Afghan government to shun U.S. talks with Taliban
KABUL/WASHINGTON - Revived Afghan peace talks hit their first roadblock on Wednesday, a day after they were announced, as Afghan President Hamid Karzai said his government would not join U.S. talks with the Taliban and would halt negotiations with Washington on a post-2014 troop pact. Full Article | Video
Obama challenges Russia to agree to deeper nuclear weapon cuts
BERLIN - U.S. President Barack Obama used a speech in Berlin on Wednesday to call on Russia to revive the push for a world without nuclear weapons, offering to cut deployed nuclear arsenals by a third, but Moscow immediately poured scorn on his proposal.
Bernanke: Fed may trim bond buying this year
WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said on Wednesday the U.S. economy is expanding strongly enough for the central bank to begin slowing the pace of its bond-buying stimulus later this year. Full Article
Brazil's protests: Not quite a 'Tropical Spring'
SAO PAULO - Brazil's blossoming protest movement is a coming-of-age for what had been one of Latin America's most politically disengaged youth populations, but does not appear to constitute a major threat to governability. Full Analysis
SEC shift puts pressure on other agencies
WASHINGTON - The decision by the Securities and Exchange Commission to seek admissions of wrongdoing in select cases is expected to put pressure on other federal financial regulators to get tougher with their own Wall Street settlements. Full Article
Tea Party rallies as FBI says probe a top priority
WASHINGTON - More than a dozen FBI agents are assigned to a criminal probe into Internal Revenue Service scrutiny of conservative political groups, FBI Director Robert Mueller said, calling the case a "high-priority investigation" that needs to be pushed aggressively." Full Article
Dolce and Gabbana convicted of tax evasion
MILAN - Fashion designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were handed a 20-month suspended prison sentence and a heavy fine on Wednesday for hiding hundreds of millions of euros from the Italian tax authorities. Full Article
Child sex suspect held in Mexico
June 20 - A U.S. former university professor just added to the FBI's most-wanted list is detained in Mexico. Paul Chapman reports.
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Meredith Whitney on America’s future
Forget the coasts. Meredith Whitney, author of the new book “Fate of the States," tells Breakingviews' Rob Cox that America’s interior states are the future growth engines of the U.S. economy. Video
The new Iranian president’s restrained power
When President Hassan Rohani takes office in August, he will have the potential to bring about meaningful changes within the confines of Iran's usual restrictions. Commentary
Rohani: A survivor in the snakepit of Tehran
Rohani is the Beria of the Islamic Republic: He knows how to negotiate the pit of vipers that is Iranian politics. Commentary
David Cameron takes on the tax havens
There is nothing more likely to spark anger than an unfair tax regime. That puts Britain's prime minister David Cameron, who like most conservatives believes in low taxes, in a bind. Commentary
Trusting in our new security state
To adapt to our new surveillance status quo we have to trust the state, the government, the politicians, the businesses, the bureaucracies, the police, the security forces, the journalists and, yes, ourselves. Commentary
The price of ignoring climate change
Climate change endangers much of the world economy. Economists calculate that a 3.5-degree Fahrenheit rise in global temperature would reduce global gross domestic product by 1 percent. Commentary
Rate rigging costs more than money
In cash terms, the manipulation of supposedly objective reference rates and prices is a petty crime: relatively small gains for a few and microscopic losses for many. Ethically, though, the tolerance of untrustworthy behaviour makes the industry look particularly bad. Full Article
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