TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (Reuters) - Hurricane Michael was still strengthening as it closed in on the Florida Panhandle on Wednesday with the threat of catastrophic surges of sea water and roof-shredding winds, and was expected to be the worst hurricane ever recorded in the region. Michael caught many by surprise with its rapid intensification as it…
Mario Tama/Getty Images Stocks fell Wednesday as Wall Street sweats over global growth prospects and a bond selloff. The 2-year yield hit its highest level since 2008. Trade-sensitive industrial stocks also fell as tensions between Washington and Beijing persisted. Stocks fell Wednesday as concerns about global economic growth and ongoing trade tensions continued to hang…
President Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, said on Tuesday that she would resign at the end of the year, marking the departure of one of the few high-profile women in the Trump administration. Ms. Haley, a former Republican governor of South Carolina, had been an early and frequent critic of Mr.…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Florida Governor Rick Scott warned state residents that "this storm could kill you" Powerful Hurricane Michael is set to make landfall in Florida later on Wednesday, forcing mass evacuations in the southern US state. A category three storm with winds near 125mph (200km/h), Michael is expected to strengthen further…
If Travis VanderZanden is hellbent on taking over the world, you’d never know it. Unlike that other Travis—the Uber (and Lyft) veteran’s onetime boss, VanderZanden is happy to note—he’s neither exuberant nor aggressive. The sneaker-clad executive, 39, took to the stage at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit on Tuesday by rolling in on one…
AT A gathering in Beijing last year of Interpol, the body that promotes co-operation between police forces from different countries, the group’s Chinese president, Meng Hongwei (pictured, above left), warned of “political black-swan incidents” that were plaguing the world. He was probably not thinking of his own organisation. But in late September Mr Meng disappeared…
Enlarge / Google Call Screening sample image shows the kinds of replies your assistant can speak out loud—unless you just choose to hang up and report a call as spam. GoogleAs expected, Google's Tuesday hardware announcement event came with a few announcements of software- and AI-driven features and products. One of those, like last year's Duplex,…
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang, a gesture designed to highlight peace efforts, South Korea’s presidential office said on Tuesday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in will deliver Kim’s invitation when he meets Francis next week during a trip to Europe, spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said. North…
Nikki Haley abruptly resigned as US ambassador to the United Nations on Tuesday, a move she said she had talked about with President Donald Trump for months. During an appearance in the Oval Office, Trump confirmed to reporters he'd accepted Haley's resignation and said she's expected to leave the administration "at the end of the…
WASHINGTON — A top Trump campaign official requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities, to use social media manipulation and to gather intelligence to help defeat Republican primary race opponents and Hillary Clinton, according to interviews and copies of the proposals. The Trump campaign’s interest in the work began…
