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"Diego Oré",
"Liamar Ramos"
] | 2016-08-26T17:04:21 | null | 2016-08-26T16:35:48 | When Venezuelan entrepreneurs Alejandro Blanchard and Elio Angulo decided to create cardboard coffins, they were looking for an ecological selling point to compete against classic wood and brass caskets. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-venezuela-coffins-idUSKCN11120K%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151197264&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P19N | en | null | Venezuela's steep prices, scarcities open the way for cardboard coffins | null | null | www.reuters.com | Elio Angulo (L) and Alejandro Blanchard carry a cardboard coffin at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Alejandro Blanchard (C) introduces a cardboard coffin to potential customers at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
An unassembled cardboard coffin is seen at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Elio Angulo (bottom L) lies inside a cardboard coffin next to Alejandro Blanchard (2nd L) as they introduce their product to potential customers at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Elio Angulo (bottom C) lies inside a cardboard coffin next to Alejandro Blanchard as they introduce their product to potential customers at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
A cardboard coffin is seen at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Elio Angulo (R) and Alejandro Blanchard put a cardboard coffin inside a crate at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Elio Angulo lies inside a cardboard coffin as he introduces his product to potential customers at a mortuary in Valencia, in the state of Carabobo, Venezuela August 25, 2016. Picture taken August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello
VALENCIA, Venezuela When Venezuelan entrepreneurs Alejandro Blanchard and Elio Angulo decided to create cardboard coffins, they were looking for an ecological selling point to compete against classic wood and brass caskets.
Three years on, with the oil-rich country mired in deep economic crisis, their "bio-coffins" are becoming a viable option because of high prices for wooden coffins and shortages of brass ones.
Blanchard and Angulo are offering their product in funeral homes in Venezuela, home to one of the world's highest murder rates, and business is looking promising.
"Death impoverishes the masses ... and the bio-coffin is a solution for this crisis Venezuela is suffering," said Blanchard before presenting his goods in a funeral home in the central city of Valencia.
Biodegradable coffins are in vogue in Europe and the United States, but they are also finding a niche in Venezuela in the face of shortages, triple-digit annual inflation and a deep recession.
A wooden coffin in Venezuela can cost 280,000 bolivars, equivalent to about a year of earnings at minimum wages and about four times that of a biodegradable coffin.
"The bio-coffin can reduce funeral costs by around 80 percent," said Miguel Salazar, the president of a funeral home network in central Venezuela, after watching a presentation about the coffin.
Made of recycled corrugated fiberboard, the bio-coffin is light, can hold up to 230 kilos (500 pounds) and can be put together in less than 10 minutes.
Three hundred bio-coffins can be made with the number of trees required to build a single wooden coffin and require about half the amount of fuel during cremation. Blanchard and Elio Angulo say they have received orders from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
While the crisis is set to drive the coffins' popularity at home, Blanchard, who runs an environmental non-governmental organization, hopes the trend will also raise ecological consciousness.
"When we conserve the environment, we help preserve life: the living are the most valuable, not the dead," he said.
(Writing by Alexandra Ulmer; Editing by Steve Orlofsky) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-coffins-idUSKCN11120K?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b497aef652a738f12f08ccf13abf07a254b090e1175d5ec1ff12fb59cc66f111.json |
[
"Nate Raymond"
] | 2016-08-26T23:01:34 | null | 2016-08-26T21:36:57 | A correction officer at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex has been indicted on rape and other charges for engaging in sexual acts with an inmate, prosecutors announced on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-new-york-crime-rikers-idUSKCN1112EZ%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Guard at New York City's Rikers jail complex charged with rape | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK A correction officer at New York City's Rikers Island jail complex has been indicted on rape and other charges for engaging in sexual acts with an inmate, prosecutors announced on Friday.
The case against Jose Cosme, 36, marked the latest string of prosecutions targeting Rikers employees in recent years, as authorities seek to stem violence and corruption that has long plagued the city's main jail complex.
"Correction officers or any other staff in Rikers Island cannot use their position to abuse inmates," Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said in a statement.
Prosecutors said Cosme in November 2015 engaged in sexual intercourse with the female inmate by forcible compulsion. He also engaged in other sexual acts with the inmate, who due to her incarceration is unable to consent, prosecutors said.
Cosme, of Brooklyn, pleaded not guilty in Bronx Supreme Court to charges including first-degree rape, prosecutors said. If convicted of the top count, Cosme could face 50 years in prison, prosecutors said.
