Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, at right welcomes United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, center and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, at left before holding talks at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai. China, July 31, 2019. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS SHANGHAI (Reuters) – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin shook
Month: July 2019
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said it expected the chip market to bottom out and start to recover in the second half as it posted a 56% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday, hit by declines in semiconductor prices amid oversupply. FILE PHOTO: The company logo is displayed at the Samsung news
DETROIT (Reuters) – Progressive candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren came under fire from more moderate rivals as the second round of Democratic debates began on Tuesday, spotlighting the ideological divide in the party’s crowded presidential field. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (L), U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke debate on the
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese steel companies have fallen behind their international counterparts on energy efficiency and carbon compliance, putting them at risk of a surge in costs once regulations are tightened, a research report published on Wednesday said. FILE PHOTO: Chinese national flags are flying near a steel factory in Wu’an, Hebei province, China, February
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since 2002, in a sign of the effects of climate change, a report by the UK Met Office published on Wednesday shows. FILE PHOTO: A festival goer relaxes in the sun during Glastonbury Festival at Worthy farm in Somerset, Britain June 27, 2019.
A complete fossil unearthed in Kootenay National Park in the Canadian Rockies of the marine creature Cambroraster falcatus, which lived 506 million years ago, showing the eyes and the body with paired swimming flaps below the large head carapace is seen in this image released by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Miley Cyrus was reported on Tuesday to have pulled out of the troubled Woodstock 50 festival, joining a string of other big names who say they will no longer take part in the official event meant to mark the anniversary of the landmark 1969 music festival. FILE PHOTO: American singer Miley
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asked a federal judge to stop the Trump administration’s ongoing separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the government had taken more than 900 children from their parents since the policy officially ended last year. FILE PHOTO: Youths walk at the U.S. Department of Health
FILE PHOTO: Members of the Mexican National Guard patrol the border with the United States, as seen from Anapra neighborhood, on the outskirts of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The number of migrants reaching Mexico’s border with the United States has fallen almost 40% since May, the
BELFAST (Reuters) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson will be confronted by the most intractable riddle of Brexit on Wednesday when he visits Northern Ireland on a nationwide tour to sell his plan to pull Britain out of the European Union with or without a deal. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S.-led “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance said on Tuesday that tech firms must allow law enforcement agencies access to encrypted material, warning that failing to do so put people at risk. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel gestures as she speaks during a visit to the West Midlands Police Learning &
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of the Trump administration’s $8.4 billion in trade aid payments to U.S. farmers through April was received by the top 10% of recipients, the country’s biggest and most successful farmers, a study by an advocacy group showed on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A field of ripe wheat ready for harvesting
FILE PHOTO: South African athlete Caster Semenya speaks with journalists after she raced during a 2,000 metres for the first time after her ban due to elevated testosterone levels, at a small meeting in Montreuil, near Paris, France, June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya will not
DETROIT (Reuters) – Progressive allies Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren headline the first night of the second Democratic presidential debates on Tuesday, with eight other contenders aiming for a breakout performance that could propel them into the top tier of the White House race. FILE PHOTO: U.S. presidential candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders speaks
WASHINGTON/BRASILIA (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he will pursue a U.S. trade agreement with Brazil, suggesting a friendly relationship with President Jair Bolsonaro could help lower trade barriers between the two biggest economies in the Americas. U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Williamsburg, Virginia from
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) addresses U.S. President Donald Trump’s social media summit with prominent conservative social media figures in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bill introduced by a Republican U.S. senator on Tuesday aims to curb overuse of social media
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry has spoken of the “unconscious bias” of racism, saying some people did not realise their own prejudices and that stigma was handed down from generation to generation. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry attends the presentation of the Invictus Games The Hague 2020 in The Hague, Netherlands, May 9, 2019.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A teenager told a Swedish court on Tuesday that he was kicked and punched by U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage during an altercation outside a hamburger restaurant in Stockholm last month. The 30-year-old performer, producer and model, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, pleaded not guilty to a
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Byblos festival has canceled a concert by the indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila “to prevent bloodshed” after calls from church leaders accusing the band of blasphemy and death threats on social media. FILE PHOTO: Lebanese alternative rock band Mashrou’ Leila performs during the Ehdeniyat International Festival in Ehden, Lebanon, August 12,
FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A220 passenger jet, formerly known as the Bombardier CSeries, stands in the final assembly line where the European company plans a $30 million investment to keep up with forecast demand, in Mirabel near Montreal, Quebec, Canada January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Tim Hepher/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Air France-KLM agreed to order 60
LONDON/DUBLIN (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised on Tuesday to lead Britain out of the European Union on Oct. 31 “no matter what” as sterling tumbled and Ireland warned that the bloc would not be renegotiating the thrice defeated divorce deal. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, accompanied by local farmers Ingrid Shervington and her
FILE PHOTO: Princess Haya bint al-Hussein, daughter of Jordan’s late King Hussein and wife of ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, attends an interview with Reuters in Dubai, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer LONDON (Reuters) – The wife of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Jordanian Princess Haya, has applied for a “forced
GILROY, Calif. (Reuters) – Police continued on Tuesday to look into what motivated a teenager to shoot visitors attending a popular California food festival over the weekend, killing three people, including a 6-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl. Justin Bates (R), a survivor of the Gilroy Garlic Festival mass shooting, is comforted by his father, Rob
Russian and U.S. state flags fly in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States may be planning to blame Russian non-compliance as a pretext to pull out of the Comprehensive nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), a Russian diplomat told the Conference on Disarmament, the world’s main arms
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Unusually high numbers of U.S. lymphoma patients are choosing experimental treatments over expensive cell therapies sold by Gilead Sciences Inc and Novartis AG, new data shows, helping explain why sales of the two products have not met rosy expectations. FILE PHOTO: A Gilead Sciences, Inc. logo is seen outside the company
(Reuters) – Former world number one Andy Murray is considering returning to singles action at Cincinnati next month, saying he is “closer than he thought” to being ready. FILE PHOTO: Tennis – Wimbledon – All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain – July 9, 2019 Britain’s Andy Murray in action during his second
LONDON (Reuters) – A strong increase in oil and gas production helped BP (BP.L) offset weaker crude prices and refining profit to beat second quarter profit expectations on Tuesday, lifting its shares. FILE PHOTO – Spectators are seen reflected in a British Petroleum sponsors building in Olympic Park at the London 2012 Paralympic Games September
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Sony Corp (6758.T) on Tuesday reported an 18.4% increase in first-quarter operating profit, beating market expectations thanks to a strong performance in the image sensor business. FILE PHOTO – Sony’s image sensors are pictured at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, November 27, 2017. Picture taken November 27, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to a charge of assault on the first day of a trial in Sweden that has drawn international attention and prompted President Donald Trump to intervene on the artist’s behalf. FILE PHOTO: A$AP Rocky performs “I’m Not the Only One” with Sam Smith
FILE PHOTO: Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg attends “Fridays for Future” protest, claiming for urgent measures to combat climate change, in Berlin, Germany, July 19, 2019. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg will sail to the United Nations climate summit in New York from Britain. The 16-year-old has inspired young
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