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MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – British police said five people had been injured after a man lunged at passers-by with a large knife in a shopping centre in northern England on Friday in a “brutal” attack officers were treating as terrorism. The man attacked people around him and chased two unarmed officers shortly after entering Manchester’s

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A fierce, wind-driven wildfire swept through foothills and canyons along the northern edge of Los Angeles on Friday, engulfing homes, closing roads and engulfing acre upon acre of dry brush and chaparral as 100,000 residents were forced to flee. At least one death was attributed to the fire, a man who

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain agreed on Friday to hold intense talks over the next few days in a bid to secure a deal over Britain’s departure from the bloc, but arrangements over British-Irish border controls remain at issue, the EU said. Britain’s Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay poses with European Union’s chief

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California Governor Gavin Newsom called a widespread electricity shutdown triggered by a power company to prevent wildfires “unacceptable”, as gale-force winds and dry weather posed a critical fire threat to the north of the state. Pacific Gas and Electric Co (PG&E) has imposed unprecedented shut-offs that left more than 730,000 homes

Protesters block the entrance of the BBC Headquarters during an Extinction Rebellion demonstration in London, Britain October 11, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Climate-change protesters from the Extinction Rebellion Group have blocked the entrance to the BBC headquarters in London calling on the broadcaster to “tell the full truth” in its coverage of the

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Mayors of cities from Lisbon to New Orleans called on Thursday for urgent global action to tackle climate change that could see hundreds of coastal metropolises swamped with water. Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore speaks during the C40 World Mayors Summit at the Tivoli convention center in Copenhagen, Denmark October 10,

Ireland’s Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meet in Thornton Manor, Cheshire, Britain October 10, 2019. Noel Mullen/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – The UK is proposing a “pared-down” free trade agreement to make a deal done by the end of October, Sky news reported on Thursday, citing sources. Prime Minister

FILE PHOTO: Firefighters battle bushfires in Busbys Flat, northern NSW, Australia, October 9, 2019. AAP Image/Jason O’Brien/via REUTERS MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The remains of an elderly couple have been found in a burned-out home in rural New South Wales state, police said on Thursday, as Australia comes to grips with an earlier and more severe

LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet his Irish counterpart on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to revive a British proposal for a Brexit deal that the European Union said falls far short of what is needed for an orderly divorce. FILE PHOTO: Ireland’s Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Leo Varadkar waves as he meets

MBANDAKA, Congo (Reuters) – Once a month, Mohamed Esimbo Matongu leaves his home in the western Congolese city of Mbandaka and hunts for wild animals. Pascal aims his gun at a monkey as he hunts in the forest near the city of Mbandaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, April 5, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Nicolon Though he

FILE PHOTO – People walk past a sign at the Nissan car plant in Sunderland, Britain February 4, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble LONDON (Reuters) – Japanese carmaker Nissan has ended night shifts at its plant in Sunderland, northern England, the Unite union said on Wednesday. “Unite has been aware of this announcement for some time and

LONDON (Reuters) – Wide variations in the way oil companies report their efforts to reduce carbon emissions make it difficult to assess the risk of holding their shares as the world shifts away from fossil fuels, senior fund managers say. FILE PHOTO: Visitors walk through a maze at an amusement park at the “Ponomaryovo” farming

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will take an aggressive stance towards the European Union if Brexit talks break down, threatening to withhold security cooperation to convince the bloc not to allow any further delay, a British source was quoted as saying. British Union Jack and EU flags are pictured before the meeting with Britain’s Brexit Secretary

(Reuters) – A small area of low pressure located few hundred miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina has 40% chance of cyclone formation in the next 48 hours, the U.S. Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday. “Although upper-level winds, are not particularly favorable for additional development, only a small increase in organization could result in

FILE PHOTO: Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England (BOE) speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, U.S., September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Tuesday that the physical impact of climate change will not be evenly distributed, adding that the BoE will

Some of the 40,000 3D printed plastic figures are seen on display as part of an installation by veterans charity Help for Heroes to highlight the number of veterans medically discharged from the armed forces over the last 20 years in Manchester, Britain October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Phil Noble MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) – An installation of