Cosme's lawyer declined comment. The New York City Department of Correction did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials are pursuing a raft of reforms following allegations of widespread violence at Rikers Island, which is one of the largest jail complexes in the country and houses approximately 10,000 inmates.
The city is meanwhile defending itself against a proposed class action lawsuit filed last year accusing the city of ignoring a "pervasive culture" of sexual abuse at the women's jail at the Rikers complex.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York; Editing by Alistair Bell) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-crime-rikers-idUSKCN1112EZ?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ffac90ee3b8e58d1cfcc22c8e9b78e356ac775e130d951aba780dc3d974b18c8.json |
[
"Jeffrey Dastin"
] | 2016-08-31T05:02:13 | null | 2016-08-31T04:03:50 | The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart on Wednesday, starting a new chapter in the Obama administration's bid to open trade and travel with the former Cold War foe. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-cuba-usa-flights-idUSKCN1160BK%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | First U.S.-Cuba scheduled flight in decades set to depart | null | null | www.reuters.com | FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart on Wednesday, starting a new chapter in the Obama administration's bid to open trade and travel with the former Cold War foe.
The first of several U.S. carriers to begin serving Cuba in the coming months, JetBlue Airways Corp will fly from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Santa Clara, a city in the center of Cuba known for its monument to revolutionary Che Guevara.
Among the passengers on the 150-seat Airbus A320 will be U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, JetBlue Chief Executive Officer Robin Hayes, news reporters and photographers and other officials. Regular travelers, including some of Cuban descent, will occupy nearly half the seats on a route that may be a commercial challenge, at least initially.
Cuba and the United States began normalizing relations in December 2014 after 18 months of secret talks. The countries had been hostile for more than five decades, since Fidel Castro ousted U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista in a revolution that steered the island on a communist course and made it a close ally of the Soviet Union.
Since Obama has been unable to persuade the U.S. Congress to lift a longstanding trade embargo, U.S. citizens are still prohibited from visiting Cuba as tourists. The U.S. government has approved exceptions to the ban, ranging from cultural, religious and educational travel to business and visiting family.
Despite those limitations, U.S. airlines have rushed to start flights - adding a lot of capacity and setting themselves up to lose money on the trips in the short run, said industry consultant Robert Mann.
"Most carriers look at international markets that have been restricted and are just opening up as an investment," Mann said. "You need to get your foot in the door."
Services on regional carrier Silver Airways and American Airlines Group Inc from the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area to Cuba's outlying provinces are the next to start, in September. Three other carriers will follow.
Mann said the companies probably offered to fly to Cuban cities unknown to many American travelers, so that U.S. officials would look favorably on their applications to fly to Havana.
A memorandum of understanding between Cuba and the United States will limit Havana flights to 20 round trips per day. U.S. officials have yet to announce a final decision on which companies will get those coveted routes.
(Reporting By Jeffrey Dastin in Fort Lauderdale; Editing by Christian Plumb and Jonathan Oatis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cuba-usa-flights-idUSKCN1160BK?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/07b0d49c3e13cc005c0e40d09fc5ce784898a21e0e9d4969e24b35b0f75922e2.json |
[
"Jennifer Ablan"
] | 2016-08-31T12:51:38 | null | 2016-08-31T11:53:32 | Bond investor Bill Gross ramped up his criticism of the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, characterizing chair Janet Yellen and her predecessors and contemporaries at other central banks of mastering "the art of market manipulation." | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-funds-investing-gross-idUSKCN1161HL%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151715686&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0U5 | en | null | Bill Gross steps up criticism of Fed, central banks for zero rates | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK Bond investor Bill Gross ramped up his criticism of the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, characterizing chair Janet Yellen and her predecessors and contemporaries at other central banks of mastering "the art of market manipulation."
In his latest Investment Outlook, Gross wrote: "All have mastered the art of market manipulation and no - that's not an unkind accusation - it's one in fact that Ms. Yellen and other central bankers would plead guilty to over a cocktail at Jackson Hole or any other get together of Ph.D. economists who have lost their way."
Gross added: "With Yellen, there is no right or left hand – no 'on the one hand but then on the other' – there are only decades of old orthodoxy that follows the tarnished golden rule of lowering interest rates to elevate asset prices, which in turn could (should) trickle down to the real economy."
Gross has been lambasting ultra-loose central bank policies for hindering, not helping, global economies by keeping so-called "zombie" corporations alive and inhibiting "creative destruction."
