U.S. President Donald Trump stands outside the Oval Office after welcoming Mongolia’s President Khaltmaagiin Battulga at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis MOSCOW (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Wednesday offered his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin assistance in putting out wildfires in Russia’s Siberia, the
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KABUL (Reuters) – The Afghan government named a team on Wednesday to negotiate directly with the Taliban, in the expectation that Washington was on the cusp of agreeing to withdraw troops after 18 years of war, meeting the insurgents’ precondition for talks with Kabul. FILE PHOTO: U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad speaks
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Red Bull’s German Grand Prix winner Max Verstappen and his Dutch army of Formula One fans hope to continue the party in Hungary on Sunday, even if it will be hard to match the madness of Hockenheim last weekend. Formula One F1 – Austrian Grand Prix – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria
FILE PHOTO: The company logo and trading information for BlackRock is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N), the world’s largest asset management firm, said on Wednesday it had raised $2 billion for its
DETROIT (Reuters) – Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offered an unabashed defense of their progressive policies during a Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, as their more moderate rivals criticized their proposals as unrealistic and politically untenable. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren speak on the first night of the second 2020 Democratic
DETROIT (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is expanding its transportation prowess to do virtually everything short of building a car. Amazon’s Scout sidewalk robot is shown in this photo provided July 25, 2019. Courtesy Amazon.com/Handout via REUTERS While Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has said little publicly about the company’s ambitions in the sector, the
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Monsoon rains in the coming weeks are likely to make up for a shortfall in the first two months of the season that began in June, the head of India’s state-run weather office said on Wednesday, boosting prospects for the agricultural sector. Children play in a puddle of water as it
BELFAST(Reuters) – Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson held talks in Northern Ireland on Wednesday in a bid to untangle an impasse over the Irish border “backstop” that has scuppered all efforts to secure an orderly withdrawal from the European Union. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson gestures during a speech on domestic priorities
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated calls for easier monetary policy may not be what’s driving the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates on Wednesday. U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the news media after returning from a quick trip to Williamsburg, Virginia, in Washington, U.S., July 30, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis But Trump’s
BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing-based startup iSpace is planning up to eight commercial rocket launches next year, after last week becoming China’s first privately funded firm to put a satellite into orbit, its executives told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The Hyperbola-1 rocket of Chinese space company iSpace is seen before its successful launch from the Jiuquan Satellite
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, at right, looks over as United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, third from left gestures near Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, second from left before the start of talks at the Xijiao Conference Center in Shanghai, China July 31, 2019. Ng Han Guan/Pool via REUTERS SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Negotiators from the
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese steel companies have fallen behind their international counterparts on energy efficiency and carbon compliance, putting them at risk of a surge in costs once regulations are tightened, a research report published on Wednesday said. FILE PHOTO: Chinese national flags are flying near a steel factory in Wu’an, Hebei province, China, February
Sitting one point out of the playoffs in the Eastern Conference standings, Toronto FC on Tuesday turned to Europe in an effort to boost their offense. FILE PHOTO – Soccer Football – Coupe de La Ligue Final – Strasbourg v Guingamp – Stade Pierre Mauroy, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France – March 30, 2019 Guingamp’s Nicolas Benezet in
(Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union on Tuesday asked a federal judge to stop the Trump administration’s ongoing separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying the government had taken more than 900 children from their parents since the policy officially ended last year. FILE PHOTO: Youths walk at the U.S. Department of Health
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a Democratic Party lawsuit arguing that the Russian government, President Donald Trump’s campaign and WikiLeaks carried out a conspiracy to influence the 2016 U.S. election. FILE PHOTO: Democratic National Commitee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez reacts to the results of the U.S. midterm elections as he speaks at
FILE PHOTO: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor near Washington, U.S., March 1, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas SAO PAULO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration could respond by next week to companies that have requested special licenses to sell to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies Co
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