SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar held above a 13-month low on Tuesday after readings on U.S. factory and services activity beat expectations ahead of the start of a Federal Reserve meeting later in the day, but Asian stocks were subdued with few catalysts to drive them. The dollar and U.S. Treasury yields rose on expectations
Month: July 2017
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Britain’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson on Tuesday appeared to deny there was any infighting within the governing Conservative party during a visit to New Zealand, where he said the country was near the top of the queue for a trade deal post-Brexit. Johnson played down recent media reports in London of infighting
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump exhorted every Republican to vote yes on a healthcare overhaul when it comes before the Senate this week, but one of his party’s most vocal opponents of the bill, Senator Susan Collins, said he had made no effort to reach her. “The Democrats aren’t giving us one vote, so
DETROIT (Reuters) – A federal judge in Michigan on Monday halted the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqi nationals detained during immigration sweeps across the United States last month, the latest legal victory for the detainees in a closely watched case. U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith granted a preliminary injunction requested by lawyers from the
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc reported a 21 percent jump in quarterly revenue on Monday, maintaining a growth rate that is rarely seen among companies its size and suggesting the big sales gains enjoyed recently by the other Internet firms are not done yet. Alphabet, the owner of Google and YouTube, said it made
Annually traffic police writes more than a million traffic tickets. Some of them are appropriate, and some are not. Anyone can appeal the decision taken against him/her, if he/she considers it is illegal. In the video we tried to present common unfair fines, appeals of which are mainly satisfied, as well as procedure for their
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Last August in Rio, Adam Peaty’s coach Mel Marshall compared the wait of watching her charge swimming away with the Olympic 100 meters breaststroke gold to that of giving birth. Nearly one year on, the 22-year-old Peaty delivered on the global stage again after a routine victory in the same discipline at
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition plastered election centers with slogans and planned to rally in honor of dead protesters on Monday in a final week-long push to force President Nicolas Maduro into aborting a controversial congress. The unpopular leftist leader is pressing ahead with the vote for a Constitutional Assembly on Sunday despite the opposition
(Please be advised that this story contains language in paragraphs 6, 7, 8 that may offend some readers; adds police confirmation that driver and deceased were sisters) By Chris Kenning (Reuters) – A California teen driver who reportedly shot live video before and after a crash that killed her 14-year-old sister has been charged with
NEW YORK/SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Coffee growers in parts of Brazil are grappling with the worst beetle infestation in recent memory as a ban on a pesticide used for 40 years has helped the destructive insect flourish, threatening bean quality and yields. The damage from the beetle – until 2013 controlled by the pesticide endosulfan
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Pop singer Justin Bieber on Monday canceled the remainder of his “Purpose” world tour citing “unforeseen circumstances” but gave no specific reasons. The cancellation will affect 14 dates in North America and Asia through Oct. 10. Ticket holders will get refunds. “Justin loves his fans and hates to disappoint them,” his
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Blue Apron Holdings Inc ARPN.N jumped as much as 20 percent on Monday, reversing some of their heavy losses from the past few weeks, after several brokerages initiated coverage of the meal-kit service with a bullish outlook. Concerns about what Amazon.com Inc’s (AMZN.O) $13.7 billion deal to buy grocer
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts police do not have the authority to detain illegal immigrants solely to buy time for federal law enforcement officials to take them into custody, the state’s top court ruled on Monday. The decision amounts to a rejection of requests by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency for courts and law
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said on Monday his country and its citizens were exposed to risks by potential leaks of sensitive material from an IT-contract that one official said had been rushed. Lofven told a news conference he regretted he had not been informed earlier about the issue, which stems from
LONDON (Reuters) – The parents of Charlie Gard tearfully gave up their legal battle to keep their terminally ill baby alive on Monday, saying his condition had deteriorated too far for any possible recovery, in a case they said had touched the world. The parents said their 11-month-old son might have been able to live
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