For several years, Gross and others have warned that zero and negative interest rates not only fail to provide an easing cushion should recession occur, but they destroy capitalism's business models. Those business models are dependent on a yield curve spread or an interest rate that permits a legitimate return on saving, as opposed to an incentive for spending, he said.
"Capitalism, almost commonsensically, cannot function well at the zero bound or with a minus sign as a yield," said Gross, who oversees the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund. Gross noted that $11 trillion of negative-yielding bonds are not assets – they are liabilities.
"Factor that, Ms. Yellen into your asset price objective. You and your contemporaries have flipped $11 trillion from the left side to the right side of the global balance sheet."
Gross warned that in the process, Yellen and other central bankers have deferred long-term pain for the benefit of short-term gain and "the hopes that your ancient model renormalizes the economy over the next few years. It likely will not."
He cited Japan as the "petri dish" example for the past 15 years.
Overall, investors are treading on thin ice, Gross said.
"This watch is ticking because of high global debt and out-of-date monetary/fiscal policies that hurt rather than heal real economies. Sooner rather than later, Yellen’s smooth shot from the fairway will find the deep rough."
(Reporting by Jennifer Ablan; Editing by Chris Reese) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-funds-investing-gross-idUSKCN1161HL?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fccf43eca27cdbae2bf1f3b7c257b001333cb7a2de211cfe1eb483c74eb1021d.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-26T16:50:51 | null | 2016-08-26T16:23:55 | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance on Friday recommending universal testing of donated blood for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-blood-idUSKCN1111ZD.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151195995&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P18Z | en | null | FDA advises Zika testing for all donated blood in the U.S. | null | null | www.reuters.com | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a revised guidance on Friday recommending universal testing of donated blood for Zika virus in the U.S. and its territories.
The FDA recommended that all states and U.S. territories screen individual units blood with a screening test authorized for use by the FDA. (bit.ly/2bUxvjC)
The agency had recommended in February that blood should no longer be collected from regions where the Zika virus is circulating, and that blood needed for transfusions be obtained from areas of the country without active transmission.
The FDA has authorized the emergency use of several investigational Zika screening tests, including products made by Hologic Inc (HOLX.O) and Roche Holding AG (ROG.S).
Zika was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. The virus poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked to more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly in Brazil.
(Reporting by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-blood-idUSKCN1111ZD | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/c8e4fd34e6518ab64b483c773cecafa9507bda3a33b48810fc822885dacb43e9.json |
[
"Conor Humphries"
] | 2016-08-31T14:51:37 | null | 2016-08-31T13:49:29 | Faced with a $14.5 billion windfall after an EU ruling on Apple's (AAPL.O) tax affairs, carer Louise O'Reilly knew exactly what the Irish government should do with the money: spend it on pensioners who are struggling to get by. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-eu-apple-ireland-voices-idUSKCN1161SS%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151730188&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U12T | en | null | Dubliners divided over Apple windfall dilemma | null | null | www.reuters.com | An Apple logo is seen in the window of an authorised apple reseller store in Galway, Ireland August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne
DUBLIN Faced with a $14.5 billion windfall after an EU ruling on Apple's (AAPL.O) tax affairs, carer Louise O'Reilly knew exactly what the Irish government should do with the money: spend it on pensioners who are struggling to get by.
In fact the penalty, which the EU Commission on Tuesday ordered Apple to pay as back taxes to Ireland, would cover the country's entire annual health service bill or six percent of its national debt.
But Dublin is to fight the ruling, fearful it might jeopardize its ability to attract multinational companies, many of whom come to Ireland for its low rates of corporation tax, although a victory in court would mean the government forgoing Apple's money.
"They are doing the wrong thing. They don't care about the normal people," said O'Reilly, 57, a full-time carer for her diabetic and partially blind mother.
"The money should be spent on the old-age pensioners who worked all their lives and are struggling to survive."
O'Reilly's mother pays 10 euros tax on a monthly pension of 1,050 euros ($1,170), a higher rate than the EU said Apple's main Irish unit paid on its profits in 2014.
Gerard Augusta, a 56-year-old security guard from Dublin, said the government should take Apple's money and put it into housing and hospitals.
"I think the unions and the workers should be out marching about it, to be honest with you. Apple is paying just 50 euros on every million euros that they earn," he said.
Natalie Byrne, 36, a cleaner, also thought the government should not appeal against the EU ruling.
"I understand about the jobs part. We don't want to see any more jobs go. But we have to live by the rules."
