(Reuters) – Two explosions were reported on Thursday at the flood-hit Arkema SA (AKE.PA) chemical plant in Crosby, Texas, and a sheriff’s deputy was taken to a hospital after inhaling chemicals, the company said. The company said it was notified at approximately 2 a.m., by the Harris County Emergency Operations Center of two explosions and
Month: August 2017
CATANZARO – Dramma in Calabria per un bimbo di un anno e mezzo,annegato in una piscina gonfiabile sistemata nel giardino di una abitazione. La tragedia è avvenuta a Lamezia Terme. Ad intervenire subito sul posto i sanitari del 118 che hanno tentato di rianimare il piccolo senza però alcun esito. Giunti sul posto anche i
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Rafa Nadal and Karolina Pliskova will look to remain on cruise control as the two world number ones chase a place in the third round of the U.S. Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday. Pliskova, who needed just 78 minutes to breeze past Poland’s Magda Linette 6-2 6-1 in her
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Somali government officials said on Thursday that 10 men and boys killed in a joint U.S.-Somali raid were civilians and that blood money will be paid to the families. “The 10 people were civilians. They were killed accidentally… The government and relatives will discuss about compensation. We send condolence to the families,”
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Gasoline prices in the United States hit $2 a gallon for the first time since 2015 on Thursday as flooding from storm Harvey knocked out almost a quarter of U.S. refineries, while crude prices remained weak as demand dropped following the outages. Harvey has battered the U.S. Gulf coast since last Friday,
TOKYO (Reuters) – Britain and Japan said on Thursday they would cooperate in countering the threat posed by North Korea, two days after it fired a missile over northern Japan, and will pledge closer ties in defence, cyber security and counter-terrorism. Prime Minister Theresa May, looking to strengthen relations with one of her closest allies
(Reuters) – A city commission in southern Florida on Wednesday voted to remove the names of three Confederate generals from city streets, in response to a community campaign begun months before the violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. The officials voted 5-1 to drop the names of Forrest, Hood and Lee streets in Hollywood, Florida, located about
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday blocked sections of a Texas law intended to punish so-called “sanctuary cities”, regarded as soft on immigration, in a ruling handed down two days before the law was due to come into effect. Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio’s federal court found the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis openly differed with his commander in chief over North Korea on Wednesday, the latest example of a once-rare public display of disagreement by top U.S. aides that has become more frequent under President Donald Trump. “We are never out of diplomatic solutions,” Mattis told reporters, just hours after
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S.-led warplanes on Wednesday blocked a convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families from reaching territory the group holds in eastern Syria and struck some of their comrades traveling to meet them, a coalition spokesman said. The strikes were aimed at stopping an evacuation deal for Islamic State fighters to leave
AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Wednesday halted parts of a Texas law intended to aid federal immigration enforcement by punishing so-called “sanctuary cities,” in a ruling handed down two days before the measure was to have taken effect. Chief U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio’s federal court found the Texas
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Lidia formed in the Pacific Ocean some 180 miles (290 kilometers) southeast of the tip of Mexico’s Baja California state, threatening to become a hurricane in coming days, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Wednesday. The storm is moving toward the north-northwest at about 7 miles per
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Maria Sharapova extended her grand slam comeback when the former world number one defeated Hungary’s Timea Babos 6-7(4) 6-4 6-1 on Wednesday to advance to the U.S. Open third round. The Russian, in her first appearance at a major since she returned from a 15-month doping ban in April, did not
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s former populist leader Cristina Fernandez criticized President Mauricio Macri’s government at a rally on Wednesday, after it took more than two weeks to release final results in a Senate primary race that gave her a razor-thin win. Fernandez won the primary in Buenos Aires province, Argentina’s largest. She edged out
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toshiba Corp (6502.T) looks set to miss its own deadline of Aug 31 to agree an $17.3 billion sale of its chips business, a deal that would plug a gaping balance sheet hole and help the group avoid an embarrassing and potentially costly delisting. Toshiba’s board had been expected to review an
