All Wires articles, Tuesday 7 February

• pa Deadly suicide bombing at Supreme Court in Kabul At least 19 people died and 14 were wounded.
• ap Witnesses: Soldiers open fire in Ivory Coast town ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Soldiers opened fire and blocked roads in the southeast Ivory Coast town of Adiake on Tuesday, witnesses said, in a possible rene...
• reuters China, United States cannot afford conflict - Chinese foreign minister By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - There would no winner from conflict between China and the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned o...
• ap US trade deficit last year hit highest level since 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed slightly in December, but the improvement wasn't enough to keep the deficit for the entire year from rising...
• reuters Currency losses hit GM's fourth-quarter profits By Bernie Woodall and Joseph White DETROIT, Feb 7 (Reuters) - General Motors Co said on Tuesday that fourth-quarter net income fell partly because of $500 mi...
• ap Brothers die after snowmobiles plunge through thin lake ice TUPPER LAKE, N.Y. (AP) — Two western New York brothers in their 60s have died after their snowmobiles went through thin ice on an Adirondack lake. State poli...
• ap GM in the fast lane, easily tops expectations DETROIT (AP) — General Motors' net profit fell just under 3 percent last year but the company still made a $9.4 billion on the back of its U.S. money machine...
• ap Atlanta solar company completes project on Jimmy Carter land ATLANTA (AP) — An Atlanta solar company plans to announce completion of a project in former President Jimmy Carter's hometown. SolAmerica Energy officials sa...
• reuters POLL-Cocoa futures to rebound as low prices boost demand By Nigel Hunt LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Cocoa prices should regain some ground by the end of 2017 following a prolonged slide fuelled by expectations for a g...
• pa Former Liverpool and France striker Cisse announces retirement Cisse collected 41 caps for his country.
• reuters Election nerves push French bond yields to highest over Germany since 2012 By Abhinav Ramnarayan LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Investor concerns that the far right could win France's presidential vote and take it out of the European Uni...
• pa Dancers spared jail after blackmailing rugby star Danny Cipriani The pair had threatened to sell a story to the papers after one aborted Cipriani´s baby.
• ap Voters await economic revival in a part of pro-Trump America PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. (AP) — She tugged 13 envelopes from a cabinet above the stove, each one labeled with a different debt: the house payment, the student ...
• reuters EU watchdog says too soon for new blockchain rules LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - No specific European Union rules are needed to regulate blockchain for the time being given the sector's still limited reach, the b...
• reuters Ivory Coast special forces mutiny in town of Adiake - sources ABIDJAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Special forces in the Ivory Coast army mutinied in the coastal town of Adiake on Tuesday, firing their weapons into the air, a res...
• ap 26 detained as cars burn in Paris suburb clashes with police PARIS (AP) — French police said Tuesday they detained 26 protesters overnight during an eruption of violence against police in the Paris suburbs in which a p...
• reuters ADM profit falls 41 pct in Q4, misses analyst estimates By Karl Plume CHICAGO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. agricultural trader Archer Daniels Midland Co on Tuesday reported a 41 percent drop in quarterly profit from a ...
• afp Artist's Syria bus memorial irks Germany's far right A Syrian-born artist was on Tuesday to open an eye-catching installation in Germany -- three passenger buses placed vertically like sniper barricades -- but ...
• ap Ghosting, shade, microaggression hit Merriam-Webster website NEW YORK (AP) — Attention, word nerds: This is your bonus round, courtesy of Merriam-Webster. In addition to elevating "surreal" in 2016 to word of the year,...
• ap PLO official: Israeli settlement law "last nail in coffin" PARIS (AP) — Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, has told The Associated Press that Israeli legislation to retroactive...
• reuters EU proposes shorter extension of China solar duties-document By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The European Commission has softened its proposal to extend anti-dumping duties on Chinese solar panels to t...
• ap John Legend, Cynthia Erivo to perform Grammys' In Memoriam LOS ANGELES (AP) — John Legend and Broadway star Cynthia Erivo will be singing a Beach Boys song at Sunday's Grammy Awards. Executive producer Ken Ehrlich an...
• ap Ground staff to stage strike at Berlin airports Wednesday BERLIN (AP) — A union representing ground staff is calling on its members to go on strike at Berlin's two airports Wednesday. The ver.di union says the strik...
• ap Vonn skis out, Schmidhofer wins super-G at ski worlds ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — In a surprising start to the world ski championships, Lindsey Vonn failed to finish the super-G on Tuesday and Nicole Schmidho...
• ap Corrections recruit arrested, fired after 1 week on the job JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Jacksonville, Florida, corrections officer who had just started work last week has been arrested and fired after authorities say ...
• afp China, S. Korea change Asian Winter Games hotels after book row Japanese organisers of this month's Asian Winter Games have changed the accommodation for Chinese and South Korean athletes after a row over a hotelier's inf...
• reuters Currency losses hit GM fourth-quarter profits By Bernie Woodall DETROIT, Feb 7 (Reuters) - General Motors Co on Tuesday said fourth quarter net income fell to $1.19 a share, factoring in one-time items, ...
• ap Australian sentenced to death in Thailand for drug killing PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) — A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian man to death for the murder of a countryman who was an alleged confederate in a drug...
• ap Coroner: Woman dies after getting stuck in clothing drop box NATALIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman has died after getting her arm caught in a clothing donation drop-off box. Northumberland County Coroner James Kelle...
• reuters Perrigo adds Starboard CEO to its board Feb 7 (Reuters) - Perrigo Co Plc said it has entered an agreement with Starboard Value LP, which owns about 6.7 percent of Perrigo's shares, regarding the me...
• afp Madonna adopts twin girls from Malawi US superstar Madonna adopted two four-year-old twin girls from Malawi on Tuesday, a court official in Lilongwe told AFP, taking the number of children she ha...
• reuters Trump risks deeper entanglement in Yemen's murky war By Noah Browning DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Yemen is emerging as a test ground for U.S. President Donald Trump's forceful approach to al Qaeda and Iran, but hi...
• ap Walesa rejects evidence suggesting he collaborated WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Lech Walesa, Poland's former president and leader of its peaceful pro-democracy struggle, on Tuesday rejected evidence recently present...
• reuters Germany says will use G20 presidency to fight protectionism By Michael Nienaber BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Protectionism is the wrong answer to the challenges facing the world, and Germany must fight to safeguard free ...
• reuters Germany says will use G20 presidency to fight protectionism By Michael Nienaber BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Protectionism is the wrong answer to the challenges facing the world, and Germany must fight to safeguard free ...
• reuters President backs protest-lashed Romanian government to stay By Radu-Sorin Marinas and Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Romania's president on Tuesday tore into the Social Democrat-led government over a corrupti...
• ap Qatar official: Gulf value-added tax could begin in 2018 DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar's finance minister says a new unified value-added tax across the Gulf Arab countries could come into effect as early as next year as...
• ap Pakistan will provide 'foolproof security' for T20 final ISLAMABAD (AP) — "Foolproof security" will be provided to cricketers at the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore next month, league chairman Najam Sethi sai...
• ap Former Ohio State running back gets probation for assault COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio State University running back who was accused of assaulting his then-girlfriend last July has pleaded no contest to a mis...
• afp Suicide bomber kills at least 19 at Afghanistan's top court A suicide bomber attacked Afghanistan's Supreme Court just as staff were leaving work Tuesday, killing at least 19 people and injuring 41 in the second attac...
• ap EU to Britain: Pay up for what you ordered before leaving BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is warning Britain that any financial commitment it has taken on as a member "should be honored in full," even well after ...
• pa The future is female, says Hillary Clinton The video was made for a gathering focused on women´s leadership.
• reuters Kuwait minister resigns ahead of planned no-confidence vote over IOC ban DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Kuwait's minister of information and youth affairs resigned on Tuesday ahead of a parliamentary no confidence vote over the nation's...
• ap UK Marine seeks to quash murder sentence for Taliban killing LONDON (AP) — A British Royal Marine is asking a court to overturn his murder conviction for killing a wounded Taliban fighter in Afghanistan, arguing that m...
• reuters Olympics-Broadcaster dangles new technology for Winter Olympics By Ossian Shine St Moritz, Switzerland, Feb 7 (Reuters) - With the Winter Olympics just a year away, Europe's broadcast rights holder is dangling a host of t...
• afp Russia calls regional conference on Afghanistan Russia on Tuesday said it was convening a conference of leading regional powers on Afghanistan and pushed again for talks with the Taliban. Foreign Minister ...
• ap Firms bumped as finalists for pot licenses fight for answers ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Two Maryland companies say the state is wrongly refusing to explain why they were abruptly bumped off a list of 15 finalists to be lice...
• ap Baylor axes assistant strength coach after prostitution bust WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor University has fired a newly hired assistant strength and conditioning coach after he was arrested on a prostitution solicitation c...
• ap Witnesses help rescue pilot, 84, from fiery plane crash MORGANTON, N.C. (AP) — An 84-year-old pilot is in stable condition after being helped from his single-engine plane after it crashed in western North Carolina...
• reuters Poland's Walesa says accusations of collaboration falsified and humiliating WARSAW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Poland's leader of the Solidarity movement Lech Walesa said on Tuesday documents suggesting he cooperated with the communist secret...
• ap State, federal lawyers in court to argue Trump travel ban SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State and federal lawyers will argue before a panel of federal appellate court judges Tuesday in the pitched fight over President Donald...
• reuters Alpine Skiing-World championship women's super g results Feb 7 (Gracenote) - Results from the World championship Women's Super G on Tuesday 1. Nicole Schmidhofer (Austria) 1:21.34 2. Tina Weirather (Liechtenstein) ...
• reuters ICE's profit drops on higher expenses but beats estimates NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Intercontinental Exchange Inc , which owns the New York Stock Exchange, on Tuesday reported lower fourth-quarter earnings as high...
• reuters From disputes to a breakup: wounds still raw after U.S. election By John Whitesides WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Burning passions over Donald Trump's presidency are taking a personal toll on both sides of the political di...
• reuters Campaigners start UK court case to stop Saudi arms sales By Michael Holden LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Campaigners began a legal challenge on Tuesday to halt Britain's multi-billion-pound arms sales to its ally Saudi...
• reuters At least 20 dead in bomb blast outside Afghan Supreme Court KABUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - At least 20 people were killed on Tuesday in a bomb blast outside the Supreme Court in the centre of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, g...
• reuters Mining stocks upstage oil as investors scour for reflation trades By Vikram Subhedar and Barbara Lewis LONDON/CAPE TOWN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Mining stocks are outpacing oil-related peers in a "reflation rally" sparked by U.S....
• afp Trump administration defends 'lawful' travel ban A US appeals court is set to hold a hearing on Tuesday over President Donald Trump's controversial travel ban, which the government is defending as a "lawful...
• reuters Vattenfall slides to Q4 loss as German nuclear costs weigh STOCKHOLM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Swedish utility Vattenfall slumped to an operating loss of 2.8 billion crowns ($315 million) in the fourth quarter after booking...
• reuters China Jan FX reserves fall below $3 trillion for first time in nearly 6 years By Kevin Yao BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves unexpectedly fell below the closely watched $3 trillion level in January for the fi...
• reuters China Jan FX reserves fall below $3 trillion for first time in nearly 6 years By Kevin Yao BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves unexpectedly fell below the closely watched $3 trillion level in January for the fi...
• reuters Iran leader rebuffs Trump's warning on missiles By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed Donald Trump's warning to Iran to stop its missile tests, saying the new U...
