Image copyright Reuters Image caption The US has laid 23 charges against Chinese telecoms firm Huawei The US Justice Department has filed a host of criminal charges against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and its chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou. The charges against the world's second largest smartphone maker include bank fraud, obstruction of justice and…
Enlarge / Could Rocket Lab help make perfectly roasted coffee beans? Rocket LabA company called Space Roasters says it plans to use the considerable heat of reentry from space through Earth's atmosphere to roast coffee beans. It will then sell them for the perfect cup of joe. In an interview with Room magazine, the founders…
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks dived on Monday, as weak forecasts from Caterpillar Inc and Nvidia Corp fueled worries about a slowdown in China taking a bigger bite off corporate profits. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., January 28, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Shares of Caterpillar, the…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThousands more leave Venezuela amid new crisis The US has warned Venezuela that any threats against American diplomats or opposition leader Juan Guaidó will be met with "a significant response".National Security Adviser John Bolton said any such "intimidation" would be "a grave assault on the rule of…
Enlarge / Kristen Bell plays Eleanor Shellstrop, a former "Arizona trash bag" of a human being trying to become a better person in the afterlife. After wowing audiences for two pitch-perfect seasons, season 3 of The Good Place got off to an uncharacteristically bumpy start. But even a less-than-perfect The Good Place is still a delight, and…
BRUMADINHO, Brazil (Reuters) - Firefighters on Sunday called for the evacuation of some 24,000 people from the Brazilian town hit by a deadly mudslide from a ruptured mining dam as rains added to concerns a second dam could collapse. A house is seen after a dam, owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA, burst in Brumadinho,…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Justin Trudeau (R) appointed John McCallum ambassador to China in 2017 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fired Canada's ambassador to China, John McCallum.It follows controversial comments Mr McCallum made about an extradition case involving a senior executive from the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.Mr Trudeau said in a statement he had…
It was almost like an episode of Spy vs. Spy—a security researcher conceals a camera on his person to record an undercover operative who, under false pretenses and with his own hidden camera, quizzes the researcher about work he did exposing an Israeli exploit seller with highly questionable ethics. In fact, the counter-sting happened earlier…
KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed a draft peace deal stipulating the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan within 18 months of the agreement being signed. FILE PHOTO: U.S. troops walk from a Chinook helicopter in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo The details were given…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWe have reached a deal - Trump President Donald Trump has yielded to political pressure to end the longest US government shutdown in history.After 35 days, he backed a deal to fund federal agencies for three weeks, but it includes none of the money he has demanded…
