U.S. researchers say they are close to developing a blood test that could detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease in patients. The tests would allow physicians to start prescribing treatments before the disease advanced, helping patients stave off or slow down the effects of the illness.
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israel and the United States signaled on Sunday they were starting to put disputes over the Iran nuclear deal behind them, announcing resumed talks on U.S. defense aid for Israel as it hosted Washington's top general and a joint air force drill. The allies had been looking to agree on a 10-year military aid package to extend the current U.S. grants to Israel worth $3 billion annually, which are due to expire in 2017.
ISTANBUL/BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel offered Turkey the prospect of support for faster progress on its bid to join the European Union on Sunday in return for cooperation in stemming the flow of migrants and taking back those rejected by Europe. Speaking in Istanbul at a joint news conference with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Merkel said Germany could help accelerate the path to visa-free travel to the EU for Turks and push forward Ankara's protracted EU membership talks.
MacBook owners who've found their laptop screen’s antireflective coating is wearing off may be eligible for a free repair. According to MacRumors, Apple sent out an internal notice to its employees about a new repair program for the defective screen coatings.
An independent candidate in the mayoral election in Cologne, Germany, was set to win the race Sunday, according to Agence France-Presse, despite having been stabbed in the neck Saturday in what police have deemed a politically motivated attack. Candidate Henriette Reker was in stable condition following the assault.
Gamal el-Ghitani, a renowned Egyptian novelist and journalist, died from respiratory complications Sunday morning at a military hospital in Cairo, where he had been in a coma for months, according to Egypt’s state-run news agency MENA. He was 70.
Some of the earliest adopters got to watch Hillary Clinton in virtual reality (VR) this week when CNN aired its Democratic debate in VR. A gimmick, to be sure, but a sign of things to come: With a new version of Samsung’s Gear VR landing in stores in November, not to mention Google’s $20 Cardboard do-it-yourself headset, rudimentary virtual reality will soon be available -- and affordable -- to the masses.
Amazon is seeking legal recourse against more than 1,000 people it says have posted fake reviews on its website. According to the Seattle Times, the online retailer says its reputation is being damaged by false and misleading reviews that sellers pay for to improve the ranking and reputation of their products.
Switzerland's far-right anti-immigration party dominated Sunday's elections, with preliminary numbers showing the populist Swiss People's Party poised to win a third of the seats in the lower house of Parliament. Anti-immigration sentiment has been gaining ground in Europe as a continuing refugee crisis daily sends thousands of asylum-seekers onto Europe's shores.
Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank, announced Sunday several high-level management changes and anticipated restructuring plans to streamline its business. Deutsche Bank said its investment bank will be split in two, and its asset and wealth management division will be cleaved into separate units, CNBC reported.
UPDATED 3:35 p.m. EDT: The White House released a statement Sunday afternoon in support of the progress of the Iran nuclear deal, calling Sunday's adoption day a "milestone." Urging all parties involved to look to the future, President Barack Obama wrote said he welcomes "this important step forward, and we, together with our partners, must now focus on the critical work of fully implementing this comprehensive resolution."
Slovenia will allow 2,500 refugees to cross its borders daily, the country's minister of the interior said Sunday, according to a BBC report. Refugees continue to surge into tiny Slovenia by the hundreds as the gates to Hungary remain closed.
Donald Trump said Sunday his “extremely tough” immigration policies would have prevented the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks if he had been president of the United States. The Republican presidential candidate also said his GOP rival Jeb Bush should stop defending his brother over the terrorist attacks, which claimed the lives of nearly 3,000 people.
After Malaysia’s parliament returns from a four-month break this week, Prime Minister Najib Razak could face a series of no-confidence votes over a corruption controversy that's sapped investor confidence in the country. Foreigners pulled $4.7 billion from Malaysian stocks in the last quarter, helping make the ringgit the worst performer in Asia this year, according to Bloomberg News.
BEIJING -- Increased infrastructure investment is key to stabilizing China's economic growth, a top state adviser said Sunday, while calling on the central bank to lower the cost of financing for companies and increase overall credit. "Keeping relatively high growth of infrastructure investment is key to stabilizing economic growth" since property and manufacturing investment remains weak, said Yu Bin, head of the microeconomy-research department at the State Council's Development Research Cented.
As Russia enters its third week of airstrikes on Syrian rebel-held territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on all interested countries to join an anti-Islamic State information center in Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad. Speaking at a summit for the Commonwealth of Independent States in Kazakhstan on Friday, Putin stressed the need to expand the anti-terrorist coalition in the Middle East.
The daughter of Zimbabwe’s Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo was found dead in her apartment in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday morning. Zanele Moyo was a 20-year-old student at the University of Cape Town, and school officials confirmed her death Sunday.
Police have searched Volkswagen France's headquarters near Paris, as local and international authorities continue to investigate the German automaker's software trickery, which made the emissions of certain diesel cars appear more environmentally friendly on tests than they actually are. The French raid -- carried out Friday but not reported until Sunday -- is the latest event in a scandal surrounding the parent company Volkswagen AG worldwide.
BEIJING -- China's Premier Li Keqiang has called for continued reform of the country's financial system, while admitting the government faces significant obstacles to achieving its economic targets. Li said the government should maintain prudent monetary and stable macroeconomic policies, as the economy continued to face "downward pressure."
BEIJING -- China could tailor its financial regulations to help boost poorer regions, as part of efforts to lift 70 million people out of poverty, a senior central-bank official said. The government could use differing reserve-requirement ratios, relending and rediscounting, as well as other differing regulations, to encourage financial institutions to increase support for poor areas, said Pan Gongsheng, vice governor of the People's Bank of China.
PARIS (Reuters) -- Air France will cut less than a thousand jobs next year, under one-third of the 2,900 job losses in a plan for 2016-2017 that triggered clashes with some staff this month, the CEO of parent company Air France-KLM SA said Sunday. The job cuts in 2016 will be voluntary redundancies, and job losses in 2017 can be avoided, assuming ongoing talks with unions lead to an agreement on alternative savings measures by the beginning of next year, Alexandre de Juniac said in a broadcast interview. Читать дальше...
JERUSALEM -- At least four Israeli cities, including the commercial capital Tel Aviv, have banned Arab laborers from their schools, struggling to calm public fears fueled by the worst surge of Palestinian street attacks in years. Israel's Interior Ministry, which oversees municipalities, declined immediate comment Sunday on the decision, condemned by a party representing the country's Arab minority as racist.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Istanbul Sunday to try and secure Turkey's help in stemming the flow of refugees and migrants into Europe. During her visit, Merkel is scheduled to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss Turkey's role to mitigate the region's biggest refugee crisis since World War II.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s pledge Thursday to keep American troops in Afghanistan through 2016 was the last thing Mary Hladky wanted to hear. “It’s what we were dreading,” said the mother of three, whose son Ryan is in the National Guard after serving in the Army from 2009 to 2013 and in Afghanistan during the surge in 2011.
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel's economy is on track to grow 2.5 percent in 2015, slightly lower than a 2.6 percent pace last year, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Sunday. Citing seven to nine months of data, the bureau said the economy this year was boosted by higher private spending. Although a fall in investment in fixed assets was less than in 2014, the economy was hit by a decline in exports compared with an advance the previous year.