• reuters Air strikes hit Syria's rebel-held Idlib, around 30 dead - residents, monitor AMMAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - At least 30 people died in air strikes on the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib on Tuesday, in some of the heaviest raids there in mon...
• reuters Cardinal Health posts lower-than-expected revenue Feb 7 (Reuters) - Drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue on Tuesday, hurt in part by pricing pressure for generi...
• ap 2 employees attacked by inmate at North Carolina prison RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Prison officials in North Carolina say an inmate has attacked two employees at the Central Prison in Raleigh. Public Safety Department s...
• ap European markets get a boost from leading US investment firm LONDON (AP) — European shares rose solidly Tuesday after a leading American investment firm recommended clients to buy the region's stocks. KEEPING SCORE: In...
• ap Michael Kors 3Q revenue declines; cuts fiscal 2017 outlook LONDON (AP) — Michael Kors' third-quarter revenue was driven lower by weak sales in Europe and the Americas, comparable store sales fell and the luxury retai...
• reuters Death toll rises to 20 from bomb blast outside Afghan Supreme Court KABUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The death toll rose to 20 on Tuesday from a bomb blast outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital of Kabul, the Ministry of Pub...
• reuters Prospects of thaw as Poland's Kaczynski meets Merkel By Justyna Pawlak and Andreas Rinke WARSAW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet Law and Justice party (PiS) leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski...
• reuters Britain's May faces bumpy road to her "special relationship" with U.S. By Elizabeth Piper LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - It was an invitation to seal Theresa May's bid to revitalise the "special relationship" with the United States, ...
• reuters Alpine skiing-Vonn slides out of Super G, Schmidhofer wins ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn's first run at the World Championships lasted just a few seconds on Tuesday when the American slid out...
• reuters Mosaic profit beats; cuts dividend on "gradual" market improvement Feb 7 (Reuters) - Mosaic Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit as it kept a tight leash on costs, and the company slashed its annual dividend a...
• ap Romania president: We are in a crisis BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president told lawmakers Tuesday the country is in a "fully-fledged" political crisis, after hundreds of thousands demons...
• ap Defense: NYC runner-slay suspect 'entitled to fairness' NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a man charged in the strangulation death of a New York City runner are urging the public "not to rush to immediate judgment." Leg...
• reuters SHOWCASE-Soccer-Jesus injects "healthy competition" for Man City strikers -Zabaleta Feb 7 (Reuters) - Newly arrived striker Gabriel Jesus will bring the best out of Sergio Aguero at Manchester City and inject "healthy competition" into the s...
• ap The Latest: Trump says 'haters' unfairly tie him to Russia WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times local): 7:35 a.m. President Donald Trump says it's no fair "the haters" tie him to Russian ...
• reuters Health insurer Centene's quarterly revenue, profit beat Feb 7 (Reuters) - Centene Corp reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue and profit on Tuesday, helped by growth in its Obamacare individual business a...
• reuters Madonna granted permission to adopt two children from Malawi LILONGWE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Madonna has been granted permission to adopt two more children from Malawi after the High Court in the impoverished southern Afri...
• ap Florida Panhandle sheriff warns a killer is 'in our midst' PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida Panhandle sheriff's office has doubled the number of deputies on patrol as a multistate search enters its second week for a ...
• ap Philippine leader angrily scolds 228 police officers on TV MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte angrily berated more than 200 allegedly erring policemen on national TV on Tuesday and said h...
• reuters GRAPHIC-What to make of German industry's divergent numbers? Look to the correlations By Jeremy Gaunt LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German industrial figures over the past few days have provided not just a big surprise, but perhaps at first glance...
• ap Citizens United lawyer targets Texas campaign finance laws AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Political "dark money" and the founder of an organization tied to President Donald Trump's accusations of voter fraud will be at the cen...
• pa Jeremy Corbyn imposes three-line whip on Labour MPs for Brexit Bill During the second reading 47 MPs defied Mr Corbyn and the Labour whips.
• ap Afghan official: Suicide bomber kills at least 12 in Kabul KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has struck near the Supreme Court building in Kabil, killing at least 12 people. Najib Dan...
• pa Man Utd announce price of season tickets will be frozen for sixth year in a row Season tickets for next season will start from £532 for adults.
• ap Graft, threats as Somalia faces historic presidential vote MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Colorful campaign posters in this seaside capital give the impression that Somalia's presidential election on Wednesday will be lik...
• ap Fired lawyer says Public Defender's office is too political VIERA, Fla. (AP) — An assistant public defender who wore a Black Lives Matter tie to court in Florida says he was fired because he made online comments accus...
• ap AP FACT CHECK: Trump's claim terrorism ignored unsupported WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made an unsupported assertion Monday that terrorist acts in Europe are going unreported. A look at the matter: TRUMP...
• ap Iran's top leader mocks 'newcomer' Trump TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's supreme leader said Tuesday that "newcomer" President Donald Trump had shown the "real face" of the United States, after the Ameri...
• reuters Michael Kors comparable sales fall more than expected Feb 7 (Reuters) - Apparel and accessories maker Michael Kors Holdings Ltd reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly comparable sales, citing disappoi...
• reuters US STOCKS-Futures rise with focus on earnings By Yashaswini Swamynathan Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were higher on Tuesday as investors look for a steer from a rush of quarterly earnings r...
• reuters Emerson Electric beats profit estimates, raises forecast Feb 7 (Reuters) - Emerson Electric Co reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit, helped by lower costs, and raised its full-year sales and earnings fo...
• ap Syrian activists say airstrikes in city of Idlib killed 15 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activists and paramedics say several airstrikes have hit the rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib, killing at least 15 people. Tuesday'...
• reuters Trump's pick for labor secretary admits to employing illegal immigrant -media WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's choice to lead the Labor Department has admitted to employing an undocumented immigrant as a hous...
• ap Vatican debated whether to invite China to organ meeting VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vatican officials are defending their decision to invite a Chinese delegation to an organ trafficking conference, saying the positives of...
• reuters POLL-Trump's policies to drive FX, but strong dollar here to stay By Rahul Karunakar Feb 7 (Reuters) - The dollar will resume its upward climb in the coming year, but extreme near-term moves in either direction are possible...
• afp Air strikes on Syrian ex-Qaeda branch 'kill 26' Air strikes on Syria's former Al-Qaeda affiliate in the country's northwest on Tuesday killed 26 people, including civilians, a monitoring group told AFP. Th...
• reuters Copper slides on higher dollar and China demand angst By Pratima Desai LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Copper prices fell on Tuesday as the dollar rose and worries about demand growth in top consumer China and elsewhe...
• ap NTSB set to release cause of fiery North Dakota train crash FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is set to release the cause of a 2013 oil train derailment that set off a series of explosions in...
• reuters Media-Saturn founder weighs challenge to Metro split BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The founder of Media-Saturn, the consumer electronics group owned by Metro, is considering a legal challenge to the German retailer...
• ap Wife of Russian opposition activist says he's been poisoned MOSCOW (AP) — The wife of a Russian opposition activist who was hospitalized last week after a sudden illness said on Tuesday her husband was poisoned. Vladi...
• ap April trial date set for Haitian politician, ex-coup leader MIAMI (AP) — An April trial date has been set for a former Haitian coup leader and recent senator-elect charged in a U.S. drug trafficking case. A federal ju...
• ap Roger Walkowiak, 1956 Tour de France champ, dies at 89 PARIS (AP) — Roger Walkowiak, who won the 1956 Tour de France against all odds after making the most of a long breakaway, has died at the age of 89. Walkowia...
• reuters Euro, European bonds unnerved by French politics By Jamie McGeever LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The increasingly unpredictable French presidential election race unnerved European financial markets on Tuesday, ...
• reuters Euro, European bonds unnerved by French politics By Jamie McGeever LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The increasingly unpredictable French presidential election race unnerved European financial markets on Tuesday, ...
• reuters Indian indigenous groups protest plan to give women political representation By Zarir Hussain GUWAHATI, India, Feb 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - V iolent protests by male dominated indigenous groups in India's northeast have forced...
• reuters Archer Daniels Midland's profit falls 41 pct Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. agricultural trader Archer Daniels Midland Co reported a 41 percent drop in quarterly profit from a year earlier, when the company rec...
• reuters Lloyds bows to pressure to review HBOS fraud compensation claims By Andrew MacAskill LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group is to review the cases of British businesses which lost out in a 245 million pound ($303 m...
• reuters Lloyds bows to pressure to review HBOS fraud compensation claims By Andrew MacAskill LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lloyds Banking Group is to review the cases of British businesses which lost out in a 245 million pound ($303 m...
• ap North Carolina police officer shoots after being hit by car SPRING LAKE, N.C. (AP) — A motorist has been shot and wounded by a North Carolina police officer after he was hit during a traffic stop. Spring Lake Police C...
• ap Hillary Clinton releases video statement: 'Future is female' RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Hillary Clinton says "the future is female" in a new video statement. The former Democratic presidential nominee cites as...
• pa Austerity will be extended `well into the 2020s´, think tank warns The UK tax burden shows no signs of decreasing.
• reuters Madonna wins permission to adopt two children from Malawi - judiciary spokesman LILONGWE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Malawi's High Court gave approval on Tuesday for U.S. pop star Madonna to adopt two children, bringing the total to four children...
• reuters Cardinal Health quarterly revenue rises about 5 percent Feb 7 (Reuters) - Drug distributor Cardinal Health Inc reported a 5 percent rise in quarterly revenue, helped by strength in its pharmaceutical business, whi...
• reuters Teva CEO exits amid crisis of confidence at drugmaker By Tova Cohen and Steven Scheer TEL AVIV, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has stepped down, leaving new management to...
• reuters Michael Kors comparable sales fall more than expected Feb 7 (Reuters) - Apparel and accessories maker Michael Kors Holdings Ltd reported a bigger-than-expected drop in quarterly comparable sales, citing disappoi...
• reuters Omnicom quarterly revenue misses estimate Feb 7 (Reuters) - Omnicom Group Inc, the No. 1 U.S. advertising company, reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue due to a strong dollar, following pro...
• reuters Israel says Deutsche Bank Israel's CEO arrested in tax probe JERUSALEM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Israel's Tax Authority said on Tuesday that the chief executive of Deutsche Bank's local subsidiary has been arrested and releas...
• ap Christie Brinkley returns to SI Swimsuit Issue at age 63 NEW YORK (AP) — Model Christie Brinkley is returning to the pages of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue at age 63 and this time she's appearing with her t...
• ap Former French president Sarkozy to face trial for fraud PARIS (AP) — Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was ordered Tuesday to stand trial in an inquiry into alleged campaign finance fraud during his failed 2...
• reuters Pakistan bans hit Bollywood film starring Pakistani actress By Syed Raza Hassan ISLAMABAD, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Pakistan has banned cinemas nationwide from screening an Indian blockbuster movie starring a famous Pakistan...
• ap Jewels go missing at Spanish film awards ceremony MADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they are investigating the disappearance of jewels worth some 30,000 euros ($32,000) from a hotel room used during the Spani...
• reuters Mosaic's sales fall 13.9 pct; company cuts annual dividend Feb 7 (Reuters) - Mosaic Co reported a 13.9 percent drop in quarterly net sales, and the company cut its annual dividend, as fertilizer producers struggle wi...
• reuters U.S. must go on taking refugees, EU migration chief to say in Washington BRUSSELS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The European Union's top migration official will tell the new U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly in Washington on Wednes...
• reuters Iranian child seeking emergency eye surgery arrives in New York By Chris Francescani NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A young Iranian girl in need of emergency eye surgery only available in the United States arrived safely at ...
