Vehicles are seen floating away amid flash flooding in San Diego, California, November 28, 2019, in this still image from video obtained via social media. Derek Isakson via REUTERS (Reuters) – A powerful winter storm pounded parts of the United States on Thursday, bringing heavy snowfall that forced the closure of a major Southern California
Month: November 2019
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese transitional authorities approved a law on Thursday to dissolve the former ruling party and repealed a public order law used to regulate women’s behavior under ex-president Omar al-Bashir, the justice minister said. FILE PHOTO: Sudan’s former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir sits inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing
FILE PHOTO: People shopping on Oxford Street in central London, Britain, December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – British consumer confidence remained stuck at its joint-lowest level since 2013 in November as uncertainty around the Dec. 12 election and Brexit weighed on households, a survey showed on Friday. Market research firm GfK said its
(Reuters) – The National Hockey League (NHL) has been rocked by two high-profile racism scandals in recent weeks, and while it has condemned both incidents, experts agree it needs to take a dynamic approach and tackle the issue head on. Nov 19, 2019; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters during interview after
(Reuters) – A major fire at a Texas petrochemical plant continued to burn for a second day on Thursday, with the 60,000 people forced to evacuate still uncertain as to whether they could return home in time to celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday. A process tower flies through air after exploding at the TPC Group Petrochemical
DURRES, Albania (Reuters) – Search teams pulled the bodies of a mother, her two-year-old twins and seven-year-old son from the rubble of a house in the western Albanian town of Durres on Thursday, as the death toll from the country’s worst ever quake climbed to 46. European and Albanian search teams also pulled a dead
LONDON (Reuters) – The police commander in charge of operations at the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium crush that killed 96 Liverpool supporters was found not guilty of manslaughter on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Football – Liverpool v Nottingham Forest 88/89 – FA Cup Semi Final – Hillsborough – 15/4/89 Fans on the pitch during the disaster
FILE PHOTO: Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said it was working to restore access on Thursday to its users after issues with its central software systems triggered an outage in its family of
FILE PHOTO: A man walks in front of the Banco do Brasil headquarters building in Brasilia, Brazil October 29, 2019.REUTERS/Adriano Machado SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian state-controlled lender Banco do Brasil SA (BBAS3.SA) sees its profits likely to grow 10% in 2020 from this year, its Chief Financial Officer Carlos Hamilton Araujo said on Thursday
LONDON (Reuters) – European investors managing assets worth more than 1 trillion pounds ($1.28 trillion) are pressing top auditors to take urgent action on climate-related risks, warning that failure to do so could do more damage than the financial crisis. Natasha Landell-Mills, head of stewardship at Sarasin & Partners, poses for a photograph at their
SEOUL (Reuters) – The apparent suicide of a second K-pop artist in a month has cast renewed focus in South Korea on vicious personal attacks and cyber bullying of vulnerable young stars, and how it mostly goes unpunished. Students attend a cyber bullying prevention class by the National Police Agency in Seoul, South Korea, November
FILE PHOTO: Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Facebook Inc’s family of apps including Instagram experienced a major outage on Thanksgivings Day, prompting a flurry of tweets on the social media platform. “We’re aware that some
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives smashed the record for the amount of money raised in the first fortnight of an election campaign on Thursday, while the unions turned on the taps to keep the opposition Labour Party in touch. British Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader, Boris Johnson walks with prospective
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Wimpy Kid balloon stands inflated in New York, U.S., November 27, 2019. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton (Reuters) – Thanksgiving Day in New York City started with something many New Yorkers and visitors will be grateful for: the giant balloons in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade were given the all clear to
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Thursday dismissed French President Emmanuel Macron’s criticism of Turkey’s offensive in Syria against the Kurdish YPG militia, saying the French leader sponsors terrorism. FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu attends the Istanbul Mediation Conference in Istanbul, Turkey, October 31, 2019. Turkish Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
