FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov listens during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Monday it needed to see more details before responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to invite Russia to attend a Group of
Month: June 2020
WARRINGTON, England (Reuters) – Thousands of people across England queued up for school and IKEA on Monday as the British government eased the coronavirus lockdown by allowing some children to return to class and many shops to reopen for the first time since March. FILE PHOTO: People are seen by market stalls in Kingston Market
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s effort to regulate social media companies’ content decisions may face an uphill battle from regulators who have previously said they cannot oversee the conduct of internet firms. FILE PHOTO: Facebook, Google and Twitter logos are seen in this combination photo from Reuters files. REUTERS/File Photos/File Photo Federal Communications
FILE PHOTO: A man rows his boat in the tributary waters of Vembanad Lake against the backdrop of pre-monsoon clouds on the outskirts of Kochi, India, June 7, 2019. REUTERS/Sivaram V MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India is likely to receive 102% rainfall of a long-term average this year, the state-run weather office said on Monday,
LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks were just shy of three-month highs and the dollar weakened further on Monday as optimism on economies opening up boosted risk appetite, shrugging off worries over riots in the U.S. and unease over Washington’s power struggle with Beijing. FILE PHOTO – The German share price index DAX graph is pictured
Passengers wearing face masks stand in queue at the Istanbul Airport during the first day of resumed domestic flights which are halted since March 26 amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey re-opens restaurants, cafes and parks on Monday and lifts inter-city
FILE PHOTO: British Business Secretary Alok Sharma holds the daily news conference with NHSE Medical Director, Professor Stephen Powis, on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain May 17, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is following scientific advice in cautiously easing the
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – Looting broke out on Sunday in Southern California, a tanker truck drove into marchers in Minneapolis and demonstrators clashed with police in Boston and Washington, D.C. as the United States struggled to contain chaotic protests over race and policing. National Guard troops were deployed in 15 U.S. states and Washington, D.C. as
FILE PHOTO: A man wears a protective mask as he walks at a tourist spot, following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, at Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong, China February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong has confirmed its first locally transmitted coronavirus cases in more than two weeks,
(Reuters) – A number of NHL players have voiced a call to stand together for change amid fiery clashes between police and protesters over last week’s death of a black man shown on video gasping for breath as a white policeman knelt on his neck in Minneapolis. FILE PHOTO: Feb 22, 2020; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;
MINNEAPOLIS (Reuters) – A tanker truck drove through thousands of people marching on a Minneapolis highway to protest the death of George Floyd on Sunday before protesters dragged the driver from the cab and beat him, according to a Reuters witness and authorities. It did not appear any of the marchers were injured when the
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets started on a cautious note and gold gained on Monday as images of riots in burning U.S. cities unnerved investors already tense over Washington’s power struggle with Beijing. FILE PHOTO: A passerby wearing a protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus, walks past an electronic board showing
LONDON (Reuters) – Six times Formula One motor racing champion Lewis Hamilton has criticised his sport for its silence on the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white U.S. police officer knelt on his neck. FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Australian Grand Prix – Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit,