Image copyright AFP Voting has begun in Pakistan after an election campaign overshadowed by concerns of manipulation and violence.Nearly 106 million people are registered to vote for members of the lower house of parliament and four provincial assemblies.The PTI party of former star cricketer Imran Khan is hoping to beat ex-leader Nawaz Sharif's PML-N.But the…
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc, the new owner of cable channels HBO and TNT, on Tuesday reported quarterly revenue that fell shy of Wall Street estimates but added more wireless subscribers than expected. The AT&T logo is seen on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S.…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption North Korea has used the Sohae station to launch rockets North Korea appears to have begun dismantling part of a key rocket launch site in the country's north-west.Satellite images of the Sohae station seen by US-based monitoring group 38 North suggest Pyongyang is complying with a promise made to the…
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday delayed the criminal trial of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort until next week, and made public the identity of five witnesses granted immunity to testify. U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III also said the office of Special Counsel Robert Mueller must provide a…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police evacuated people from the area A young woman has been killed and 13 others injured in a shooting incident in Toronto, Canadian police say. The Sunday night shooting happened in the Danforth and Logan avenues area. The gunman died in an exchange of fire.Among those injured is a young…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent U.S. President Donald Trump a letter calling for a swift conclusion to NAFTA negotiations and pledging his wish to reset relations between the two countries, Mexican officials said on Sunday. Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gestures during a news conference in Mexico City,…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Trump administration says protecting America's steel and aluminium producers is a matter of national security A trade war is now a reality, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned as G20 ministers gather for a summit in Argentina. The current US trade policy of imposing unilateral tariffs…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. director of intelligence Dan Coats said on Saturday he in no way meant to be disrespectful toward President Donald Trump with what he called his “awkward response” to news of a second planned Trump summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. FILE PHOTO: Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats attends a…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionVideo shows the tourist boat before it capsized on a lake in Missouri Nine of the 17 people who died when a tour boat sank in a Missouri lake on Thursday were from the same family, according to the state's governor. Governor Michael Parson said that he…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury is open to removing Russian aluminum producer Rusal from a U.S. sanctions list, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Friday, adding the objective was “not to put Rusal out of business.” FILE PHOTO: Aluminium ingots which were made at the Rusal Krasnoyarsk aluminium smelter are seen in this…
