SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices rose for a second day on Tuesday on expectations that central banks are likely to enact financial stimulus to offset the impacts of the coronavirus outbreak and growing optimism that OPEC will order deeper output cuts this week. FILE PHOTO: A seagull flies in front of an oil platform in
Month: March 2020
(Reuters) – Longtime MSNBC cable news anchor Chris Matthews abruptly announced his retirement on Monday following controversial remarks to women and about Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders. FILE PHOTO: MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews interviews New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio after the conclusion of the first U.S. 2020 presidential election Democratic candidates debate in
FILE PHOTO: A Facebook logo is displayed on a smartphone in this illustration taken January 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – Facebook Inc is pulling out of this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) music and tech festival over growing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesperson for the company said on Monday. The virus
GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – The new coronavirus appears to now be spreading much more rapidly outside China than within, and airports in hard-hit countries were ramping up screening of travelers. World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said almost eight times as many cases had been reported outside China as inside in the previous 24
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew the nomination of Elaine McCusker to a senior Pentagon post, after reports that she had questioned the suspension of military aid to Ukraine, a key element in the inquiry leading to Trump’s impeachment. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Charlotte, North
FILE PHOTO: Basketball – NBA – Washington Wizards v New York Knicks – The O2 Arena, London, Britain – January 17, 2019 General view inside the stadium during the match Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers (Reuters) – NBA players should fist-bump with fans instead of high-fiving them and avoid taking items to autograph, the league
DALLAS (Reuters) – Former Vice President Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential bid picked up steam on Monday with the endorsements of two former 2020 rivals – Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar – who planned to join him on the stage at a rally on the eve of the Super Tuesday primary elections But Biden still faces
LONDON (Reuters) – Jupiter Asset Management (JUP.L), a top-25 investor in Barclays (BARC.L), plans to support a shareholder resolution aimed at cutting the bank’s lending to the fossil fuel industry. FILE PHOTO: The Barclays logo is seen at their offices at Canary Wharf financial district in London,Britain, March 3, 2016. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause/File Photo Banks are
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government is preparing possible measures to support the health service, businesses and the economy as the outbreak of coronavirus continues to spread, the finance ministry said on Monday. People are pictured wearing protective face masks in London, Britain, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls The United Kingdom has so far had
LONDON (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies, which for years has denied violating American trade sanctions on Iran, produced internal company records in 2010 that show it was directly involved in sending prohibited U.S. computer equipment to Iran’s largest mobile-phone operator. FILE PHOTO: A Huawei company logo is pictured at the Shenzhen International Airport in Shenzhen,
TOKYO (Reuters) – A line of masked spectators raises muffled cheers for elite marathon runners, and a baseball bat’s thud on a ball echoes around a vast, empty stadium: Sport in Tokyo this weekend set the tone for how a coronavirus-hit Olympic Games could play out. For the first time ever, Japan’s professional baseball teams
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain unveiled its mandate for trade talks with the United States on Monday, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson vowing to drive a hard bargain in negotiations that are set to test the “special relationship” between the two countries. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain, February
SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) – South Korea sought murder charges against leaders of a secretive church at the center of a ballooning coronavirus outbreak in the country on Monday as the global death toll rose above 3,000. World stock markets regained some calm as hopes for global interest rate cuts to soften the economic blow of the
RICHMOND, VA. (Reuters) – In his brief three-month campaign for president, Michael Bloomberg poured nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars into building an advertising and data-mining juggernaut unlike anything the political world had ever seen. Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg delivers remarks at a church service to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the “Bloody Sunday” march
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) – Long before she rose to fame in Burkina Faso, Line Banty became acutely aware of her albinism when as a young girl she was the only one in her family to get badly sunburned on a beach outing. Now, as the presenter of a popular daytime entertainment show, in which she dominates
(Reuters) – Health officials in Washington state said late Sunday that a nursing home resident had died after contracting coronavirus, while New York’s governor confirmed his state’s first positive case, as the virus moved out of its West Coast foothold. The coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, has decimated global markets as it