Reuters: Top Global and Breaking News

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BERLIN (Reuters) - Four people were killed and at least one person seriously injured when a woman armed with a gun opened fire in and around a hospital in the southern German town of Loerrach, authorities said on Sunday.

Woman opens fire in German town, four killed

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - An American woman released last week after being held in Iran with two friends for over a year on suspicion of spying said on Sunday they were innocent hikers who never intended to cross into Iran from Iraq.

American released from Iran prison says she's no spy

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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese media Monday warned Japan it risked intensified reprisals over a sea dispute and claimed that many back military force to settle a long feud over islands between Asia's two biggest economies.

China media warn Japan over escalating sea row

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The recession ended in June 2009, making it the longest downturn since the Great Depression of the 1930s, the National Bureau of Economic Research said on Monday.

Recession ended in June 2009: NBER

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Monday said times were still tough for many Americans, as he defended his policies during aggressive questioning after the worst U.S. recession since the 1930s was declared over. 

Obama, facing tough questions, says times still hard

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers who discovered stem cells and the appetite hormone leptin, who proposed that dark energy is helping the universe expand and who developed "gene chips" are named in the 2010 Thomson Reuters predictions to win Nobel Prizes for medicine, physics and chemistry.

Stem cells, obesity finding lead Nobel predictions

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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's ruling party will hold its biggest meeting in decades on September 28 to pick a new leadership, state media reported on Tuesday, and likely anoint an heir to the dynasty as Kim Jong-il's health deteriorates.

Rare North Korea meeting on Sept 28, eye on succession

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Brilliant but blunt-spoken White House economic adviser Larry Summers said on Tuesday he will leave his job, marking a major staff shake-up for President Barack Obama as he faces growing pressure to revive the sluggish economy.

White House adviser Summers stepping down

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday U.S. banks can meet new higher capital rules through future profits without crimping lending and harming economic recovery.

Geithner: Banks can meet capital rules with profits

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GUAM (Reuters) - The relocation of around 8,600 U.S. Marines and 9,000 dependents to Guam from Japan will take until 2016, two years longer than expected due to a lack of facilities on the island, the U.S. Defense Department said.

U.S. sees delay in Marines' move to Guam from Japan