TOKYO (Reuters) – Sapporo was formally approved on Friday as host of the marathon events at next year’s Summer Olympics with the reluctant consent of Tokyo’s governor, ending a showdown between the Japanese capital and the IOC over where to stage the flagship event. FILE PHOTO: Athletics – Tokyo Marathon 2017 – Tokyo, Japan –
Month: November 2019
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Germany is likely to urge India to restart talks on finalizing a free trade agreement with the European Union during Chancellor Angela Merkel’s meetings with government leaders in New Delhi on Friday, two sources with knowledge told Reuters. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive ahead of
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As China prepares to become the first country to launch a digitized domestic currency, market participants and experts say it is a testament to both financial innovation and Beijing’s desire to have fail-safe control over its cash economy. FILE PHOTO: A Chinese national flag flies at the headquarters of the People’s Bank
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China will use a giant import fair in Shanghai next week to try to showcase its free trade credentials, temper criticism of its policies and deepen its global economic influence at a time of fresh uncertainty over the China-U.S. trade war. FILE PHOTO: People walk past an advertisement for the upcoming China
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fresh spate of Southern California wildfires roared to life on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as the region faced a second day of explosively fierce Santa Ana winds that have fanned flames, displacing thousands of residents. The most destructive among several new wind-driven blazes in the region erupted hours
BEIJING (Reuters) – China won’t tolerate challenges to the bottom line of the “one country, two systems” formula that governs Hong Kong, separatism or threats to national security there, a senior Chinese official said on Friday after a meeting of the top leadership. Policemen are seen in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, China November
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sapporo was formally approved on Friday as host of the marathon events at next year’s Summer Olympics with the reluctant consent of Tokyo’s governor, ending a showdown between the Japanese capital and the IOC over where to stage the flagship event. International Olympic Committee (IOC) delegation leader John Coates speaks with Tokyo
SANTIAGO / MADRID (Reuters) – Spain will likely host the United Nations’ COP25 climate change summit in Madrid, following Chile’s withdrawal as host amid raging street protests in the South American nation, a Spanish government source said. FILE PHOTO: Spain’s President Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N), Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) and other major automakers late Thursday sought to intervene on the side of the Trump administration in two additional legal challenges to its efforts to bar California from setting tailpipe emissions standards. FILE PHOTO: Traffic backs up on the
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during a media briefing ahead of a House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives secured enough votes on Thursday to pass legislation setting
(Reuters) – The Canadian attorney general has filed affidavits asserting that information identifying Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou’s electronic devices was not shared with the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) during her December 2018 arrest in Vancouver, court documents showed on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou returns
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Friday in a weak start to the month and off three-month highs struck this week on fresh concerns over Sino-U.S. trade prospects and ahead of U.S. economic data, while the dollar eased against major rivals. FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on a stock quotation board outside a brokerage
SEVILLE/L’HOSPITALET, Spain (Reuters) – Spain’s main political parties kicked off a highly condensed electoral campaign on Thursday night, just 10 days before Spaniards head to the polls for a repeat election that is likely to show an increasingly fragmented society. Spain’s Socialist leader and acting Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez waves during a rally to mark
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen on Downing Street in London, Britain October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party lead the opposition Labour Party by 15-17 percentage points, two polls showed on Thursday. IpsosMORI said the Conservatives were on 41%, Labour on 24%, Liberal Democrats on 20%, the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A deeply divided U.S. House of Representatives took a major step in the effort to impeach President Donald Trump on Thursday when lawmakers approved rules for the next, more public, stage in the Democratic-led inquiry into Trump’s attempt to have Ukraine investigate a domestic political rival. In the first formal test of
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest retailer Tesco (TSCO.L) has pledged to remove one billion pieces of plastic packaging from products in its UK stores by the end of 2020, seeking to reduce its environmental impact and meet growing consumer demand for less waste. FILE PHOTO: A Tesco supermarket is seen, in west London on September