WTO gives somber goods trade outlook, sees virus threat
A traffic light is turned red in front of the WTO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, December 10, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse…
GM shuts Australia, NZ operations; sells Thai plant to Great Wall
NEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) said it would wind down its Australian and New Zealand operations and…
EU industry chief warns of more onerous tech rules by year end
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will decide by the end of the year whether to impose rules reining in…
Thyssenkrupp shortlists buyout firms for elevator unit, Kone out
FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s Thyssenkrupp (TKAG.DE) has shortlisted two private equity consortia in the sale of its 16 billion…
New York drops fight against T-Mobile-Sprint merger
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York on Sunday dropped its fight against the $40 billion merger of U.S. wireless carriers…
Exclusive: Italian government leaning towards third term for Eni CEO – sources
ROME/MILAN (Reuters) – The Italian government is leaning toward reappointing Claudio Descalzi as CEO of state-controlled oil firm Eni, provided…
Oil edges up as output cut hopes offset coronavirus concern
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices inched up on Monday as concerns over the economic fallout from the coronavirus outbreak…
Euro zone ministers discuss fiscal boost options as virus worries weigh
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone finance ministers discussed ways to pursue a more growth-friendly fiscal policy mix on Monday, in…
EU industry chief tells Facebook to adapt to EU, not other way round
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU industry commissioner Thierry Breton said on Monday it was for Facebook to adapt to Europe’s standards,…
Xerox courts HP shareholders as takeover battle heats up
(Reuters) – U.S. printer maker Xerox Holdings Corp (XRX.N) is hosting a dinner for HP Inc (HPQ.N) shareholders this week…
Amazon’s Bezos pledges $10 billion to climate change fight
FILE PHOTO: Founder, Chairman, CEO and President of Amazon Jeff Bezos speaks during an event about Blue Origin’s space exploration…
U.S. mulls cutting Huawei off from global chip suppliers, with TSMC in crosshairs
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration is considering changing U.S. regulations to allow it to block shipments of chips to…
Apple unlikely to meet revenue guidance due to coronavirus impact
(Reuters) – Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Monday it would not meet its revenue guidance for the March quarter because…
Carrie McCaw and Lesley Prather, along with their daughters, killed in Missouri crash
Lesley Drury Prather, 40, and Carrie Urton McCaw, 44, were traveling to a club volleyball tournament in Kansas City with…
Implosion fail to take down entire Texas building
A building is still partially standing in Dallas after a scheduled implosion failed the take down the entire tower. Source…
Puppy abandoned by the river: A man was sentenced to a year in prison
Aaron Davis, 36, of Long Branch, New Jersey, was sentenced on Friday after a court found him guilty in December…
Purse lost behind wall for decades offers glimpse of teenage life in the 1950s
The mystery of the contents of a purse found in the space between a locker and a wall in an…
Angels star Mike Trout rips the league for Houston Astros cheating scandal, said he “lost respect” for Astros players
Speaking to reporters, Trout called the situation “sad for baseball.” “I don’t agree with the punishments, the players not getting…
See college football player body slam cop
An Eastern Kentucky college football player faces assault charges after he body slammed an Ohio police officer, which was caught…
California will officially apologize for mistreating Japanese Americans
For about the next four years, more than 100,000 people of Japanese origin — most of them US citizens —…
Missing Milwaukee woman and two daughters found dead in a garage
An Amber Alert was issued Thursday for Amarah Banks, 26, and her daughters Zaniya Ivery, 5, and Camaria Banks, 4,…
Amie Harwick, sex therapist and ex-fiancée of Drew Carey, was killed
Harwick, 38, was found unresponsive in her home early Saturday with injuries consistent with a fall, according to a statement…
Mountain lion attack: 6-year-old California girl recovering after adult punched cat in the ribs
The attack happened Sunday morning, when a group that included the victim, her parents and several other adults and young…
Police drone finds blind man in the woods after he went missing for 33 hours
A brother of Richard Doty alerted the Enfield Police Department after not hearing from him since Friday morning, Lt. Bryan…
11 children shot in yet another violent Chicago weekend
Three died in the weekend violence, all of them adults, according to police. The shootings occurred between Friday at 6…
‘Sonic The Hedgehog’ Races To The Top In Box Office Debut
LOS ANGELES, Feb 16, (Variety.com) – Paramount’s family film “Sonic the Hedgehog” ignited over Presidents Day weekend with $57 million…
Car takes flight after smashing into roundabout
Long Beach Police arrested a 27-year-old woman for a misdemeanor DUI after she allegedly drove her car through a roundabout…
