[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – Rattled by rising tensions with North Korea, South Korea is taking extra measures to try to ensure the safety of the 2018 Winter Games, including setting up a crack cyber defense team and doubling the number of troops, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters. The Games take place next
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[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump proposed on Wednesday the biggest U.S. tax overhaul in three decades, calling for tax cuts for most Americans, but prompting criticism that the plan favors business and the rich and could add trillions of dollars to the deficit. The proposal drew a swift, skeptical response from Senator Bob
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators said late on Wednesday that they had reached a bipartisan deal on legislation aimed at easing hurdles to getting self-driving cars to drivers. U.S. Senator John Thune, a Republican who chairs the Commerce Committee, and Senator Gary Peters, a Michigan Democrat, said they had reached a deal on
[ad_1] MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – El Salvador on Wednesday launched the first commission to search for persons who went missing during its civil war, 25 years after the end of a conflict that left tens of thousands dead and hundreds of cases unresolved. The commission will seek victims who were killed or kidnapped by the
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Executives from Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter have been asked to testify to the U.S. Congress in coming weeks as lawmakers probe Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election, committee sources said on Wednesday. A Senate aide said executives from the three firms had been asked by the Senate
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and another hurt on Wednesday when a rockslide from the famed El Capitan granite monolith in Yosemite National Park in California rained boulders onto a popular hiking trail, a park spokesman said. Search and rescue teams responded to the scene following the incident shortly
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Rents for office space in London skyscrapers are still the highest across Europe, a report showed on Thursday, indicating that the capital remains one of the most sought after business hubs despite Britain’s looming exit from the European Union. Prime rents in London buildings over 30 storeys stood at $110 per square
[ad_1] WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed admitting a maximum of 45,000 refugees next year, the lowest cap in decades, which officials said was necessary to ensure U.S. security as the government tightens its screening and vetting processes. That figure is the lowest cap since the modern U.S. refugee admissions system
[ad_1] (Reuters) – An American student who had been imprisoned in North Korea for 17 months died from lack of oxygen and blood to the brain, an Ohio coroner said on Wednesday. Otto Warmbier’s death on June 19 was due to an unknown injury that occurred more than a year before his death, Hamilton County
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May will defend free markets and fiscal prudence on Thursday, a day after opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn told her to step aside and said his left-wing ideas now represented the political mainstream. May will tell a conference hosted by the Bank of England that appropriately regulated free
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/NEW YORK (Reuters) – As Puerto Rico struggles with a lack of fuel, water and medical supplies following the devastation of Hurricane Maria, it is pressing the Trump administration to lift a prohibition on foreign ships delivering supplies from the U.S. mainland. The island’s governor is pushing for the federal government
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Rocky outcrops in eastern Canada contain what may be some of the oldest evidence of life on Earth, dating back about 3.95 billion years. Scientists said on Wednesday they found indirect evidence of life in the form of bits of graphite contained in sedimentary rocks from northern Labrador that they believe
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Wednesday proposed the biggest U.S. tax overhaul in three decades, offering to cut taxes for most Americans but prompting criticism that the plan favors the rich and companies and could add trillions of dollars to the deficit. The proposal, which the Republican president said was aimed at
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is expected to vote on Wednesday evening to confirm a top antitrust official at the Justice Department and a top official at the Treasury Department who will oversee international deals, according to a Senate schedule. The Senate is expected to vote to confirm Makan Delrahim to head the
[ad_1] JERSEY CITY, New Jersey (Reuters) – Tiger Woods said he was “optimistic” about his golfing future while at the same time publicly acknowledging what has been obvious for some time, that he might never return to competitive golf. The American former world number one won the last of his 14 major titles in 2008
