[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – British trade minister Liam Fox said on Friday Britain would not be blackmailed into agreeing on the cost of leaving the European Union, and urged Brussels to move negotiations on to discuss Britain’s future relationship with the bloc. The third round of Brexit negotiations, focused on settling the terms of Britain’s
Month: September 2017
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump is expected to rescind an Obama administration policy that protects from deportation nearly 800,000 immigrants who as children entered the country illegally, setting the stage for a fight with U.S. business leaders and lawmakers over tough immigration policy. A senior administration official told Reuters on Thursday that the
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – World number one Karolina Pliskova survived a scare to advance to the third round of the U.S Open with a 2-6 6-3 6-4 comeback win against local favourite Nicole Gibbs on Thursday. The Czech, who reached the final at Flushing Meadows last year, was on the back foot against Gibbs
[ad_1] DAUDHAN, India (Reuters) – After years of foot-dragging India will begin work in around a month on an $87 billion scheme to connect some of the country’s biggest rivers, government sources say, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi bets on the ambitious project to end deadly floods and droughts. The mammoth plan entails linking nearly
[ad_1] VENICE (Reuters) – Ethan Hawke’s great-grandmother had wanted him to become a priest, but the American actor prayed that he would never get the calling, he said at the Venice film festival on Thursday. Hawke finally got his taste of priesthood when he was cast as a minister in Paul Schrader’s spiritual drama “First
[ad_1] Richard Anderson, who played the boss of both “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman” in an on-screen career stretching some 50 years, died on Thursday, a family spokesman said. He was 91. Anderson died from natural causes at his home in Beverly Hills, California, surrounded by his family, publicist Jonathan Taylor
[ad_1] (Reuters) – The U.S. agency in charge of enforcing labor law on Thursday filed a complaint against electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), saying it found merit to workers’ complaints about unfair labor practices. According to the National Labor Relations Board complaint, Tesla violated workers’ rights by requiring them to sign a confidentiality agreement that
[ad_1] KYOTO, Japan (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May said she wanted to continue as Britain’s leader beyond the next parliamentary election, not due until 2022, dismissing expectations she could stand down after Brexit as early as 2019. May’s authority has been badly damaged by a ill-judged election campaign earlier this year which cost her
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A Texas law restricting a second-trimester abortion technique, initially due to take effect on Friday, was put on hold for two weeks pending a court hearing on a challenge to the legislation, a federal judge in Austin, Texas, ruled. U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel on Thursday granted a temporary restraining order against