September 2017
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Hurricane Maria power outage puts old, vulnerable at risk in Puerto Rico
[ad_1] MAYAGUEZ, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – Few people in Puerto Rico have suffered more from the devastation of Hurricane Maria than the elderly and the infirm. Isolated from their families due to phone blackouts, short…
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Francia: crolla balaustra stadio, feriti
[ad_1] AMIENS – Momenti di paura ad Amiens, in Francia, durante la partita tra la squadra di casa e il Lille nello stadio della Licorne. Per festeggiare una rete segnata al 16′ pt da Ballo…
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Germany's first same-sex 'I do''s as marriage equality dawns
[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Same-sex couples will marry in Germany for the first time on Sunday, when some civil registry offices will open specially to celebrate the coming into force of a marriage law that…
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Spurs' Leonard to miss preseason with thigh injury
[ad_1] (The Sports Xchange) – San Antonio Spurs All-Star forward Kawhi Leonard will miss the entire preseason due a right thigh injury, the team announced on Saturday. The Spurs said in a statement that Leonard’s…
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Abi: "A luglio 2017 sospese alle Pmi rate per 4,9 miliardi"
[ad_1] ROMA – “Proseguono a pieno ritmo le iniziative delle banche in Italia sulla sospensione delle rate o allungamento dei finanziamenti alle Pmi”, si legge in una nota dell’Abi. “Al 31 luglio 2017 sono state…
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U.S. directly communicating with North Korea, seeks dialogue
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States said on Saturday it was directly communicating with North Korea on its nuclear and missile programs but Pyongyang had shown no interest in dialogue. The disclosure by U.S.…
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Usa: il ministro della Sanità si dimette
[ad_1] (ANSA) di MARIAGRAZIA DI RAIMONDO – L’amministrazione di Trump è stata colpita da un ulteriore scandalo e il tycoon, dopo aver fatto una campagna elettorale basata sulla pulizia dei parassiti e liberare Washington dai…
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Uber's Kalanick rekindles power struggle, names two to board
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] co-founder Travis Kalanick said he had appointed two new directors, a surprise move that publicly reignited a board battle over the role of the ousted former…
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'Not appropriate,' envoy tells Britain's Boris over Kipling poem in Myanmar
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s ambassador to Myanmar was forced to interrupt Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson earlier this year as he tried to recite a nostalgic colonial poem by Rudyard Kipling in public during a…
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Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Puerto Ricans on Saturday for failing to do enough to dig out from damage caused by Hurricane Maria, saying criticism leveled at his…
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Cinema: Max Gazzè e Carmen Consoli voci italiane nel film "Monster Family"
[ad_1] Due voci italiane sono tra i protagonisti di “Monster Family”, il film di animazione diretto da Holger Tappe che uscirà il 19 ottobre 2017 in Italia distribuito da Adler Entertainment: si tratta di Carmen…
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Qatar Airways expects Meridiana to be Italy's 'real' national carrier
[ad_1] DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar Airways will back Meridiana to be Italy’s top airline, supplying it with wide and narrow bodied jets to help expand its network, the Middle East carrier’s chief executive said on…
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Medicina: circa 17 milioni di ipertesi sono stati normalizzati di pressione
[ad_1] ROMA – “In Italia ci sono circa 17 milioni di ipertesi e circa la metà non sono stati normalizzati, cioè non riescono a ritrovare corretti valori di pressione” ha dichiarato il dottor Giovanni Vincenzo…
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Boris Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a transition period from the European Union after Britain’s exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two years. In…
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Noemi: pm dispone perizia psichiatrica fidanzato
[ad_1] LECCE – Il pm del Tribunale per i Minorenni di Lecce ha depositato una richiesta di incidente probatorio a carico del 17enne di Montesardo reo confesso dell’omicidio di Noemi Durini, la giovane di Specchia…
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Under fire, Trump blames Puerto Ricans for slow hurricane response
[ad_1] SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/BRANCHBURG, N.J (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump blamed Puerto Ricans on Saturday for the slow pace of relief from the devastating damage caused by Hurricane Maria, saying his government, which…
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U.S. 'probing' to see if North Korea interested in dialogue: Tillerson
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States is probing North Korea to see whether it is interested in dialogue and has multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said…
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Sears Canada asks court for more time to close deal with chairman
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Sears Canada Inc (SRSCQ.PK) said late on Friday that it has asked a court to extend creditor protection that expires on Wednesday by another month so it can finish negotiating a deal…
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Catalogna: un giorno al referendum sull’indipendenza, spari contro un seggio
[ad_1] di BEATRICE GALLUZZO – Notti concitate in quel di Barcellona, in vista di questo referendum sull’indipendenza della Catalogna. Ieri una grande festa di chiusura della campagna ha visto 80mila catalani riuniti a Montjuic, in…
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Mattarella convoca giovedì 5 ottobre 2017 il Consiglio Supremo di Difesa
[ad_1] “Il Presidente della Repubblica, Sergio Mattarella, ha convocato il Consiglio Supremo di Difesa, al Palazzo del Quirinale, per giovedì prossimo, 5 ottobre 2017, alle ore 17” si legge in una nota del Quirinale “L’ordine…
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Tillerson in China as U.S. presses North Korean economic squeeze
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held top-level talks in China on Saturday as the United States looks to tighten an economic squeeze aimed at persuading North Korea to retreat from…
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Britain's Boris Johnson wants maximum two-year Brexit transition
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said a transition period from the European Union after Britain’s exit from the bloc in March 2019 must not last more than two years. In…
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EU declines to rank rival bids for agencies leaving Britain over Brexit
[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has shied away from ranking which cities should host Europe’s drugs regulator and banking authority after Brexit, saying the decision is up to the 27 member states which…
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Spanish police occupy Catalan tech hub before banned vote
[ad_1] MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish police have occupied the Catalan government’s communications hub on the eve of a banned independence referendum which Madrid is attempting to thwart, the regional authority said on Saturday. Tens of…
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Demonstrators unveil "Stop Killing Us" banner at St. Louis baseball game
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Demonstrators unfurled a banner that read “Stop Killing Us” at a Major League baseball game on Friday in St. Louis, where they were protesting the acquittal of a white former police officer…
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G7: nuovi scontri a corteo antagonisti, 5 fermati
[ad_1] (credits: La Stampa) TORINO – Ancora momenti di tensione a Torino tra le forze dell’ordine e i manifestanti anti G7. Ieri sera bombe carta e petardi sono stati esplosi contro gli agenti, due dei…
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O.J. Simpson set for imminent release from Nevada prison
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Onetime “Trial of the Century” defendant O.J. Simpson could be freed as early as Sunday from prison in Nevada, where he has been held since 2008 for a botched robbery,…
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Under pressure from Trump, Price resigns as health secretary over private plane uproar
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned under pressure from President Donald Trump on Friday in an uproar over Price’s use of costly private charter planes for government business.…
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Biotossine nelle cozze vive: richiamati due lotti di molluschi
[ad_1] ROMA – Unicoop Tirreno ha richiamato dalla vendita dei supermercati due lotti di molluschi Euroittica a seguito della presenza di BIOTOSSINE algali (acido Okadaico). I mitili non sono considerati sicuri per il consumo umano…
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Catalogna: spari al seggio, 4 feriti
[ad_1] BARCELLONA – Alta tensione in Catalogna, dove quattro persone sono rimaste lievemente ferite dopo che ignoti hanno sparato contro un seggio con un fucile da caccia la notte scorsa a Manlleu. I feriti si…