Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it will eliminate 2,600 jobs as part of a cost-saving plan designed to deal with falling sales of its biotech seeds and herbicides, which pushed its quarterly losses deeper into the red.
The biggest risks to the global economy are now in emerging markets, where private companies have racked up considerable debt amid a fifth straight year of slowing growth, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday.
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Positive feelings towards the Roman Catholic Church have gone up in the United States since Pope Francis's first visit to the country, according to a Pew Research Center survey released on Wednesday.
TORONTO (Reuters) - U.S. actor Randy Quaid was arrested in Montreal by Canada Border Services Agency officials, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported on Wednesday.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Protesters stormed the red carpet at the glitzy premiere of the film "Suffragette" on Wednesday that stars Meryl Streep as a leading British women's rights activist a century ago, staging a lie-in and saying the fight for equality was not yet over.
LONDON, (Reuters) - South Africa winger Bryan Habana scythed through the U.S. defence on Wednesday for a hat-trick of tries that took him level with a player he feels is beyond comparison at the top of the Rugby World Cup try-scoring list.
European Union countries are closing in on an agreement Thursday to crack down on migrants who have been refused entry into the bloc so they can be swiftly sent home.
Suicide bombers, some screaming "God is great," killed at least 40 people in two northeastern Nigerian states Wednesday, including explosions in two mosques, officials and witnesses said. All the bombers died.
The U.S. Coast Guard will suspend the search for survivors of the El Faro, which was lost in in Hurricane Joaquin, but efforts to locate the sunken vessel will continue. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
The U.S. Coast Guard will suspend the search for survivors of the El Faro, which was lost in in Hurricane Joaquin, but efforts to locate the sunken vessel will continue. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
The U.S. Coast Guard will suspend the search for survivors of the El Faro, which was lost in in Hurricane Joaquin, but efforts to locate the sunken vessel will continue. Rough Cut (no reporter narration)
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei bans further negotiations between Iran and the U.S, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation after reaching a nuclear deal with world powers. Linda So reports.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei bans further negotiations between Iran and the U.S, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation after reaching a nuclear deal with world powers. Linda So reports.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei bans further negotiations between Iran and the U.S, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation after reaching a nuclear deal with world powers. Linda So reports.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei bans further negotiations between Iran and the U.S, putting the brakes on moderates hoping to end Iran's isolation after reaching a nuclear deal with world powers. Linda So reports.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spent his 63rd birthday on the ice Wednesday, playing hockey with NHL stars against Russian officials and tycoons.
South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu marked his 84th birthday on Wednesday with one of his first public appearances since being hospitalized for a persistent infection.
LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - South Africa winger Bryan Habana scythed through the U.S. defence on Wednesday for a hat-trick of tries that took him level with a player he feels is beyond comparison at the top of the Rugby World Cup try-scoring list.
LONDON (Reuters) - Resurgent South Africa gave a brutal demonstration of their firepower with a 10-try blitz against the United States on Wednesday but coach Heyneke Meyer was just as pleased with their defensive qualities.
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States suffered the biggest defeat of the Rugby World Cup when a near second-string side went down 64-0 to South Africa on Wednesday but their coach said it would have been worse in previous tournaments.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Billy Joe Royal, who scored a hit with "Down in the Boondocks" in 1965 and toured nearly continuously in the next 50 years, has died, his agent said on Wednesday. He was 73.
MOUNT VERNON, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton says that jail was the "right thing" for a Kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
LONDON, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Resurgent South Africa gave a brutal demonstration of their firepower with a 10-try blitz against the United States on Wednesday but coach Heyneke Meyer was just as pleased with their defensive qualities.
Surrounded by microphones, "Happy" singer Pharrell Williams faced a different type of audience at a recent news conference when he took questions from a group of five to 10-year old children.
WASHINGTON — The House’s most hard-edged conservatives are eager to derail Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become speaker. But they remain outnumbered and it’s unclear if they can rally behind an alternative.
