Turkish air strikes hit 12 targets in north Iraq: military

U.S. companies tout climate policies, fund climate skeptics


BOSTON/NEW YORK U.S. companies that have expressed the most fervent public support for President Barack Obama’s environmental agenda are also funding its biggest enemies - the scores of U.S. lawmakers who are climate change skeptics and oppose regulation to combat it, according to a Reuters review of public records.




U.S. conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly dead at 92


WASHINGTON Phyllis Schlafly, who became a "founding mother" of the modern U.S. conservative movement by battling feminists in the 1970s and working tirelessly to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, died on Monday at the age of 92, her Eagle Forum group said.




Samsung trips on quality control in rush to pip Apple


SEOUL In its rush to beat rival products to market, notably Apple's new iPhone, Samsung Electronics has accelerated new phone launch cycles, but its haste is raising concerns that it fell short on quality testing.