BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed to London’s request for a Brexit deadline extension on Friday but set no new departure date, giving Britain’s divided parliament time to decide on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s call for a snap election. An hybrid flag depicting the EU and the British flags is seen during a debate
SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Group heir Jay Y. Lee appeared at a Seoul courtroom on Friday for the start of a bribery trial that could result in a tougher sentence after South Korea’s top court ordered a review of his graft case. FILE PHOTO: Samsung Electronics vice chairman Jay Y. Lee arrives to attend a
GEYSERVILLE, Calif. (Reuters) – A wind-driven wildfire roared across a swath of northern California wine country on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of some 2,000 Sonoma County residents, including the entire town of Geyserville, where about a dozen homes were destroyed. The Kincade fire was the most severe of several blazes raging throughout California as utility
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Thursday for a general election on Dec. 12 to break Britain’s Brexit impasse, a goal the leader has sought but so far failed to push through parliament. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seen at the House of Commons in London, Britain October 23, 2019. ©UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A revelatory cache of fossils dug up in central Colorado details as never before the rise of mammals from the post-apocalyptic landscape after an asteroid smacked Earth 66 million years ago and annihilated three-quarters of all species including the dinosaurs. Fossilized mammal skull fossils and lower jaw retrieved from the Corral Bluffs
BERGAMO, Italy (Reuters) – Brembo’s distinctive colored brakes stop many of the world’s fastest cars but when it comes to the electric vehicles of the future it faces a problem – traditional brakes are noisy. FILE PHOTO: Electric cars are parked for display during E-Rallye Baltica 2019 in Bauska, Latvia July 23, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins
A view of the Chinese Embassy plaque in London, Britain, October 24, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – The Chinese embassy in London said on Thursday it had a heavy heart after reports that police had found 39 Chinese nationals dead in a lorry. “We read with heavy heart the reports about the death of
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares pulled ahead on Thursday with corporate earnings buffeting trading as investors remained anxious about the business impact of the Sino-U.S. trade war while Brexit uncertainties kept overall sentiment in check. FILE PHOTO: Passersby are reflected on a screen displaying graphs of market indices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, August
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Charles Leclerc likes a nice steak and is a long way from following Lewis Hamilton in going vegan but, like every Formula One driver, Ferrari’s young ace is interested in any advantage he can get. FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Japanese Grand Prix – Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan – October
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle are well placed to ride out the media storm around them and avoid the pitfalls that tore apart his parents, Charles and Diana, for the simplest of reasons, Diana’s former butler said: They love each other. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess
BERLIN/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it had achieved a breakthrough in computing research by using a quantum computer to solve in minutes a complex problem that would take today’s most powerful supercomputer thousands of years to crack. Google researchers expect that quantum computers within a few years will fuel advancements
BERLIN (Reuters) – Researchers at Google say they have achieved ‘quantum supremacy’, in which a computer harnessing the properties of sub-atomic particles did a far better job of solving a problem than the world’s most powerful supercomputer. FILE PHOTO: A handout picture from October 2019 shows a component of Google’s Quantum Computer in the Santa
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – (This October 22 story has been refiled to correct headline to say software rather than robotics, first paragraph to clarify that the Olis software would run on a Maxar robotic arm, paragraphs 2 and 3 to state that the robotic arm belongs to Maxar, and paragraph 4 to remove reference to Olis
(Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) reported a 53% drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as the world’s largest planemaker was hurt by the grounding of its best-selling 737 MAX jets. Aerial photos showing Boeing 737 Max airplanes parked at Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S. October 20, 2019. Picture taken October 20, 2019. REUTERS/Gary He
LONDON (Reuters) – From higher-quality paint to state-of-the-art propellers: shipping companies are looking in every corner to reduce their carbon footprint as investor and activist pressure increases. FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker sails along the Don River in Rostov-on-Don, Russia on September 29, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/File Photo The move comes as aviation and shipping firms
GRAYS, England (Reuters) – British police found the bodies of 39 people inside a truck container believed to have come from Bulgaria at an industrial estate to the east of London on Wednesday. Police officers are seen at the scene where bodies were discovered in a lorry container, in Grays, Essex, Britain October 23, 2019.
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