Well Rethinking Motion Sickness Thomas Stoffregen, a kinesiologist, believes that motion sickness is connected to posture and gait, not imbalances in the inner ear. Bullock Son helped me through 'Gravity' When talking to Sandra Bullock, it won't be long before she mentions that special guy in her life her 3-year-old son, Louis. Smartphones to last a lifetime What if you could buy a smartphone that would last you for the rest of your life? 36 Hours in Hampstead, London Pack a picnic for the Heath, stroll through chapters of history and even take a bracing dip during a weekend in Londons worst-kept, high-altitude secret. U.N. Investigates Seven Syrian Chemical Cases, Some After Aug. 21 Attack U.N. chemical weapons inspectors in Syria are investigating seven cases of alleged chemical or biological weapons use, including three incidents around Damascus after the August 21 attack which almost triggered U.S. air strikes. Gold iPhones sold out til October With the latest iPhone handsets going on sale in 11 countries and territories Friday, there will be the usual lines of diehard fans snaking around popular Apple stores. UPDATE 3-BlackBerry confirms deep loss and revenue drop TORONTO, Sept 27 (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd reported a quarterly loss of nearly $1 billion on Friday, in line with a warning it gave last week, just days after the smartphone maker accepted its largest shareholder's tentative $4.7 billion bid to take it private. 'Special One' or stage villain? Jose Mourinho needs love. He pretends that he doesn't. He acts tough, reveling in the role of stage villain. But the bad guys need love too and the Portuguese football coach, quite possibly the most entertainingly controversial character in world sport, is no exception. Vietnam Air to buy General Electric engines for 787s NEW YORK (Reuters) - Vietnam Airlines has agreed to order General Electric engines to power its Boeing Co 787 Dreamliners, according to Vietnamese government officials. Giants Battered Line Faces a Tough Test Over three games, the Kansas City Chiefs have recorded 15 sacks while the New York Giants have surrendered 11. The teams meet on Sunday. Cosmos-Rowdies That 70s Rivalry, Updated First place in the N.A.S.L. will be up for grabs Sunday night when the Cosmos host Tampa Bay. Trying to Understand L.S.U. Coach Les Miles The writer, a Louisiana State football fan, talked to its enigmatic coach about the movies, his clapping and even his final meal. Bond funds worldwide attract $4.5 billion in latest week BofA NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in funds worldwide poured a net $4.5 billion into bond funds in the week immediately following the Federal Reserve's surprise decision to keep its bond-buying program... Soros Angela Merkel was the creator of the European crisis George Soros explains to Reuters' Chrystia Freeland how German Chancellor Angela Merkel's actions in 2008 could lead to the disintegration of the European Union. Consequently, a disorderly default of European sovereignties may lead to a global financial meltdown worse than 2008. He explains his analysis here. Republicans See Keystone Pipeline as a Card to Play in Last-Minute Fiscal Talks Activists who oppose the Keystone XL pipeline say they are increasingly alarmed that the project might become a bargaining chip in negotiations to avert a fiscal crisis. Editor's choice Our best photos from the last 24 hours. Palestinian leader urges world powers to rein in Israeli settlements UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that "time is running out" for Middle East peace efforts and urged world powers to rein in Israeli settlement construction that he warned could undermine U.S.-sponsored negotiations. Shares Slide as Washington Nears a Showdown on the Budget Wall Street closed lower as investors worried that politicians in Washington might not agree on a budget needed to avoid a shutdown of the government. U.S. backs market scheme for aviation emissions from 2020 MONTREAL (Reuters) - The United States supports a proposed market-based system to curb carbon emissions from the global aviation sector starting in 2020, but warned that concerns over measures to lower emissions in the interim threaten to undercut the broadly supported goal, a U.S. official said. Artist uses robots to create art in three cities VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian artist enlisted the help of two robots on Thursday to create a work of art simultaneously in Vienna, London and Berlin in what he called a world first. Snack food with a dose of Zen September 18 - A Japanese man finds Buddha in corn snacks. Sharon Reich reports. Man scales tower with bare hands Without safety equipment, Michael Kemeter scales a 268-meter tower in Changsha, China, before parachuting to the ground. Alibaba Chastises Hong Kong Exchange A top executive at the company, which bypassed Hong Kong for its possible I.P.O., says the Asian exchange is in danger of being overtaken by other markets.

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