Category: World News

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Attorneys for a former Apple Inc executive on Tuesday will try to convince a skeptical judge of a core tenet of tech startup culture – … Read More

By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein will face the challenge of defending himself in his rape trial as he tries to undermine his accusers’ … Read More

LONDON (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara said on Tuesday a planned revision of the constitution would not include an age limit for presidential candidates, seeking to dispel fears … Read More

SAN JOSE (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday described Nicaragua as an authoritarian regime and urged the Central American country’s embattled president, Daniel Ortega, to support … Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) – A court in China on Tuesday jailed former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei for 13-1/2 years and fined him 2 million yuan ($290,000) for receiving bribes and abuse … Read More

By Andy Bruce and Francesco Canepa LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Major central banks are looking at the case for issuing their own digital currencies, the Bank of England and European Central … Read More

By Tessa Vikander and Moira Warburton VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) – A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou argued on Monday that “double criminality” was at the center of a … Read More

By Matthieu Protard and Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) – French energy workers protesting against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans cut power to Paris’ wholesale food market on Tuesday … Read More

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s main opposition party Fianna Fail, leading opinion polls before an election on Feb. 8, would double the state levy on sites suitable for housing but not … Read More

GENEVA (Reuters) – A U.S. envoy said on Tuesday that Iran would be sending a “very, very negative message” if it quits the 1970 global nuclear non-proliferation treaty after European … Read More