| Latest worldwide news | Can Esther Duflo eradicate poverty? | | | Poverty and hunger are two plagues of human society that are usually synonymous with each other. Economist, Esther Duflo, is trying to change that old way of thinking about hunger. Foreign Policy magazine has ranked Duflo as one of its "Top 100 Global Thinkers," for "Poor Economics," a book she co-authored, which says that the impoverished may be suffering from hunger because of where they choose to spend their money. |
| A year after Superstorm Sandy, federal aid trickles in | | | (Reuters) - A year after Superstorm Sandy wreaked havoc across the eastern United States, only a fraction of the aid money earmarked for recovery has been used, in what some claim is a painfully slow and opaque process. |
| Snowden's former provider launches open effort for secure email | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 30 (Reuters) - The founder of the Lavabit encrypted email service, which shut down rather than allow potentially unlimited government interception, said he will release his programming code to the public in an effort to improve communication security. |
| Instagram prepares for ads | | | Instagram is easing users into ads with a first look at what the paid posts will look like. And it appears to be a much more cautious approach than Instagram's parent company Facebook took with its early ads. |
| New Chief of the F.C.C. Is Confirmed | | | The Senate voted unanimously to confirm President Obamas two picks for the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler as chairman and Michael ORielly as a commissioner. |
| What's got into the Saudis? | | | It was certainly an unprecedented surprise when Saudi Arabia announced -- on 18 October, only a day after its election to one of the 10 rotating seats on the U.N. Security Council -- that it was turning down the chance to participate in the world's top forum for discussion of international issues. |
| Obamacare data hub works for some states, but website is slow | | | Oct 30 (Reuters) - The federal data hub was operating again for the 14 state exchanges on Wednesday after the second outage this week in the data center where it is based, restoring a key link used to enroll Americans in the new health insurance exchanges, a government official said on Wednesday. |
| FIFA chief's 'disrespect' riles Ronaldo | | | Once again, the head of world soccer has put his foot in his mouth. Sepp Blatter has been forced to apologize for a bizarre impersonation of Cristiano Ronaldo that his club Real Madrid claims puts FIFA's impartiality in the upcoming the Ballon d'Or awards in doubt. |
| Medicines Co blood thinner cuts death risk in European ambulance trial | | | Oct 30 (Reuters) - Medicines Co's blood thinner Angiomax, when administered en route to the hospital to patients suffering a serious heart attack, significantly reduced the risk of major bleeding and death compared with commonly used heparin, according to data from a large clinical trial. |
| Meet Andy Murray's Mum | | | Tennis parents don't always have the best of reputations. Think Damir Dokic, John Tomic and Jim Pierce. However, Andy Murray's Mum is a very different breed. |
| Week 8 N.F.L. Matchups | | | The Cowboys Dez Bryant and Detroits Calvin Johnson are not the only similar elements in a matchup of teams that are strong on offense and terrible on defense. |
| 'Ghost' goal victory in Bundesliga to stand | | | Hoffenheim have failed in their bid to get their 2-1 Bundesliga home defeat to Bayer Leverkusen replayed despite the controversial 'ghost' goal scored by visiting striker Stefan Kiessling. |
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