Others worried about how the ruling would affect a country where one worker in ten is employed by a multinational corporation.
"The big thing is to make sure the big corporations keep coming to Ireland," said Conor Moran, 30, a software developer.
"As mad as it sounds turning down that kind of money ... I think in the long term it might be more beneficial to cosy up to these guys," he said, referring to the multinationals.
Brid O'Carolan, a 70-year-old pensioner, said Ireland should defend its low-tax climate.
"I think we have to do whatever we can to get jobs here," he said. "We need to fight our own corner."
($1 = 0.8989 euros)
(Additional reporting by Sarah Young; Writing by Giles Elgood; editing by Anna Willard) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-apple-ireland-voices-idUSKCN1161SS?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/dda442b803c1864bd4ca9ca06d143ea79035930f626cfe961f27a2cc717e8a5d.json |
[
"Sonya Dowsett"
] | 2016-08-28T09:04:39 | null | 2016-08-28T08:04:26 | The clock starts ticking on Wednesday towards what could be Spain's third national election in a year when acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a confidence vote in parliament for a second term in office. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-spain-politics-idUSKCN113064%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151332239&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R02E | en | null | Spain starts countdown to possible third national election in year | null | null | www.reuters.com | MADRID The clock starts ticking on Wednesday towards what could be Spain's third national election in a year when acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy faces a confidence vote in parliament for a second term in office.
Spain has been without a functioning government since inconclusive elections in December and June failed to hand a convincing mandate to any political party. So far, party leaders have been unable to agree on forming a coalition.
The eight-month political deadlock has delayed investments in infrastructure such as roads and rail and put high-ranking government appointments on hold, leaving some Spanish embassies without an ambassador.
Rajoy's center-right People's Party (PP) won the most votes in June's election but lacks the majority it needs to win the vote even with support from centrists Ciudadanos (Citizens), Spain's fourth-biggest party.
The opposition Socialists have refused to back Rajoy or smooth the way to a PP-led minority government by abstaining in a second confidence vote, which will be held on Friday if Wednesday's ballot fails. In the second vote a simple majority will suffice to put Rajoy back in power.
The Socialists are unlikely to back down from that position given local elections in September in the northern regions of Galicia and the Basque Country where support for Rajoy's PP could cost votes for the left-wing party.
Spain's economy, on the rebound from a recession which ended three years ago, has powered ahead despite the lack of a functioning government, with the latest data showing strong growth fueled by consumer spending and demand for exports.
The acting government expects the economy to expand 2.9 percent this year - one of the fastest rates in the euro zone. However, economists say growth could be even higher if political uncertainty was removed.
"The lack of government is having a negative impact," said Miguel Cardoso, an economist at BBVA, whose estimate of 3.1 percent for economic growth this year would be about 3.5 percent if there was a government in place.
His forecast for growth next year would be about 0.7 percentage points higher if there was a central administration in office to firm up public spending plans and provide certainty over policy for potential investors, he said.
DELAYED DECISIONS
The political uncertainty is already sending a chill through sectors like construction.
Construction activity dropped 0.7 percent in the second quarter from the previous period, government data showed on Thursday, down from growth rates of over 1 percent at the end of last year as decisions on public works projects stalled.
Seopan, an association that represents builders like ACS and OHL, said spending on public contracts slumped by more than half to record lows in the first quarter, battered by the lack of a central administration to sign off on projects and six years of spending cuts.
Beyond industry, the political vacuum means all appointments of high-ranking public servants have been put on hold.
This has left Spanish embassies in Jamaica, India and Belgium without an ambassador as former diplomats died or left their posts, a Foreign Ministry source said, while ambassadors to Italy and Russia are staying on past their retirement age.
The political deadlock also delays drawing up next year's expenditure plans and risks missing the European Union's deadline of mid-October to submit a budget. This could damage investor confidence and raise the possibility of sanctions.
If Rajoy's bid to become prime minister fails in the second vote, it will open a two-month window to try and form a government, after which a new election would automatically be called, possibly on Christmas Day.
Opposition parties, however, want to change Spain's electoral law to shift the election to an earlier date.
By the time of Wednesday's vote, Spain will have been 254 days without a government, the longest time in the country's democracy although falling short of Belgium's 589-day world record for a democracy to form a coalition government.
Spaniards are growing increasingly impatient with politicians who have struggled in recent days even to agree on who sits where in parliament, leading to increased disengagement with politics.
