"It's part of California's new normal - year-round fire seasons, planned electricity blackouts and, for retired couple Bhagvei and Paresh Badreshia, sudden evacuations in the middle of the night. Again."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 4:06:25 AM
"Three U.S. financial regulators on Friday issued a warning to firms with registered digital assets that they have an obligation to follow securities laws prohibiting money laundering and requiring disclosure of suspicious activity."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 4:26:06 AM
"Volkswagen is looking at options for its luxury brand Lamborghini, including a sale or stock listing, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 4:36:15 AM
"Kurdish doctor Farid Mustafa was one of the last to flee Ras al-Ain as Turkish bombs rained down on the Syrian border town. He fears may never return home."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 4:46:20 AM
"The United States ramped up efforts on Friday to persuade Turkey to halt an escalating offensive in northern Syria against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces, saying Ankara was causing "great harm" to ties and could face potentially devastating sanctions."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 5:26:06 AM
"Several pro-democracy protests are planned for Hong Kong on Saturday reflecting the widespread anger at the government, ranging from an elderly sit-in, a face mask party, a shopping mall demonstration and an anti-emergency law street march."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 5:46:05 AM
"Boeing’s board has stripped chief executive Dennis Muilenburg of his chairmanship title in an unexpected strategy shift announced hours after a global aviation panel criticized development of the troubled 737 MAX. See more: https://reut.rs/35rpiOy"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 5:58:34 AM
"President Donald Trump outlined the first phase of a deal to end a trade war with China and suspended a threatened tariff hike, but officials on both sides said much more work needed to be done before an accord could be agreed. More here: https://reut.rs/2nIHQJ6"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 6:20:53 AM
"Australia and Fiji will send a joint United Nations peacekeeping mission to a disputed region in the Middle East as soon as next week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said over the weekend."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 6:31:01 AM
"U.S. authorities said on Friday they have halted a $1.7 billion unregistered digital token offering by the messaging service Telegram Group Inc and its TON Issuer subsidiary."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 6:46:17 AM
"Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi went picking up trash on Saturday from a scenic beach resort where he is hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for summit talks."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 7:26:19 AM
"U.S. officials on Friday promised a "Phase 1" deal with China on a host of conflicts from intellectual property to currency was imminent, but China's official state-owned news organization Xinhua struck a more cautious tone."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 7:45:56 AM
"Turkish forces stepped up their bombardment around a town in northeast Syria on Saturday, the fourth day of an offensive against a Kurdish militia, after U.S. troops in the region came under artillery fire from Turkish positions."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 8:25:48 AM
"Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours when he completed the 42 kilometers in one hour 59.40 minutes on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 8:46:01 AM
"The death toll among Syrian Kurdish-led fighters battling a Turkish offensive has risen to 74, most of whom have been killed in the Tel Abyad area, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 9:26:01 AM
"Malaysia is "cautiously optimistic" it would win the confidence of investors and ratings agencies for its 2020 budget, its finance minister said on Saturday, as the government prioritized boosting growth over reducing the deficit in the short term."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 9:46:28 AM
"Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge made athletics history when he became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours although his remarkable effort will not be recognized by the sport’s governing body. https://reut.rs/2nDObp1"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 9:56:14 AM
"An Iranian government spokesman on Saturday described as a "cowardly attack" an incident that Iranian media have called the apparent targeting by missiles of an Iranian-owned oil tanker, and said Iran would respond after the facts had been studied."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 10:25:50 AM
"Iran offered on Saturday to engage Syrian Kurds, Syria's government and Turkey in talks to establish security along the Turkish-Syrian border following Turkey's military incursion into northern Syria to fight Kurdish forces."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 10:46:26 AM
"Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Saturday he had a free and frank discussion with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and would pursue proposals the two leaders discussed to improve bilateral ties."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 11:07:01 AM
"Petrol bombs were thrown inside a Hong Kong metro station on Saturday but no one was injured, the government said, as pro-democracy protesters angry at what they believe is Beijing's tightening grip on the city took to the streets again."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 11:25:54 AM
"Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to arrive in Nepal on Saturday for talks with Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli and is expected to sign a deal expanding a railway link between the Himalayan nation and Tibet, officials said."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 11:36:12 AM
"Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seized control of Ras al Ain's town center in northeast Syria on Saturday, a senior Turkish security official said as Turkey's offensive against a Kurdish militia in the region entered its fourth day."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 11:46:19 AM
"Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam scrapped a scheduled meeting with U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, the highest profile U.S. politician to visit the city since anti-government protests broke out more than four months ago, the senator said on Saturday. For more daily stories, subscribe to our new Messenger morning briefing: m.me/reuters"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 12:07:27 PM
"India said on Saturday it would partially restore mobile phone services in Kashmir on Monday, more than two months after it imposed a communications clampdown in the Himalayan region before stripping it of its special status."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 12:36:28 PM
"An Iranian government spokesman on Saturday called the apparent targeting of an Iranian oil tanker by missiles a "cowardly attack" and said Iran would respond after the facts had been studied."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 1:06:24 PM
"Kurdish doctor Farid Mustafa was one of the last to flee Ras al-Ain as Turkish bombs rained down on the Syrian border town. He fears he may never return home. More here: https://reut.rs/2pbkegH"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 1:23:57 PM
"Sara Danius, the former head of the scandal-tainted committee which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature, has died of cancer, Swedish news agency TT said on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 1:36:27 PM
"Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Saturday led Arab foreign ministers in lambasting Turkey's military operation in northeast Syria as an "invasion of an Arab state's land and an aggression on its sovereignty"."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 2:06:34 PM
"Ireland played with 14 men for 50 minutes but still eased into the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup with a seven try, 47-5 thrashing of Samoa in their final Pool A match. https://reut.rs/32mqOiM"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 2:27:00 PM
"Spain's Supreme Court plans to convict and sentence Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison over a 2017 bid for independence, a judicial source said on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 2:36:07 PM
"Ireland played with 14 men for 50 minutes but still eased into the quarter-finals of the Rugby World Cup with a seven try, 47-5 thrashing of Samoa in their final Pool A match on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 3:06:49 PM
"Reaction after Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge on Saturday became the first person to run a marathon in under two hours."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 3:36:08 PM
"Guatemala's president-elect on Saturday was denied entry to Venezuela, where he was scheduled to meet with opposition leader Juan Guaido, according to Venezuela's opposition. For more daily stories, subscribe to our new Messenger morning briefing: m.me/reuters"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 4:06:33 PM
"Four men were killed and three people wounded early on Saturday in a shooting at an unlicensed gambling club in New York City, police said."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 4:36:18 PM
"Egypt on Thursday unveiled two archaeological discoveries in Luxor including an industrial zone at the southern city's West Valley, also known as the Valley of the Monkeys."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 5:06:47 PM
"A mooted eleventh-hour solution to the Brexit deadlock cannot work because Northern Ireland must remain in a full United Kingdom customs union, the deputy leader of the province's key political party said on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 5:35:51 PM
"At least five people were injured in a grenade attack in India-controlled Kashmir's main city of Srinagar on Saturday, police said, the second such attack since India stripped the Himalayan region of its special status."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 6:06:15 PM
"Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has dropped in public opinion polls after an anti-Semitic gun attack near a synagogue in Halle on Wednesday, broadcaster RTL/n-tv reported on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 6:36:10 PM
"Antonio Brown reportedly wants to resolve his off-field issues and return to the NFL soon."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 7:06:39 PM
"The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces accused Turkey-backed fighters of killing a Kurdish politician in an ambush on a road in northern Syria on Saturday, drawing a denial from a Turkey-backed rebel force which said it had not advanced that far."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 7:36:02 PM
"For Samson Berhane, the news that Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was deeply personal. For more daily stories, subscribe to our new Messenger morning briefing: m.me/reuters"
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 8:07:01 PM
"An indigenous group in Ecuador that has led massive protests against a law that ended fuel subsidies said on Saturday that it has accepted direct talks with President Lenin Moreno to discuss its repeal, the first sign of a breakthrough in a dispute that has triggered more than a week of sometimes violent unrest."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 8:36:18 PM
"More than 1,000 firefighters battled a deadly and fast-moving wildfire on the northern edge of Los Angeles on Saturday, reinforcing containment lines that allowed some of the thousands of residents under evacuation orders to return to their homes."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 9:06:42 PM
"Saudi Arabia's king and crown prince have approved the deployment of additional U.S. troops and equipment, after an attack last month on the kingdom's oil facilities, state news agency SPA reported on Saturday."
Posted by Reuters on 10/12/2019 9:36:22 PM