FILE PHOTO: A desert locust is seen feeding on a plantation in a grazing land on the outskirt of Dusamareb in Galmudug region, Somalia December 22, 2019. REUTERS/Feisal Omar BEIJING (Reuters) – China could be facing a locust invasion, a government body warned on Monday, urging local authorities to prepare for the arrival of the
Month: Mart 2020
DETROIT (Reuters) – Pete Buttigieg, who entered the Democratic presidential race as a relative unknown and positioned himself as the future of the party during an improbable rise to the top tier of a crowded field, ended his White House bid on Sunday. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain and the European Union kick off talks on Monday on how their relationship will shape up after Brexit, with half a trillion euros worth of annual trade and close security ties at stake in what are bound to be tense talks. FILE PHOTO: British flags flutter near the Houses of Parliament,
FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines passenger jet takes off with New York City as a backdrop, at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, U.S. December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Chris Helgren WASHINGTON (Reuters) – United Airlines (UAL.O) Chief Executive Oscar Munoz told employees the U.S. airline would likely need to cut additional flights in the wake of
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Trump administration officials on Sunday tried to calm market panic that the coronavirus could cause a global recession, saying the public had over-reacted and that stocks would bounce back due to the underlying strength of the U.S. economy. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference on the coronavirus
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock leaves Downing Street in London, Britain February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is planning for the global coronavirus epidemic to get worse, health minister Matt Hancock said on Sunday, describing the outbreak as a “very, very significant challenge”. Prime
SELMA, Ala. (Reuters) – Joe Biden, fresh off a victory in South Carolina propelled by black voters, on Sunday commemorated a landmark civil rights march in Alabama, where some worshippers at an African-American church turned their backs on his rival Michael Bloomberg. Biden and the other candidates competing to win the Democratic nomination to challenge
KASTANIES/LESBOS, Greece (Reuters) – Greek police fired tear gas to repel hundreds of stone-throwing migrants who sought to force their way across the border from Turkey on Sunday, witnesses said, with thousands more behind them after Ankara relaxed curbs on their movement. It was the second straight day of clashes at the border crossing by
VIENNA (Reuters) – The Swiss government has filed a criminal complaint over the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s alleged use of a cryptography company as a front to spy on various governments’ secret communications, the Swiss attorney general’s office said on Sunday. The complaint against persons unknown for alleged breaches of the law governing export controls
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian summers are now effectively twice as long as its winters as climate change has increased temperatures since the middle of the last century, research released in the wake of the nation’s unprecedented fire season showed on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A swimmer throws a ball in the Pacific Ocean off Sydney’s beachside
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Aramco is seen as security personnel walk before the start of a press conference by Aramco at the Plaza Conference Center in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed DUBAI (Reuters) – Shares of Saudi Aramco 2222.SE hit 32.50 riyals ($8.66) in intraday trade on Sunday, the lowest
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Joe Biden got the win in South Carolina he desperately needed. Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden addresses supporters at his South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia, South Carolina, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart The former vice president’s decisive victory on Saturday, his first in the
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – An outpouring of black voter support propelled Joe Biden to a convincing victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary on Saturday, resurrecting his faltering White House bid and giving the former vice president a chance to claim he is the moderate alternative to front-runner Bernie Sanders. The decisive win gives Biden a