• reuters In Nigeria, aid agencies seek to kindle hope for life after Boko Haram By Kieran Guilbert MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Feb 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A lmost two years after Boko Haram militants attacked his hometown in northeast N...
• reuters White House memo confuses Wall Street on fate of fiduciary rule By Sarah N. Lynch and Elizabeth Dilts WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Conflicting signs from the White House have left brokerage firms and lobbyists u...
• reuters Channeling Steve Jobs, Apple seeks design perfection at new "spaceship" campus By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Inside the original Macintosh computer, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs inscribed the signatures of his team, reve...
• reuters British pound to slip again once EU divorce talks start, Reuters poll finds By Jonathan Cable LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The British pound's relative upswing over the past few weeks will come to an end when Britain formally begins div...
• ap BP earnings disappoint as it cuts costs, investment LONDON (AP) — Oil producer BP's earnings rose less than expected in the fourth quarter, as it sought to adapt to low energy prices with cost cuts, asset sale...
• afp Run-hungry South Africa opt to bat South Africa won the toss and opted to bat on a wicket expected to yield abundant runs in the fourth one-day international against Sri Lanka on Tuesday. With...
• reuters Number of foreign visitors to France rose in final quarter of 2016 -INSEE By Dominique Vidalon PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The number of foreign tourists visiting France rose in the fourth quarter of 2016, official data showed on Tues...
• reuters WestJet Airlines quarterly profit beats estimates Feb 7 (Reuters) - WestJet Airlines Ltd reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit as the Canadian carrier flew more passengers. Load factor, which meas...
• reuters Lidl replaces CEO after less than three years By Emma Thomasson BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German discounter Lidl, which has expanded rapidly in Europe to become one of the continent's biggest retailers, ...
• ap Nigeria troops save young woman suicide bomber, kill another MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian troops on Tuesday saved the life of a young woman strapped with explosives and killed another suicide bomber, apparently p...
• reuters WellCare's profit surges as Medicaid enrolments jump Feb 7 (Reuters) - WellCare Health Plans Inc's fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, handily beating analysts estimates, driven by strong growth in enrolme...
• reuters Merkel urges Putin to help end violence in eastern Ukraine-spokesman BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call on Tuesday to use his influence on separ...
• reuters Nickel market doubles up on political uncertainty: Andy Home By Andy Home LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Last month Indonesia rocked the nickel market. This month it is the turn of the Philippines. Indonesia's decision to a...
• reuters Oil prices steady as reviving shale balances OPEC cuts By Christopher Johnson LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Oil prices steadied on Tuesday as lower production by OPEC and other exporters balanced growing evidence of ...
• reuters Austrian parliament says Turkish Islamist hackers claim cyber attack VIENNA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Austria's parliament said on Tuesday that a Turkish Islamist hackers' group had claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that brou...
• ap Danes want EU to support groups affected by Trump ban COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark's development aid minister says "an alliance of like-minded European countries" is calling on the European Union to find f...
• afp Syria regime hanged 13,000 in notorious prison: Amnesty Amnesty International accused Tuesday Syria's government of hanging up to 13,000 people at a notorious prison over five years in a "policy of extermination",...
• reuters Emerson Electric profit rises 20.5 percent Feb 7 (Reuters) - Emerson Electric Co reported a 20.5 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by higher sales in its commercial and residential solutions bu...
• reuters GRAINS-U.S. soybean and grain futures ease on strong dollar By Nigel Hunt LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean futures dipped lower on Tuesday, weighed down by a stronger dollar, although the market remained underpi...
• reuters Omnicom quarterly revenue rises 2.1 percent Feb 7 (Reuters) - Omnicom Group Inc, the No. 1 U.S. advertising company, reported a 2.1 percent rise in quarterly revenue due to heavy spending on ads by bus...
• reuters Japan approves $100 million loan for Iraq By Saif Hameed BAGHDAD, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Japan has approved a loan of about $100 million to support humanitarian, counter-terrorism and infrastructure proje...
• reuters Alpine skiing-Vonn slides out of world's Super G on first day ST MORITZ, Switzerland, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Lindsey Vonn's first run-out at the World Championships lasted just a few seconds on Tuesday when the American slid...
• ap Cheeto that looks like Harambe sells for $100,000 on eBay A Cheeto that bears a resemblance to slain gorilla Harambe has sold for nearly $100,000 on eBay. Bidding on the cheese snack the seller said he found in a ba...
• reuters Oil benchmark futures play back in vogue as U.S. debates import tax By Dmitry Zhdannikov and Amanda Cooper LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - After several years of neglect, oil investors are again betting heavily on the price differe...
• pa Bercow backlash after `hypocrite´ Speaker opposes Trump address to Parliament Mr Bercow told MPs that an address to both Houses of Parliament is "not an automatic right, it is an earned honour".
• reuters EU's Katainen hopes to revive EU-U.S. free trade talks under Trump BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The European Union could revive talks on a free trade deal with the United States under the administration of President Donald Trum...
• reuters Romania central bank leaves interest rates unchanged BUCHAREST, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Romania's central bank left its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a record low of 1.75 percent as expected on Tuesday, mainta...
• reuters Kenya's traders battle food waste with a new ally: camels By Kagondu Njagi GITHURAI, Kenya, Feb 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Vegetable seller Jacinta Nyokabi used to fret about what to do when her tomatoes began...
• ap Putin, Merkel call for cease-fire in eastern Ukraine MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have called on Ukrainian troops and separatist rebels to cease fire in eas...
• ap Senate set to confirm education secretary by narrow margin WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate was poised on Tuesday to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee for education secretary by the narrowest possible margin, with...
• afp Israeli settler law angers Palestinians, two-state advocates Palestinians and proponents of the two-state solution on Tuesday fiercely criticised a new Israeli law allowing the appropriation of private Palestinian land...
• pa Mike Cooper fears for future of Super League with NRL salary cap set to rise The 28-year-old had a three-year spell in Australia.
• reuters Magistrate orders French ex-president Sarkozy to stand trial By Chine Labbé PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A magistrate has ordered former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to stand trial over irregularities in the funding of...
• reuters Canada's WestJet Airlines' profit falls 13 pct Feb 7 (Reuters) - Canada's WestJet Airlines Ltd reported a 13 percent fall in quarterly profit as higher costs squeezed margins. The company's net earnings f...
• reuters Indonesian court postpones hearing in billion-dollar dispute of Goldman, tycoon By Eveline Danubrata JAKARTA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - An Indonesian court postponed on Tuesday the hearing of a billion-dollar dispute between Goldman Sachs and a ...
• reuters France's Macron dismisses affair as rival Fillon battles scandal By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - France's presidential election campaign lurched deeper into uncertainty on Tuesday after centrist Emmanuel Macron...
• ap Thai king appoints new patriarch of country's Buddhist order BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's king has named a new supreme patriarch to head the country's Buddhist order, ending a deadlock that left the position empty for mor...
• ap German police raid homes of self-styled "Reich citizens" BERLIN (AP) — German police are raiding homes and offices linked to a group of anti-government extremists suspected of trying to establish their own state. P...
• ap ADO fires coach Petrovic after bad run in Eredivisie THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — ADO The Hague fired coach Zeljko Petrovic because it was at risk of relegation from the Eredivisie. The club said in a statemen...
• ap Mutko says many Russian track coaches specialize in doping MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has a group of track and field coaches who "don't understand how to work without doping," Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko said Tuesda...
• ap Iniesta, Busquests fit for Barcelona match against Atletico BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona midfielders Andres Iniesta and Sergio Busquets have recovered from injury in time for the return leg of the Copa del Rey se...
• reuters Motor racing-Capito exits McLaren after Dennis departure LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Chief executive Jost Capito is leaving McLaren following the departure of ousted boss Ron Dennis, the Formula One team said on Tues...
• reuters Syria's Assad views Trump as "promising" on Islamic State AMMAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said U.S. President Donald Trump prioritising the fight against jihadists led by Islamic State was ...
• reuters One Day International South Africa v Sri Lanka line-ups Feb 7 (Gracenote) - Line-ups for the fourth One Day International between South Africa and Sri Lanka on Tuesday in Cape Town, South Africa South Africa won t...
• reuters Health insurer WellCare's quarterly profit surges Feb 7 (Reuters) - WellCare Health Plans Inc's fourth-quarter profit more than tripled, driven by a rise in enrolments in its Medicaid plans for low-income fa...
• afp Crop-killing armyworms 'threaten African harvests' A plague of pests spreading in Africa threatens crop harvests and food supplies for millions of people, and may endanger farming worldwide, an international ...
• reuters EU states must issue visas on humanitarian grounds - court adviser BRUSSELS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - EU states must give entry visas to people at risk of torture or inhuman treatment, the European Court of Justice's top adviser sa...
• reuters PRESS DIGEST- Canada-Feb 7 Feb 7 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their ac...
• reuters Spurs keen to put Liverpool's title ambitions to bed - Kane Feb 7 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur are eager to land a fatal blow to Liverpool's slim Premier League title hopes when the sides meet at Anfield on Saturday,...
• reuters Macron seen winning French presidency as his score edges up- Opinionway poll PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Independent centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron is seen beating far-right leader Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French pres...
• reuters Thailand's king appoints new Buddhist patriarch By Aukkarapon Niyomyat and Patpicha Tanakasempipat BANGKOK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Thailand's king has appointed a new Buddhist supreme patriarch, the prime minis...
• ap Palestinians ask world to punish Israel for settlement law JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian Cabinet minister on Tuesday called on the international community to punish Israel for a contentious new law, just hours after...
• ap Australia, China vow to deepen ties on trade SYDNEY (AP) — Australia and China pledged Tuesday to deepen their ties on everything from trade to tourism, a show of unity that comes at a delicate time in ...
• afp Somali capital on lockdown ahead of presidential vote Somalia's capital Mogadishu was under security lockdown Tuesday, with roads and schools closed and residents urged to remain indoors a day before the country...
• ap Police to monitor school buses after deadly Tennessee crash CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Tennessee plan to follow and ride Hamilton County school buses at random after a bus crash killed six s...
• reuters Sumitomo Metal sees full-year loss on Chile mine writedown By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd said on Tuesday it expected a net loss of 15 billion yen ($134 million) for the year e...
• ap Austrian officials say parliament target of Turkish hackers VIENNA (AP) — Austrian officials say the country's Parliament was the target of a hacker attack on the weekend, and a Turkish group has claimed responsibilit...
• afp Catholic Church beatifies Japanese samurai A Japanese Christian samurai who died in exile about 400 years ago after refusing to renounce his faith was beatified by the Catholic Church in an elaborate ...
• reuters Health insurer Centene's quarterly revenue nearly doubles Feb 7 (Reuters) - Health insurer Centene Corp reported an 89 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday, helped primarily by the acquisition of Health Net ...
• pa We need more homes not `false choice´ in `broken´ housing market - Sajid Javid A Lifetime ISA is among plans aimed at supporting younger adults to save flexibly for the long term.
• reuters AngloGold says illegal miners largely cleared out of Ghana mine CAPE TOWN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Illegal miners have "largely been cleared" from AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana and the company can now explore a numbe...
• reuters India's Modi says cash crackdown is a fight for the poor By Manoj Kumar NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday defended his decision to abolish high denomination bank notes that...
• reuters Iran, Oman reaffirm gas export project, change pipeline route to avoid UAE DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Oman and Iran have agreed to change the route of a planned undersea gas export pipeline, to avoid waters controlled by the United Ar...
