Trump adviser says U.S. president ready to escalate trade war if no deal agreed soon: SCMP
(Reuters) – A trade adviser to Donald Trump has said the U.S. president is ready to escalate the ongoing trade war with China if a trade deal is not agreed…
Exclusive: France’s CNP and Brazil’s Caixa close to reaching $1.7 billion insurance deal – sources
FILE PHOTO: A view shows the company logo of Caixa Economica Federal bank in downtown Rio de Janeiro August 20, 2014. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares SAO PAULO (Reuters) – France’s CNP Assurances…
U.S., Chinese trade deputies face off in Washington amid deep differences
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators were set to resume face-to-face talks for the first time in nearly two months on Thursday, as the world’s two largest…
Microsoft nudges S&P 500 toward record high
(Reuters) – Microsoft and healthcare companies lifted Wall Street on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and left the door open for further monetary…
Justin Trudeau apologizes for wearing brownface during 2001 event at school
“I shouldn’t have done it. I should have known better, but I didn’t,” he told reporters on an airplane. “And I’m really sorry.” It was a photo taken when he…
Scientists release sterile mosquitoes in Burkina to fight malaria
SOUROUKOUDINGA, Burkina Faso (Reuters) – Scientists in Burkina Faso have deployed a new weapon in the fight against malaria, and waded into a thorny bioethics debate, by letting loose thousands…
They came to enjoy paradise. Now, they’re helping their Bahamian neighbors recover from Dorian’s wrath
A body is carried out of the Mudd neighborhood in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, on Monday, September 9. Homes are in ruins one week after Dorian hit Marsh Harbour. A photo…
Bahamas Dorian survivor: ‘Please, please somebody help us’
Natasha Harvey, from Freeport on Grand Bahama, landed in Florida on Saturday aboard the cruise ship Grand Celebration. Shock and sadness are still evident in her face two days later.…
220 dogs, 50 cats died in flooding at Bahamas animal shelter
Felicia Telfort, the shelter supervisor at the Humane Society of Grand Bahama, says she and five co-workers did everything possible to save the animals. They were looking after 300 dogs…
A 13-year-old’s underwater discovery helped solve a 27-year-old missing persons case
The teenager, Max Werenka, was out on a boat ride in August on Griffin Lake near Revelstoke, British Columbia — where his family runs a business renting out cabins —…