Not over my backyard: Tokyo residents fight Olympic flight plans
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – As Tokyo prepares to greet overseas visitors to the Olympic Games in July, some city residents are upset about the more than 100 low-flying … Read More
EU orders quarantine for staff who traveled to northern Italy
By Francesco Guarascio and Jakub Riha BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU institutions have ordered staff who travelled to areas of northern Italy hit by an outbreak of coronavirus to stay at … Read More
EU Commission advises staff not to go to Lombardy over virus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission has advised its staff not to travel to the northern Italian region of Lombardy over coronavirus concerns and told officials who went to the … Read More
After a Four Seasons breakfast, Harvey Weinstein sent to dank New York jail
By Tom Hals NEW YORK (Reuters) – Harvey Weinstein’s day began with expensive coffee and Acqua Panna mineral water at a breakfast meeting with his lawyers in a Four Seasons … Read More
Trump says stock markets will crash if he loses election
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. stock market will crash if he loses the election this year. During a trip to India, Trump … Read More
South Korea’s Moon says situation ‘very grave’ as mass virus tests get going
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean health authorities aim to test more than 200,000 members of a church at the center of a surge of … Read More
EU27 approve negotiating mandate for more talks with Brexit Britain: diplomatic sources
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The 27 European Union countries on Tuesday approved their joint negotiating stance for talks with Britain on their new post-Brexit relationship from trade to security, paving the … Read More
Health insurer shares pummeled by Sanders surge, virus worries
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – As concerns over the spreading coronavirus outbreak hammered U.S. stocks, one corner of the market was confronted with another potentially game-changing prospect: a … Read More
Weinstein found guilty of sexual assault, rape, in victory for #MeToo movement
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexual assault and rape in a New York court on Monday and taken off to … Read More
‘Where’s Abe?’ critics ask, as coronavirus spreads in Japan
By Linda Sieg TOKYO (Reuters) – As Japan struggles to stem the spread of a coronavirus within its borders, critics are asking, “Where’s Abe?” Shinzo Abe, 65, Japan’s longest serving … Read More