• reuters Thai court sentences Australian to death for Hells Angels murder PATTAYA, Thailand, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian man to death for murdering a Hells Angels gang member in 2015, a lawyer ...
• reuters Turkey's sovereign wealth fund to finance major infrastructure projects, deputy PM says ANKARA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Turkey's sovereign wealth fund will be used to finance major projects such as defense and aerospace investments and big infrastruct...
• reuters Boston readies duck boats, umbrellas for Patriots' victory parade By Scott Malone BOSTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of New England Patriots fans are expected to brave snow and rain on Tuesday to try to catch a...
• reuters German defence minister confident U.S. to stay committed to NATO RUKLA, Lithuania, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday she was confident that the United States would remain commit...
• reuters DCC to buy ExxonMobil's Norwegian retail petrol station network Feb 7 (Reuters) - London-listed DCC Plc said it would buy the retail petrol station network of ExxonMobil's Norwegian unit, Esso Norge AS, for 2.43 billion N...
• reuters DCC to buy ExxonMobil's Norwegian retail petrol station network Feb 7 (Reuters) - London-listed DCC Plc said it would buy the retail petrol station network of ExxonMobil's Norwegian unit, Esso Norge AS, for 2.43 billion N...
• reuters India's Yadav replaces injured Mishra for Bangladesh test Feb 7 (Reuters) - Uncapped Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has replaced leg-spinner Amit Mishra for India's one-off test match against Bangladesh beginning on ...
• reuters AMS set for strong 2017 on Heptagon deal and iPhone 8 Feb 7 (Reuters) - Austrian chip maker AMS said on Tuesday it saw potential for strong revenue growth in 2017 helped by its acquisition of optical sensor make...
• ap Madrid takes on opponents off the field after game postponed MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid's only opponent this week has been off the field. Unable to play over the weekend because its Spanish league game at Celta Vigo was...
• ap Romanian government seeks loophole on corruption BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's government is on a high-risk mission: devise a legal and politically acceptable way to remove penalties for some types of...
• pa Seven-time Paralympic swimming champion Sascha Kindred announces retirement The 39-year-old spent more than two decades as an international swimmer.
• ap Rio Tinto to hand over diamond mine to central Indian state NEW DELHI (AP) — The Rio Tinto group has decided to hand over a diamond mine to the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh where the project is located, the ...
• ap Pakistan: Police foil suicide bombing; 2 policemen wounded PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces said they foiled a large Taliban suicide car attack on Tuesday that targeted a police station in the nort...
• afp Vatican row as China invited to organ transplant summit Ethics experts and human rights lawyers slammed the Vatican Tuesday for inviting a top Chinese health official to an organ trafficking summit despite concern...
• ap 10 Things to Know for Today - 7 February 2017 Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. APPEALS COURTS WILL HEAR TRUMP TRAVEL BAN ARGUMENT...
• pa Weight over.... as man told he was `just fat´ has 9st tumour removed He said is looking forward to returning home and resuming his life - out of an armchair.
• ap Feuz fastest in 1st men's downhill practice at ski worlds ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Switzerland looked right at home at the ski world championships on Tuesday when Beat Feuz was fastest in a men's downhill prac...
• ap 'People power' in Romania halts corruption decree BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A spontaneous display of "people power" in the capital Bucharest and cities throughout Romania has for the moment slowed a governme...
• afp Landmark EU-US data privacy court case opens in Dublin A campaign by Austrian privacy lawyer Max Schrems against Facebook's transfer of personal data from Europe to the US is being heard in an Irish court from Tu...
• reuters Munich Re dangles share buyback after 2016 profit misses mark By Carolyn Cohn LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German reinsurer Munich Re reported net profit for 2016 below expectations on Tuesday after large losses from natur...
• reuters Poland's Walesa says he did not collaborate with communist secret police WARSAW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Poland's legendary leader of the Solidarity movement Lech Walesa said on Tuesday that recently disclosed documents suggesting that ...
• reuters After French action, Fiat Chrysler says diesel vehicles meet emissions rules MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Fiat Chrysler said its diesel vehicles were fully compliant with emissions requirements after the French authorities referred the ca...
• reuters AngloGold says illegal miners largely cleared out of Ghana mine CAPE TOWN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Illegal miners have "largely been cleared" from AngloGold Ashanti's Obuasi mine in Ghana and the company can now explore a numbe...
• afp Afghans dig with 'any tools possible' for avalanche survivors Afghan villagers were digging with shovels and whatever else they could find in a desperate race Tuesday to save survivors days after avalanches buried whole...
• reuters Six traders plead not guilty in UK in first Euribor rigging case LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Six traders pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges they tried to rig global interest rates in the first prosecution to focus on E...
• ap China's foreign reserves fall to 6-year low after outflows BEIJING (AP) — China's foreign exchange reserves have fallen to a six-year low following outflows of capital that prompted Beijing to tighten controls on out...
• afp Assad says 'defending' Syria more important than any UN tribunal Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that "defending" his country in a time of war was more important than any international tribunal that may be brough...
• reuters France's Fillon still struggling to win over most voters -poll PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Sixty-five percent of French voters still want the French right-wing to replace Francois Fillon with another candidate, even though ...
• reuters Romania's president Iohannis slams government for crisis BUCHAREST, Feb 7 (Reuters) - President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday the Social Democrat government had caused a crisis in Romania with a graft decree that ...
• ap UN envoy for Syria hails "positive" meeting with Tillerson GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Syria has held a "positive" meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson about upcoming talks among Syria's fighting s...
• reuters Suspect in Paris Louvre attack now talking to investigators - source PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The suspect arrested by police for attacking soldiers near the entrance to the Louvre museum in Paris on Friday has started to talk ...
• reuters Spain's Banco Sabadell sees return to profit growth in 2017 By Jesús Aguado and Angus Berwick MADRID, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Spain's Banco Sabadell expects a return to profit growth in 2017 after earnings stalled last year...
• reuters Six traders plead not guilty in UK in first Euribor rigging case LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Six traders pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges they tried to rig global interest rates in the first prosecution to focus on E...
• ap Replica of Indian Nobel Peace laureate's medal stolen NEW DELHI (AP) — Police say Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi's apartment in India's capital has been burgled and a gold-plated replica of his medal and...
• reuters Olympic-2020 golf venue postpones decision on ending ban on women TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Kasumigaseki Country Club, which is set to host golf for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, failed to reach a decision about ending a ban ...
• ap Pakistan says Afghan refugees can stay through December ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has extended the deadline for its 1.5 million registered Afghan refugees to return home, saying they can remain through the end of ...
• pa Van der Westhuizen hailed for fighting spirit after death at age 45 He racked up 38 tries for South Africa and helped his nation lift the 1995 Rugby World Cup on home soil.
• reuters Kia close to finalising Andhra Pradesh state for 1st India car plant -source By Nidhi Verma and Hyunjoo Jin NEW DELHI/SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's Kia Motors Corp is close to finalising the southern Indian state of Andhra Pr...
• reuters Teva Pharm's CEO Vigodman steps down amid crisis of confidence By Tova Cohen and Bill Berkrot TEL AVIV/NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The chief executive of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, the world's biggest maker of gener...
• reuters "Is Germany tired of Merkel?" asks mass-selling newspaper Bild BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Germany's mass-selling newspaper Bild openly questioned whether voters have had enough of Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday after...
• reuters Thai court sentences Australian to death for Hells Angels murder PATTAYA, Thailand, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced an Australian man to death for murdering a Hells Angels gang member in 2015, a lawyer ...
• reuters BNP Paribas aims to boost profitability after tough 2016 By Maya Nikolaeva and Julien Ponthus PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas, one of Europe's largest banks, set out plans on Tuesday to improve profitability i...
• reuters France's Macron dismisses talk of gay extra-marital relationship PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron, the independent centrist who is favourite to win the French presidential election, has dismissed rumours he has a g...
• reuters Green and healthy, or dirty and dangerous? East Asia's cities grapple with growth By Thin Lei Win BANGKOK, Feb 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As millions of people pour into East Asia's cities each year, the region's governments face the...
• pa Umpire Arnaud Gabas relieved to escape a more serious injury Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov inadvertently hit Gabas when he smashed a ball in frustration during a Davis Cup tie.
• reuters EMERGING MARKETS-China reserves, mounting political risk weigh on emerging markets By Sujata Rao LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Emerging markets took a beating on Tuesday as a surge in political risks in Europe and a fall in Chinese reserves bel...
• reuters Iraqi forces wage psychological war with jihadist corpses By Michael Georgy MOSUL, Iraq, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The flyblown corpses of Islamic State militants have been rotting along a main street in north Mosul for two...
• ap Taiwan seeks to revive aerospace fortunes with jet trainers TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Seeking to revive its long-dormant aerospace industry, Taiwan on Tuesday launched a $2.1 billion investment in the production of air ...
• ap Concert halls call on this Japanese engineer to shape sound TOKYO (AP) — Behind some of the world's most reputed concert halls is a Japanese engineer whose finesse in shaping sound is so perfectly unobtrusive that all...
• reuters NATO beef up send strong message of unity- Lithuanian president RUKLA, Lithuania Feb 7 (Reuters) - NATO's military deployment in Lithuania sends a powerful message that the military alliance is strong and united, Lithuani...
• reuters Zimbabwe says battling to control crop damage by armyworm pest HARARE, Feb 7(Reuters) - Like some of its neighbours, Zimbabwe is fighting an outbreak of fall armyworms that threatens to cause extensive damage to the maiz...
• reuters Honda, Hitachi Automotive to form EV motor joint venture By Naomi Tajitsu TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd and Hitachi Ltd's auto parts subsidiary plan to form a joint venture to develop, produce and sel...
• ap Man charged by police in All Blacks' bug case in Sydney SYDNEY (AP) — Police have charged a security consultant with public mischief after an investigation into allegations a listening device was planted in the Al...
• pa Jost Capito leaves McLaren after just five months as chief executive The team said there was an inability to find "common ground".
• pa Shapovalov fined for hitting umpire with ball in Canada-GB Davis Cup decider The unintentional nature of the offence and his remorse will have been taken into account.
• ap Chinese judge says Trump is an enemy 'of the rule of law' BEIJING (AP) — A judge in China's top court has labeled Donald Trump an enemy "of the rule of law" over his insults directed at a U.S. judge who temporarily ...
• afp Thai junta chief says king has chosen new Buddhist leader Thailand's new king has chosen who will be the country's top monk, the leader of the ruling junta said Tuesday, ending a lengthy power struggle over the vene...
• reuters Recession-hit Nigeria targets economy to grow at annual 7 percent by 2020 ABUJA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria is targeting economic growth of at least 7 percent a year by 2020, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning said on Tues...
• reuters Recession-hit Nigeria targets economy to grow at annual 7 percent by 2020 ABUJA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria is targeting economic growth of at least 7 percent a year by 2020, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning said on Tues...
• reuters FOREX-Euro set for biggest daily fall of 2017 vs dollar By John Geddie LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Beset by political worries, the euro was set for its biggest daily fall of 2017 on Tuesday against a broadly stronge...
• reuters China, United States cannot afford conflict - Chinese foreign minister By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - There would no winner from conflict between China and the United States, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned o...
• reuters Chinese cities suspend live poultry trade on bird flu fears BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - An outbreak of a deadly bird flu virus in China's central Hunan province has prompted authorities to put a temporary bar on the sa...
• reuters German Econ Min says upholds principles of free trade, open markets BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Germany will not give up its principles of free trade and open markets, Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries said on Tuesday, adding s...
