Wreckage is pictured at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region July 19, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev

Ukraine, rebels argue over wreckage of downed jet

By Anton Zverev and Peter Graff

HRABOVE/DONETSK, Ukraine - Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels of destroying evidence to cover up their guilt in the shooting down of a Malaysian airliner.  Full Article | Video 

Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 27 people: police, medics 19 Jul 2014

BAGHDAD - At least 27 people were killed in a wave of bombings in mostly Shi'ite Muslim areas of Baghdad on Saturday, police and medics said, in the deadliest day of attacks in the capital since a Sunni insurgency overran large parts of Iraq's north last month. | Video

Conflict in Gaza

An Israeli mobile artillery unit fires towards the Gaza Strip July 19, 2014. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Gaza battle enters 13th day

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell

GAZA/JERUSALEM - Israel fired shells into the Gaza Strip and militants kept up rocket fire with no sign of a breakthrough.  Full Article | Video 
General Motors CEO Mary Barra holds a media briefing before the start of GM's Annual Shareholders Meeting at the GM World Headquarters in Detroit June 10, 2014. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
Autos

GM has no fix yet for some recalled Cadillacs

By Paul Lienert

DETROIT - General Motors has ordered Cadillac dealers to stop selling some versions of the CTS model-range because the automaker does not have a fix yet for cars recalled in late June.  Full Article 

A man sits on downtown Los Angeles' Skid Row, March 6, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
U.S.

Libraries at front line in fight on homelessness

By Ian Simpson

WASHINGTON - Moving beyond their old-fashioned image as up-tight book purveyors, libraries have evolved to serve as community centers, staffed with social workers and offering programs from meals to job counseling.  Full Article 

Clouds are pictured above farmland in Tasmania's northwest on the outskirts of Launceston June 4, 2014. REUTERS/David Gray
Environment

In isolated Tasmania, pressure to allow GMOs

By Jane Wardell

POWRANNA Australia - With fewer and fewer places in the world free from genetically modified farming and the innovations it brings, the pristine environment of Tasmania - the only Australian state that bans GMOs - is under threat.  Full Article 

A child cleans his room at a home known as "La Gran Familia" (The Big Family), in the western city of Zamora July 17, 2014. REUTERS/Henry Romero
Mexico

Nameless kids in a squalid home

By Lizbeth Diaz

ZAMORA Mexico - Children in a squalid home for abandoned and troubled kids run by a controversial mother figure in western Mexico said hunger and regular beatings drove them to offer sex for food and get high by sniffing paint.  Full Article 

General Electric employee Brian Kirk monitors a test on a GEnx-747 engine at the GE Aviation Peebles Test Operations Facility in Peebles, Ohio, November 15, 2013. REUTERS/Matt Sullivan
Tech

Clock ticks down on Internet speed debate

The FCC received more than 800,000 comments on whether and how internet speeds should be regulated, even crashing its system.  Video 

Video

Iraqi soldiers recapture district near Baghdad from insurgents

Report
 Iraqi soldiers recapture district near Baghdad from insurgents

The Iraqi military says troops have evicted Islamist militants from a district northeast of Baghdad, while planes striking a rebel-held town in northern Iraq kill one child. Gavino Garay reports.

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The Exchange: Hot commodity

Business journalist Kate Kelly joins Rob Cox to discuss her new book, “The Secret Club That Runs the World,” and the elite group of traders who control the commodities industry.  Video