Special Reports
How the race tightened in Britain's 'Brexit' election
BLACKPOOL, England When Britain's election campaigning began, Peter Anthony, a candidate for the Conservatives, was hopeful that he could win in Blackpool, a working class town on England's north-west coast. Though the seat he is standing for has been held by left-leaning Labour for 20 years, Anthony felt change was in the air.
Declare offshore wealth? Russia tycoons would rather ship themselves off shore
MOSCOW Some of Russia's super-rich have given up residency to escape a 2014 law requiring them to disclose offshore assets, wealthy businessmen told Reuters, a practise that could keep billions of dollars hidden from Moscow's tax authorities.
Canada beats U.S. in pork sales to China - feet, elbows and all
WINNIPEG/CHICAGO/BEIJING Canada has overtaken the United States as the top North American supplier of pork to China as farmers and meat packers in both nations battle for lucrative shares of the biggest global market.
Seizing of Philippines city by Islamist militants a wake-up call for South East Asia
MARAWI CITY, Philippines At the beginning of the battle that has raged for the past 12 days in Marawi City at the southern end of the Philippines, dozens of Islamist militants stormed its prison, overwhelming the guards.
Pennsylvania pipeline fight could upend international oil flows
NEW YORK Refiners from the Midwest United States are fighting for access to a vital Pennsylvania pipeline – a move that could cripple their East Coast competitors and redraw the map for international flows of crude and fuel into coveted coastal markets.
Special Report - 'Ghost collateral' haunts loans across China's banking system
SHANGHAI The banker at the other end of the phone line was furious, recalled Shanghai lawyer Wang Chaoyu. A pile of steel pledged as collateral for a loan of almost $3 million (£2.3 million) from his bank, China CITIC, had vanished from a warehouse on the outskirts of the city.
'Food revolution' - megabrands turn to small start-ups for big ideas
LONDON Food and drink megabrands are seeing their sales chewed away by smaller, nimbler, cooler rivals. They can't beat them - so now they're joining them.
Special Report - As Modi and his Hindu base rise, so too does a yoga tycoon
HARIDWAR, India Narendra Modi leaned to whisper in the ear of the man sitting cross-legged and barefoot next to him, the one clad in saffron robes with a long beard and squinty gaze. It was late in the afternoon of March 23, 2014 in New Delhi and the start of national elections was a fortnight away.
How Malta rolled dice on online gambling supervision - documents
BRUSSELS Malta let online gambling firms operate from the island across the European Union between at least 2012-2014 while failing to enforce its own rules on monitoring their computer servers, according to a former employee at Malta’s gaming regulator.
In America's largest oilfield, whir of activity confounds OPEC
LEA COUNTY, N.M. As oilfield workers for Lilis Energy Inc threaded together drill pipes one recent morning in the Permian Basin, a bulldozer cleared sagebrush to make way for the company's fifth well since January. | Video
May's bid for stronger Brexit hand at stake in election
LONDON Prime Minister Theresa May faces the voters on Thursday in an election she called to strengthen her hand in looming Brexit talks, with her personal authority at stake after a campaign that saw her lead in opinion polls contract.
