Nokia top quarterly expectations, buoyed by patent payment

HELSINKI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Nokia reported better-than-expected quarterly profits on Thursday as a one-off patent payment from China's biggest smartphone maker offset weak global sales of its mainstay network equipment.

Ordering Guantánamo to Stay Open Is One Thing, but Refilling It Is Another

A United States officer in 2016 at the entrance to the United States prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.

CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Macau Jan casino revenue storms past expectations with 36 pct jump

* Result far higher than analyst expectations of 20-28 percent rise

Op-Ed Columnist: Trump’s Birth Control Problems

Stormy Daniels, who reportedly was paid hush money over a one-night stand with President Trump in 2006, said he didn’t use a condom.

UPDATE 1-Nomura Q3 net profit up 25 pct on domestic retail strength

* Q3 net profit 88 bln yen vs 70.3 bln yen in year-ago period

Trump’s Environmental Rollbacks Were Fast. It Could Get Messy in Court.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke at the Heritage Foundation in Washington in September.

Op-Ed Columnist: I Stand With the ‘She-Devils’

Women, as well as men and children, at a women’s rights march in Oregon in January.

Justice Dept. Escalates Inquiry on Global Sports Corruption

Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore., was chosen to host the 2021 world track and field championships. There was no bidding process.

San Francisco Will Clear Thousands of Marijuana Convictions

On Jan. 1, 2018, legal recreational marijuana sales began in California.

BBC Managers Face Barrage of Criticism in Gender Pay Dispute

The BBC’s headquarters in London. The broadcaster has faced a series of challenges over its pay structure.

Where NASA Put a Parking Lot, Dinosaurs and Mammals Once Crossed Paths

A nearly 9-foot slab of rock found in a parking lot on the grounds of NASA’s Goddard Spaceflight Center holds the fossilized tracks of several dinosaurs and even a few early mammals.

Amazon Wants to Disrupt Health Care in America. In China, Tech Giants Already Have.

Gong Xiangyang, left, head of the radiology department at Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, watching outside of a CT scanning room. The personal investment fund of the Alibaba founder Jack Ma has invested in a company working with the hospital to use artificial intelligence in lung screenings.

Editorial: It’s Time for Michigan State to Clean House

A protester outside the Michigan State University administration building on Friday, as the trustees met inside.

A Paper Tears Apart in a City That Never Quite Came Together

Los Angeles City Hall reflected in a window near the Los Angeles Times building. Recent turmoil at the newspaper is symptomatic of the city’s relative lack of strong civic institutions.

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks poised for best month in nearly 2 yrs, dollar frail before Fed

* MSCI Asia-Pacific index pulls steady after retreat previous day

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