NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of world stock markets fell on Tuesday as concerns over global growth spurred investors to look toward safe-haven assets such as the Japanese yen and government bonds, with equities extending losses on additional trade worries. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRoads were barricaded by protesters last week Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has broken off a trip to Europe after violent protests in his home country.Mr Mnangagwa had been due to attend the Davos economic summit where he was expected to seek investment for Zimbabwe.Ministers say the opposition…
Enlarge / Plans for a potential tunnel connecting Sydney, Australia, to the West. Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the director of CERN (the organization that owns and operates the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland). Just a month after…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - First-term Democratic Senator Kamala Harris of California, a rising party star and outspoken critic of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, launched her 2020 campaign for the White House on Monday by touting her experience as a prosecutor. Harris, 54, the daughter of immigrants from Jamaica and India, enters the race with the…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAn onlooker captures explosions in the night sky over Damascus. The Israeli military says it has hit Iranian targets around the Syrian capital Damascus.The Israel Defense Forces said the overnight operation targeted the elite Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, as well as Syrian air defences.…
Second trailer for American Gods season 2, which debuts on Starz March 10.We're less than two months away from the season 2 debut of American Gods, the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2001 novel, and Starz has rewarded fans' patience with a shiny new trailer. (Spoilers for first season below.) In season 1, Shadow Moon…
FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, attends the Tomorrow In Motion event on the eve of press day at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, France, October 1, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo (Reuters) - Ousted Nissan Motor Co (7201.T) Chairman Carlos Ghosn said on Sunday he will remain in Japan…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump’s wall and the ongoing debate over border security US President Donald Trump has set out new plans on his Mexican wall project to try to end a partial government shutdown lasting more than four weeks.One of his "compromises" was on so-called Dreamers - who entered the…
L-R: Arone Dyer and Aron Sanchez perform as Buke and Gase in November 2018. Each holds one of the band's titular, custom-built instruments: a baritone ukulele and a guitar-bass fusion. Sam Machkovech Sanchez's seated position lets him activate the bass-drum switch with one foot and adjust samples with the other. Dyer relies more on this…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will propose an immigration deal on Saturday in a bid to end a 29-day partial government shutdown, a source familiar with his plans said, but as details emerged Democrats were quick to dismiss it as inadequate. The president has not budged on his demand that $5.7 billion to fund…
