News Headlines - 10 December 2013

▽Will Handshake With Castro Lead to Headache for Obama? - NYTimes.com

President Obama shook hands with President Raúl Castro of Cuba on Tuesday, offering a friendly gesture freighted with symbolism to one of America’s most enduring Cold War foes.

▽BBC News - General Motors names Mary Barra as new boss

US car giant General Motors (GM) has named product development chief Mary Barra to the post of chief executive. She will replace Daniel Akerson, and be the first woman to run a US carmaker.

▽BBC News - Graham Norton warned over World Aids Day ribbon

Graham Norton and his production company So Television have been reprimanded by the BBC after he wore a World Aids Day ribbon on air. The presenter and his guests all sported the charity emblem on his BBC One chat show broadcast on 29 November.

▽Climate Change Will Affect Ultrasonic Bat Signals

Echolocation allows bats to stalk their insect and plant prey and also keeps them from flying into houses, trees, and telephone poles... But a changing climate could hamper the ability of some bat species to hunt effectively using sound, according to a new study.

▽Video: Godzilla: first trailer for 2014 film released - Telegraph

This trailer is being released to promote the forthcoming film of Godzilla in May 2014, directed by British director Gareth Edwards (Monsters) and starring Aaron-Taylor Johnson, Bryan Cranston and Elizabeth Olsen.