Man arrested for starting Colorado wildfire
TAOS, New Mexico (Reuters) – A man was arrested on Saturday on charges of starting a forest fire in Colorado that has destroyed structures and forced hundreds to evacuate their …
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Weakened Merkel to face judgment of her Bavarian allies
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political future rests in the hands of the Christian Social Union (CSU) on Sunday, when the Bavarian party’s leadership meets to decide whether …
Read MoreSenior U.S. diplomat for Asia Susan Thornton to retire in July
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The senior U.S. diplomat for Asia, Susan Thornton, will retire at the end of July, the State Department said on Saturday, in the midst of critical negotiations …
Read MoreBavarian CSU welcomes Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – Bavaria’s premier welcomed deals on migration brought back from Brussels by Angela Merkel, giving the clearest signal yet that his party was prepared to back down in …
Read MoreFIFA fines World Cup hosts Russia for discriminatory banner
MOSCOW (Reuters) – FIFA has fined World Cup hosts Russia 10,000 Swiss francs ($10,100) after their fans displayed a discriminatory banner during the country’s 3-0 World Cup loss to Uruguay. …
Read MoreTrump says Saudi king agreed to raise oil output by up to 2 million…
WASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had agreed to his request to increase oil production “maybe up to 2,000,000 barrels,” an …
Read MoreTrump narrows Supreme Court list, to name nominee July 9
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he plans to announce his nominee to replace retiring U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on July …
Read MoreMoorland fire in north England spreads, major incident declared
LONDON (Reuters) – Fires on moorland outside the northern English city of Manchester intensified on Saturday, prompting authorities to declare a major incident. FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from a grass …
Read MoreTrump says Saudi king agreed to raise oil production up to 2…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Saturday that Saudi Arabia’s King Salman had agreed to his request to increase oil production “maybe up to …
Read MoreIndigenous Mexicans spurn presidential vote with blockades, bulldozers
NAHUATZEN, Mexico (Reuters) – Mexican voters will stream to the polls this Sunday in a pivotal presidential contest, but leaders representing tens of thousands of indigenous people have vowed to …
Read MoreQuincy Jones honored as Montreux Jazz Festival kicks off
MONTREUX, Switzerland (Reuters) – Quincy Jones, the legendary American music producer, was honored on Friday at the Montreux Jazz Festival, the annual event where he served as co-director in the …
Read MorePut back on terror-financing watch list, Pakistan vows to improve
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Placed back on a terror financing watch list this week, Pakistan vowed on Saturday to tighten regulations and follow an action plan to curb money laundering and …
Read MoreMagic Modric living the dream for Croatia
NIZHNY NOVGOROD (Reuters) – After scoring one of the goals of the tournament and upstaging Lionel Messi by leading his team to the top of their group, Croatia captain Luka …
Read MoreModerate quake strikes western Mexico, no reports of damage
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck the Pacific coast of Mexico on Friday, 88 kilometres (55 miles) west-southwest offshore from Cihuatlan, in Jalisco state, the United …
Read MoreU.S. intelligence believes North Korea making more nuclear bomb…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. intelligence agencies believe North Korea has increased production of fuel for nuclear weapons at multiple secret sites in recent months and may try to hide these …
Read MoreChina factory growth slows in June as trade tensions rise
BEIJING (Reuters) – Growth in China’s manufacturing sector slowed in June after a better-than-expected performance in May, official data showed, as escalating trade tensions with the United States fuel concerns …
Read MoreU.S. government says it will detain migrant children with parents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said in a court filing on Friday that it has the right to detain children and parents caught crossing the U.S. border illegally for …
Read MoreWildfires rage in Colorado as weather conditions deteriorate
DENVER, Colo. (Reuters) – At least a dozen wildfires were raging on Friday in drought-stricken portions of Colorado where hundreds of residents have been evacuated as a wave of prime …
Read MoreDrake on course to smash streaming records with
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Canadian rapper Drake, the world’s best-selling artist of 2016, looked on course to set records tumbling again on Friday with his soul-baring new album “Scorpion,” in …
Read MoreExclusive: Vacant Supreme Court seat will likely influence U.S….
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court seat left open by the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy is a powerful motivator for voters, particularly Democrats, in this fall’s midterm …
Read MoreTrump, ahead of NATO summit, repeats complaints on Germany, other…
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, less than two weeks before a NATO summit in Brussels, on Friday repeated his complaint that Germany and other European …
Read MoreApple rebuilds mapping app, but will still tap TomTom
(Reuters) – Apple Inc is rebuilding the widely used mapping application on its iPhones from the ground up with its own dataset, but Amsterdam-based TomTom NV will continue to be …
Read MoreIstanbul LGBT pride march will go ahead despite ban: organizers
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Istanbul’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) pride march will go ahead on Sunday even though the governorship of the Turkish city banned it citing security concerns, …
Read MoreCanada hits back at U.S. on tariffs, says it will not back down
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada struck back at the Trump administration over U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs on Friday, vowing to impose punitive measures on C$16.6 billion ($12.63 billion) worth of …
Read MoreRepublicans might need an even stronger U.S. economy to hold onto…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Every two years, a small league of political scientists and economists fire up computer models they’ve developed to predict who will win the U.S. congressional elections in …
Read MorePortugal much more than just Ronaldo, says Santos
SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) – Portugal coach Fernando Santos once again stressed the importance of his other 22 players around main man Cristiano Ronaldo as they prepare to face Uruguay in …
Read MoreFacebook still evasive over Cambridge Analytica and fake news: UK…
LONDON (Reuters) – Facebook continues to be evasive in its answers to a British parliamentary committee examining a scandal over misuse of the social media company’s data by Cambridge Analytica, …
Read MoreDogs have their day at
LONDON (Reuters) – Dogs took center stage at the premiere of British family comedy “Patrick” on Wednesday with the film’s star pug leading the pack at the canine-friendly screening of …
Read MoreSinger James Arthur urges more mental health support in music
LONDON (Reuters) – More support should be given to music artists dealing with mental health problems and singers, DJs and musicians should talk more openly about their concerns, British singer-songwriter …
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