• afp Malawi, Tanzania to revive lake dispute talks Malawi and its northern neighbour Tanzania have agreed to revive talks to resolve a long-running border dispute, President Peter Mutharika said Tuesday after...
• afp Myanmar rejects UN criticism of Rohingya abuse investigation A Myanmar state commission probing allegations the military has killed, tortured and raped Rohingya Muslims rejected accusations it is not credible, saying T...
• afp All Blacks stunned by 'bizarre' bugging charge The All Blacks expressed surprise on Tuesday after a trusted security consultant was charged with bugging their hotel before last year's Sydney Test against ...
• reuters Egypt praises Trump criticism of media coverage of attacks CAIRO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Egypt praised on Tuesday U.S President Donald Trump's criticism of Western media for what he said was their limited coverage of some...
• reuters Air strikes hit Syria's rebel-held Idlib city, 15 dead - residents AMMAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - At least 15 people died in air strikes on the rebel-held Syrian city of Idlib on Tuesday, in some of the heaviest raids there in mon...
• reuters Italy's economy may be on the up, stats office says ROME, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Italy's economy shows signs of improving in the coming months, national statistics bureau ISTAT said on Tuesday, highlighting a modes...
• reuters Iran leader: Trump 'shows real face of America'-website DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has shown America's "real face" by proving Iranian allegations about American government corruption, Sup...
• reuters Euro, European bonds unnerved by French political jitters By Jamie McGeever LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - European financial markets struggled with growing economic and political concerns on Tuesday as the euro neared i...
• reuters Euro, European bonds unnerved by French political jitters By Jamie McGeever LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - European financial markets struggled with growing economic and political concerns on Tuesday as the euro neared i...
• afp China likely to build on reef near Philippines: minister Manila expects China to try to build on a reef off the coast of the Philippines, the country's defence secretary said Tuesday, adding this would be "unaccept...
• ap Spain: 2 alleged IS recruiters detained near Barcelona MADRID (AP) — Spain's Interior Ministry says two Moroccan men who are accused of indoctrination in Islamist extremism and recruiting others have been detaine...
• pa At least 13,000 hanged at Syrian `slaughterhouse´ since 2011 - Amnesty President Bashar Assad regime blamed for the killings at a Syrian jail.
• reuters German govt, industry groups, unions denounce protectionism BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Pursuing protectionist policies would be the wrong answer to the challenges facing the world, the German government, industry group...
• reuters BP lifts break-even oil price after profit miss By Karolin Schaps and Ron Bousso LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - BP raised the oil price at which it can balance its books this year to $60 a barrel on Tuesday due...
• reuters Statoil takes hit as cuts long-term oil price view By Nerijus Adomaitis and Gwladys Fouche LONDON/OSLO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Norway's Statoil plunged to an unexpected loss in the fourth quarter of last year, as ...
• reuters Kremlin says Fox News host's Putin remarks reflect badly on channel MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday shrugged off a Fox News host's refusal to apologise for comments he made about Russian President Vladimir Pu...
• ap EU court opinion goes against Belgium in asylum case BRUSSELS (AP) — A top official of the European Union's highest court says Belgium must grant a humanitarian visa to a Syrian family seeking asylum even thoug...
• reuters Trump protectionism puts question mark over German export forecast - BGA BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German exports could grow less than expected this year due to the threat of protectionism under U.S. President Donald Trump, the he...
• reuters Nigeria targets 7 pct GDP growth by 2020 - budget ministry ABUJA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Nigeria is targeting economic growth of at least 7 percent by 2020, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning said on Tuesday, as...
• reuters Philippines' environment minister says mining audit results can be released MANILA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Philippines' environment minister said on Tuesday she can release the results of a mining audit that an industry group was seek...
• reuters Connect Group to sell education & care business to RM for $70 mln Feb 7 (Reuters) - Connect Group Plc, a newspaper distributor and parcel delivery company, said it would sell its education and care business to RM Plc for ab...
• reuters Connect Group to sell education & care business to RM for $70 mln Feb 7 (Reuters) - Connect Group Plc, a newspaper distributor and parcel delivery company, said it would sell its education and care business to RM Plc for ab...
• pa Chickens found abandoned in bucket in alleyway The birds are now being looked after by the RSPCA.
• reuters Khamenei tells Trump 'no enemy can paralyse' Iran DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump's warning to Tehran to stop its missile tests, a...
• pa Energy regulator sets temporary price cap for prepaying customers It should lead to savings of about £80 a year, Ofgem said.
• reuters Ex-French President Sarkozy to stand trial over campaign funding -source PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial over allegations of illegally financing his failed 2012 re-election bid, a ...
• reuters Duterte to send rogue cops to violence-plagued south Philippines MANILA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday corrupt police will be sent to a violence-racked stronghold of Islamist milita...
• reuters Dubai government, companies team up with IBM on blockchain project DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Dubai, one of the world’s largest trading hubs, has linked up with IBM to launch a scheme using blockchain computing technology to p...
• reuters France's Macron knocks down talk of extra-marital relationship-spokeswoman PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Emmanuel Macron, the independent centrist candidate who is favourite to win the French presidential election, has knocked down rumou...
• ap Fullback Ben Smith re-signs with New Zealand Rugby WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All Blacks fullback Ben Smith has extended his contract with New Zealand Rugby through 2020, rejecting lucrative offers to joi...
• reuters European shares up as earnings cheer offsets weakness in oil, French banks LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - European shares rose on Tuesday pushing the benchmark STOXX 600 back slightly into positive territory for the year with some encour...
• reuters Falcons at crossroads after Super Bowl meltdown Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Atlanta Falcons were left to wonder what might have been and what will be of their future in the aftermath of their Super Bowl collapse...
• afp Somalia to elect president amid security, drought woes Somalia is to hold its presidential election on Wednesday after numerous delays, with ongoing security concerns and warnings of famine topping the agenda for...
• ap Trump's church politics idea has wide reach, beyond GOP base ATLANTA (AP) — Republican President Donald Trump's pledge to scrap limits on church political activity could have sweeping effects that extend beyond his con...
• reuters Man tries to set himself alight at Mecca Grand Mosque - police DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - A man tried to set himself alight with gasoline beside the Kaaba, the black-clad building towards which the world's Muslims face to ...
• reuters Forex sales by China's central bank drove drop in January reserves - regulator BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Sales of foreign exchange by China's central bank were the main reason for a drop in the country's forex reserves in January, the ...
• ap Philippines: US military can build barracks in local camps MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has given the go-ahead for the U.S. military to build barracks and fuel depots in designated ...
• pa Simpson admits Leicester struggles are a shock to the system But the full-back says most of Leicester´s squad were in a relegation dogfight two years ago so can deal with the situation.
• ap Homeland Security chief makes first public trip to Congress WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly is heading to Capitol Hill for his first public appearance before lawmakers who are sure to press hi...
• reuters China downplays significance of senior official at Vatican BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday downplayed the significance of a top health official's attendance at a Vatican conference on o...
• ap Buddhist monk arrested in Myanmar with 4 million meth pills YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A Buddhist monk has been arrested in Myanmar after authorities found more than 4 million methamphetamine pills in his car and in his m...
• ap Trump advisers' tax credit plan for infrastructure has risks WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has promised to revitalize America's aging roads, bridges, railways and airports, but a plan put forward by his econ...
• reuters Shares in UniCredit, cash call rights flat in early trade MILAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Shares in Italian bank UniCredit and the rights to buy into its record 13 billion euro cash call were little changed at open on Tues...
• reuters China Jan FX reserves fall more than expected to $2.998 trillion, near 6-year low BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves unexpectedly fell below the closely watched $3 trillion level in January for the first time in n...
• reuters Connect Group to sell education & care business to RM for $70 mln Feb 7 (Reuters) - Connect Group Plc, a newspaper distributor and parcel delivery company, said it would sell its education and care business to RM Plc for ab...
• reuters China Jan FX reserves fall more than expected to $2.998 trillion, near 6-year low BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves unexpectedly fell below the closely watched $3 trillion level in January for the first time in n...
• reuters PRESS DIGEST - RUSSIA - Feb 7 MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The following are some stories in Russia's newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for the...
• reuters China Jan FX reserves fall more than expected to $2.998 trillion, near 6-year low BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's foreign exchange reserves unexpectedly fell below the closely watched $3 trillion level in January for the first time in n...
• ap Wade scores 31, Bulls blow big lead but hold off Kings SACRAMENTO, California (AP) — Dwyane Wade knows he's lost some of his athleticism. But the Chicago Bulls' veteran guard hasn't lost the ability to make clutc...
• ap Republicans mum as Trump adopts Obama tactics WASHINGTON (AP) — It was only a few months ago when Republicans routinely blasted the president for what they called his executive overreach and his failure ...
• reuters HK stocks flat as mainland demand offset by weakness overseas Feb 7 (Reuters) - Hong Kong stocks were little changed on Tuesday, with buying interest from the mainland countered by weakness in global markets. The benchm...
• reuters German defence minister to meet U.S.'s Mattis on Friday KAUNUS, Lithuania, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen will meet U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in Washington on Friday, a mini...
• reuters Hackers take down Austrian parliament website, no data lost VIENNA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Hackers took the Austrian parliament's website down for 20 minutes on Sunday by flooding its server with digital service requests, ...
• reuters Iraq's Basra oil export terminal to stop loading for 24 hours BASRA, Iraq, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Iraq's main oil export terminal, off the southern city of Basra, will stop loading operations for 24 hours, starting midnight ...
• reuters Home of Indian Nobel laureate burgled, peace medal replica stolen NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Thieves broke into the New Delhi home of India's 2014 Nobel Peace laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and stole a replica of his prize m...
• ap Military services detail plans for $30 billion budget boost WASHINGTON (AP) — Buoyed by President Donald Trump's pledge to rebuild the U.S. armed forces, senior Pentagon officials have delivered to Congress plans for ...
• pa Alastair Cook ready to reveal reasons for stepping down as England Test captain Cook announced his resignation on Monday after four-and-half-years and a record-breaking 59 Tests in charge of the team.
• pa Andrew Strauss says Alastair Cook has been `a top quality captain´ England´s director of cricket believes Cook had become `drained´ following four years in the role.
• reuters Russia c.bank says rise in households income won't increase pressure on inflation MOSCOW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - An expected increase in Russia's households income, including salaries and pensions, should not create substantial additional press...
• ap Austrian minister: need to shut Balkan route more completely BERLIN (AP) — Austria's defense minister says his country wants to step up efforts with countries along the Balkan migrant route to plug gaps in border prote...
• reuters German industry output posts steepest monthly fall since Jan 2009 By Michael Nienaber BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Weaker output in manufacturing and construction drove the biggest monthly drop in German industrial production ...
• reuters German industry output posts steepest monthly fall since Jan 2009 By Michael Nienaber BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Weaker output in manufacturing and construction drove the biggest monthly drop in German industrial production ...
• reuters Arrest made in bugging of All Blacks' Sydney hotel SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian police have arrested and charged a 51-year-old man with public mischief after an investigation into the discovery of a l...
• reuters BRIEF-London Stock Exchange says submitted documents to European Commision Feb 7 (Reuters) - London Stock Exchange Group Plc : * London stock exchange > - Confirm that they have submitted commitments, comprising proposed sale of LCH...
• reuters NHL-Highlights of Monday's NHL games Feb 6 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of National Hockey League games on Monday: Blues 2, Flyers 0 Goaltender Carter Hutton stopped all 26 shots he faced a...
