WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and another White House official on Friday failed to appear at the Democratic-led impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, as the administration continued to blockade investigators. FILE PHOTO: Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney listens during a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald
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HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe on Friday fired more than 200 public sector doctors who have been on strike for more than two months demanding better pay to protect them from soaring inflation. FILE PHOTO: Doctors sing and hold placards during a protest over the disappearance of the leader of their union in Harare, Zimbabwe, September
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – YouTube celebrities Olajide ‘KSI’ Olatunji and Logan Paul both predicted victory in their bout in Los Angeles this weekend as they appeared at a news conference on Thursday that ended with the fighters shoving each other. FILE PHOTO: Boxing – KSI & Logan Paul Press Conference – Troxy, London, Britain –
FILE PHOTO – Pete Doherty of The Libertines performs on the Pyramid stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset during the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, June 26 2015. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez PARIS (Reuters) – British rocker Pete Doherty has been arrested in Paris for buying drugs, the Paris prosecutor’s office said on Friday. Doherty, 40, shot to
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks during the SNP general election campaign launch in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne EDINBURGH (Reuters) – Scottish Nationalists will seek to form “a progressive alliance” with the opposition Labour Party if an election next month results in no one winning an overall majority, but the party
TOKYO (Reuters) – Three quarters of Japanese companies have been hurt by a string of natural disasters over the past two years, suffering damage to factories, office buildings, distribution networks and supply chains, a Reuters survey found. FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows residential areas flooded by the Chikuma river, caused by Typhoon Hagibis in
Bryan Rust scored his second goal of the game with 1:35 left in overtime Thursday night to cap a furious comeback by the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins, who scored four unanswered goals in the third period and overtime to snap the New York Islanders’ 10-game winning streak with a 4-3 win. Nov 7, 2019; Brooklyn, NY,
TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian stocks retreated from six-month highs on Friday on uncertainty over whether and when the United States and China will seal a deal marking a truce in their trade war that has slowed economic growth and roiled markets. FILE PHOTO: A woman points to an electronic board showing stock prices at the
PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) – For Earl Cummings, the psychological scars remain raw a year after California’s deadliest wildfire raced across a mountain ridge and destroyed the town of Paradise, killing 85 people. FILE PHOTO: The wreckage of burned buildings continue to smolder during the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, U.S. November 9, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A student at a Hong Kong university who fell during protests at the weekend died early on Friday morning, marking the first student death during the anti-government demonstrations that have roiled the city and set the stage for fresh unrest. A member of the medical staff enters the Intensive Care Unit
(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump and some Republican lawmakers are pushing for political and media allies to reveal the name of the whistleblower who prompted an impeachment inquiry. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Monroe, Louisiana, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis “The whistleblower should be revealed because the
BOSTON (Reuters) – Facebook Inc on Thursday urged a judge not to force it to turn over records to Massachusetts’ attorney general disclosing thousands of apps the social media giant suspects misused users’ data, as part of a probe into its privacy practices. FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen
FILE PHOTO: People walk through the Canary Wharf financial district of London, Britain, December 7, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – British employers’ demand for staff grew in October at the slowest rate in almost eight years, a survey showed on Friday, underlining suspicions at the Bank of England that the labour market may be
ANTWERP (Reuters) – The famous bellows of “Order!” by former British parliamentary Speaker John Bercow have shimmied their way out of Westminster and into a dance remix gone viral at the hands of Belgian dance musician Michael Schack. Belgian music producer Michael Schack, creator of the track “Order”, which mixes dance music with former speaker
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lawyers for New York state and Exxon Mobil Corp will make closing arguments on Friday in the closely watched trial in the state’s lawsuit charging that the oil major hid from its investors the true costs of regulations aimed at curbing climate change. FILE PHOTO: Logos of ExxonMobil are seen in
FILE PHOTO: Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo SOFIA (Reuters) – President Rumen Radev on Thursday blocked the appointment of Bulgaria’s next chief prosecutor whose selection as the sole candidate for