Category: World News

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – S&P 500 and the Nasdaq inched to their second consecutive record closing highs on Tuesday as Chinese officials said the deadly coronavirus epidemic … Read More

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Central Americans asylum seekers sent to Mexico by the United States to await their U.S. court dates increasingly become the victims of kidnappings and other types … Read More

ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s future is threatened by its diminishing birthrate, President Sergio Mattarella said on Tuesday, as new data showed the population had shrunk once again in 2019. Italy’s … Read More

By Nathan Frandino STOCKTON, Calif. (Reuters) – William White, a 104-year-old U.S. Marine veteran who earned a Purple Heart in World War Two, is celebrating Valentine’s Day this year like … Read More

By Dave Sherwood SANTIAGO (Reuters) – German automakers Volkswagen <VOWG_p.DE> and Daimler <DAIGn.DE> have launched a study to push for more “sustainable” lithium mining in Chile, according to lobbyist filings … Read More

By Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell told Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. economy is in a good place, even as he cited the potential … Read More

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Major U.S. and European stock indexes surged to fresh records on Tuesday after China’s senior medical adviser suggested the deadly coronavirus may be … Read More

By Huw Jones and Marine Strauss LONDON/STRASBOURG (Reuters) – Britain wants a stable relationship with the European Union for “decades to come” in financial services, finance minister Sajid Javid said … Read More

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Avenatti’s extortion trial neared its end on Tuesday as a federal prosecutor said the celebrity lawyer had an “agenda” to shake down … Read More

By Tom Balmforth and Natalia Zinets MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – New senior appointments in Moscow and Kiev on Tuesday pointed toward a tentative thaw in ties, after the Ukrainian president’s new … Read More