Neil Macdonald: How serious is Obama about curbing the drone surge?

In a key speech this week, the U.S. president set out a host of supposed new safeguards for America's controversial practice of remote-controlled rough justice. But as Neil Macdonald writes, the underlying… [Read more]

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Intense training tests aid workers’ mettle

International aid workers are heading to a small Ontario township to come face-to-face with child soldiers, militia groups and other threats they'll face as they carry out their work.… [Read more]

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London attack victim’s widow speaks of ‘our future together’

The family of the young British soldier who was killed in a brutal daytime slaying spoke at a press conference on Friday, including his widow who talked about their plans for the future.… [Read more]

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Washington police blame bridge collapse on Alberta trucker

Washington State police say an Alberta trucker was responsible for hitting a steel beam precipitating a bridge collapse on one of the busiest routes in the American northwest.… [Read more]

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Nike follows Kevin Durant’s lead in Oklahoma tornado recovery

Nike has followed the lead of Kevin Durant, star player for the Oklahoma City Thunder, in donating to the city's recovery effort after it was devastated by a tornado on Monday.… [Read more]

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Beverage companies pay millions to conserve water

Fifty miles outside the nation's fourth-largest city is a massive field of waist-high grass, buzzing bees and palm-size butterflies, just waiting to be ripped up by an entrepreneur.

Weak prices hit Rio Tinto profits

The world's second-biggest mining group, Rio Tinto, blames weaker commodity prices for a 22% drop in half-year net profits.

In pictures: Rebuilding Mogadishu

Pictures as people start to rebuild Mogadishu after years of war

Hurricane hits Mexico’s Yucatan

Hurricane Ernesto drenches parts of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula as it moves over land heading towards the Gulf of Mexico.

VIDEO: Inside town on fire for 50 years

Residents refuse to leave town where fire has raged for 50 years

MGM Resorts CEO: Vegas boom

CNN's Richard Quest talks to James Murren, CEO of MGM Resorts, about growing their earnings internationally.

ING Q2 earnings fall on bad loans, narrow margins

Buffeted by Europe's debt crisis, ING Groep NV reported a 23 percent fall in second quarter earnings on Wednesday as its banking operations were hurt by higher bad loan provisions and its insurance arm took write-down on the value of some operations.