• reuters Sting, Wayne Shorter win 2017 Polar Music Prize STOCKHOLM, Feb 7 (Reuters) - British rock star Sting and American jazz musician Wayne Shorter have been awarded Sweden's Polar Music Prize, committee officia...
• reuters Munich Re 2016 profit misses market forecast, raises dividend LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - German reinsurer Munich Re reported net profit for 2016 below expectations after large losses from natural catastrophes in the four...
• reuters DCC to buy ExxonMobil's Norwegian retail petrol station network Feb 7 (Reuters) - London-listed DCC Plc said it would buy retail petrol station network of ExxonMobil's Norwegian unit, Esso Norge AS, for 2.43 billion Norwe...
• reuters Slovak Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 7 BRATISLAVA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Slovak financial markets on Tuesday. ALL TIMES GMT (S...
• afp China judge blasts Trump as 'enemy of rule of law' A top Chinese judge has branded President Donald Trump a bully and an "enemy of the rule of law" for attacking the US judiciary as China revels in the upheav...
• afp Cambodia charges three in Japan sex trafficking probe A Japanese restaurant owner accused of overseeing a smuggling ring that forced women into sex work in Japan was charged with trafficking in Cambodia Tuesday,...
• reuters PRESS DIGEST - Bulgaria - Feb 7 SOFIA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - These are some of the main stories in Bulgarian newspapers on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for...
• reuters NBA-Highlights of Monday's NBA games Feb 6 (The Sports Xchange) - Highlights of Monday's NBA games: Cavaliers 140, Wizards 135 (overtime) Kevin Love scored 39 points as the Cleveland Cavaliers s...
• afp Singapore mandatory army training to stay in troubled world Singapore will keep its mandatory military service because it cannot depend on help from others in an uncertain world, the city-state's defence minister said...
• ap Top-ranked Gonzaga faces No. 20 Saint Mary's in big test The AP Top 25 has gone on a wild ride the past two weeks, with 16 losses by top-10 teams and programs bouncing around the poll like lotto balls. Another loss...
• reuters ECB's Villeroy says Trump's administration should refrain from FX comments PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau said in a newspaper interview on Tuesday that policymakers should refrain from m...
• ap Now attention turns to 2017 NFL offseason, draft The New England Patriots have some more catching up to do. Bill Belichick hardly took time to relish the greatest comeback in Super Bowl history when he decl...
• afp First victims of Mumbai attacks declared dead 8 years on Three fishermen believed to be the first victims of the Mumbai attacks have been declared dead by an Indian court, more than eight years after the assault wh...
• reuters London copper drifts as dollar revives on hike timeline By Melanie Burton MELBOURNE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - London copper drifted on Tuesday as the dollar edged higher after a Federal Reserve official offered support f...
• ap German industrial production down sharply in December BERLIN (AP) — German industrial production unexpectedly dropped 3 percent in December compared with the previous month, apparently pushed lower by seasonal f...
• ap S Korea prosecutors expect to question impeached leader soon SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors said Tuesday they expect to interview President Park Geun-hye this week over her alleged involvement in a ...
• reuters NBA-Kings' Cousins faces suspension after 16th technical foul Feb 6 (Reuters) - Sacramento Kings power forward DeMarcus Cousins is facing a suspension after receiving his 16th technical foul of the season on Monday agai...
• reuters Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on Feb 7 PRAGUE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Czech financial markets on Tuesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Czech ...
• ap Honda, Hitachi Automotive to develop, make electric vehicles TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. has signed a deal with Hitachi Automotive Systems to jointly develop, make and sell motors for electric vehic...
• pa LeBron James endures a mixed night but Cleveland Cavaliers win James added a career-best 17 assists.
• reuters Toshiba courts funds as SK Hynix, Micron Technology bid for chip stake-sources By Se Young Lee and Makiko Yamazaki SEOUL/TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp favours private equity bidders in the sale of a stake in its chip business, a...
• ap Filipino celebrity waiting for his star to rise at Creighton OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — In his native country, media call Kobe Paras a "hoops sensation" and "wunderkind," and his family is known as the "Kardashians of the Phil...
• reuters Taiwan to build 66 jet trainer aircraft by 2026 to bolster defences TAICHUNG, Taiwan, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan plans to build 66 jet trainer aircraft, with a scheduled maiden flight by 2020, to bolster defences against China ...
• reuters Olympic champion Park ready for LPGA return SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Olympic champion and seven-times major winner Park In-bee has a relatively modest goal this season -- stay healthy. The South Korean...
• ap At $250M, Los Angeles home most expensive listed in US LOS ANGELES (AP) — At $250 million, a new mega mansion in the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles is the most expensive home listed in the United S...
• afp S.Africa school offers migrant children rare lifeline "These children can't go to real schools... kids have been beaten up, assaulted, deprived of food," said college head Colin Northmore of the plight of young ...
• reuters China stocks fall on tightening concerns SHANGHAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China stocks pulled back on Tuesday on fresh signs the government was moving to deflate potential credit bubbles in the broader e...
• pa Stefano Brizzi, jailed for cannibal killing of police officer, dies in prison He reportedly took his own life.
• ap NBA Capsules WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyrie Irving scored 11 of his 23 points in overtime, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 35 seconds left, as the Cleveland Cavaliers edg...
• pa Supreme Court may be final destination for Trump travel ban battle The president´s executive order has faced legal uncertainty ever since Friday´s ruling by US district judge James Robart.
• pa Two US states launch court battle over Trump travel ban Washington and Minnesota said their underlying lawsuit was strong and a nationwide temporary restraining order was appropriate.
• reuters S.Korea's prosecutor says indicts former top Park aide, ex-minister SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a former top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges ...
• reuters German industry output posts steepest monthly fall since Jan 2009 BERLIN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Weaker output in manufacturing and construction drove the biggest monthly drop in German industrial production in nearly eight year...
• ap Amnesty: As many as 13,000 hanged in Syria prison since 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian authorities have killed as many as 13,000 people — possibly more — since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison nor...
• reuters Poland - Factors to Watch Feb 7 Following are news stories, press reports and events to watch that may affect Poland's financial markets on Tuesday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 1 hour): ME...
• reuters Netanyahu, Trump align on Iran ahead of Israeli leader's visit By Jeffrey Heller and Matt Spetalnick JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Seizing on an Iranian missile test, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a...
• reuters SK Hynix says it bid for a stake in Toshiba's memory business SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc said on Tuesday it submitted a non-binding bid last week for a stake in Toshiba Corp's memory ch...
• reuters Syria's Assad says Trump's priority of fighting IS promising AMMAN, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said U.S. President Donald Trump's priority of fighting Islamist fundamentalists led by Islamic Sta...
• reuters Iran says unlike what Trump thinks, nuclear deal is a "win-win" accord DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Unlike what U.S. president Donald Trump thinks, the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers was a win-win accord, President Hassa...
• reuters Indian Oil says crude processing to edge up in 2017/18 By Nidhi Verma and Neha Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Indian Oil Corp, the country's largest refiner, expects its crude processing to inch up in 2017...
• afp Start-up fever grips young tech-savvy Indians In the basement of a Bangalore building, hundreds of young Indians sit in neat rows of desks typing furiously, all dreaming of becoming the new Steve Jobs or...
• reuters Golden chariot restored for Thai king's "ascent to heaven" BANGKOK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Inch by gilded inch, the chariot to take Thailand's late king on his last journey is being restored by workers in Bangkok in a lab...
• ap Octavia Spencer announces plans to become Hollywood producer RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Octavia Spencer is up for her second Academy Award this year, but the star of "Hidden Figures" said Monday that she has ev...
• reuters Deutsche Boerse says clears CEO after analysis of talks with LSE FRANKFURT, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse's supervisory board backed its Chief Executive Carsten Kengeter, who is the focus of an insider trading investig...
• afp Indian judges cut Bollywood scenes poking fun at lawyers An Indian court has ordered filmmakers to cut four scenes from a forthcoming Bollywood movie after ruling that they show lawyers in a bad light, media report...
• reuters Philippines' defence minister says peace talks with rebels possible MANILA, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Peace talks between the Philippine government and communist rebels to end nearly five decades of conflict are still possible even t...
• reuters Benchmark JGBs firm, shrugging off tepid 10-year CPI-linked sale TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Benchmark Japanese government bonds edged higher on Tuesday, shrugging off tepid demand at an auction of inflation-linked 10-year bo...
• reuters Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump's travel ban By Dan Levine and Timothy Gardner SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON Feb 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will face off with opponents in a federal appeals co...
• reuters POLL-Yuan to fall as outflows overshadow Trump FX rhetoric By Rahul Karunakar BENGALURU, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's currency is expected to fall to a near decade-low in the year ahead, according to a Reuters poll of F...
• reuters New blow for Australian leader as conservative quits to form new party SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was left teetering on the brink of a minority government on Tuesday when a prominent law...
• reuters Japan stocks hit 2-week low in thin trade; Toyota underperforms TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks dropped to a two-week low in thin trade, hit by weakness in global stocks and a stronger yen as investors became ris...
• reuters Asia stocks, euro pressured by economic, political uncertainty By Nichola Saminather SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Appetite for Asian stocks and the euro ebbed on Tuesday as a rising tide of economic and political concern...
• reuters Asia stocks, euro pressured by economic, political uncertainty By Nichola Saminather SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Appetite for Asian stocks and the euro ebbed on Tuesday as a rising tide of economic and political concern...
• afp Fairway diplomacy: Abe putting hope in golf with Trump Shinzo Abe heads to the US this week -- and to a game of golf with Donald Trump -- teeing off a drive to keep Japan's most important relationship out of the ...
• ap Police: Naked man steals taxi, drives through posh park PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a naked man stole a taxi and recklessly drove through a crowded park in a posh section of Philadelphia. Police say the man att...
• afp 'Art has no borders, no color, no creed': Oscars president The divisive political climate in America hung over the Oscar nominees luncheon as Academy Awards president Cheryl Boone Isaacs opened the gathering with a c...
• reuters Deutsche Boerse, LSE to formally offer sale of French clearing ops FRANKFURT, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Deutsche Boerse and the London Stock Exchange will formally offer to divest their French clearing business as a remedy to the Eu...
• reuters Qatar Airways expects Trump's travel ban to be relaxed - report SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker on Tuesday said he expected U.S. President Donald Trump would eventually relax a trave...
• reuters S.Korea's prosecutor says indicts former top Park aide, ex-minister SEOUL, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor has indicted a former culture minister and a top aide to President Park Geun-hye on charges of abus...
• reuters BNP Paribas targets stronger profitability, dividends by 2020 as Q4 profits rise PARIS, Feb 7 (Reuters) - BNP Paribas set out plans on Tuesday to deliver an increased dividend payout and an improved return on equity by 2020, hoping that h...
• reuters Australia yet to work out how to stop Kohli - Lehmann Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australia have yet to work out a plan to foil India captain Virat Kohli beyond bowling well and hoping for some "luck" against the in-form ...
• reuters Drugged and raped: for aid workers, sexual assault is a hidden menace By Nicola Kelly GENEVA, Feb 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When aid worker Megan Nobert took up a humanitarian posting in war-torn South Sudan, she knew sh...
• reuters White House memo confuses Wall Street on fate of fiduciary rule By Sarah N. Lynch and Elizabeth Dilts WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Conflicting signs from the White House have left brokerage firms and lobbyists u...
• reuters Appeals court to hear arguments on Trump's travel ban By Dan Levine and Timothy Gardner SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON Feb 7 (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department will face off with opponents in a federal appeals co...
