DES MOINES, Iowa -- In his run for a second term, President Barack Obama had an opponent before he had an opponent: House Republicans. They shellacked him in the midterm elections, blocked much of his legislative agenda and pushed economic views that … German economy grows 0.3 percent in Q2
Germany’s economy, Europe’s largest, grew a larger-than-expected 0.3 percent in the second quarter from the previous three-month period as consumer spending and strong exports helped stave off effects of Europe’s debt crisis, the Federal Statistical Office said Tuesday.
German, French GDP data lift European shares
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares and the euro rose on Tuesday as slightly better than expected performances by the German and French economies in the second quarter eased anxiety about wider euro zone data that are likely to show the bloc sliding back towards recession. After worrying China trade figures on Friday and Monday's report showing a slowdown in Japan's economy, investors are ready for more bad news when euro zone April-June gross domestic product data are published at 0900 GMT. Economists polled by Reuters see euro zone GDP contracting 0.2 percent quarter-on-quarter. … Ukrainian court adjourns trial of ex-PM Tymoshenko
KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – A Ukrainian court on Tuesday adjourned the tax evasion and embezzlement trial of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko until September 11 after she refused to appear citing poor health. The 51-year-old opposition leader is serving a seven-year sentence on a separate charge of abuse-of-office linked to a gas deal she brokered with Russia in 2009 while she was prime minister. …
EasyJet fights off founder's attempt to remove chairman
British no-frills airline easyJet on Monday fought off a bid by founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou to have the company's chairman Michael Rake removed owing to his link with scandal-hit Barclays. AP Moller-Maersk predicts better 2012
Danish shipper and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk says it expects to do better this year than last despite reporting a 2 percent drop in second-quarter earnings to 20.67 billion kroner ($3.42 billion).
Netanyahu picks new security minister as Iran strike debated
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chose a former security chief on Tuesday as his new civil defense minister amid heightened public debate over a possible strike on Iran. Avraham Dichter, who has served as internal security minister and head of the Shin Bet, Israel's domestic intelligence agency, has said in the past he would prefer Israel not to go it alone in any attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. Washington has urged Israel to allow more time for diplomacy to rein in Iran's nuclear programme, which Tehran says is peaceful. … Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists
Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species. Hezbollah denies member captured by Syrian rebels
Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group is denying that one of its members was captured by Syrian rebels in Damascus. Chinese serial killer shot dead after massive manhunt
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police in the southwestern city of Chongqing shot dead a fugitive serial killer and armed robber on Tuesday after a massive manhunt aimed at reassuring people the government would continue a crime crackdown begun by sacked party boss Bo Xilai. Zhou Kehua, 42, who was responsible for nine deaths across several provinces, was finally cornered and shot dead at a Chongqing shoe factory around dawn, the official Xinhua news agency said, in a case which has gripped the country. …
Exclusive: Libyan fighters join Syrian revolt against Assad
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Veteran fighters of last year's civil war in Libya have come to the front-line in Syria, helping to train and organize rebels under conditions far more dire than those in the battle against Muammar Gaddafi, a Libyan-Irish fighter has told Reuters. Hussam Najjar hails from Dublin, has a Libyan father and Irish mother and goes by the name of Sam. A trained sniper, he was part of the rebel unit that stormed Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli a year ago, led by Mahdi al-Harati, a powerful militia chief from Libya's western mountains. … 
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