"I've never abstained before, but if there's another vote maybe I will," said Isabel Moreno, a 34-year-old doctor speaking in a busy central Madrid square.
"I don't care anymore what happens, I just want there to be some kind of an agreement."
(Additional reporting by Catherine Bennett; Editing by Angus Berwick and Angus MacSwan) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-idUSKCN113064?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4b8be68118cae86a335bcaae15c5c4592d5b88f8ff1f9d37dc699c9300bb00a2.json |
[
"Scott Malone"
] | 2016-08-30T15:02:05 | null | 2016-08-30T14:33:11 | Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity-filled voicemail last week. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-maine-lepage-idUSKCN1151VD%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151590859&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T125 | en | null | Maine governor says may not finish term amid racism flap | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Editor's note: This story contains language that may offend some readers in paragraph five)
By Scott Malone
BOSTON Combative Maine Governor Paul LePage said on Tuesday he would consider resigning as he faces a wave of criticism from both fellow Republicans and rival Democrats after leaving a lawmaker a profanity-filled voicemail last week.
LePage's latest outburst came after a newspaper reporter told the two-term, Tea Party-backed governor that state Representative Drew Gattine had described the governor as racist for focusing on black people as bearing primary responsibility for the drug trade in the state.
"I'm looking at all options," LePage said in a weekly interview on WVOM-FM radio when asked if he would finish his term.
"I'm not going to say that I'm not going to finish it, I'm not saying that I am going to finish it. What I'm going to do right now is I'm taking one step at a time. I want to meet with Mr. Gattine and then I want to meet with my team at my office and we're going to look at what the proper steps are to move the state forward."
In last week's voicemail, LePage called Gattine a "little son-of-a-bitch, socialist cocksucker" and encouraged him to share the message publicly "because I am after you."
LePage, 67, said he had lost his temper when he was told that Gattine had described his views as racist. He told reporters he would like to engage in a duel with Gattine, a remark he later described as metaphoric.
"I just want to apologize to the Maine people, to Gattine's family and most of all to my family," LePage said during the 15-minute interview. "And we will take action."
LePage had scheduled a Wednesday town hall meeting in the Portland suburb of Westbrook, part of Gattine's district, but the event was canceled on Tuesday after officials at the youth center selected to host it voted against having the event.
Some Democratic lawmakers have called for a special session of the legislature to censure LePage, who earlier this year fought off an impeachment effort. State Senate President Michael Thibodeau and other Republican legislative leaders late Tuesday convened a closed-door meeting with LePage to discuss his future.
(Reporting by Scott Malone; Editing by Bill Trott) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-maine-lepage-idUSKCN1151VD?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ea19698bf32db9a3ea88b54c2c127f847391c314a5f1ebef3177b15756c9b4e9.json |
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"Harry Pearl"
] | 2016-08-27T11:04:27 | null | 2016-08-27T10:50:48 | An Iranian refugee held at an Australian-funded detention center in Papua New Guinea has won a political cartooning award for his work depicting life inside the camp. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-australia-refugees-papua-idUSKCN1120BH%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151263476&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q06M | en | null | Iranian refugee detained in Papua New Guinea wins cartooning award | null | null | www.reuters.com | A cartoon by Ali, an Iranian refugee held at Papua New Guinea's Manus Island detention centre whose pen name is Eaten Fish, is seen in this image supplied to Reuters on August 27, 2016. Eaten Fish/Handout via REUTERS
A cartoon by Ali, an Iranian refugee held at Papua New Guinea's Manus Island detention centre whose pen name is Eaten Fish, is seen in this image supplied to Reuters on August 27, 2016. Eaten Fish/Handout via REUTERS
A cartoon by Ali, an Iranian refugee held at Papua New Guinea's Manus Island detention centre whose pen name is Eaten Fish, is seen in this image supplied to Reuters on August 27, 2016. Eaten Fish/Handout via REUTERS
A cartoon by Ali, an Iranian refugee held at Papua New Guinea's Manus Island detention centre whose pen name is Eaten Fish, is seen in this image supplied to Reuters on August 27, 2016. Eaten Fish/Handout via REUTERS
A cartoon by Ali, an Iranian refugee held at Papua New Guinea's Manus Island detention centre whose pen name is Eaten Fish, is seen in this image supplied to Reuters on August 27, 2016. Eaten Fish/Handout via REUTERS
SYDNEY An Iranian refugee held at an Australian-funded detention center in Papua New Guinea has won a political cartooning award for his work depicting life inside the camp.
