Former president Barack Obama is in advanced talks with Netflix to produce a series of shows that would be available only on the streaming service, the New York Times reported on Thursday. If the deal goes through, Obama and his wife, Michelle, would provide exclusive content to Netflix that will […]
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Possible talks with North Korea won’t stop annual US-South Korea military exercises
The U.S. and South Korea plan to proceed with the annual large-scale military exercises that have often drawn North Korea’s ire and prompted provocative North Korean missile and nuclear tests. But this year’s exercises are scheduled to take place at a time when North Korea is offering the prospect of […]
Asian shares rise as trade fears on Trump’s tariffs ease
article Asian shares were mostly higher Friday on relief that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports may not be as harsh as earlier feared. News Trump and North Korea’s leader will meet also lifted sentiment. Continue Reading Below KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.9 […]
China accuses Trump of damaging global trade with tariffs
China’s government says it “firmly opposes” U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff increase for imported steel and aluminum but has given no indication whether Beijing might impose its own measures in response. A Commerce Ministry statement on Friday accused Trump of damaging the global trading system by taking unilateral action instead […]
1 dead at train station in San Francisco, officials say
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system suffered from major delays in all directions Thursday afternoon due to a fatality on the tracks at MacArthur Station because it had to close the station, according to officials. The city’s BART alert Twitter account posted about the emergency shortly after […]
1 dead at train station stop in San Francisco, officials say
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system suffered from major delays in all directions Thursday afternoon due to a fatality on the tracks at MacArthur Station because it had to close the station, according to officials. The city’s BART alert Twitter account posted about the emergency shortly after […]
China will rely less on quantitative stimulus: PBOC governor
March 9, 2018 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economy will rely less on quantitative stimulus in future, its central bank governor said on Friday.A slowdown in the growth of the money supply may not necessarily lead to liquidity constraints, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of the People’s Bank of China, said on the […]
California senator banned from hugging after investigation
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California state senator has been told to stop hugging people after an investigation concluded that his trademark embraces made multiple female colleagues uncomfortable. However, the investigation released Thursday found Sen. Bob Hertzberg’s frequent hugs are not intended to be sexual and more often than not are not […]
China’s February factory inflation slows, consumer price growth hits more than four-year high
A woman selects vegetables at a supermarket in Beijing, China February 4, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee March 9, 2018 BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s producer price inflation eased to the slowest pace in 15 months in February, as the cost of raw materials and other inputs rose at a milder pace, pointing […]
Yen sags on hopes for easing U.S.-North Korea tensions
FILE PHOTO – Light is cast on a U.S. one-hundred dollar bill next to a Japanese 10,000 yen note in this picture illustration shot February 28, 2013. REUTERS/Shohei Miyano/Illustration/File Photo March 9, 2018 By Masayuki Kitano SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar rose versus the safe haven yen on Friday as […]