HONG KONG (Reuters) – Embattled Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Tuesday ruled out making any concessions to pro-democracy protesters in the face of escalating violence, which police said was now “life threatening” citing the detonation of a small bomb. “I have said on many occasions that violence will not give us the solution. Violence
FILE PHOTO: A WeWork logo is seen at a WeWork office in San Francisco, California, U.S. September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Kate Munsch/File Photo (Reuters) – Shared office space company WeWork prefers the option of a near $5 billion financing package led by JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) to selling a controlling stake to Japan’s SoftBank Group
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday demanded Turkey stop its military incursion in Syria and imposed new sanctions on the NATO ally as Trump scrambled to limit the damage from his much-criticized decision to clear U.S. troops from Turkey’s path. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses conservative activists at the Family
SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgaria’s prime minister called on Tuesday for the president of the country’s football union to resign following racist abuse and monkey chants from Bulgarian fans towards black England players during their Euro 2020 qualifier. The match, won 6-0 by England, was temporarily halted by the referee in the first half to tackle
FILE PHOTO: A Tesla logo is seen at a groundbreaking ceremony of Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) will start installing its Powerwall home power storage batteries in Japan next spring, the U.S. electric car and battery maker said on Tuesday, marking the
LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers have not yet stockpiled groceries ahead of Brexit though they are considering doing so, market researcher Kantar said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: A woman shops at a Sainsbury’s store in London, Britain December 3, 2015. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo It said a quarter of UK shoppers say they are thinking about
KORIYAMA, Japan (Reuters) – The death toll in the worst typhoon to hit Japan for decades climbed to 66 on Tuesday as rescuers slogged through mud and debris in an increasingly grim search for the missing, and as thousands of homes remained without power or water. Destroyed houses are seen, in the aftermath of Typhoon
TOKYO (Reuters) – Rock met kimonos as Tokyo kicked off its fashion week with a dazzling runway show that put a modern twist on the traditional Japanese garment. Models hit the runway in kimono-inspired outfits ranging from colorful shoulderless minidresses with tall boots to full-length animation-print kimonos with traditional “geta” clogs, as rock star-turned-designer Yoshiki
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian politicians and academics cheered the Nobel economics prize awarded on Monday to Indian-born American Abhijit Banerjee, whose proud mother told visitors crowding into her apartment that he came from “a family of economists”. Nirmala Banerjee, mother of Abhijit Banerjee, one of the winners of 2019 Nobel Economics Prize, speaks on
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Profit reports from big manufacturers and other industrial firms arriving this week will provide investors with a crucial corporate gauge of the U.S. economy’s health and the fallout from trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. FILE PHOTO: A Wall St. street sign is seen near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses conservative activists at the Family Research Council’s annual gala in Washington, U.S., October 12, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Monday said that in response to Turkey’s incursion into Syria he will soon issue an executive order authorizing sanctions against current and former Turkish
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The second interstellar object ever spotted passing through the solar system is a comet that appears quite like those formed in our neighborhood of the cosmos, providing fresh evidence that other planetary systems may be very similar to our own. A two-color composite image shows comet 2I/Borisov captured by the Gemini North
FILE PHOTO: A Harley-Davidson Inc. logo is seen at the Paris auto show in Paris, France, October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier (Reuters) – Harley-Davidson Inc (HOG.N) said on Monday it has stopped production of its first electric motorcycle after discovering a glitch in the final quality checks. The motorcycle maker said it does not have
(Reuters) – Roger Federer confirmed his participation in next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo and said on Monday that he had listened to his heart before making the decision. Tennis – Shanghai Masters – Men’s Singles – Shanghai, China – October 8, 2019 – Roger Federer of Switzerland rests during his match against Spain’s Albert
(Reuters) – The parents of a British teenager killed in a car crash involving a U.S. diplomat’s wife vowed on Monday to keep fighting until they get justice for their son after the American woman returned to the United States following the accident. FILE PHOTO: Tim Dunn and Charlotte Charles, parents of Harry Dunn, leave
(Reuters) – A large low pressure system located less than 300 miles southeast of Cabo Verde Islands has a 90% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Monday. “Tropical depression or a tropical storm is likely to form later tonight or early Tuesday while the