A Texas teen bought 170 flowers to give every girl at his school a Valentine
Those with admirers or significant others will get love notes, flowers and chocolates delivered to them in class or secretly…
Viral standing broom trick sweeping the internet
A viral tweet claims NASA says the Earth’s gravitational pull causes brooms to stand up straight for one day only,…
See toddler channel 'Frozen' after seeing her first snow
Madelyn, a 2-year-old from Texas, channels Elsa from Disney’s “Frozen” after seeing snow for the first time. Watch “Full Circle”…
Uber passengers livestream nightmare ride
Two Uber passengers shared this video of them begging their driver to let them out after he got rear-ended and…
Girl finds grocery store note with surprise inside
Daphne Kenny, a 6-year-old girl from California, found a special note at the grocery store that had $100 inside. CNN…
Bystander takes down suspect with cart
A quick-thinking onlooker used a shopping cart to take down a suspect in the middle of a police chase. Source…
He’s been gone for eight years, but he still gets his wife flowers every Valentine’s Day
For over eight years, Rich Cox has had a flower arrangement delivered to his wife for her birthday and Valentine’s…
The Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine just accepted 364 new students — by mistake
“Soon after the emails were sent, a technical error was discovered and the letters of acceptance were withdrawn by email,”…
Florida man attacked his daughter and her teen sister with a machete, police say
Dennis Reid, 47, on Friday cut the girls with a machete at a home in Lauderhill after arriving there earlier…
Florida authorities shutdown park area due to annual snake orgy
After residents began reporting snake sightings to the Lakeland Parks and Recreation Department, the department and the city’s Public Works…
NASA launch takes experiments supplies to space station
The spacecraft is carrying more than 7,500 pounds of supplies and experiments to the International Space Station. The resupply aircraft…
Pearl River flooding: Mississippi governor declares emergency as water rises in Jackson
“Please, please get out before dark tonight,” Gov. Tate Reeves said at a news conference, addressing hundreds of people whom…
A 12-year-old Montana boy was found dead in a living room; police say grandparents and uncle ‘tortured’ him
Videos found by police show a pattern of abuse that included forced exercises and physical abuse, according to court documents.…
Tessa Majors case: 14-year-old boy arrested for stabbing death
The boy has been indicted on two counts of murder in the second degree — one for intentional murder, the…
Lynn Cohen, “Sex and the City” actress, dies at 86
The veteran screen and stage actress was best known for her role as Magda the housekeeper in the popular HBO…
Hmong men record alleged coronavirus discrimination at Indiana hotels
Kao Lor and his uncle Lee Lor were traveling through the state on their way to pick up a car…
Trump Administration Ramps Up Fight Against ‘Sanctuary Cities’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice ramped up its fight against states and municipalities that adopt “sanctuary” policies…
Longest US-Mexico drug smuggling tunnel discovered
The US Border Patrol discovered a tunnel nearly one mile long between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Diego. It is the…
Brazilians evacuated from China amid coronavirus land in Brazil
Brazilian citizens from China’s coronavirus-struck Wuhan, arrive at the Air Force base of Anapolis, State of Goias, Brazil, February 9,…
‘Enemy of mankind’: Coronavirus deaths top SARS as China returns to work
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – China raised the death toll from its coronavirus outbreak to 811 on Sunday, passing the number killed…
China coronavirus putting more pressure on pork supplies, prices: official
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s coronavirus outbreak has delayed the launch of new pig breeding facilities and put even more pressure…
China to help key industries to return to work as soon as possible: CCTV
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s cabinet says workers in key industries must be helped to return to work as soon as…
I’m not reckless: China courier braves coronavirus to keep city supplied
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Guo Qiang, a deliveryman, knows his family is worried that he’s returned to work during the coronavirus…
Malaysia expands China traveler ban as coronavirus spreads
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia has expanded a ban on visitors from China to include Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, after…
China’s Hubei to cut costs for small firms to ease coronavirus burden
Community volunteers deliver donated vegetables to elderly residents at Furen community on the Lantern Festival, which marks the end of…
Fourth person tests positive for coronavirus in England
LONDON (Reuters) – A fourth person in England has tested positive for coronavirus, having contracted the illness from a previously…
Spanish authorities confirm Briton is country’s second coronavirus case
General view of the Son Espases hospital, where a case of coronavirus has been detected, in Palma de Mallorca, Spain,…