FILE PHOTO: Athletics – Chicago Marathon – Chicago, Illinois, United States – October 13, 2019 Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh in action before finishing second in the women’s marathon REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Ababel Yeshaneh smashed the half marathon world record by 20 seconds on Friday to win the Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) event in
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Italian luxury shoemaker Tod’s is seen at the company’s store in Zurich, Switzerland April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – Italian luxury leather goods maker Tod’s (TOD.MI) made an “excellent” start to 2020 before the coronavirus hit sales but the situation could start to improve in the next
SEOUL: South Korea reported 48 more novel coronavirus cases Friday afternoon (Feb 21), adding to 52 it announced in the morning, bringing the nationwide total to 204 – the most outside China. A total of 100 new cases were confirmed by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), 85 of them connected to the
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese automaker Geely [GEELY.UL] has launched a service for customers to buy cars online and get them delivered directly to their homes, in a bid to drum up sales as the coronavirus outbreak prompts buyers to stay away from showrooms. FILE PHOTO: A building of the Geely Auto Research Institute is seen
US President Donald Trump’s daughter and senior advisor Ivanka Trump will be part of the American delegation that heads to India next week for a state visit, sources said. Ivanka Trump’s husband Jared Kushner — who is also a senior advisor to Donald Trump — is part of the US contingent. Donald Trump arrives in
FILE PHOTO: Paul Golding, the leader of Britain First, speaks at a rally held following the recent Westminster attack, in central London, Britain April 1, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Paul Golding, leader of British far-right group Britain First, has been charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act, which the BBC reported stemmed
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported an uptick in new cases of coronavirus on Friday, boosted by more than 200 people testing positive for the disease in two prisons outside of Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak. A child wearing a face mask runs past stores of Tiffany & Co and Miu Miu, as the
FILE PHOTO: The EDF logo is seen on a reactor building at the Tricastin nuclear power plant site in Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux, France, June 27, 2019. REUTERS/Benjamin Mallet/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Activists from Greenpeace broke into the Tricastin nuclear power plant in southern France in order to demand its closure, the environmental pressure group said on
LONDON (Reuters) – Almost a decade after his WikiLeaks website enraged Washington by leaking secret U.S. documents, a London court will begin hearings on Monday to decide whether Julian Assange should be extradited to the United States. FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain January 13, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
TOKYO: The nightmare of a 14-day quarantine is ending for most passengers on the coronavirus-stricken Diamond Princess cruise ship, but it is far from over for the more than 1,000 crew. While passengers on board were confined to their cabins around the clock apart from an hour of fresh air on deck, most crew did not
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Walmart’s Flipkart has filed a legal challenge against an antitrust investigation ordered against the company in India, a court filing seen by Reuters showed, following a similar petition by its rival Amazon.com Inc. FILE PHOTO: The logo of India’s e-commerce firm Flipkart is seen in this illustration picture taken January 29,
US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who represents “1.5 billion” Indians, has an advantage on Facebook, while referring to the number of followers the two leaders have on the social networking website. Trump, who will visit India next week, said Modi is “number two” on Facebook in terms of followers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence officials told lawmakers last week that Russia is interfering in the 2020 election campaign by aiming to cast doubt on the integrity of the vote and boost President Donald Trump’s re-election, a person familiar with the briefing said on Thursday. The person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of
WASHINGTON/RIYADH/FRANKFURT – (Reuters) – In the days after a new virus was identified in China on Dec. 31, global central bankers fell back on past experience for a comforting early analysis. FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a face mask walks past a shop of a French luxury cosmetic brand Lancome at the Wangfujing shopping street
FILE PHOTO: Tokyo governor Yuriko Koike speaks at the opening ceremony of the Ariake Arena, which will host volleyball and wheelchair basketball competitions in Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said on Friday it was inappropriate for candidates in London’s mayoral
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren raised more money than most of her Democratic presidential rivals in the weeks before the Iowa caucuses, but spent so heavily that her campaign took out a $3 million loan fearing she would run out of cash. U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren orders lunch with
SINGAPORE: A 39-year-old Bangladeshi national warded here is in a very critical state, the Bangladesh High Commission confirmed on Thursday (Feb 20). The patient, who already suffered from respiratory and kidney problems, and pneumonia before being infected with COVID-19, has been in the Intensive Care Unit for 14 days as of Thursday, the High Commission said.
FILE PHOTO: A man looks on parliamentary election campaign posters in Tehran, Iran February 19, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Nazanin Tabatabaee via REUTERS DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranians began voting on Friday in a parliamentary election that is unlikely to change the Islamic Republic’s troubled relations with the United States, after thousands of candidates were
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares were under water on Friday as fears over the creeping spread of the coronavirus sent funds fleeing to the sheltered shores of U.S. assets, lifting the dollar to three-year highs. FILE PHOTO: Investors look at screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Aly
FILE PHOTO: Richard Grenell U.S. Ambassador to Germany attends the “Rally for Equal Rights at the United Nations (Protesting Anti-Israeli Bias)” aside of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Richard Grenell, U.S. President Donald Trump’s former ambassador to Germany who was tapped
HONG KONG: A Hong Kong police officer has been confirmed infected with COVID-19, authorities said on Friday (Feb 21), the first officer to test positive in the Asian financial hub as dozens of other officers were quarantined over concerns of contagion. The 48-year-old officer had attended a banquet with 59 other police in the city’s
As talks between the Supreme Court-appointed interlocutors and Shaheen Bagh protesters over to vacate the road made little headway on Thursday, the third round is likely to be held at a different location on Friday. Sources have told India Today that mediators want a more ‘neutral’ location to hold talks with the Shaheen Bagh protesters
(Reuters) – California is suing the administration of President Donald Trump for what it calls the administration’s failure to protect endangered species in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers. FILE PHOTO: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (L) speaks about President Trump’s proposal to weaken national greenhouse gas emission and fuel efficiency regulations as he stands
FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Tom Steyer addresses the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Nevada Presidential Town Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 13, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Thayer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Businessman Tom Steyer poured $64.7 million of his own wealth in January into his bid to win the Democratic presidential
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shigeru Aoki weathers the assault by his young student, who whacks him on the head with her bamboo sword until she suddenly stops, takes a few steps back and, slightly out of breath, bows. Children practice kendo with their teacher at the gymnasium of a primary school in Fukuoka, Japan February 6,
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden departs after delivering remarks as he joined gun violence survivors and activists in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., February 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden raised $8.9 million in January, ending the month with $7.1 million in
SEOUL: South Korea reported 52 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Friday (Feb 21), taking the national total to 156, with the majority in Daegu, the country’s fourth-largest city. Altogether 39 of the new cases were linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the southern city of Daegu, the Korean Centres for Disease
FILE PHOTO: Darren Entwistle, President and CEO of Telus Corporation, delivers his speech to shareholders during their annual general meeting in Edmonton May 9, 2012. REUTERS/Dan Riedlhuber/File Photo (Reuters) – Telus Corp could cut 5,000 jobs and C$1 billion in investments over the next five years if the Canadian telecom operator is forced to slash
SINGAPORE: Five Singaporeans who were on board the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have been allowed to disembark, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Friday (Feb 21). The cruise ship had been quarantined off Yokohama over the spread of COVID-19 among its passengers. A total of 634 passengers have been infected, with two fatalities. Advertisement
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean officials on Friday designated two cities as “special care zones” while its military confined troops to their bases in a desperate effort to contain the spread of coronavirus after a recent spike in cases. A man wearing a mask to prevent contracting the coronavirus walks on a zebra crossing in
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