• ap BC-BKN--NBA Standings %hdrmisc(At A Glance<%) %byline(By The Associated Press%) ___ Cleveland 140, Washington 135, OT Indiana 93, Oklahoma City 90 L.A. Lakers 121, New York 107 De...
• ap Justice Ginsburg laments partisanship at Stanford talk STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lamented partisanship in Congress during a talk at Stanford University on Monday and s...
• ap Fashion-themed trip on Queen Mary 2 ship to host Iris Apfel NEW YORK (AP) — The Queen Mary 2 ship is offering a fashion-themed trans-Atlantic crossing with a celebrity guest who's practically fashion royalty herself: ...
• afp UN slams first royal slur charge under new Thai king The first royal defamation case brought under Thailand's new monarch was slammed by a top United Nations envoy on Tuesday, who said public figures should not...
• reuters China advises companies to take "precautions" over Brexit .BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Chinese companies operating in Britain, especially in the financial sector or whose European headquarters are in Britain, need to...
• reuters South African minister convinced pesticides can contain armyworms JOHANNESBURG, Feb 7 (Reuters) - South Africa's agriculture minister is convinced pesticides will be able to contain an outbreak of armyworms that threatens t...
• ap Playboy Club and its Bunnies are making a comeback in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — The tightly corseted Playboy Bunnies, with rabbit tails and ears, will soon be back in business in New York City. Three decades after the ori...
• ap Judge weighs trial for suspect in officer's 1972 shooting COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A judge plans to hear arguments for and against bringing an 82-year-old suspect to trial in the nonfatal shooting of an Ohio police off...
• reuters Toshiba wants funds not peers to buy chip stake-source TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp wants investment funds including Bain Capital to buy a stake in its flash memory business rather than industry peers su...
• ap 79-year-old doctor on trial in $200M health fraud scheme NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — To prosecutors, Bernard Greenspan saw dollar signs when a blood-testing lab company came to his office seeking referrals several years ag...
• reuters Romania - Factors to watch on Feb. 7 Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch which may affect Romanian financial markets on Tuesday. PRESIDENT President Klaus Iohannis is expect...
• reuters China stocks fall on tightening concerns, HK shares edge down SHANGHAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China stocks pulled back on Tuesday morning on fresh signs the government was extending steps to defuse potential credit bubbles ...
• ap Fire up the duck boats: Patriots take victory lap in Boston BOSTON (AP) — The New England Patriots are taking their victory lap. MVP quarterback Tom Brady and company will parade through Boston Tuesday morning followi...
• ap Facebook takes search warrant challenge to top court ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Facebook is heading to New York state's highest court to challenge search warrants seeking information from user accounts. Prosecutors in...
• ap Police: Ohio man's cardiac pacemaker data leads to charges HAMILTON, Ohio (AP) — Police say data recorded by a man's cardiac pacemaker helped lead to his indictment on charges of aggravated arson and insurance fraud ...
• ap Mexico and Puerto Rico to play for Caribbean Series title CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) — Miguel Pena pitched five solid innings, Agustin Murillo singled in a run and host Mexico beat Cuba 1-0 on Monday night to clinch a sp...
• reuters South African mine tries faster drilling technique to cut costs By Tanisha Heiberg and Barbara Lewis CULLINAN, South Africa, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Engineering services company Master Drilling will next month complete a diamon...
• reuters China's yuan weakens as households buy dollars, FX reserve data awaited SHANGHAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China's yuan weakened against the dollar on Tuesday, dragged down by dollar demand from individuals and a slightly stronger green...
• afp Australian football star Cahill apologises over bizarre red card Australia's Tim Cahill has apologised for swearing at a referee after he was bizarrely sent off before he even made it onto the pitch in last week's explosiv...
• afp 2020 vision sees Ben Smith stay an All Black All Blacks vice-captain Ben Smith said Tuesday he had signed up to stay with the world champions until 2020, fending off interest from cashed-up French clubs...
• reuters Toshiba wants funds not peers to buy chip stake-source TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp wants investment funds including Bain Capital to buy a stake in its flash memory business rather than industry peers su...
• reuters New Zealand c.bank chief to step down, deputy to stand in By Charlotte Greenfield WELLINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - New Zealand's central bank Governor Graeme Wheeler will not be seeking a second term when his current s...
• ap Cambodia charges Japanese man in sex trafficking case PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Japanese man and two Cambodians were charged Tuesday with allegedly tricking Cambodian women into working in the sex trade in J...
• reuters UAE bank NBAD aims to double size of debt programme to $15 bln DUBAI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) said on Tuesday it will seek shareholder approval to double the size of its euro medium term note ...
• reuters Australia central bank holds rates, takes upbeat tone on growth By Wayne Cole SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australia's central bank held rates steady at its first policy meeting of the year on Tuesday, playing down a recent ...
• afp Trump vows US, allies will defeat 'radical Islamic terrorism' President Donald Trump vowed that America and its allies would defeat the "forces of death" and keep radical jihadists from gaining a foothold on US soil, bu...
• ap Top 25 Capsules MANHATTAN, Kansas (AP) — Frank Mason III had 21 points and Josh Jackson added 18 despite dealing with foul trouble as No. 3 Kansas bounced back from a rare h...
• afp IS 'besieged' in last bastion in Syria's Aleppo province The Islamic State group is "completely besieged" in its last major stronghold in Syria's Aleppo province, a monitor said, as pro-regime forces pressure the j...
• ap Leader of New Zealand's central bank to step down this year WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The leader of New Zealand's central bank announced Tuesday he will step down in September when his five-year term expires. Res...
• reuters China proposes further tightening of internet oversight BEIJING, Feb 7 (Reuters) - China is proposing a further tightening of controls over the internet with the possible establishment of a new commission to vet i...
• ap Asian stocks decline after Wall Street falls BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday and oil prices rebounded after declines that dragged Wall Street lower. KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo's N...
• ap Melania Trump re-files Daily Mail lawsuit ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — First lady Melania Trump has re-filed a libel lawsuit against the corporation that publishes the Daily Mail's website, this time in New...
• reuters Australia players want review of performance pay MELBOURNE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australia's cricketers have demanded a review of performance-related pay for contracted players who stand to take another financ...
• reuters FOREX-Yen holds gains, European political risks generate safe-haven demand By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The yen held large gains against a number of peers on Tuesday as investors sought refuge in the safe-haven Japa...
• afp India guard against Bangladesh complacency India have been warned against complacency as they look to extend their record-breaking unbeaten run to 19 matches when they host Bangladesh in a Test for th...
• ap NHL Capsules PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kenny Agostino scored his first goal in almost three years and Carter Hutton had 26 saves as the St. Louis Blues beat the Philadelphia Fl...
• ap Women's Top 25 Capsules WACO, Texas (AP) — Joyner Holmes drove for the tiebreaking layup with a minute left and 11th-ranked Texas held on to win its 17th consecutive game, 85-79 at ...
• reuters Smith gives All Blacks boost by rebuffing overseas offers WELLINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - All Blacks fullback Ben Smith has given coach Steve Hansen a massive boost by rebuffing lucrative offers from European clubs an...
• ap Canadian man dies in New Mexico after being hit by a vehicle DEMING, N.M. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern New Mexico say a Canadian man is dead after being struck by a vehicle on a freeway. New Mexico State Police s...
• ap New Zealand leader has 'sensible, polite' talk with Trump WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand's Prime Minister Bill English said Tuesday he told President Donald Trump during a phone call that he disagreed wi...
• ap Trump remarks latest evidence of health law repeal slowdown WASHINGTON (AP) — A House conservative leader called Monday for votes "as soon as possible" on legislation voiding and replacing the health care law, even as...
• ap Australian senator says will start new conservative party CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian senator and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday he will start a new political party t...
• ap Anti-Trump protests complicate start of his presidency WASHINGTON (AP) — Scrappy as ever, Donald Trump on Monday dismissed polls showing low approval ratings as "fake news." But whatever his opinion, active oppos...
• ap Trump says media 'doesn't want to report' extremist attacks MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday accused the media of deliberately minimizing coverage of the threat posed by the Islamic...
• ap Appeals court weighs Trump ban as travelers arrive to tears WASHINGTON (AP) — The fierce battle over President Donald Trump's travel and refugee ban edged up the judicial escalator Monday, headed for a possible final ...
• ap Pacers reaccionan en 2do tiempo para vencer a OKC INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Paul George registró 21 puntos y recuperó ocho rebotes, Jeff Teague anotó 17 puntos y los Pacers de Indiana remontaron una desventaja de ...
• reuters Iranian child seeking emergency eye surgery arrives in New York By Chris Francescani NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A young Iranian girl in need of emergency eye surgery only available in the United States arrived safely at ...
• reuters Elliott Abrams is Trump's leading candidate for deputy secretary of state-source WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Elliott Abrams, who served in foreign policy roles for presidents Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush, is President Donald Trump's...
• afp Winter Olympics: South Korea builds it but will fans come? Across the road from the pentagonal arena which will host South Korea's Winter Olympics opening ceremony a year from Thursday, bundles of dead fish dangle fr...
• ap IMF: Greece's debts are still unsustainable despite progress WASHINGTON (AP) — Greece, which has been struggling for years with high debts and painful rates of unemployment, is making progress toward reducing its massi...
• ap AP FACT CHECK: Trump says terrorism acts ignored. Evidence? WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump made an unsupported assertion Monday that terrorist acts in Europe are going unreported. A look at the matter: TRUMP...
• ap Tech firms take stand against travel ban, risking backlash SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Through a Super Bowl ad, public statements and court filings, Silicon Valley's biggest companies are taking a strong stand against Presi...
• ap Remains confirmed as those of missing Texas college student ALPINE, Texas (AP) — Human remains found in a shallow West Texas grave last week have been identified conclusively as those of a missing college student, inv...
• ap WWF calls for fishing ban to save last of vaquita porpoises MEXICO CITY (AP) — The World Wildlife Fund on Monday called for a complete ban on fishing in the habitat of the vaquita porpoise, noting an international com...
• reuters GRAINS-Soybean prices firm on strong demand for U.S. exports SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - U.S. soybean prices rose on Tuesday, with strong demand for U.S. exports pushing two-day gains to nearly 1.5 percent. FUNDAMENTALS ...
• reuters Taiwan stocks slip on profit-booking; HTC slides on weak sales data TAIPEI, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan stocks fell on Tuesday tracking regional bourses as investors locked in profits from recent gains, with smartphone manufactu...
• reuters Israel legalises settler homes on private Palestinian land By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israel passed a law on Monday retroactively legalising about 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Pales...
• reuters Nikkei hits 2-week low ahead of Abe-Trump talks; Toyota off 2.8 pct By Ayai Tomisawa TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average dropped to a two-week low on Tuesday morning after global stocks fell and a stronger y...
• reuters IMF says Greece should meet lower fiscal surplus target By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that Greece's economy would only grow by just under 1.0 percent ...
• reuters Cahill apologises for outburst in Melbourne derby MELBOURNE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Melbourne City forward Tim Cahill has apologised for his outburst in Saturday's A-League derby against city rivals Victory that ...
• ap Israel passes law legalizing thousands of settlement homes JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament on Monday passed a contentious law meant to retroactively legalize thousands of West Bank settlement homes built unlawfu...
• ap Court weighs halting release of police video of shootings PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — A federal appeals court considered Monday whether to automatically halt lower court orders publicly releasing video of fatal shooting...
• ap Super Bowl generates mixed results for Nevada odds makers LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas oddsmakers thought they might be headed for a big payday, but the New England Patriots — thanks to a successful two-point conversi...
