November 2017
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May's deputy denies inappropriate sexual advance
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Damian Green, number two in the British government, has denied an allegation that he made an inappropriate sexual advance on a young woman as discussion about an unhealthy culture of abuse…
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Baseball: Dodgers' Darvish gets shot at redemption in Game Seven
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yu Darvish will get the chance to make up for one of the worst starts of his Major League Baseball career when he takes the mound…
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Tribal blockade in Peru's oil block lifted after government deal
[ad_1] LIMA (Reuters) – Indigenous villagers ended a 43-day protest that had halted production in Peru’s largest oil block after signing a deal with the government, tribal leaders and officials said on Tuesday. As part…
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Sony revives pet AI project with updated AIBO robot dog
[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Sony Corp said on Wednesday it has brought back AIBO more than a decade since it last made the robotic dog, as the electronics and entertainment firm seeks to rebuild…
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Suspected terrorist truck attack kills eight on New York bike path
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A man driving a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path alongside the Hudson River in New York City on Tuesday, killing eight people and…
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South Korea's Moon says cannot recognize North Korea as nuclear state
[ad_1] SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – South Korea will never tolerate North Korea as a nuclear state, nor will Seoul have nuclear weapons, President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday, as China pledged to work on denuclearization after…
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Release of House tax bill delayed until Thursday
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will delay the release of long-awaited tax legislation by one day until Thursday, the head of the chamber’s tax-writing panel said late on Tuesday.…
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Eight dead in suspected terrorist truck attack on Manhattan bike path
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – A driver in a rented pickup truck mowed down pedestrians and cyclists on a bike path alongside the Hudson River in New York City on Tuesday, killing eight people and…
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Exclusive: U.S. pursues direct diplomacy with North Korea despite Trump rejection
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is quietly pursuing direct diplomacy with North Korea, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s public assertion that such talks are a…
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U.S. senators hammer Facebook for power over elections
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Tuesday pressed Facebook Inc’s chief lawyer on why the company did not catch 2016 election ads bought using Russian rubles, why its investigation of them took so long…
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NIESR expects BoE rates to peak at 2 percent in 2021
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s National Institute of Economic and Social Research said it expects the Bank of England to start a sustained rate-tightening cycle on Thursday, which will lead to interest rates peaking at…
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Bayer, Novartis clash with UK doctors over use of cheap eye drug
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Bayer is weighing legal action and Novartis has expressed concern at plans by doctors in the north of England to defy official guidance by using a cancer medicine as a cheap…