Ethiopian investigators set to blame Boeing for plane crash: Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – Ethiopian crash investigators have tentatively concluded that the crash of a Boeing Co 737 MAX last year was caused by the plane’s design, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing a draft...
View ArticleTrump abruptly replaces acting chief of staff Mulvaney with North Carolina...
PALM BEACH, Fla./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump parted ways on Friday with acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and replaced him with conservative lawmaker and close ally...
View ArticleChina January-February yuan-denominated exports slump 15.9%, imports down 2.4%
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s yuan-denominated exports in January-February fell 15.9% from the same period a year earlier, customs data showed on Saturday, while imports slid 2.4% as a fast spreading...
View ArticleChina January-February exports tumble, imports slow as coronavirus batters...
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s exports contracted sharply in the first two months of the year, and imports slowed, as the health crisis triggered by the coronavirus outbreak caused massive disruptions to...
View ArticleU.S. pastor tells how Bethlehem trip turned into coronavirus quarantine ordeal
BEIT JALAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Thirteen Americans suspected of being exposed to coronavirus during a trip to the Holy Land are in quarantine near Bethlehem and are coordinating with U.S. and...
View ArticleNo more refills: U.S. airlines step up measures to guard against coronavirus
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. airlines are stepping up measures to guard against the spread of coronavirus through person-to-person contamination on airplanes, from eliminating wine and water refills to...
View ArticleItalian coronavirus cases leap, government to take new steps
ROME (Reuters) – The number of coronavirus cases in Italy, Europe’s worst-hit country, leapt by more than 1,200 in a 24-hour period, the Civil Protection Agency said on Saturday, the biggest daily...
View ArticleTurkey says Greece firing live ammunition at border; Greece denies
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey released video on Saturday of what it said was a Greek soldier firing live ammunition at migrants trying to cross from Turkey. Athens denied its forces had used live...
View ArticleFTA advises on transit cleaning, little guidance on system shutdowns due to...
FILE PHOTO: A man enters the subway station as a MTA worker disinfects the station in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz NEW YORK (Reuters) –...
View ArticleU.S. airport screeners, health workers plagued by fear and anger as...
(Reuters) – As coronavirus cases exploded across the world, federal medical workers tasked with screening incoming passengers at U.S. airports grew alarmed: Many were working without the most...
View ArticleSix confirmed dead from collapsed China hotel used as quarantine site
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Four people have died in the collapse of a hotel in the Chinese city of Quanzhou, the Ministry of Emergency Management said on Sunday, after state media said the place was...
View ArticleSix die at collapsed China quarantine site; virus spread slows ex-Wuhan
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – Six people have died and 28 remain trapped after the collapse of a hotel that was being used to quarantine people under observation for the coronavirus in the Chinese city...
View ArticleNew York City could hit 100 coronavirus cases in two to three weeks: mayor
FILE PHOTO: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers remarks at a news conference regarding the first confirmed case of coronavirus in New York State in Manhattan borough of New York City, New...
View ArticleGrand Princess cruise ship passengers bound for coronavirus quarantine in...
(Reuters) – An ocean liner barred from returning to port in San Francisco due to a coronavirus outbreak on board will dock briefly at a nearby terminal in Oakland, where passengers will be screened...
View ArticleWomen pack streets in massive marches across Latin America
SANTIAGO/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of women across Latin America’s biggest cities flocked to the streets for International Women’s Day on Sunday, spurred by a growing outcry over...
View ArticleU.S. stock futures tumble at open on coronavirus contagion fears
FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, New York, U.S., March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (Reuters) – The price of futures contracts for the...
View ArticleOil futures fall over 20% after Saudi Arabia slashes selling prices
FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo (Reuters) – Oil futures dropped more than 20% on Sunday to their lowest since 2016...
View ArticleAsian shares set to tumble, oil prices crash
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets were set for a beating on Monday as investors fled to bonds to hedge the economic shock of the coronavirus, and oil plunged more than 20% after Saudi Arabia...
View ArticleCoronavirus shock and oil price fall pummel world stocks
LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks plunged on Monday and prices for crude oil tumbled as much as 33% after Saudi Arabia launched a price war with Russia, sending investors already worried by the...
View ArticleOn the trail: Biden, now backed by Booker, and Sanders vie for Michigan ahead...
DETROIT (Reuters) – Democratic presidential contender Joe Biden will focus campaign efforts on Monday on Michigan, the biggest prize of the six states to hold contests this week, where a win could...
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