• reuters Oil prices steady, kept in range by mixed price indicators By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Oil steadied on Tuesday after falls the previous session, with markets torn between mixed price indicators ...
• reuters Trump: militant attacks 'all over Europe,' some not reported By Steve Holland TAMPA, Fla., Feb 6 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Monday accused the news media of ignoring attacks by Islamist militants in Europe. ...
• ap Willie Nelson cancels 3 California shows because of illness BAKERSFIELD, California (AP) — Willie Nelson has postponed three California shows because of illness. Publicist Elaine Schock tells The Associated Press that...
• ap 10 Things to Know for Tuesday - 7 February 2017 Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday: 1. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FILES DEFENSE OF TRAVEL BAN T...
• ap Doctor removes 130-pound tumor from Mississippi man BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A California doctor removed a 130-pound tumor from a Mississippi man who had been told by other physicians that he was just fat. R...
• reuters U.S. court to hear arguments Tuesday on Trump's travel ban By Dan Levine and Dustin Volz SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore...
• reuters U.S. court to hear arguments Tuesday on Trump's travel ban By Dan Levine and Dustin Volz SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court will hear arguments on Tuesday over whether to restore...
• reuters Super Bowl sets gambling record at Nevada sports books Feb 6 (Reuters) - Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were not the only ones breaking records at Sunday's Super Bowl as gamblers in Nevada set a new mark ...
• reuters Ex-NBA star Rodman gets three years probation on driving charges Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former pro basketball star Dennis Rodman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years' informal probation on Monday on charges that he d...
• reuters London copper slips as dollar revives on hike timeline MELBOURNE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - London copper drifted on Tuesday as the dollar edged higher after a Federal Reserve official offered support for a March rate ri...
• ap The Latest: White House issues list of 78 attacks WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST): 8:45 p.m. The White House has released a list of 78 attacks it describes as "executed...
• reuters Kremlin says it wants apology from Fox News over Putin comments MOSCOW, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it wanted an apology from Fox News over what it said were "unacceptable" comments one of the channel's p...
• ap Ex-Seattle port CEO speaks out after resignation SEATTLE (AP) — The ex-Port of Seattle chief executive said Monday he wants to "clear the record and his good name" in the first public comments he made since...
• ap Wisconsin student abandons pro-white group MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A University of Wisconsin student trying to form a pro-white group has abandoned his efforts after intense backlash from other students ...
• ap Dartmouth to compensate neighbors impacted by lab dump CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Dartmouth College announced plans Monday to offer compensation to homeowners impacted by groundwater contamination coming from a site wh...
• ap Supreme Court pick meets with Dems as GOP applies pressure WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and conservative groups stepped up their campaign to secure confirmation of President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee as t...
• ap Transients plead guilty in killings of tourist, yoga teacher SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two transients pleaded guilty Monday to murder in the deaths of a Canadian tourist who was camping in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park d...
• reuters IMF says Greece should meet lower fiscal surplus target WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that Greece's economy would only grow by just under 1.0 percent in the long run ...
• reuters Gold inches away from 3-mth high but safe-haven demand supports Feb 7 (Reuters) - Gold on Tuesday inched away from three-month highs touched in the previous session, although it was supported by safe-haven demand on the b...
• ap Kremlin protests Fox News host's 'killer' comment on Putin MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin is indignant over the comments of a Fox News host who called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "killer" in an interview with Presi...
• reuters New Zealand c.bank chief to retire, deputy to stand in WELLINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) Governor Graeme Wheeler announced on Tuesday he would not be seeking a second term at the he...
• reuters SpaceX to hit fastest launch pace with new Florida site -exec By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb 6 (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies Corp, better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Falcon 9 rockets ever...
• reuters SpaceX to hit fastest launch pace with new Florida site -exec By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb 6 (Reuters) - Space Exploration Technologies Corp, better known as SpaceX, plans to launch its Falcon 9 rockets ever...
• reuters HIGHLIGHTS-The Trump presidency on Feb. 6 at 8:15 P.M. EST/0115 GMT Feb 6 (Reuters) - Highlights of the day for U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Monday: IMMIGRATION ORDER A U.S. federal appeals court will hear ...
• ap Fighting fake news isn't just up to Facebook and Google NEW YORK (AP) — The fight against fake news is not just being waged by Google, Facebook and big media companies. They are joined in the battle by academics a...
• ap Debate over onsite use of pot in Alaska stores continues JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The head of the board that regulates marijuana in Alaska said he expects officials will have to address again at some point the issue o...
• ap Rapper The Game sentenced for punching Los Angeles policeman LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Game has been sentenced to 120 hours of community service for assaulting an off-duty policeman during a pick-up basketball game in Hol...
• reuters New Zealand c.bank chief to retire, deputy to act as stand in WELLINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler announced on Tuesday he would not be seeking a second term at the helm of t...
• ap 49ers officially hire Kyle Shanahan as new head coach SANTA CLARA, California (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers officially hired Atlanta offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan as their new head coach on Monday, more t...
• reuters Venezuelan championship results and standings Feb 7 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Venezuelan championship matches on Monday Monday, February 6 Caracas FC 1 Deportivo La Guaira 0 Sunday, Fe...
• reuters Shanahan named 49ers head coach, a day after Super Bowl loss Feb 6 (The Sports Xchange) - The San Francisco 49ers officially named Kyle Shanahan as the 20th head coach in franchise history on Monday. The move came just...
• ap The Latest: Patagonia to boycott Outdoor Retailer in Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the future of the Outdoor Retailer show in Utah (all times local): 5:45 p.m. Outdoor clothing company Patagonia says it w...
• ap Scholars: 'Liberal' reputation of 9th Circuit overblown SEATTLE (AP) — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which is weighing the appeal concerning President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration, is the...
• ap California Democrats counter Trump's threat to defund SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The war of words escalated Monday between Democratic leaders in the nation's biggest state and Donald Trump after the Republican pr...
• reuters UK lawmakers reject first set of amendments to Brexit law LONDON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - British lawmakers on Monday rejected the first set of proposed amendments to legislation that would give Prime Minister Theresa May...
• reuters Three arrested in '93 Los Angeles arson fire called deadliest in Calif. By Dan Whitcomb LOS ANGELES, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Three people with alleged ties to a nortorious gang have been arrested in what prosecutors called the deadlies...
• ap Falcons' fans still in somber mood after Super Bowl loss ATLANTA (AP) — There were partly cloudy skies in Atlanta on Monday, but the gloom over the city seemed to be more from the Falcons' gut-wrenching Super Bowl ...
• ap House passes bill updating email privacy protections WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved legislation updating privacy protections for emails maintained by third-party service providers such as Google and Y...
• ap Major outdoor retailer event to consider moving out of Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The lucrative Outdoor Retailer show is again considering moving from Salt Lake City amid renewed concerns from attendees about state le...
• ap Judges who ruled in Brady case unanimous in praise of game NEW YORK (AP) — Three Manhattan judges who ruled in the "Deflategate" case differed on the law but unanimously praised this year's Super Bowl on Monday. They...
• afp Trump faces deadline in court battle over travel ban The US government on Monday defended President Donald Trump's travel ban as a "lawful exercise" of his authority, and claimed that a federal court made a mis...
• ap Former NBA star Rodman gets probation in freeway crash SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Former NBA star Dennis Rodman has been sentenced to three years informal probation and 30 hours of community service for a crash on ...
• reuters California is not 'out of control,' leaders tell Trump By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, Calif., Feb 6 (Reuters) - California leaders pushed back on Monday against President Donald Trump's claim that the state is "...
• reuters FOREX-Yen supported by risk aversion, euro sags on political woes By Shinichi Saoshiro TOKYO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The dollar stood near a 10-week low against the yen early on Tuesday as investors sought refuge in the safe-hav...
• reuters Democrats question independence of Trump Supreme Court nominee By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators on Monday sharpened a potential line of attack against Neil Gorsuch's nomination to...
• ap Michigan lawmaker resigns to resolve criminal loan charges LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan lawmaker with a lengthy criminal record resigned from office Monday as part of a plea deal to resolve charges that he submit...
• afp US athletes excited one year before Pyeongchang US athletes, including Korean-American teen halfpipe star Chloe Kim appearing in host South Korea, are already looking forward to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter...
• ap Academy president introduces politics at Oscar luncheon BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — If anyone was wondering if the Academy Awards will get political this year, film academy president Cheryl Boone Isaacs all but c...
• ap Ex-medical marijuana officials charged for illegal shipment ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Prosecutors in Minnesota filed felony charges Monday against two former officials from one of the state's licensed medical marijuana m...
• ap San Diego, Tijuana mayors extol virtues of cross-border ties SAN DIEGO (AP) — The mayors of the largest metropolitan area on the U.S.-Mexico border called Monday for stronger binational ties, striking a sharp contrast ...
• reuters U.S. tech titans lead legal brief against Trump travel ban By Mica Rosenberg and Dan Levine Feb 6 (Reuters) - More than 100 companies, including most of high-tech's biggest names, joined a legal brief opposing Presid...
• reuters U.S. tech titans lead legal brief against Trump travel ban By Mica Rosenberg and Dan Levine Feb 6 (Reuters) - More than 100 companies, including most of high-tech's biggest names, joined a legal brief opposing Presid...
• ap At least 13,000 hanged in Syrian prison since 2011 BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian authorities have killed at least 13,000 people since the start of the 2011 uprising in mass hangings at a prison north of Damascus known...
• ap Jamie Lynn Spears' daughter, 8, injured in ATV accident HAMMOND, Louisiana (AP) — The 8-year-old daughter of actress and singer Jamie Lynn Spears was injured when an all-terrain vehicle she was driving fell into a...
• ap Peru opens corruption probe into ex-President Toledo LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian prosecutors opened a formal investigation Monday into suspicions that former President Alejandro Toledo took bribes from a Brazili...
• ap The Latest: California official vows to fight any defunding SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on response to Trump's comments on defunding California's federal funding (all times local): 4:05 p.m. California Attorn...
• reuters Ex-NBA star Rodman gets three years probation on driving charges Feb 6 (Reuters) - Former pro basketball star Dennis Rodman pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years probation on Monday on charges that he drove the w...
• ap Shortage of Philadelphia transit cars expected to continue PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia transit officials say they expect a shortage of cars to continue at peak hours on a subway line where cracks were found on a...
• reuters Wallabies winger Mitchell eyes Super Rugby return SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australia winger Drew Mitchell is keen to finish his career at home when his contract with French club Toulon ends in June and says...
• ap Rare snow shuts Seattle area schools, cuts power for 100,000 SEATTLE (AP) — A snowstorm that blanketed Seattle and western Washington state into Monday morning prompted widespread school closures, flight cancellations ...
• reuters U.S. House passes bill requiring warrants to search old emails By Dustin Volz WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Monday to require law enforcement authorities to obtain a search warr...
• reuters Paraguayan championship results and standings Feb 7 (Gracenote) - Results and standings from the Paraguayan championship matches on Monday Monday, February 6 Sportivo Trinidense 0 Olimpia 3 Sunday, Febru...
• reuters Syria carried out mass hangings at military prison - Amnesty International BEIRUT, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail ne...
• reuters UK signals change of tack with help for renters, not just homebuyers By Costas Pitas LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Britain is to set out plans on Tuesday to make renting more affordable and provide extra protection for tenants, in...
• ap Military police families' protest paralyzes Brazilian state SAO PAULO (AP) — Protests by friends and family of military police officers in a coastal Brazilian state have touched off a crime wave and forced the shutdow...