FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference after a two-day Federal Open Markets Committee (FOMC) policy meeting in Washington, U.S., September 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo October 15, 2017 By Lindsay Dunsmuir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S economy remains strong and the strength of the […]
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Hillary Clinton warns Britain on potential trade deal with Trump
Former U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton speaks during an interview with Mariella Frostrup at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in Cheltenham, Britain October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden October 15, 2017 LONDON (Reuters) – Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cautioned Britain on Sunday over its push to secure a trade […]
UK finance minister’s future questioned by PM May’s allies as budget nears
Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond speaks at the Conservative Party’s conference in Manchester, Britain October 2, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay October 15, 2017 By William James and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance minister Philip Hammond on Sunday faced mounting questions over his future weeks ahead of a […]
Pope canonizes first New World martyrs, calls Amazon synod for 2019
Pope Francis waves as he leaves after the mass for the canonisation of two priests and two groups of martyrs, including Blessed Cristobal, Blessed Antonio and Blessed Juan also known as the “Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala” in St.Peter’s square at the Vatican, October 15, 2017. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi October 15, 2017 […]
Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk’s oil fields, airbase
A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter is seen in the Southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed October 15, 2017 By Maher Chmaytelli and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk, which […]
State vote unlikely to give Merkel boost in German coalition talks
German Chancellor Angela Merkel attends a Lower Saxony’s Christian Democratic Union’s (CDU) regional election campaign rally in Stade, Germany October13, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer October 15, 2017 By Michelle Martin BERLIN (Reuters) – Voters in the German state of Lower Saxony headed to the polls on Sunday in an election likely […]
Federer brushes aside Nadal to win Shanghai Masters
Tennis – Shanghai Masters tennis tournament – Finals – Shanghai, China – October 15, 2017 – Roger Federer of Switzerland celebrates winning against Rafael Nadal of Spain. REUTERS/Aly Song October 15, 2017 (Reuters) – Roger Federer brushed aside world number one Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-3 to win the Shanghai Masters […]
China steps up war on poverty, though some still left behind
Migrant workers Wang Qin (L) and her sister Wang Jun eat lunch during a break from collecting scrap materials from the debris of demolished buildings at the outskirts of Beijing, China October 1, 2017. Picture taken October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter October 15, 2017 By Elias Glenn and Natalie Thomas […]
Iran’s Soleimani arrives in Kurdish region for talks about crisis with Baghdad
File Photo – A boy rides a bicycle with the flag of Kurdistan in Tuz Khurmato, Iraq September 24, 2017. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani October 15, 2017 BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani has arrived in Iraq’s Kurdistan region for talks about the escalating crisis between the Kurdish authorities and […]
Death toll from bomb attacks in Somalia’s capital rises to 85
A general view shows the scene of an explosion in KM4 street in the Hodan district of Mogadishu, Somalia October 14, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar October 15, 2017 MOGADISHU (Reuters) – The death toll from two bomb attacks that tore through busy junctions in the heart of Somalia’s capital Mogadishu has […]