BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) – At least 22 people have died in the southern Indian state of Kerala after torrential monsoon rains caused landslides and flooding that cut off some areas, authorities said on Friday. Members of a rescue team wade through a water-logged area during heavy rains on the outskirts of Kochi in the southern state
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SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Authorities plan to relax curbs in India’s Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir to allow people to offer Friday prayers, media said, as a five-day lockdown damped protests over the withdrawal of the Himalayan region’s special status. Indian security force personnel stand guard in a deserted street during restrictions after the government
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s seaside towns are at war with their seagulls, urging visitors not to feed the birds in an effort to stop them snatching titbits like potato chips from tourists’ hands. Warning signs deck promenade railings from Scarborough to Broadstairs and beyond but now research from the University of Exeter has suggested an
LONDON (Reuters) – The British economy shrank unexpectedly for the first time since 2012 in the second quarter, dragged down by a slump in manufacturing just as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to leave the European Union with or without a divorce deal. FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian shelters under a Union Flag umbrella in front
SAN JUAN (Reuters) – The revolving door at the governor’s office in Puerto Rico may finally stop with Wanda Vazquez, the newly sworn-in chief executive of the bankrupt U.S. territory, who said on Thursday she has no plans to resign. FILE PHOTO: Wanda Vazquez, former Secretary of Justice, is sworn in as Governor of Puerto
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has filed criminal charges against 17 current and former directors at subsidiaries of Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) in a multi-billion-dollar corruption investigation at state fund 1MDB, the attorney general said on Friday. FILE PHOTO – Men walk past a 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) billboard at the fund’s flagship Tun
BENGALURU/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Torrential monsoon rains in the southern Indian state of Kerala caused a major landslide and flooding that has cut off some areas, forcing the evacuation of more than 22,000 people, authorities said on Friday. Members of a rescue team wade through a water-logged area during heavy rains on the outskirts of Kochi
LIMA (Reuters) – Led by another productive day in the pool, the United States sailed through the 200 total medal barrier at the Pan Am Games on Thursday and warned there was more to come. Swimming – XVIII Pan American Games – Lima 2019 – Women’s 100m Backstroke finals – Aquatic Center, Lima, Peru –
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares on Friday caught the tail of a Wall Street rally aided by China’s solid export figures and a stabilization in the yuan, but fresh concerns about Sino-U.S. trade ties capped the region’s gains. FILE PHOTO: Passers-by walk past an electronic board showing Japan’s Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo,
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized U.S. treatment of migrants during a visit to Guatemala, and raised doubts about whether the Central American country could cope with a migration deal agreed with the Trump administration. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference in Guatemala City, Guatemala
SEOUL (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper will meet with senior South Korean leaders on Friday, amid a series of regional challenges ranging from tensions between Seoul and Tokyo to how much of the cost South Korea should pay for American troops stationed there. U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and South Korean Defence
WEIFANG, China (Reuters) – Charging elderly clients just 1 yuan or about 15 cents a day, little-known Lanchuang Network Technology Corp has embarked on one of the most ambitious undertakings in aged care by a private sector firm in China. FILE PHOTO: An elderly woman walks with a stick along a street in downtown Beijing,
(Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent. FILE PHOTO: Attendees walk past a Facebook logo during Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farm incomes in the Midwest and Mid-Southern states declined yet again in the second quarter of 2019, as record floods devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt, according to banker surveys released on Thursday by the Federal Reserve Banks of St. Louis and Kansas City. FILE PHOTO: A levee breach
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Ligue 1 – Angers v Paris St Germain – Stade Raymond Kopa, Angers, France – May 11, 2019 Paris St Germain’s Neymar celebrates scoring their first goal REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian prosecutors are dropping a rape case against soccer star Neymar, they said on Thursday, likely
(Reuters) – Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday he would not call the Senate back early to consider new gun legislation, rejecting a plea from more than 200 U.S. mayors, including two whose cities endured mass shootings last weekend. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to the news media after
ROME (Reuters) – The leader of Italy’s ruling League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing coalition to be unworkable on Thursday after months of internal bickering and said the only way forward was to hold fresh elections. FILE PHOTO: Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of Italy addresses a news conference at Viminale
LONDON (Reuters) – Chancellor Sajid Javid said he would delay a long-planned review of public spending due this year to allow officials to focus on preparing for Brexit on Oct. 31. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javid walks into Downing Street in London, Britain, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls Javid said he
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign minister on Thursday pressed the European Union to amend the terms of Britain’s EU withdrawal agreement, saying Brussels would have to take responsibility for a no-deal Brexit if it does not compromise. In an interview with Reuters during a visit to Mexico City, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A coalition of 32 environmental and indigenous groups on Thursday urged insurers to stop underwriting the Trans Mountain pipeline to pressure Canada to cancel its plan to expand the project which carries crude from Alberta’s oil sands to British Columbia’s Pacific coast. FILE PHOTO: The Westridge Marine Terminal, the terminus of the
FILE PHOTO – Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives to welcome King Abdullah II of Jordan outside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will relax its immigration rules to attract more top scientists after Brexit by seeking to fast-track visas, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission logo adorns an office door at the SEC headquarters in Washington, June 24, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday voted to propose rule changes to the way companies describe business, legal, and risk factors in their regulatory
FILE PHOTO: The various colors of newly released Apple iPhone XR are seen following the product launch event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is offering cyber security researchers up to $1 million to detect flaws in iPhones, the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former top FBI official Andrew McCabe, who was dismissed from the agency following a tumultuous relationship with President Donald Trump, filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging the termination violated his constitutional rights to free speech and due process. FILE PHOTO: FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe speaks during a news conference announcing the
FILE PHOTO: Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani delivers remarks during a dinner with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U. S. Department of the Treasury in Washington D.C., U.S., July 8, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Barria CAIRO (Reuters) – Qatar’s Sheikh Tamim bin Hamid Al-Thani called U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday and discussed “strategic
FILE PHOTO: A levee breach is shown in this aerial photo, from flood damage near Bartlett, Iowa, U.S., March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Polansek/File Photo CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. farm incomes in the Midwest declined yet again in the second quarter of 2019, as record floods devastated a wide swath of the Farm Belt, according to
FILE PHOTO: Shoppers browse aisles in a supermarket in London, Britain April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s statisticians said on Thursday they had found errors in the weighting of different goods in the basket of items used in the retail prices index of inflation that underpins payments on the country’s inflation-linked
LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds of people gathered at the world’s most famous zebra crossing on Thursday to mark the 50th anniversary of the day the Beatles created one of the best-known album covers in music history and an image imitated by countless fans ever since. The picture of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is charged with participation in an unauthorised protest rally, attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 1, 2019. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian authorities on Thursday froze a slew of bank accounts linked to jailed opposition politician Alexei Navalny as part of a money
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifts off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., August 8, 2019. Aboard is the fifth Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite, designed to provide the U.S. military with highly-secure communications. REUTERS/Joe Skipper (Reuters) – United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Boeing