General Motors Co.’s chief executive has told workers at the struggling Opel unit that there are signs the company’s effort to turn around its European operation is starting to work.
Someone may be making retirement plans after major lottery win in Alberta
EDMONTON – A jackpot worth nearly $46 million has been won by the holder of a single lottery ticket in Alberta.
Xi takes China's helm with many tough challenges
Long-anointed successor Xi Jinping assumed the leadership of China on Thursday as the ruling Communist Party confronts slower economic growth, a public clamor to end corruption and demands for change that threaten its hold on power. Two BP workers face criminal charges from 2010 spill: source
HOUSTON (Reuters) – Two BP Plc employees face criminal indictments for their part in the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, and charges could be unveiled as early as Thursday, a source told Reuters on condition of anonymity. London-based BP is expected to pay a record U.S. criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct in the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon platform in the Gulf of Mexico, which caused the worst offshore oil spill in the country’s history, according to sources familiar with the matter. …
Congo: 44 killed in fighting between M23 and army
Forty-four people were killed in new fighting between the Congolese army and M23 rebels Thursday, ending a two-month cease-fire, said Congolese officials.
Thousands of United Airlines passengers across the country are stranded after computer problem
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Passengers in several cities say a massive computer outage has stranded United Airlines passengers at airports across the country.
Bruce Springsteen, Paul McCartney, Kanye West, more to perform at concert for Sandy aid
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band and Kanye West will hit the stage at a Superstorm Sandy benefit concert next month in New York City.
Lawyer: BBC deal with wronged politician likely
A lawyer for the Conservative politician who was wrongly implicated in a child sex abuse scandal says his client is likely to reach a settlement soon with the BBC and may sue people who named him on Twitter.
Irish doctors seek new abortion law after a death
Pressure is mounting in Ireland for the government to draft a law spelling out when life-saving abortions can be performed following the death in the hospital of a pregnant woman who was denied an abortion. Panetta orders ethics training review for officers
Citing a string of ethical lapses by senior military officers, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to review ethics training and to brainstorm on ways to steer officers away from trouble. Gaza rocket strikes near Tel Aviv
The Israeli army says a rocket has reached the southern outskirts of Tel Aviv, by far the farthest strike by Gaza militants in two days of fighting.
Exclusive: Guggenheim in lead to buy $1 billion Sun Life unit - sources
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. institutional asset manager Guggenheim Partners has emerged as the lead bidder for Sun Life Financial Inc’s variable annuity business, in a deal that could fetch more than $1 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. Guggenheim Partners has outbid at least two other parties – British financial services firm Resolution Group and U.S. private equity firm JC Flowers – in the auction for the Sun Life unit, the four sources said this week. …
Supreme Court won't hear appeal from man who killed Mountie in the N.W.T.
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of an Alberta man convicted of killing a Mountie in the Northwest Territories.
Australia reports bird flu case in New South Wales
PARIS (Reuters) – World animal health body OIE said on Thursday that Australia had reported a case of a highly pathogenic bird flu virus at an egg farm in the New South Wales region. So far 5,000 animals have died but 50,000 are at risk of being affected, a report by the Australian authorities to the Paris-based organisation showed. The virus was of the “H7″ strain but the exact type had not yet been determined, it said. A restricted area was established around the property, which was under quarantine restriction. (Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide, additional reporting by Gus Trompiz)
A single spiteful email unlocks a Pandora's box, ruins a US general's career, threatens others
WASHINGTON – It started in May with a spiteful email to the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. An anonymous writer warned Gen. John Allen that a friend with whom he was meeting in Washington the following week was trouble and he should stay away from her.
Congo: 10 killed in fighting between M23 and army
Ten people were killed in new fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebels Thursday, putting an end to a two-month cease-fire, said the Congolese army spokesperson.
Canada dollar firms moderately, sentiment stays cautious
TORONTO (Reuters) – The Canadian dollar edged modestly higher against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, but North American economic data failed to push the currency out of a recent tight trading range. “It’s the range we’ve become unfortunately accustomed to. It’s hard to read into a couple of pips one way or another,” said David Tulk, chief Canada macro strategist at TD Securities. Canadian manufacturing sales rose 0.4 percent in September from August, mainly on a sharp rise in aerospace, but sales fell in the heavyweight auto industry and in most other industries, according to Statistics Canada. …
Eurozone slides back into recession
The 17-country eurozone has fallen back into recession for the first time in three years as the fallout from the region's financial crisis was felt from Amsterdam to Athens. France opens possibility of lifting embargo to allow some weapons for Syria's rebels
PARIS – French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has raised the prospect of sending “defensive weapons” to Syria’s rebels.
France suggests arming Syrian rebels
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has raised the prospect of sending “defensive weapons” to Syria’s rebels.
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