UK CEO pay exceeds average worker salary for the year

Skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf financial, business and shopping district in London, UK. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average FTSE 100 CEO will have earned more this year than the median full-time worker’s annual salary by 1 p.m. London time on Thursday, according to estimates from the High Pay Centre think tank. The … Read more

Iraq wedding fire death toll exceeds 100, Nineveh officials say

Comment on this storyComment BAGHDAD — As the newly married couple came together on the dance floor, a ring of Roman candle fireworks erupted around them in the crowded wedding hall as hundreds of guests watched. The fireworks, however, set the ceiling on fire. And suddenly, videos taken Tuesday night show, flames were cascading down … Read more