TOLEDO, Ohio (Reuters) – Hope and jobs are in short supply in Ohio eight months after President Barack Obama won the recession-battered state in the 2008 election with promises of a better future. Read more…
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hollywood came to Havana on Thursday as Cuban writers and artists gave an award to Benicio del Toro, star of the 2008 movie “Che,” in a ceremony attended by fellow actors Bill Murray, Robert Duvall and James Caan. Read more…
HAVANA (Reuters) – Havana’s famous seaside avenue, the Malecon, could be mistaken for Hollywood Boulevard this week as four high profile film stars come to the Cuban capital in the splashiest sign yet of warming U.S.-Cuba relations. Read more…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea towed a South Korean fishing boat to one of its ports on Thursday after the vessel inadvertently strayed into its territorial waters, a South Korean military official said. Read more…
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iranian opposition leaders will attend a memorial ceremony Thursday for protesters killed since the country’s disputed presidential election in June, an opposition website said. Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cities in the U.S. Sun Belt states of California, Florida, Nevada and Arizona dominated the record foreclosure spree in the first half of the year, but distress in other regions emerged as joblessness spread, RealtyTrac said on Thursday. Read more…