LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The British cave explorer suing Elon Musk for calling him a “pedo guy” on Twitter testified on Thursday that his criticism of the Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) chief executive that led to the tweet was not a personal attack. Elon Musk walks with his face turned away from cameras as he arrives
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration failed to do a cost-benefit analysis to assess air quality or take into account the impact on children’s health when it sought to eliminate pollution limits on heavy-duty trucks with rebuilt engines, according to a report from an EPA watchdog on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Trucks wait in a long
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that it said baited people into clicking on celebrities’ photos and bogus advertising links, so it could install malware and run ads for counterfeit goods, diet pills and male enhancement supplements. FILE PHOTO: Facebook logos are seen on a screen in this picture
FILE PHOTO: Jul 25, 2015; Cooperstown, NY, USA; MLBPA Executive Director Tony Clark speaks in recognition of the work that Curt Flood did for players right during the Awards Presentation at National Baseball Hall of Fame. Mandatory Credit: Gregory J. Fisher-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – Major League Baseball (MLB) and the union representing its players
MADRID (Reuters) – Brazil will not hold up a deal settling the final items of the Paris Agreement on climate change over a demand for more international funding for domestic environmental efforts, a senior Brazilian diplomat said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s Environment Minister Ricardo Salles looks on during a session of the Environment and
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party wrote to the head of the BBC on Thursday to complain about its coverage of campaigning ahead of next week’s election, accusing the publicly-funded broadcaster of bias. FILE PHOTO: Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn leaves the BBC Headquarters after appearing on the Andrew Marr show in
FILE PHOTO: Bret Greenstein, IBM Global Vice President of Watson Internet of Things Offerings, holds a clone of an artificial intelligence bot named CIMON, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An intelligent robot equipped with emotion-sensing voice detectors was headed to the International Space Station
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool MATLOCK, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the possibility of not reaching a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union by the end of 2020 “simply will not happen”. Johnson has
PALISADES, N.Y. (Reuters) – Some 20 miles north of New York City, a team of scientists is searching for clues about how the environment is changing by studying organisms not usually found in the woods around here: corals. A school of fish swim above a staghorn coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef
A Tiffany & Co logo is seen outside the store on 5th Ave in New York, New York, U.S., March 19, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (Reuters) – Tiffany & Co (TIF.N), which is being bought by Louis Vuitton owner LVMH (LVMH.PA), fell short of Wall Street estimates for quarterly sales on Thursday as the luxury jeweler
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 20, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo LISBON (Reuters) – The United States has spent “the past couple years” working to make sure its allies around the world are aware of the risks of working with companies
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach attends a news conference titled “Publication of facts of pressure of U.S. Embassy on Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies to interfere in electoral process in U.S.”, in Kiev, Ukraine October 9, 2019. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich KIEV (Reuters) – An independent Ukrainian lawmaker said on Thursday he had met U.S. President Donald
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks outside University of London, in London, Britain December 3, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s foreign minister said on Thursday that he hopes Jeremy Corbyn loses next week’s British election, citing allegations of anti-Semitism buffeting the Labour Party leader. “I won’t meddle in internal elections but
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Chem (051910.KS) said on Thursday it would invest $916 million in its U.S. subsidiary by 2023 to set up an electric vehicle battery joint venture with General Motors (GM.N). FILE PHOTO: A view of the entrance to the West Plant at the General Motors Lordstown Complex, assembly plant in
FILE PHOTO: Turkish drilling vessel Yavuz is pictured in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus, August 6, 2019. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo ATHENS (Reuters) – Cyprus has petitioned the International Court of Justice at The Hague to safeguard its offshore mineral rights, its president said on Thursday, as neighbor Turkey disputes its claims. The two countries
A sailing boat is seen through smoke haze from bushfires in front of the cliffs of North Head, Sydney Harbour, Australia, December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Coates SYDNEY (Reuters) – Firefighters were on Thursday battling several blazes ringing Sydney, leaving Australia’s most populous city blanketed by smoke that is expected to linger for days. Bushfires have
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