Fed up with rising costs, big U.S. firms dig into healthcare
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) – At its Silicon Valley headquarters, network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc is going to unusual…
China’s ZTE apologizes after paying ‘disastrous price’ in U.S. sanction case
HONG KONG/SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) – The chairman of ZTE Corp (000063.SZ) (0763.HK) apologized to staff and customers on Friday after…
iPhone worries weigh on Wall Street
(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes were lower on Friday as shares of Apple and its suppliers fell, following a report…
Fiery force: Kilauea volcano continues to spew lava
MANDATORY CREDIT: US Geological Survey, Department Of The Interior/USGS New eruptions at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano have produced fresh lava flows,…
Tech rally loses steam, McDonald’s pushes Dow higher
(Reuters) – A rally in technology stocks came to a halt on Thursday, setting up the Nasdaq for its first…
Trump & Japan’s PM Abe speak to press
Joint news conference by US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Palm Beach, Florida COURTESY: RT’s…
Congress has few options to stop Trump from saving China’s ZTE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There is little Congress can do to stop President Donald Trump if he wants to relax penalties…
U.S. denounces violence ahead of Burundi presidential referendum
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday denounced recent political violence in Burundi ahead of the country’s May 17 referendum to…
Rex Tillerson to help Nigerian govt get abducted girls freed
Secretary of State of the United States of Americas, Rex Tillerson has expressed his support for Nigeria’s fight against Boko…
Trump boycotts Fox news debate but still takes centre stage in presidential race
Presidential hopeful Donald Trump may have been absent from the Republican debate in Iowa on the Fox News channel on…
Supreme Court throws out immigrant teen abortion ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that let a pregnant illegal…
Has Trump started an international trade war?
Have Donald Trump’s new tariffs set in motion an international trade war? CBC’s David Common speaks with former U.S. Trade…
Hunt for new planets: Launch of NASA’s TESS, aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
NASA’s Tess, Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, spacecraft embarked Wednesday on a quest to find new worlds around neighbouring stars that…
Clintons ‘fed info to Trump-Russia dossier author’, new memo reveals
Some further revelations have emerged on the so-called Trump dossier, which describes alleged links between Donald Trump’s campaign team and…
Talks end with China warning trade benefits at risk if U.S. imposes tariffs
BEIJING (Reuters) – China warned the United States on Sunday that any agreements reached on trade and business between the…
Russian cyber meddling ‘deflected scandalous news about Trump’ – AP
Russian cyber meddling actively distorted and distracted attention away from scandalous news about Donald Trump in the run-up to last…
Russia to close US consulate in St. Petersburg & expel 60 diplomats as Washington did – Lavrov
Russia will expel sixty US diplomats and close the US consulate in St. Petersburg, in a response mirroring the mass…
SAT exam draws China students to Hong Kong
Tens of thousands of students from mainland China are flocking to Hong Kong to take the SAT exam in the…
Debate: Scouts drop ‘boy’ & allow girls to join it
The Boy Scouts of America are changing their name, after more than hundred years of history. Now, as the organisation…
U.S. commerce secretary to press China to buy as allies seethe over tariffs
BEIJING (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross arrived in Beijing on Saturday aiming to secure more Chinese purchases of…
Tech leads Wall Street’s advance after strong jobs data
(Reuters) – Wall Street stocks rose on Friday after the latest monthly jobs report pointed to strength in the U.S.…
US civil right activist Jesse Jackson diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
U.S. civil rights activist Jesse Jackson announced on Friday (November 17) that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, an…
Trump administration mulls new plan to help ailing coal, nuke plants
(Reuters) – Trump administration officials are considering requiring grid operators to buy electricity from ailing nuclear and coal-fired power plants…
U.S. job growth seen picking up, wage growth likely moderate
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely accelerated in May as warmer weather boosted hiring at construction sites, but wage…
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall more than expected
(Reuters) – New applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, but claims for several states including…
U.S. first-quarter growth revised a touch lower
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. economic growth slowed slightly more than initially thought in the first quarter amid downward revisions to…
China vows to protect its interests from ‘reckless’ U.S. trade threats
BEIJING (Reuters) – China lashed out on Wednesday at renewed threats from the White House on trade, warning that it…
Wall Street bounces back after selloff driven by Italy turmoil
(Reuters) – Wall Street rose on Wednesday, with gains in energy and banking stocks fueling the recovery from a steep…
U.S. to continue trade actions against China: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday that it will continue pursuing action on trade with China, days…
Ray McGovern: Haspel hearing is a charade run by those close to CIA
An activist who was violently escorted out of a U.S. Senate hearing and detained on Wednesday, has now been released.…
Bank robber interrupts live news report
A regional news reporter covering Minnesota and Iowa, USA, found himself in the middle of the very bank robbery on…
US and EU again at odds over Airbus subsidies at WTO
GENEVA (Reuters) – The European Union told the World Trade Organization’s dispute settlement body on Monday that it had acted…
N. Korea to be spared ‘Libya model’ if it makes deal with US, says Trump
U.S. President is urging North Korea to dismantle its nuclear programme. Donald Trump claims the North can become “very rich,”…
Trump: Immigrant gangs ‘animals, not people’ – BBC News
US President Donald Trump has said immigrant gang members are “not people” but “animals”. He was responding during a White…
News of Trump-Kim meeting greeted with hope and caution
“I don’t know what’s in Trump’s head, and I have doubts as to whether he’s serious,” says one Tokyo resident.……
FBI warns Russians hacked hundreds of thousands of routers
(Reuters) – The FBI warned on Friday that Russian computer hackers had compromised hundreds of thousands of home and office…
S&P, Dow fall as oil drop hurts energy; chipmakers boost Nasdaq
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Dow eased on Friday after a steep drop in oil prices…
U.S. reaches deal to keep China’s ZTE in business: congressional aide
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration told lawmakers the U.S. government has reached a deal to put Chinese telecommunications company…
Investors find little appetite for consumer staples
(Reuters) – The consumer staples index .SPLRCS, the S&P 500’s biggest laggard for 2018, could have further to fall and…
President Trump unveils his 2017 “Fake News Awards”
The New York Times, CNN and other US media outlets scoop President’s highly-anticipated media accolades. … READ MORE … source
Wall Street slips as oil slump drags energy stocks
(Reuters) – The S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were slightly lower on Friday as a steep…
Pressured by industry, U.S. EPA slows formaldehyde study release: documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under pressure from the chemical industry, has delayed release of a study…
Stock futures steady as North Korea keeps talks on table, oil weighs
(Reuters) – U.S. stock market futures steadied on Friday, helped by a measured response by North Korea to President Donald…
Exclusive: U.S. bill would force tech companies to disclose foreign software probes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. tech companies would be forced to disclose if they allowed American adversaries, like Russia and China,…
Theresa May vows to keep funding White Helmets group amid US cuts
The controversial White Helmets group praised by the West as a rescue team working in Syria, has been guaranteed continued…
Wall Street edges lower as Trump adds to trade talks uncertainty
(Reuters) – U.S. stocks were slightly lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump’s latest comments fueled skepticism over U.S.-China trade…
China signals to state giants: ‘Buy American’ oil and grains
SINGAPORE/BEIJING (Reuters) – China will import record volumes of U.S. oil and is likely to ship more U.S. soy after…
Trump calls for new ‘structure’for U.S.-China trade deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled a new direction in U.S.-China trade talks and said any…
U.S.-China trade deal ‘too hard to get done,’ Trump says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signaled a new direction in U.S. and China’s trade talks, saying…