September 2017
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South Korea seeks bigger warheads, North Korean ICBM reportedly on the move
[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea said on Tuesday an agreement with the United States to scrap a weight limit on its warheads would help it respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat after…
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Putin: no censorship or pressure behind arrest of prominent director
[ad_1] XIAMEN, China (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that there was no censorship or official pressure behind the arrest of a film and theater director whose edgy work has angered traditionalists…
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Red Bull boss wants F1 engine allocation increased
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Red Bull boss Christian Horner has called for Formula One drivers to be allowed more engines per season to reduce the rash of starting grid penalties that reached farcical levels at…
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Putin, conflitto può portare a catastrofe
[ad_1] (ANSA) – ROMA, 5 SET – Nuove sanzioni contro la Corea del Nord sarebbero “futili e inefficaci” e visto che Pyongyang “ha armi atomiche, un conflitto potrebbe portare a una catastrofe globale”: così il…
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UK car sales fall further in August
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British new car registrations fell for the fifth month in a row in August, the longest run of declines since 2011, a car industry body said on Tuesday. Sales fell 6.4…
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Brescia, bimba di 4 anni muore di malaria
[ad_1] BRESCIA – Dramma a Brescia, dove una bambina di quattro anni, ricoverata agli Ospedali Civili, è morta per malaria. A riportarlo oggi alcuni quotidiani locali. Figlia di una coppia italiana residente a Trento, la…
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Toymaker Lego to cut 8 percent of staff as sales decline
[ad_1] COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Toymaker Lego announced plans to lay off 8 percent of its workforce as it reported a 5 percent fall in mid-year revenue. The unlisted maker of colorful plastic bricks reported revenue…
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Stormed-tossed Texans set to return to work as recovery picks up
[ad_1] HOUSTON (Reuters) – Texas takes another step toward recovery from Hurricane Harvey on Tuesday when many residents return to work for the first time since the storm devastated the Houston area, killing around 60…
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Persecution of all Muslims in Myanmar on the rise, rights group says
[ad_1] BANGKOK (Reuters) – The systematic persecution of minority Muslims is on the rise across Myanmar and not confined to the northwestern state of Rakhine, where recent violence has sent nearly 90,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing,…
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Trump poised to rescind Dreamer program, pressure Congress to fix
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to rescind a program shielding from deportation some immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, throwing their fate to Congress, which…
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China's tighter drone rules send new pilots flocking to school
[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – A buzz fills the sky above a flight base in northern Beijing, as pilots practise take-offs and landings ahead of tests to qualify for a license – to fly drones. Drone…
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Tronc buys New York Daily News
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Newspaper company Tronc Inc, which owns the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, said it acquired the New York Daily News from media and property mogul Mort Zuckerman. Financial terms of…
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Prince William and wife Kate expecting third child
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their third child, their office said on Monday after the Duchess was forced to cancel an engagement due to severe morning sickness. Britain’s…
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Ailing Del Potro escapes brink to beat Thiem
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – An ailing Juan Martin Del Potro came back from the brink of defeat to beat Austrian sixth seed Dominic Thiem 1-6 2-6 6-1 7-6(1) 6-4 and reach the last eight…
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U.S. envoy says North Korean leader 'begging for war' as U.N. mulls sanctions
[ad_1] SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States accused North Korea’s trading partners on Monday of aiding its nuclear ambitions and said Pyongyang was “begging for war” after the North’s powerful nuclear test on Sunday…
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Caribbean islands, Florida brace for fierce Hurricane Irma
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma, barreling toward the Caribbean and the southern United States, was upgraded to a powerful Category 4 storm on Monday as islands in its path braced for a possible onslaught. Hurricane…
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United Tech to buy Rockwell Collins for $30 billion, combine aerospace operations
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Aerospace supplier United Technologies Corp (UTX.N) has struck a $30 billion agreement to buy avionics and interiors maker Rockwell Collins Inc (COL.N), the companies said on Monday, in a deal that bulks…
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UK consumers spend more in August, but pinch persists – BRC
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British shoppers increased their spending in August at the fastest pace so far in 2017, excluding a surge in April caused by the Easter holiday, but there is little sign yet…
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Texas moves toward post-Harvey recovery; gas prices slip
[ad_1] HOUSTON (Reuters) – Texas on Monday edged toward recovery from the devastation of Hurricane Harvey as shipping channels, oil pipelines and refineries restarted some operations and authorities lifted an evacuation order for the area…
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Sao Paulo Mayor Doria could quit party for presidential bid
[ad_1] SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Presidential hopeful João Doria, the mayor of Brazil’s largest city, made it clear on Monday that he is not married to the centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) and is…
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'Thriller' was made because Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster
[ad_1] VENICE (Reuters) – Music video “Thriller” was not the product of a brilliant idea but was made because pop star Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster, director John Landis said at the Venice…
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Anti-Uber protests disrupt major Chilean airport; one dead
[ad_1] SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Taxi drivers protesting the growth of mobile ride hailing applications such as Uber and Cabify blocked the main road to Chile’s principal airport in capital Santiago on Monday, leading to one…
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Los Angeles fire spread halted, work to contain it continues
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Fire officials said on Monday they had effectively stopped the uncontrolled spread of the largest wildfire in Los Angeles history, with a little help from cooler weather, but were still working to…
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Texas moves toward post-Harvey recovery as evacuation order lifted
[ad_1] HOUSTON (Reuters) – Authorities lifted an evacuation order for the area surrounding a once-burning chemical plant and a major fuel pipeline reopened on Monday in signs that Texas was edging toward recovery from the…
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Motorcycling: Yamaha rule out replacing injured Rossi at Misano
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Yamaha have ruled out replacing injured Italian Valentino Rossi at this weekend’s San Marino Grand Prix at Misano. The MotoGP team said in a statement on Monday that Spaniard Maverick Vinales would…
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U.S. Box Office: 'Hitman's Bodyguard' leads slowest Labor Day weekend in about two years
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – A disastrous domestic summer box office is ending on a low note. Without any fresh competition in wide release, “Hitman’s Bodyguard” appears the be the holiday weekend’s movie of choice.…
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Turkey criticizes German 'populism' after Merkel shift on EU membership
[ad_1] ANKARA (Reuters) – A spokesman for Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused German politicians on Monday of indulging in populism after Chancellor Angela Merkel said she would seek an end to Ankara’s European Union membership…
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Queen Elizabeth opens Scotland's third Forth bridge
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth formally opened Scotland’s biggest infrastructure project in a generation – the third bridge across the River Forth – on Monday, exactly 53 years after she opened the second. The…
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William e Kate, terzo bebè in arrivo
[ad_1] LONDRA – Il principe William e la moglie Kate Middleton aspettano il terzo figlio. Ad annunciarlo Kensington Palace. Secondo Kensington Palace la duchessa, come nelle due precedenti gravidanze, soffre di una iperemesi gravidica che…
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WTO reverses Boeing 777X tax credit ruling in blow to EU
[ad_1] PARIS/GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Trade Organization has reversed a ruling that Boeing (BA.N) received prohibited support for its newest aircraft, dealing a blow to the European Union in its long-running row with the…
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