Reuters: Top Global and Breaking News

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Two of the world's richest men and most generous donors, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, said Tuesday they would not be putting pressure on China's dozens of billionaires during a visit to the country to promote giving.

Buffett, Gates say no pressure on China philanthropy tour

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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans held in Iran for more than a year on suspicion of spying, left the country on Tuesday after she was released on bail.

U.S. woman leaves Iran after over a year in jail

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama edged closer to naming Wall Street critic Elizabeth Warren as his new top consumer financial watchdog on Tuesday, but lawmakers were split over how he should do it.

Obama eyes options for naming Warren as regulator

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MAKLI, Pakistan (Reuters) - The United States tried to showcase on Wednesday its relief efforts for flood victims in Pakistan, an ally considered vital in the war against militancy.

U.S. showcases relief efforts in flood-hit Pakistan

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FERNDALE, Michigan (Reuters) - Scott Stevenson was only 10 years old when he first heard grown-ups voice the gloomy words that, in retrospect, predicted the disappointing arc his life has taken. 

Special Report: Blue-collar, unemployed and seeing red

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican candidate Marco Rubio has opened a clear lead in a Florida Senate race, becoming the latest Tea Party favorite to benefit from voter anger at Washington, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found on Wednesday.

Tea Party Republican has big lead in Florida

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Divided Republicans pointed fingers and vowed to regroup on Wednesday after a stunning Tea Party upset in Delaware dealt a blow to their hopes of recapturing control of the Senate in November.

Republicans take stock after Tea Party stunner

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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's prime minister signaled on Thursday that authorities would keep intervening to curb yen strength as sagging manufacturing confidence underscored the threat the currency poses to the fragile economic recovery.

Japan PM says ready to step into forex markets again

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KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban renewed a warning on Thursday they would try to disrupt Afghanistan's parliamentary poll and urged a boycott, while poll monitors said the electoral watchdog had not acted forcefully enough against fraud.

Taliban urge Afghan vote boycott, warn of violence

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. poverty rate rose to 14.3 percent in 2009 from 13.2 percent the year before, bringing the percentage of the population living in poverty to the highest level since 1994, as the economic downturn took its toll on jobs, the government said on Thursday.

Poverty rate hits 15-year high