LONDON (Reuters) – Braving perils from blood-sucking leeches to tigers and using transport as basic as elephants, scientists have journeyed like “Indiana Jones” to remote locations to collect wild cousins of crop seeds in a project to help tackle climate change. A report released on Tuesday presented the results of a six-year quest to collect
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MADRID (Reuters) – The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warned on Tuesday, painting a bleak picture of vanishing sea ice, devastating heatwaves and encroaching seas in a report launched at a climate summit in Spain. FILE PHOTO: An iceberg floats in a fjord near Tasiilaq, Greenland, June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration considered banning China’s Huawei from the U.S. financial system earlier this year as part of a host of policy options to thwart the blacklisted telecoms equipment giant, according to three people familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: A Huawei company logo is pictured at the Shenzhen International Airport in
PARIS (Reuters) – France and the European Union are ready to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump acts on a threat to impose duties of up to 100% on $2.4 billion in imports of champagne, handbags and other French products, the French government said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire attends
FILE PHOTO: A person walks past a banner showing North Korean and U.S. flags ahead of the North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Tuesday the United States was trying to drag out denuclearization talks ahead of the U.S. presidential election next year and
MANILA (Reuters) – A typhoon struck the Philippines on Tuesday, killing one man and bringing heavy rains that prompted suspension of air travel and government offices in the capital, and warnings of floods, storm surges and landslides. Local governments evacuated some 225,000 people ahead of the arrival overnight of Typhoon Kammuri, known locally as Tisoy,
(Reuters) – Bankrupt California power producer PG&E Corp (PCG.N) did not properly inspect and replace transmission lines before a faulty wire sparked a wildfire that killed more than 80 people in 2018, a probe by a state regulator has concluded. FILE PHOTO: PG&E works on power lines to repair damage caused by the Camp Fire
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump heads to the Marine One helicopter to depart the White House on his way to address the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, U.S., February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday an impeachment inquiry against him was a “hoax” being
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a sign as he arrives to attend a rally event in Colchester, Britain December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives have increased their lead over the opposition Labour Party slightly over the last week to 12 points, a survey by Kantar showed
Giannis Antetokounmpo totaled 29 points and 15 rebounds in 22 minutes Monday night as the host Milwaukee Bucks easily extended their winning streak to 12 games with a wire-to-wire, 132-88 rout of the New York Knicks. Dec 2, 2019; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) lays up a shot against New York
BRASILIA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s surprise decision to slap metals tariffs on Brazil is a blow to President Jair Bolsonaro’s aim of forging closer ties with Washington and could push Latin America’s No. 1 economy closer to Trump’s top trade foe – China. Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attends the event “Caixa Persons with
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Monday that any future troop drawdowns in Afghanistan were “not necessarily” linked to a deal with Taliban insurgents, suggesting some lowering of force levels may happen irrespective of the ongoing peace push. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper delivers remarks before ringing the
FILE PHOTO: Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Energy Dan Brouillette (L) attends a meeting of the “Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas” (III ECPA) in Vina del Mar, Chile, September 7, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate was set on Monday to confirm Dan Brouillette, a former top
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – CNH Industrial truck unit Iveco on Monday joined the alternative propulsion party as it unveiled its first electric vehicle, which it will build in partnership with U.S. startup Nikola Motor Co. Italian-American industrial vehicle maker CNH’s truck unit Iveco presents its new full-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell battery trucks in partnership with
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot fired Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson on Monday even though he was about to retire, accusing him of lying to her about an incident in October when patrol officers found him sleeping in his car. FILE PHOTO: Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks at a news conference at Chicago
MADRID (Reuters) – The world must choose hope over surrender in the fight against climate change, U.N. secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Monday, warning a summit in Madrid that governments risked sleepwalking past a point of no return. The latest round of annual negotiations to bolster the 2015 Paris Agreement to curb global warming began