Sovereign wealth funds throw funding lifeline to tech ventures
By Eric Auchard and Saeed Azhar FRANKFURT/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A succession of funding deals by deep-pocketed sovereign wealth funds have thrown a life preserver to...
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Nissan bets on Datsun again to crack India’s small car market
By Zeba Siddiqui and Aditi Shah MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co launched a compact hatchback from its Datsun stable in India on Tuesday,...
London art gallery showcases Calais migrant stories
By Lin Taylor LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When British art curator Sue McAlpine first visited makeshift migrant camps in Calais on Frances’s northern coast,...
At Ramadan, migrants in Europe dream of family and comfort food
By Joseph Nasr, Nikolaj Skydsgaard and Karolina Tagaris BERLIN/BASTAD, Sweden/ATHENS, (Reuters) – As Ramadan began in Germany on Monday, Syrian asylum seeker Khairallah Swaid said...
INSIGHT – Drones emerge from shadows to become key cog in U.S. war machine
By Josh Smith KANDAHAR, Afghanistan/CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (Reuters) – When U.S. drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month,...
Alibaba’s Ma hopes affiliate Ant Financial will list in Hong Kong
BEIJING (Reuters) – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd Executive Chairman Jack Ma “very much hopes” that the e-commerce firm’s affiliate Ant Financial Services Group will list...
Save the last dance for me: Being cute not enough for this spider when choosing a mate
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A Sydney scientist has discovered seven new species of the tiny Australian peacock spider – a spectacularly coloured, three-millimetre arachnid that dances...
Shell to exit up to 10 countries after BG deal
By Ron Bousso and Karolin Schaps LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Dutch Shell said on Tuesday it would sell up to 10 percent of its oil...
Mexican security forces committed crimes against humanity – report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces have committed crimes against humanity, with mass disappearances and extrajudicial killings rife during the country’s decade-long drug war,...
Japanese boy left in forest was crying so hard, he walked the wrong way – media
TOKYO (Reuters) – The seven-year-old Japanese boy abandoned in a forest by his parents for being naughty meant to follow his parents’ car but was...