BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments picked Bulgaria’s Kristalina Georgieva as the bloc’s candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund after more than 12 hours of talks on Friday that highlighted the EU’s internal divisions. FILE PHOTO: World Bank Chief Executive Officer Kristalina Georgieva attends a session of the Gaidar Forum 2018 “Russia and the
FILE PHOTO: A volunteer shouts numbers on the list for Migrants waiting to apply for asylum in the United States outside the El Chaparral border in Tijuana, Mexico July 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge on Friday struck down one of President Donald Trump’s initiatives to curtail asylum claims, ruling
ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expanding its facilities in Florida to make room for the space company’s forthcoming super heavy-lift launch vehicle dubbed Starship, according to a draft of the plans seen by Reuters on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Starship prototype as seen on the day that SpaceX performs an untethered test of
FILE PHOTO: The Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery is shown following a recent fire that caused significant damage to the complex, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 26, 2019. REUTERS/Laila Kearney/File Photo (Reuters) – Philadelphia Energy Solutions was expected to report to government officials on Friday that the toxic chemical hydrofluoric acid may have been released
Ed Reed was considered the premier safety in the NFL during his career. On Saturday, the former Baltimore Ravens ballhawk takes his place among the all-time greats at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Aug 1, 2019; Canton, OH, USA; Members of the 2019 Pro Football Hall of Fame class Champ Bailey, Gil Brandt, Tony
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his friends were released from custody in Sweden on Friday three days into their highly publicised assault trial, a development hailed by President Donald Trump who had tried to intervene in the case. A courtroom sketch shows Rakim Athelaston Mayers alias ASAP Rocky and his defence lawyer
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The critically acclaimed new movie “The Peanut Butter Falcon” took an unusual path to Hollywood and has made an unlikely star of Zack Gottsagen, an actor who has Down syndrome. Shia LeBeouf and Zack Gottsagen arrive for the screening of the film The Peanut Butter Falcon in Los Angeles, California, U.S.,
WHALEY BRIDGE, England (Reuters) – A British military helicopter dropped sacks of ballast on Friday onto the outer slope of a reservoir dam in a bid to prevent it collapsing and flooding the town below. Police were evacuating more than 6,000 residents of Whaley Bridge, in central England, telling them to take pets and any
FILE PHOTO: Grammy-winning R&B star R. Kelly leaves the Cook County courthouse after a hearing on multiple counts of criminal sexual abuse case, in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 22, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski NEW YORK (Reuters) – Singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty in New York on Friday to charges that he ran a criminal scheme
FILE PHOTO: Zhang Jun, procurator-general of China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate, speaks during the third plenary session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 12, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – China’s new ambassador to the United Nations, Zhang Jun, said on Friday that if the
LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) said on Thursday it had dismantled a network of fake accounts and pages it said were run by people connected to the government of Saudi Arabia, the company’s latest action to combat “coordinated inauthentic behavior” on its platform. FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen
FILE PHOTO: Traffic backs up on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway in New York, U.S., August 2, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of 12 states led by California and New York on Friday challenged the Trump administration’s decision to suspend a 2016 Obama administration regulation that more than doubled penalties for automakers that
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will announce a deal on Friday to sell more American beef to Europe, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said, marking a modest win for an administration that remains mired in a trade war with China. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. rapper ASAP Rocky attends the Alexander Wang Spring/Summer 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week, September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – The Swedish judge in the assault trial of U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage ordered that the three men be released from custody on Friday until
BRASILIA/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The head of Brazil’s space research agency INPE, Ricardo Galvao, is set to leave his job following a public dispute with President Jair Bolsonaro over deforestation statistics, a spokesperson for the science ministry said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view of a deforested plot of the Amazon at the Bom
Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro reacts during a news conference at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that if a senior government scientist had betrayed his confidence regarding deforestation data, he would be fired, underlining how growing international pressure to protect
FILE PHOTO: U.S. rapper ASAP Rocky attends the Alexander Wang Spring/Summer 2013 collection during New York Fashion Week, September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Andrew Burton STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky and two of his entourage should each face six-month jail terms for throwing a 19-year-old man to the ground and kicking and punching him after
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A white New York City police officer who used a fatal chokehold on an unarmed black man during an arrest in 2014 should be fired, a police department disciplinary judge recommended in a long-awaited verdict on Friday, and the department immediately suspended the officer. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
FILE PHOTO: British Airways logos are seen on tail fins at Heathrow Airport in west London, Britain, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo (Reuters) – Pilots’ union BALPA said on Friday it was in talks with British Airways, owned by IAG (ICAG.L), to try to resolve a pay dispute between pilots and the airline. British
WHALEY BRIDGE, England (Reuters) – A British military helicopter dropped sacks of ballast on Friday onto the outer slope of a dam that has partially collapsed and is at risk of bursting and flooding the town of Whaley Bridge in Derbyshire. More than a thousand residents of Whaley Bridge, in central England, were evacuated on
LLANELWEDD, Wales (Reuters) – Britain’s pro-European Union Liberal Democrats have won a parliamentary seat from the governing Conservatives, a blow to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his first electoral test since taking office. Jane Dodds celebrates winning the Brecon and Radnorshire by-election with Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson in Brecon, Britain August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca
Copies of the September issue of British Vogue are displayed for sale in London, Britain August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – Royal-loving readers queued up on Friday to buy the new edition of the British Vogue magazine which was guest edited by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Britain’s Prince Harry.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union governments will try on Friday to choose a candidate to lead the International Monetary Fund from a list of three names, after two candidates pulled out of the race, but divisions could delay a solution. Spain’s Minister of Economy Nadia Calvino delivers a speech during a news conference on the
Copies of the September issue of British Vogue are displayed for sale in London, Britain August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – Royal-loving readers queued up on Friday to buy the new edition of the British Vogue magazine which was guest edited by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex and wife of Britain’s Prince Harry.
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial complaints body encouraged consumers on Friday to lodge claims for mis-sold loan insurance ahead of an Aug. 29 deadline, despite criticism from some banks that a majority of the claims were “vexatious”. FILE PHOTO: A woman looks at her phone as she walks past a branch of Lloyds bank in
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Witnesses told a Swedish court on Friday they did not see U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky or his friends hit a 19-year-old man with a bottle during a fight in Stockholm. A courtroom sketch shows Rakim Athelaston Mayers alias ASAP Rocky and his defence lawyer Slobodan Jovicic during the third day of ASAP Rocky’s trial,
By Andrea Shalal, Alexandra Alper and Huizhong Wu BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China on Friday said it would not be blackmailed and warned of retaliation after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to slap a 10% tariff on $300 billion of Chinese imports from next month, sharply escalating a trade dispute between the world’s biggest economies. Trump
A Chinook helicopter drops sand bags on top of the dam after a nearby reservoir was damaged by flooding, in Whaley Bridge, Britain August 2, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble WHALEY BRIDGE, England (Reuters) – A British military helicopter dropped sacks of ballast on Friday onto the outer slope of a dam that has partially collapsed and
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s top court has given the central bank six weeks to report on whether WhatsApp had complied with data localization norms as the Facebook-owned messenger gears up to launch a payments service in the country, a person involved in the matter said. FILE PHOTO: The WhatsApp messaging application is seen on a
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S., August 1, 2019. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will make a trade announcement about the European Union later on Friday, according to a notice from the White House issued late on Thursday night. Trump’s daily schedule said there