Ali, a 25-year-old whose pen name is Eaten Fish, has chronicled his three-year detention on Manus Island as he struggles with obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and debilitating panic attacks.
Under Australia's hardline immigration policy, anyone intercepted trying to reach the country by boat is sent for processing to camps on Manus or Nauru in the South Pacific. They are not eligible to be resettled in Australia.
Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) said Ali was recognized for his courage in documenting life under Australia's offshore detention program - which drew thousands of protesters onto streets across the country on Saturday calling for its closure.
"Eaten Fish has been able to keep up a stream of cartoons documenting the unspeakable abuses and excesses of the guards and administrators of the camp," Joel Pett, president of CRNI's board of directors, said in a statement on Friday.
"For this he has been the subject of beatings, deprivation of food, and even worse degrading treatment by the guards."
Ali’s Australian-based advocate, Janet Galbraith, said the award meant a lot to the young cartoonist - whose work has been published in The Guardian newspaper - but it was also an indictment of Australia’s detention program.
Previous winners have included cartoonists jailed or disappeared for their work.
Galbraith said Ali, who fled Iran due to fears of government persecution, was sick and needed specialist medical assistance.
Australia's Department of Immigration and Border Protection denied the claims made by CRNI and defended the care provided at the facility.
"The department currently has no evidence that any of these allegations are true," a spokesman said in an email to Reuters.
Australia and Papua New Guinea said earlier this month the Manus center would be shut but they gave no date for the closure, leaving the fate of about 800 refugees unclear.
(Reporting by Harry Pearl; Editing by Stephen Coates) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-australia-refugees-papua-idUSKCN1120BH?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/042dae752964520839db06840c285dd8959e88b36332e8d58808a6e49e79613a.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-30T12:52:17 | null | 2016-08-30T12:24:57 | Orexigen Therapeutics Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094TX%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Orexigen Therapeutics announces commercialization and distributorship agreement with Valeant Canada for Contrave | null | null | www.reuters.com | BRIEF-Poet expects revenue in second half of FY to exceed $2 million
* Poet Technologies reports second quarter financial results and provides outlook for second half 2016 | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094TX?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b680bd512b2867ae0753f21c30e93fb9b0065cad55547a69cf748b00d8ef3739.json |
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"Marius Zaharia"
] | 2016-08-30T06:52:51 | null | 2016-08-30T06:41:48 | Australia, Taiwan and South Korea advised pregnant women and those attempting to get pregnant to avoid travel to Singapore after an outbreak of the Zika virus infected more than 50 people in the city-state. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-singapore-idUSKCN1150HM%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151536313&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T079 | en | null | Australia, Taiwan, South Korea issue travel warnings for Singapore | null | null | www.reuters.com | A worker sprays insecticide along the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker mists the common area of a public housing estate with insecticide, near the vicinity where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker mists with insecticide the perimeter of a construction site, at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker sprays insecticide along the common areas of a public housing estate at an area where locally transmitted Zika cases were discovered in Singapore August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE Australia, Taiwan and South Korea advised pregnant women and those attempting to get pregnant to avoid travel to Singapore after an outbreak of the Zika virus infected more than 50 people in the city-state.
The outbreak and the warnings come as a potential blow to tourism in one of the world's busiest travel hubs, which is already struggling to recover from a slump amid tepid global growth.
Singapore reported its first case of locally-transmitted Zika at the weekend, and the number of reported infections of the mosquito-borne virus has since jumped to 56. At least three dozen of those have since made a full recovery.
The Zika virus was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. It poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked in Brazil to more than 1,800 cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect where babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains.
The 56 confirmed cases in Singapore include only one woman.
Taiwan, Australia and South Korea advised pregnant women and those planning pregnancy to postpone trips to Singapore. Those returning from the country should avoid pregnancy for two months. South Korean travelers will receive text messages with the warning when they arrive in Singapore.
Malaysia and Indonesia, Singapore's closest neighbors, have stepped up protective measures following the outbreak, introducing thermal scanners at airports and border checkpoints.
Singapore's Tourism Board said it was monitoring developments, adding the city state remained a "safe travel destination", and it was premature to consider any impact.
More than 55 million people pass through Singapore's Changi airport every year. In the first half of this year, tourism arrivals reached almost 8.2 million, compared with around 7.3 million in the same period of last year.
Online retailer Lazada Singapore said on Tuesday it has seen sales of mosquito repellent and other deterrent products rise fivefold over the past three days compared to a week ago.
