WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House is readying a presidential panel that would question U.S. military and intelligence reports showing human-driven climate change poses risks to national security, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Damage caused by Hurricane Michael at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, U.S., Oct. 16, 2018. REUTERS/Terray
(Reuters) – Steve Stricker will captain the United States at the 2020 Ryder Cup with an emphasis on keeping an open line of communication with players, the former world number two said after being appointed to the role on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump presents the trophy to the U.S. team captain Steve
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition is trying to convince ruling Socialist Party officials to join a transition government, shifting focus as it seeks to unseat President Nicolas Maduro, who has clung to power in the face of growing international pressure and U.S. sanctions. FILE PHOTO: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro attends a rally in support of
(Reuters) – North Carolina election officials were to hear a third day of testimony about an investigation into an alleged election fraud scheme led by a Republican operative to sway a close and still unsettled congressional race. FILE PHOTO: Mark Harris waits to be introduced during a volunteer meeting and rally at the Ardmore Auditorium
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain stripped a teenager who travelled to join Islamic State of her citizenship on security grounds, triggering a row over the ramifications of leaving a 19-year-old mother with a jihadist fighter’s child to fend for herself in a war zone. The fate of Shamima Begum, who was found in a detention camp
WARSAW (Reuters) – Washington’s ambassador to Warsaw on Wednesday called on Israel to apologize to Poland in a row between the two countries over the Holocaust, after Israel’s acting foreign minister said “many Poles” had collaborated with the Nazis. FILE PHOTO – U.S. Ambassador to Poland Georgette Mosbacher watches as U.S. Secretary of State Mike
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent Holdings Ltd said investment is central to its overall strategy and so it will maintain its scale of investment after an aggressive 2018, brushing aside near-term risks such as the bursting of China’s tech bubble as economic growth slows. FILE PHOTO: A sign of Tencent is seen during the fourth
Rice Powell, CEO of Fresenius Medical Care, addresses the media during the company’s annual news conference at their head quarters in Bad Homburg Germany, February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) said on Wednesday it has won the green light from U.S. regulators to acquire U.S. home dialysis equipment
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya set the stage for the country’s first green bond with new rules on Wednesday, part of efforts to diversify its capital markets. FILE PHOTO: Geoffrey Odundo, Chief Executive of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, speaks during a Reuters interview at the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Nairobi, Kenya September 6, 2018. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya
76th Golden Globe Awards – Arrivals – Beverly Hills, California, U.S., January 6, 2019 – Brian May and Roger Taylor. REUTERS/Mike Blake LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – British rock band Queen will open this weekend’s Oscars show, a representative for the band said on Tuesday, ending the mystery over how the telecast would begin without a
(Reuters) – The governor of Illinois vowed on Tuesday to seek tighter gun control measures after learning the man who shot five co-workers dead last week was wrongly granted a firearms permit but never forced to surrender his weapon. Mourners attend a vigil for five people killed in a shooting incident at Henry Pratt Company
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt is seen outside of Downing Street in London, Britain, February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday that he was hopeful that a Brexit deal could be passed by the British parliament if the government’s attorney-general is in a
FILE PHOTO – Tennis – Australian Open – Second Round – Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, January 17, 2019. Austria’s Dominic Thiem in action during the match against Australia’s Alexei Popyrin. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Top seed Dominic Thiem was knocked out the Rio Open in the first round on Tuesday, going down
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces on occasion of the 71st anniversary of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) in Pyongyang, North Korea in this February 8, 2019 KCNA Photo. KCNA via REUTERS HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to
(Reuters) – A high school student from Covington, Kentucky, at the center of a videotaped incident at the Lincoln Memorial involving a Native American activist sued the Washington Post for defamation on Tuesday, claiming the newspaper “vilified” him because he is white. FILE PHOTO: An anti-abortion sign hangs on a fence in front of Covington
(Reuters) – A union for West Virginia teachers vowed on Tuesday to continue their strike to oppose charter schools, expressing distrust of lawmakers despite scoring a legislative victory. Striking teachers celebrate as lawmakers reject a bill that would have opened the first charter schools in the state, at the Capitol building in Charleston, West Virginia,
FILE PHOTO: Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for her to return home at Scotland Yard, in London, Britain February 22, 2015. REUTERS/Laura Lean/Pool/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Shamima Begum, a teenager who left London when she was aged 15 to
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (2NDR) participates in a roundtable discussion with Deputy Transportation Secretary Jeff Rosen (L), Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and Walter Waidelich (R) at the Department of Transportation in Washington, U.S. June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump plans to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as the next
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is seen outside Downing Street in London, Britain, February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay (Reuters) – British Finance Minister Philip Hammond said on Tuesday it was clear the European Union will not now consider alternatives to the Irish backstop to help the UK government win support for
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped from 2019 highs on Wednesday as soaring U.S. production and expectations of an economic slowdown undermined efforts led by producer club OPEC to cut supply to tighten global markets. FILE PHOTO: A pump jack is seen at sunrise near Bakersfield, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo U.S. West
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont progressive whose 2016 White House campaign garnered fervent grassroots support and pushed the Democratic Party sharply to the left, said on Tuesday he would again seek the party’s presidential nomination in 2020. Sanders, 77, announced his candidacy in an email to supporters, vowing to build a
FILE PHOTO: A row of new Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles is seen at a parking lot in Richmond, California, U.S. June 22, 2018. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc is preparing to launch its leasing products for Model 3 to boost demand, news website Electrek said on Tuesday, citing an email sent
(Reuters) – A tearful Naomi Osaka said she was struggling with the attention of being the world’s top-ranked woman after being stunned 6-3 6-3 by France’s Kristina Mladenovic in her opening match at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Tennis – Australian Open – Women’s Singles Final – Melbourne Park, Melbourne,
FILE PHOTO: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, arrives at the Natural History Museum in London, Britain February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meghan Markle, who is expecting her first child with Britain’s Prince Harry in the spring, was in New York City on Tuesday for a baby shower, according to Harper’s
FILE PHOTO: Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, arrives at the Natural History Museum in London, Britain February 12, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meghan Markle, who is expecting her first child with Prince Harry in the spring, was in New York City on Tuesday for a baby shower, according to Harper’s Bazaar
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he wants North Korea to end its nuclear program, but has no pressing time schedule for this, as he dispatched his special envoy to finalize preparations for a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un next week. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump
RALEIGH, N.C. (Reuters) – North Carolina poll workers told election officials on Tuesday they illegally viewed early election results last year, the latest evidence in a probe of voting irregularities in a still unsettled congressional race. FILE PHOTO: Mark Harris waits to be introduced during a volunteer meeting and rally at the Ardmore Auditorium in
CRANS-MONTANA, Switzerland (Reuters) – A major avalanche buried skiers on a busy slope of the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana on Tuesday, injuring four people including one whose life is in danger, but there are no known fatalities so far, officials said. (L-R) director of Crans-Montana lifts (CMA) Philippe Magistretti, Head of Police du Valais Christian
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union Stephen Barclay walks outside of Downing Street in London, Britain, February 19, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls (Reuters) – Brexit Minister Stephen Barclay said the UK would take new legal proposals to the European Union on Wednesday and that they would be sufficient to secure an
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission will take action against Poland if its government is harassing judges for consulting the European Court of Justice on the legality of Polish reforms, Commission First Vice President Frans Timmermans said on Tuesday. European Commission first Vice-President Frans Timmermans (R) delivers a speech during a debate on BREXIT after
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