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Financial firms are sounding alarm bells and dusting off contingency plans over fears an increasingly dysfunctional U.S. Congress may fail to reach a deal to raise the country’s debt limit. Several lobbyists, representing dozens of bankers, investors and credit rating agencies, told Reuters they are worried that dynamics at play in Washington
LONDON, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Britain’s consumer confidence improved slightly this month on July’s one-year low, although the mood around economic prospects over the next year remained somber, a survey showed on Thursday. The monthly consumer sentiment index from market research firm GfK rose to -10 from -12 in July, confounding expectations for a fall
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British and European Union negotiators exchanged recriminations on Wednesday over a lack of progress in the latest round of talks on Britain’s withdrawal, with both sides demanding change to meet looming deadlines. Ahead of a planned Thursday morning news conference with his British counterpart David Davis, chief EU negotiator Michel Barnier rejected
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration told state and local officials on Wednesday that it will use its infrastructure plan to create incentives for the private sector to finance or take over public entities like bridges, tunnels and highways. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney told about 150
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Syndicates of Lloyd’s of London insurance market filed a countersuit to Kanye West’s claim that he was owed $10 million after canceling his tour last year, saying it found “substantial irregularities” in the rapper’s medical history. The counterclaim was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Tuesday, saying West’s Very
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit by a couple who claims defective eclipse glasses purchased through the online retailer damaged their eyes. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in South Carolina on Tuesday evening, Corey Payne and his fiancée, Kayla Harris, said they purchased a
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 11,000 U.S. troops are serving in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, thousands more than it has previously stated. The announcement by Pentagon officials at a news conference did not represent an increase in troops in Afghanistan and came after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis expressed frustration with the method of
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] officially welcomed its new Chief Executive Dara Khosrowshahi, who has led online travel business Expedia Inc for 12 years, in a note sent to employees of the world’s biggest ride-services company late on Tuesday. The board had already selected Khosrowshahi as Uber’s next CEO in a vote
(Reuters) – A British man has been extradited from Germany after being accused of launching cyber attacks on the networks of Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays banks this year, the National Crime Agency said on Wednesday. Daniel Kaye, 29, from Egham, west of London, is accused of using an infected network to attack the banks’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will turn his signature populist rhetoric toward tax reform on Wednesday in a speech expected to tout tax cuts as a way to help workers and the middle class in an economy “rigged” against them, senior White House officials said. With his domestic policy agenda stalled amid Republican
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Wednesday it has expanded fuel waivers for gasoline in response to requests from states to minimize potential supply shortages from Tropical Storm Harvey. The waiver applies to Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida and Washington,
(Reuters) – Chris Froome wrapped his hands closer around the Vuelta a Espana title after coming second in the high mountain stage 11 on Wednesday and opening a gap of one minute 19 seconds in the general classification. Colombian Miguel Angel Lopez won the stage, his first victory in a grand tour, to move into
GrandVision Italy, punto di riferimento nel settore dell’ottica retail e presente sul territorio nazionale con oltre 400 punti vendita ad insegna GrandVision, Avanzi, Optissimo, Solaris e Corner Optique, apre un nuovo punto vendita all’interno del centro commerciale Auchan di Mesagne, cittadina situata a pochi chilometri da Brindisi. Il nuovo negozio ad insegna GrandVision by Avanzi
VIENNA (Reuters) – An Austrian court has rejected a Spanish extradition request for Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash, potentially paving the way for the businessman to face bribery allegations in the United States. A Vienna appeals court in February overturned a lower court’s ruling that Firtash should not be extradited to the United States because the
VENICE (Reuters) – Alexander Payne’s “Downsizing”, a satire about shrinking humans to five inches tall as a solution to over-population and global warming, opened the Venice film festival on Wednesday. It kicked off days of screenings, parties and red carpet glamor at the world’s oldest film fest on the historic lagoon city’s Lido island. The
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