FOREIGN WORKERS
Authorities continued to inspect thousands of homes in seven parts of Singapore, including five foreign worker dormitories, on Tuesday. Officials sprayed insecticide and removed potential mosquito breeding habitats such as stagnant water and moist dirt from drains.
The majority of those infected with Zika in Singapore were foreign workers, but the government has not disclosed their nationalities. The High Commission of Bangladesh, which represents the largest community of foreign workers, said none of the workers were Bangladeshis.
The Chinese and Myanmar embassies in Singapore said they had not been notified by Singapore whether their citizens were among those infected. The Thai embassy did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
Foreign workers in Singapore, employed mostly in the construction and marine industries, can earn as little as S$2 ($1.47) an hour, often work 12-14 hours a day and take few days off. They are unlikely to travel often.
The GuocoLand construction site, where the infected workers were found, remained closed on Tuesday morning, according to a Reuters photographer at the scene. It was ordered on Sunday to halt work and rectify the conditions that allowed mosquitoes to breed.
Regional health experts said the Zika virus is likely to be significantly under-reported across tropical Southeast Asia as local health authorities fail to conduct adequate screening.
(Reporting by Marius Zaharia, with additional reporting by Edgar Su, Aradhana Aravindan, Masayuki Kitano and Mark Tay in Singapore and Jeong Eun Lee in Seoul; Editing by Jane Wardell and Ian Geoghegan) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-singapore-idUSKCN1150HM?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/38e8ef30e00b4190f7f6a8826cb492c5f911b8a209c92773ab0f6c39c5333dc0.json |
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"James Pearson",
"Ju-Min Park"
] | 2016-08-31T01:03:09 | null | 2016-08-30T23:04:36 | min Park | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-northkorea-weapons-idUSKCN1152VD%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151649625&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1MH | en | null | North Korea makes progress on missiles, but no evidence of nuclear weapons yet | null | null | www.reuters.com | Passengers watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report on North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missile fired from North Korea's east coast port of Sinpo, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2016 REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
A view shows the January 18 General Machine Plant in Kaechon, North Korea, in this satellite image taken on August 22, 2016 and provided by Planet Labs, Inc on August 24, 2016. Planet Labs, Inc/Handout via Reuters
A passenger walks past a TV screen broadcasting a news report on North Korea's submarine-launched ballistic missile fired from North Korea's east coast port of Sinpo, at a railway station in Seoul, South Korea, August 24, 2016 REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
SEOUL North Korea has made considerable progress this year on weapons technology, including testing a submarine-launched missile for the first time, but it's still not clear if the isolated nation has developed a nuclear warhead.
It also does not yet have a fleet of submarines that can launch the newly developed missile.
Nevertheless, concerns about the threat posed by North Korea have spiraled since it conducted its fourth nuclear explosion in January and followed it up with a series of missile tests despite severe United Nations sanctions.
Also, three major factories known to produce machine parts for North Korea's sanctioned nuclear and missile programs have been modernized or expanded, according to analysis of recent satellite imagery seen by Reuters, a further sign of its commitment of scarce resources to weapons.
"North Korea has dramatically increased the pace of missile testing and invested heavily in modernizing its factories that produce them, something we can see in satellite images," said Jeffrey Lewis of the California-based Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
"These investments have paid off with the recent test of a solid-fueled submarine-launched missile, but North Korea has not yet completed development of a submarine to carry that missile."
In April, a South Korean official said the North had accomplished miniaturization of a nuclear warhead to mount on a missile, although there was no direct evidence it had done so. The United States has said the North's claim that it had miniaturized a warhead had to be taken as a credible threat.
"I think North Korea is capable of miniaturizing nuclear bombs," said Yang Uk, a senior research fellow at the Korea Defence and Security Forum and a policy adviser to the South Korean navy. "But they don't have any standardized warhead yet to put on missiles. They keep gathering data through nuclear tests and working to standardize a warhead."
Experts have predicted that the delivery vehicle for the North's first nuclear warhead would be the medium-range Rodong missile, which can fire a 1 tonne (1,100 lb) warhead up to 2,000 km (1,250 miles).
Despite threats to strike the mainland United States, the North is seen as several years away from building an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that can carry a nuclear warhead.
EXPANDED PRODUCTION
In the past year, North Korea has boasted of numerous weapons breakthroughs in unprecedented detail.
Although some of it was bluster, international experts have concluded North Korea's missiles have flown higher and for longer than previously, indicating progress in the country's banned missile program.
