Reuters: Top News

Honda expands airbag recall as more Toyotas probed

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:48:42 +0000

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 440,000 cars around the world for faulty airbags as rival Toyota Motor Corp faced further probes over its largest-ever safety crisis.

European governments to help Greece

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:58:54 +0000

BERLIN (Reuters) - European governments have agreed in principle to help heavily indebted Greece, a senior German coalition source said on Tuesday, in what would be the first rescue of a euro zone member in the currency's 11-year history.

Court ruling forces release of torture allegations

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:32:00 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The government failed on Wednesday in a legal challenge to keep secret U.S. intelligence material relating to allegations of torture involving the CIA.

UK firm gets final green light for stem cell trial

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:06:04 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - British biotech company ReNeuron and a team of doctors in Scotland have won final approval to start a pioneering clinical trial to assess whether stem cell therapy can help patients disabled by stroke.

"Robin Hood" tax campaign launched

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:56:51 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - A global tax on banks' financial transactions should be introduced to fight poverty, protect public services and tackle climate change, a group of nearly 50 organisations said in a letter to political leaders.

MPs urge against defence budget cuts

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:56:54 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - The next government should not commit to an ambitious deficit reduction plan until it has assessed the nation's future defence needs, MPs said Wednesday.

Brown faces bumpy ride with vote reform plan

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:19:40 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown won a parliamentary vote on Tuesday on a proposal to change the electoral system, but the plan will do little to boost his party's chances of staying in power.

Indonesian said "God is great" as hotels attacked

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:43:41 +0000

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian suspect went on trial on Wednesday charged in connection with bomb attacks on two luxury hotels in Jakarta and a plan to assassinate President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Kraft confirms Cadbury's plan to shut Bristol plant

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:11:01 +0000

LONDON (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc said on Tuesday it would not reverse a decision by Cadbury Plc to close a manufacturing plant near Bristol because the firm's plans were too advanced to change them.

Second big snowstorm slams U.S. East Coast

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:13:23 +0000

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week slammed the U.S. East Coast from Washington to New York Tuesday, forcing the United Nations to close and the U.S. Congress to curtail legislative action.