ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) – An iguana-like creature with a needle-sharp snout has been confirmed from a fossilized skeleton as a species of the marine reptile thalattosaur previously unknown to science that roamed the coast of what is now Alaska some 200 million years ago. Dating from the Triassic period and identified from a lone fossil
FILE PHOTO: Switzerland’s national flag flies below a logo of Swiss bank Credit Suisse at its headquarters at the Paradeplatz square in Zurich, July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse (CSGN.S), which has faced a scandal related to spying on senior executives, also conducted espionage against Greenpeace, Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported. Then-Chief
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Ride-hailing company Beat hopes rival Uber (UBER.N) will return to Colombia, but meanwhile, it will capitalize on the void it left and try to fill it, the company said. Mauricio Lopez, General Manager of Beat in Colombia, poses for a picture in Bogota, Colombia February 3, 2020. Picture taken February 3, 2020.
ITO, Japan (Reuters) – Sinking into the steamy hot springs, the giant rodents of Izu Shaboten Koen flick their ears and close their eyes against the camera clicks of fascinated onlookers, drifting into a hazy midday nap. Capybaras sit inside a hot tub full of apples at Izu Shaboten Zoo in Ito, Japan February 1,
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is seeking to use the announcement
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football – Premier League – Watford v Manchester United – Vicarage Road, Watford, Britain – December 22, 2019 General view of Sky Sports microphones before the match. REUTERS/David Klein/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – European pay-TV group Sky has pledged to go net zero carbon by 2030 by cutting the emissions created by
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines his government’s negotiating stance with the European Union after Brexit, during a speech at the Old Naval College in Greenwich, in London, Britain February 3, 2020. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035, five years earlier
FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen above the entrance to the WeWork corporate headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 21, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo (Reuters) – Softbank-backed (9984.T) WeWork named real estate industry veteran Sandeep Mathrani as its new chief executive, tasking him with turning around the embattled office-sharing startup after its botched attempt
LONDON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union and Britain clashed over a post-Brexit trade deal on Monday with Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisting he need not sign up to the bloc’s rules and Brussels warning of tariffs and quotas unless he did. Britain wants to negotiate a trade deal by the end of 2020, though EU
Skiers visit a restaurant in the “plastic free zone” of Pejo 3000, the first ski resort in Italy to ban single-use plastic, in Peio, Trentino, Italy, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi PEIO, Italy (Reuters) – “Abandon plastic all ye who enter here,” reads a sign at the Pejo 3000 ski resort, which says it is
Investors look at an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China, March 7, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY – S1AETJYOONAA SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese stock and commodity markets fell heavily at the open on Monday, in the first trading session after an extended Lunar New Year
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lay out his negotiating terms for talks with the European Union on Monday, saying Britain will prosper even if he cannot strike his preferred trade deal. FILE PHOTO: People celebrate at the statue of Winston Churchill as Britain leaves the EU on Brexit day in London, Britain,
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A crude oil spill near Baytown, Texas, has restarted after earlier being contained, U.S. Coast Guard officials said in an updated statement on Sunday. About 630 gallons of diesel fuel spilled in Tabbs Bay and approximately one mile (1.6 km) of shoreline has been affected, officials said. The cause of the spill
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s central bank said it will inject 1.2 trillion yuan ($174 billion) worth of liquidity into the markets via reverse repo operations on Monday as its stock markets prepare to reopen amid an outbreak of a new coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A woman walks out of the headquarters of the People’s Bank of
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom finally cast off from the European Union on Friday for an uncertain future, with Brexiteers claiming victory and popping champagne corks for an “independence day” they said marked a new era for the country. In its biggest shift since losing its global empire, the United Kingdom slipped away at
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s capital, Canberra, was on high alert on Sunday as bushfires burned nearby, while smoke and dust covered large parts of the country’s east, prompting warnings from health authorities. A firefighter from a local brigade works to extinguish flames after a bushfire burnt through the area in Bredbo, New South Wales, Australia,
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