FILE PHOTO: A man looks at Apple’s new iPhone 8 (L) and his iPhone 7 at the Apple Store in Tokyo’s Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 22, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato October 16, 2017 By Supantha Mukherjee and Tanya Agrawal (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s older iPhone 7 models are outselling the […]
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London sky turns yellow as storm blows in Saharan dust, Spanish smoke
Large waves crash along sea defences and the harbour as storm Ophelia approaches Porthleven in Cornwall, south west Britain, October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville October 16, 2017 LONDON (Reuters) – The sky over London turned an unusual shade of yellow on Monday as Storm Ophelia brought dust from the Sahara […]
EU slaps new sanctions on North Korea
The European Union has slapped new sanctions on North Korea for developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. The sanctions agreed by EU foreign ministers Monday include a total ban on EU investment in North Korea, and a ban on the sale of refined petroleum products and crude oil. The EU […]
Drug distributors rebound as opioid crisis blame ‘overblown,’ Cowen analyst says
Drug stocks were regrouping on Monday following last Friday’s losses that came ahead of a Washington Post/60 Minutes report on America’s opioid crisis. Continue Reading Below The sell-off came as it was widely expected that the feature would place some of the blame for the crisis on drug distributors, which […]
Oil prices rise toward six-month high as new Iraq conflict threatens output
Oil prices closed in on the highest level in six months as a conflict in Iraq spilled over into one of the nation’s key crude-producing hubs. Iraqi forces on Sunday launched a campaign to retake control of the area surrounding Kirkuk, an ethnically diverse area controlled by the semiautonomous Iraqi […]
WATCH: Candidate Trump’s harsh words for Bowe Bergdahl
Now Playing: Candidate Trump’s harsh words for Bowe Bergdahl Now Playing: Bannon declares ‘war’ against GOP establishment Now Playing: Republican-led Congress faces legislative battles Now Playing: The Note: Trump moves to break governing deadlock, but can’t just go-it-alone Now Playing: Steve Bannon warns of ‘open season’ on politicians who stand […]
Bowe Bergdahl pleads guilty in desertion, misbehavior case
Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of desertion with intention to shirk duty and misbehavior before the enemy stemming from his 2009 disappearance and capture by the Taliban. Bergdahl drew international headlines after he left his Army outpost in Afghanistan over eight years ago. He was […]
Justices to hear government’s email dispute with Microsoft
The Supreme Court is intervening in a digital-age privacy dispute between the Trump administration and Microsoft over emails stored abroad. The justices say Monday they will hear the administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling in favor of Microsoft. The court held the emails sought in a drug trafficking investigation […]
U.S. Supreme Court to decide major Microsoft email privacy fight
FILE PHOTO: The Microsoft logo is shown on the Microsoft Theatre at the E3 2017 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, California, U.S. June 13, 2017. REUTERS/ Mike Blake/File Photo October 16, 2017 By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to resolve a major […]
Wall Street hits fresh record on financial, tech gains
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid October 16, 2017 By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) – Major Wall Street indexes hit fresh records at the open on Monday on gains in financial and technology stocks even as […]