WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic congressman leading the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump said Trump’s attack on former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch on Friday was part of a pattern of intimidating witnesses. “This is a part of a pattern to intimidate witnesses, and it’s also part of a pattern to obstruct the
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(Reuters) – WeWork is facing scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over whether it violated financial rules in the run-up to its abandoned initial public offering, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing two people with knowledge of the matter. FILE PHOTO: A WeWork logo is seen at a WeWork office in San Francisco, California,
Brightly coloured animal-shaped figures are on display during the “Ocean en voie d’illumination” exhibition at the Jardin des Plantes (Botanical garden) in Paris, France, November 15, 2019. Artisans from Zigong City in the Chinese province of Sichuan assembled the fabric-covered lanterns made from silk and lit with thousands of LED lights that make up the
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a “Black Voices for Trump” campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block a ruling that would require an accounting firm to hand over his financial records to
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Ousted Bolivian president Evo Morales said on Friday that fresh elections could be held without him, potentially removing an obstacle to choosing a new leader in the South American country thrown into turmoil by his resignation. Former Bolivian President Evo Morales speaks during an interview with Reuters, in Mexico City, Mexico
(Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party says if it wins the Dec. 12 election it will nationalise BT’s (BT.L) broadband network and provide free internet for all within a decade, a radical election pledge to roll back decades of private ownership. People walk past British Telecom (BT) headquarters in London, Britain, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Simon
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren on Friday outlined how she would implement “Medicare for All” during her first term in office, including by passing new legislation in her first 100 days that would give all Americans the option of choosing the government health insurance plan. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and
(Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) on Friday laid out its plan for banning political ads just as campaigns for the 2020 presidential election heat up, and for banning ads that advocate for a certain outcome on social and political causes. FILE PHOTO: The Twitter App loads on an iPhone in this illustration photograph taken in
FILE PHOTO: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., July 12, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire media mogul who continues to weigh a run for the Democratic nomination for president, will launch a $100
ROME (Reuters) – Warming seas and excavations within the Venice lagoon mean the exceptionally high flood waters in the city this week are also saltier, posing an extra threat to its architectural treasures. When the water recedes from the cobbled lanes, marbled palaces and ancient churches of a city that rose up out of marshes
LEEDS, England (Reuters) – The anti-Brexit Liberal Democrats claimed the mantle of Britain’s “party of business” on Friday, setting out their proposed fiscal rules while dismissing rivals’ plans for the economy as unrealistic and undeliverable. A Liberal Democrat rosette is pinned to a man’s suit during the unveiling of the “Party’s Plan for Equalities and
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – More than half of India’s coal-fired power plants ordered to retrofit equipment to curb air pollution are set to miss the deadline, private industry estimates and a Reuters analysis show, as millions in the country wake up to toxic air each day. FILE PHOTO: A worker shovels coal in a supply
TOKYO (Reuters) – A survey of the water in Tokyo bay, where the swimming leg of the triathlon will be held in the 2020 Olympics, produced mixed results, with excess levels of E.coli bacteria recorded on one day, even in areas protected by underwater screens, the organizers said on Friday. The jump was likely caused
(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee held its second public hearing on Friday in an impeachment inquiry examining President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, with Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, testifying. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch is sworn in prior to providing testimony before the House Intelligence Committee
MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s biggest phone group Telecom Italia (TIM) is asking infrastructure funds to come up with bids next week for the assets of smaller broadband rival Open Fiber that will include its own last-mile network, sources said. FILE PHOTO: Telecom Italia logo is seen at the headquarter in Rozzano neighbourhood of Milan, Italy,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, branded “bad news” by President Donald Trump, defended her record and told an impeachment hearing on Friday she had pursued anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine and did not understand why the Trump administration removed her. “I had no agenda other than to pursue our stated foreign policy
PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine will meet in Paris on December 9 in an attempt to advance efforts in search of a peaceful resolution to the conflict in eastern Ukraine, the French presidency said on Friday. It will be the first time the leaders have met together in more
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party plans to nationalize BT’s broadband network to provide free internet for all if it wins power, making a radical election pledge to roll back 35 years of private ownership that caught both the company and its shareholders by surprise. Labour’s proposed overhaul of the telecoms infrastructure, an addition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A second day of televised impeachment hearings opened on Friday in the U.S. House of Representatives with the spotlight on Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine branded “bad news” by President Donald Trump before he fired her. Marie Yovanovitch, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, takes her seat to testify before
(Reuters) – Three of Apple Inc’s former top semiconductor executives in charge of iPhone chips have founded a startup to design processors for data centers, aiming to take on current industry leaders Intel Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. NUVIA Inc was founded by Gerard Williams III, Manu Gulati and John Bruno in early 2019
LONDON (Reuters) – A six-week public consultation launched on Friday will help set global standards to improve mining safety, aiming to prevent any repeat of the Vale tailings dam disaster in Brazil that killed 300 people in January. FILE PHOTO: General view from above of a dam owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA that burst,
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Restaurants are doing away with dining rooms as consumers increasingly order food deliveries through apps such as Uber Technologies Inc’s Uber Eats and GrubHub Inc. Workers prepare orders in the kitchen at a Chopt Creative Salad Co., location in midtown Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia’s failure to pass a planned electoral reform is disappointing, a European rights body and the U.S. embassy said on Friday, urging lawmakers in the former Soviet state to approve the measure in time for next year’s election. The change is one of the demands made at protests that have taken place
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party has announced plans to nationalise BT’s (BT.L) broadband network if it wins next month’s general election, part of sweeping plans to reverse decades of pro-privatisation public policy. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks on new digital infrastructure policy as part of his general election
NEW YORK (Reuters) – If former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg enters the 2020 Democratic presidential nominating race, he will be the fifth most-popular candidate, and his presence may draw more support away from former Vice President Joe Biden than others, a new Reuters/Ipsos public opinion poll shows. FILE PHOTO: Former Mayor of New
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Alibaba’s (BABA.N) order books for its $13.4 billion Hong Kong share sale have already been covered “multiple times,” sources with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, as the ecommerce group kicked off its campaign for the secondary listing in the city gripped by protests. FILE PHOTO: A logo of
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, whom President Donald Trump called “bad news” before firing her, will be in the spotlight on Friday when she testifies at the second day of televised impeachment hearings. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Capitol Police guide former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch as she departs after testifying
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Five Southeast Asian countries, China, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agreed on Friday to improve intelligence sharing and law enforcement operations to fight drug trafficking in the region by transnational crime groups. Southeast Asia’s Golden Triangle – northern Myanmar and parts of Thailand and Laos – has
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party said it will nationalise telecoms provider BT’s (BT.L) fixed line network to provide free full-fibre broadband for all if it wins the Dec. 12 election. FILE PHOTO: Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is seen during a visit to Birkenshaw Sports Barn as part of his general
LONDON (Reuters) – Climate activists will target BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, on Friday by dumping ashes at its London office in a bid to draw attention to what it said was the destruction that the company wreaks in the Amazon basin. “Activists will dump a pile of wood ashes (waste collected from pizza
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