Kris Letang’s one-timer from the right circle with 3:06 left in regulation broke a tie for good Wednesday to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a wild 8-6 win over the visiting Vancouver Canucks. Nov 27, 2019; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Kris Letang (58) moves the puck ahead of Vancouver Canucks right wing Jake Virtanen
FILE PHOTO: Nicole Scherzinger poses backstage during the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards at the FIBES Conference and Exhibition Centre in Seville, Spain, November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca LONDON (Reuters) – The Pussycat Dolls are reforming for a reunion tour kicking off in Dublin next year, the American girl band said on Thursday. A decade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Appeals court judges put on hold a ruling by a lower court that would require former White House Counsel Don McGahn to testify to lawmakers as part of the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: White House Counsel Don McGahn listens to Judge Brett Kavanaugh as he testifies before
French President Emmanuel Macron waits for NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 28, 2019. REUTERS/Charles Platiau PARIS (Reuters) – France has not accepted a moratorium offered by Russia on short-term and medium range missiles, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Thursday after a meeting with
UK Border control is seen in Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport in London June 4, 2014. REUTERS/Neil Hall LONDON (Reuters) – Net migration to Britain fell to its lowest level in nearly six years during the year to June, driven by a fall in the number of European Union citizens moving to the country for
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August 8, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Amazon does not breach trade mark rights when it stocks and transports goods for third-party sellers, an adviser to Europe’s top court said on Thursday, siding with the U.S. online
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Forty-one European price-comparison shopping services on Thursday urged EU antitrust regulators to act against Alphabet Inc’s Google for allegedly flouting an order to allow rivals to compete on equal terms, which they said is endangering their existence. FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is pictured at the entrance to the Google offices in
TAIPEI (Reuters) – China is stepping up efforts to be nice to Taiwan ahead of key elections on Jan. 11, offering better treatment to Taiwanese in China and urging the democratic island to “come home”, but many there only see Beijing wielding a threatening stick. Zhu Fenglian, the new spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office
(Reuters) – Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters has apologized for using “offensive language” towards a Nigerian-born player in the minor leagues a decade ago, according to a letter obtained by Canadian network TSN. FILE PHOTO: Apr 11, 2019; Calgary, Alberta, CAN; Calgary Flames head coach Bill Peters during interview after the game against the
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asian share markets wobbled on Thursday as concerns that tensions over Hong Kong may stymie a U.S.-China trade deal cast a pall over Thanksgiving cheer from positive U.S. economic data. FILE PHOTO: A man (R) cleans electronic boards showing Japan’s Nikkei average, the exchange rate between the Japanese yen against the U.S.
PORT NECHES, Texas (Reuters) – Three workers were injured and residents of four towns were told to evacuate after explosions on Wednesday at a Texas petrochemical plant, the latest in a series of chemical plant accidents in the region. Flames are seen after a massive explosion that sparked a blaze at a Texas petrochemical plant in Port Neches, Texas, U.S.,
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China warned the United States on Thursday it would take “firm counter measures” in response to U.S. legislation backing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, and said attempts to interfere in the Chinese-ruled city were doomed to fail. Member of a safety team established by police and local authorities inspects around a
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Two winter storms blasted the United States on Wednesday, stranding motorists and causing thousands of flight delays as Americans jammed highways and airports to visit family and friends for the Thanksgiving holiday. Scores of vehicles got stuck on Interstate 5 after a “bomb cyclone” – a supercharged winter storm caused by
THUMANE, Albania (Reuters) – Fehmi Vata, 73, took a job as an overnight security guard to earn extra income so when the deadliest earthquake in decades hit Albania in Tuesday’s early hours, he was not at home in bed. A collapsed building, that was a home to Fehmi Vata, 73 is seen in a village
NEW YORK (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, called the president this week to reassure him that he had been joking when he told media outlets he had “insurance” if Trump turned on him in the Ukraine scandal, Giuliani’s lawyer said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani
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