[ad_1] FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Global sales of industrial robots rose by 16 percent in 2016, driven by the electronics industry, and are expected to rise faster in 2017, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) said on Wednesday. The world market was worth $13.1 billion, an increase of 18 percent, or an estimated $40 billion including
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump, faced with the latest congressional failure to undo Obamacare, said on Wednesday he was working on an executive order to expand access to health insurance and would negotiate with Democrats for a legislative solution by next year. Senate Republicans abandoned their latest effort to repeal President Barack Obama’s
[ad_1] ROMA – E’ stata raggiunta un’intesa tra Italia sull’acquisizione del gruppo francese Stx da parte di Fincantieri. La società italiana deterrà la maggioranza del capitale, secondo quanto riferiscono fonti dell’esecutivo transalpino, citate da France Presse a margine di un vertice a Lione. Fincantieri otterrà il 50 per cento del capitale più un 1 per
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Steven Spielberg has directed dozens of award-winning movies in a 40-year career, but when it came to turning the cameras on himself he found the attention pretty uncomfortable. The double Oscar winner, who has directed films like “Schindler’s List,” “Jaws” and “Saving Private Ryan,” is the subject of a documentary
[ad_1] BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) – Baghdad piled pressure on Iraq’s Kurds on Wednesday, demanding they cancel their overwhelming vote for independence while parliament urged the Iraqi central government to send troops to take control of vital oil fields held by Kurdish forces. Stepping up efforts to isolate autonomous Kurdish-held northern Iraq, which backed secession in
[ad_1] PROTIVIN, Czech Republic (Reuters) – Crayfish equipped with high-tech sensors have been drafted in by a Czech brewery in its quest to keep their water supply pure. The Protivin brewery in South Bohemia has placed the creatures, which react quickly to changes in their aquatic environment, in fish tanks through which is pumped water
[ad_1] LECCE. Proseguono le iniziative nella città di Lecce: venerdì 29 settembre 2017 presso il Bar del Parco Belloluogo in via Vecchia Surbo, con ingresso gratuito, si terrà il dj set dei Salento Guys, crew attiva dal 2013 con il singolo d’esordio in collaborazione con gli Apres La Classe, “Pompa la musica”, e collaborazioni con
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Clad in a sparkling ball gown and tuxedo, the stars of the latest film to premiere in London’s Leicester Square walked the red carpet in a rather unusual manner – on four legs. The stars in question were a group of sheep who feature in a new eight-hour, dialogue-free film “Baa
[ad_1] “Sono riconoscente a Malta per aver accolto la sua quota di migranti prevista dal programma di ricollocamento europeo. E’ avvenuto con altri paesi, ma non con tutti, l’Unione ancora ha bisogno di fare molta strada per acquisire il senso della solidarietà e del comune impegno, in particolare sul fronte dell’immigrazione” ha dichiarato il presidente
[ad_1] BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn told Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday to step aside and make way for the Labour party to lead Britain’s Brexit talks, saying his leftist ideas were now the “political mainstream”. After taking the stage at his party’s annual conference to a standing ovation and chants
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England under Governor Mark Carney has made a habit of signalling higher interest rates without delivering them. Most economists polled by Reuters last week said they thought the BoE will soon follow through on Carney’s most recent signal that a first rate hike since 2007 is nearing, probably
[ad_1] ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Thousands of Turkish volunteers are ready to fight in Kirkuk and other Iraqi cities to defend the country’s Turkmen population, the head of Turkey’s nationalist opposition said on Wednesday. Devlet Bahceli said the minority Turkmen, who have close ethnic ties to Turkey, would not be abandoned in Kirkuk. The city, home
[ad_1] “Per continuare a poter usufruire pienamente delle immense risorse che ci mette a disposizione la tecnologia dell’informazione, e per poter accedere a tutti gli sviluppi che le nuove tecnologie ci promettono, dobbiamo necessariamente dedicare attenzione e risorse alla sicurezza dell’ambiente cibernetico. Il mondo ‘virtuale’ è popolato da fatti reali e concreti che toccano la
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Puerto Rico faces a lengthy and complicated power restoration process after Hurricane Maria last week left the island’s 3.4 million residents without electricity, according to a group of top U.S. electric company executives. The CEO-led Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC) said in a release late on Tuesday that damage assessments must be
[ad_1] “L’obbligo vaccinale per l’accesso alla scuola dell’infanzia va applicato già quest’anno” ha dichiarato il Consiglio di Stato in risposta a un quesito del presidente della Regione Veneto Luca Zaia, in merito all’applicazione del decreto Lorenzin “Già a decorrere dall’anno scolastico in corso, trova applicazione la regola secondo cui, per accedere ai servizi educativi per