(Reuters) – A driver crashed the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration on Wednesday, breaking through a parade barrier and leading police on a chase through the parade route before coming to a halt a few hours before the festivities got underway, police said. The green sedan was stopped before approaching the crowd and no
Month: February 2020
LONDON (Reuters) – The number of anti-Semitic incidents logged in Britain last year hit record levels yet again amid accusations the opposition Labour Party had failed to tackle the issue within its ranks, a Jewish advisory body said on Thursday. The Community Security Trust (CST), which advises Britain’s estimated 280,000 Jews on security matters, said
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks surged for a third straight day on Wednesday and the Nasdaq hit a new record high, helped by strong monthly domestic private jobs data and reports of progress in developing a treatment to fight the fast-spreading coronavirus. A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S.,
DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) has watched with frustration and envy as the market value of electric carmaker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) has ballooned to more than triple GM’s size, but Wednesday the Detroit automaker is expected to make the case that its EV and self-driving technology strategy deserves a higher value. FILE PHOTO:
(Reuters) – The rapid spread of a new coronavirus in China is alarming health experts. Here is what we know – and do not know – about the virus: People wear protective masks during rush hour inside the BTS skytrain in Bangkok, Thailand February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa HOW DANGEROUS IS THE VIRUS? The new
TOKYO (Reuters) – For the thousands of Muslim athletes, officials and supporters arriving in Tokyo for the Olympic Games later this year, it may be a struggle for them to find an appropriate place to pray. A Mobile Mosque on the back of truck providing a portable solution for Muslims looking for a safe and
Greenpeace climate activist looks on as he is being removed by police officers near the entrance to BP’s head office in London, Britain February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Climate protesters forced BP to temporarily shut down its London headquarters on Wednesday, the first day in office for the oil and gas company’s
LONDON (Reuters) – Culture minister Nicky Morgan hinted on Wednesday that the annual BBC licence fee on Britain’s television-watching households could be scrapped after the next review of its royal charter, as crunch funding talks with the broadcaster near. FILE PHOTO: The microphone that newsreader Iain Purdon used to deliver the final BBC World Service
FILE PHOTO: A fisherman is seen on the Mekong river bank outside Nong Khai, Thailand January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/ BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand has scrapped a Chinese-led project to blast rapids on the Mekong River that had been opposed by local people and environmental groups, a government spokeswoman said on Wednesday. China initiated
BEIJING (Reuters) – Fatalities from the coronavirus epidemic are overwhelmingly concentrated in central China’s Wuhan city, which accounts for over 73% of deaths despite having only one-third the number of confirmed infections. FILE PHOTO: Funeral parlour staff members in protective suits help a colleague with disinfection after they transferred a body at a hospital, following
LONG BEACH, Calif. (Reuters) – Manny Sandoval, who arrived at the Los Angeles Lakers as a team attendant in 1996, the same year as Kobe Bryant, said the death in a helicopter crash of the basketball legend and friend “was like a punch in the stomach”. FILE PHOTO: Apr 10, 2016; Houston, TX, USA; Los
TOKYO (Reuters) – Ten people onboard a cruise liner docked in the Japanese port of Yokohama have tested positive for coronavirus, Japan’s health minister said on Wednesday, a figure that could rise as medical screening of thousands of patients and crew continued. Cruise ship Diamond Princess is seen anchored off the Yokohama Port, after a
FILE PHOTO: Switzerland’s national flag flies below a logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse at its headquarters at the Paradeplatz square in Zurich, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse (CSGN.S), which has faced a scandal related to spying on senior executives, also conducted espionage against Greenpeace, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported. Then-Chief
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks steadied on Wednesday on hopes of additional Chinese stimulus to lessen the economic impact of a coronavirus outbreak, but risks remain as the illness continues to spread and the death toll neared 500. Investors sit in front of a board showing stock information at a brokerage house on the first
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s new streaming service Disney+ reached 28.6 million paying subscribers this week, the company said on Tuesday as it reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at his phone as he passes by a screen advertising Walt Disney’s streaming service Disney+ in New York City,
DES MOINES, Iowa (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg took a narrow lead in the first batch of long-delayed results on Tuesday from the chaotic Iowa Democratic Party caucuses, and former Vice President Joe Biden trailed badly in fourth place with about 62% of precincts reporting. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders was a close second and U.S. Senator
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