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Disgraced ex-congressman Weiner announces candidacy for NYC mayor
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two years after resigning from Congress in a lewd photo scandal, former U.S. Representative Anthony Weiner announced in a video message early on Wednesday he is running for New York City mayor.

CAS reject Murofushi appeal against IOC election block
BERLIN (Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport have rejected Japanese hammer thrower Koji Murofushi's appeal against the blocking of his election to the International Olympic Committee's Athletes Commission, CAS said on Wednesday.

Mercedes dealer review opens home front in luxury war
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - How many Mercedes staff does it take to sell a car? The answer, in the luxury carmaker's German showrooms, is more than it takes to shift an Audi - just part of the cost gap Daimler wants to close with its premium rivals.

Bank of Japan vows market steps to curb bond turbulence
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan vowed on Wednesday to take necessary steps to reduce volatility in bond markets that has threatened to jeopardize the government's fight to end deflation and revive growth.

Sweden's capital hit by worst riots in years
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Hundreds of youths have set fire to cars and attacked police and rescue services in poor immigrant suburbs in three nights of rioting in Stockholm, Sweden's worst disorder in years.

Immune system cancer drugs tipped to be a $35 billion market
LONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of medicines that tap the power of the immune system to fight cancer could become the biggest drug class in history, with potential sales of $35 billion a year.

Mugabe signs Zimbabwe constitution into law
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe signed a new constitution into law on Wednesday, paving the way for elections later this year.

Entertaining change: Sony to look at activist's spin-off idea
TOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value.

Iran's Ahmadinejad to challenge ally's ban from election
DUBAI (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he would ask Iran's supreme leader to reverse a ban preventing his aide from running in next month's presidential poll, a test of stability after the violent trauma of the 2009 vote.

Impoverished Malawi sells presidential jet for $15 million
LILONGWE (Reuters) - Malawi's luxury presidential jet, bought by late leader Bingu wa Mutharika, has been sold for $15 million to raise cash for the impoverished African country, a government official said on Wednesday.

DBS-Danamon deal hinges on Singapore's invite to Indonesian banks
SINGAPORE/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Southeast Asia's largest bank merger now depends largely on cooperation between Singaporean authorities and Indonesian politicians.

Dollar, German bond yields ease before Bernanke
LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar and benchmark German debt yields eased on Wednesday as expectations hardened that the head of the U.S. central bank will later in the day signal no tapering back of its ultra-loose monetary policy.

SocGen CEO to face shareholders after Rosbank arrest
PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale management will face investors later on Wednesday for the first time since the shock arrest of the French bank's top Russian executive on charges of bribery.

Italy to outline youth jobs plan as government struggles
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's new government, already sinking in opinion polls and riven by internal disputes, on Wednesday lays out its plans to address one of the main causes of public anger - soaring unemployment among young people.

Millions falling into poverty in recession-racked Italy: report
ROME (Reuters) - Millions of Italians cannot afford to heat their homes properly or eat meat as their country is racked by recession and soaring unemployment, said a report which found the number of people considered seriously deprived had doubled in the past two years.

China's Li offers to help end Pakistan energy crisis
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - China and Pakistan should make cooperation on power generation a priority, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, as Islamabad seeks to end an energy crisis that triggers power cuts of up to 20 hours a day, bringing the economy to a near standstill.

Airbus wins Oman Air order for three A330 planes
PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus has won an order for three A330-300 aircraft from Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, the European planemaker said on Wednesday.

Garcia apologizes for "fried chicken" jibe at Woods
LONDON (Reuters) - Spaniard Sergio Garcia has apologized after a "fried chicken" jibe aimed at world number one Tiger Woods during a European Tour awards dinner on Tuesday.

Freeport can't say when Indonesia mine to reopen, confirms 28 dead
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc said it will not restart production at the world's second-largest copper mine in Indonesia after a tunnel collapse that killed 28 workers until it is convinced of the mine's safety.

Kerry hails tentative Raytheon arms sale to Oman
MUSCAT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed on Wednesday what U.S. officials said was an estimated $2.1 billion deal for Oman to buy a ground-based air defense system from U.S. defense contractor Raytheon Co..