In June, after repeated failures, it successfully launched an intermediate-range missile, which can fly up to 3,500 km (2,100 miles).
Analysis of satellite images shows that the North has recently expanded factories known to contribute to its nuclear and missile programs.
An Aug 22 image of a sprawling plant in a rural area 60 km (37 miles) north of Pyongyang appears to show several new structures, extensive refurbishment of existing buildings and a new entrance to a probable underground facility, according to data from satellite imagery provider Planet that was analyzed by Lewis.
The January 18 General Machine Plant has long been used to produce engines for tanks, missiles and other military vessels, according to experts.
"This represents an enormous investment in North Korea's missile production infrastructure, something that is consistent with the propaganda offensive we have seen and the spike in missile testing," said Lewis.
The Kanggye General Tractor Plant, believed by arms control experts to assemble North Koreans munitions, was also upgraded in the last year, according to imagery analyzed by Lewis.
The plant is the country's "main weapons production base," a defector who worked in North Korea's secretive munitions industry told South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper in 2010.
For Pyongyang, however, building a new submarine fleet seems to be a top priority.
A new construction hall has come up at North Korea's Sinpo submarine base on the east coast, according to images collected by Planet.
An image from Aug 10 shows a new structure being built beside a refurbished pier within the base, although it was not clear if the new hall would house a new class of submarine.
Perfecting submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) technology and having a fleet of submarines that could deploy the weapons would raise North Korea's threat to Japan and U.S. interests in the Pacific to a new level, given the ability of submarines to escape a land attack and evade missile defense shields.
Leader Kim Jong Un proclaimed the SLBM test the country's "greatest success" and said North Korea was at the "front-rank of nuclear powers".
Moon Keun-sik, a retired South Korean submarine captain and squadron leader, said North Korea's conventional diesel-powered submarines were a persistent threat despite their age but its SLBM-capable craft could be a game-changer.
"North Korea will be or is already in the process of building a newer, bigger submarine that may happen as early as next year," he said.
(Additional reporting by Yun Hwan Chae in SEOUL and Tim Kelly in TOKYO; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-weapons-idUSKCN1152VD?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/9d8ee3a6759c388e5a827f470cc9753db7d6860f40bb81265dcbd9eccb7b26c0.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T09:04:49 | null | 2016-08-29T07:39:46 | Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday promised rewards running to tens of thousands of dollars for information leading to the capture of police officers protecting drug syndicates and warned corrupt officials they would face "a day of reckoning". | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-philippines-duterte-idUSKCN1140KM%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151415495&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0A5 | en | null | Philippines' Duterte offers reward for corrupt police linked to drugs | null | null | www.reuters.com | Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte takes part during a National Heroes Day commemoration at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes' Cemetery) in Taguig city, Metro Manila in the Philippines August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
MANILA Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday promised rewards running to tens of thousands of dollars for information leading to the capture of police officers protecting drug syndicates and warned corrupt officials they would face "a day of reckoning".
In a National Heroes Day speech, Duterte said there would be no let-up in a "war on drugs" in which - according to police figures - more than 1,900 people have been killed since he came to power two months ago.
Police say the toll of about 36 people a day is a result of drug dealers resisting arrest or gang feuds.
Duterte railed against critics who have complained that the poor who trade drugs to make a living are being targeted by the police, but added that army generals, city mayors, governors and police involved in the drug trade must also be stopped.
"I consider the fight against drugs a war, there is a crisis in this country, it is drugs ... it has infected every nook and corner," he said in the speech to retired and serving soldiers, government officials and foreign diplomats.
Singling out corrupt policemen known as "ninjas", who take pay-offs from drug lords, Duterte said he was placing a 2 million peso ($43,000) bounty on their heads, telling their colleagues to "squeal on your friends".
Duterte, who won a May election on a promise to wipe out drugs and dealers, last month named about 160 officials, judges, police and soldiers who he said were protecting drug traffickers or selling drugs in their communities.
The United States, a close ally of the Philippines, said last week it was "deeply concerned" about the reports of extra-judicial drug killings and it urged Duterte's government to ensure that law-enforcement efforts "comply with its human rights obligation".
The crackdown and some strongly worded criticism Duterte has made of the United States since coming to power present a dilemma for Washington, which has been seeking to forge unity among allies in Asia in the face of an increasingly assertive China, especially in the strategic South China Sea.
This month, two U.N. human rights experts urged Manila to stop the extra-judicial executions and killings. Duterte responded by threatening to leave the United Nations.
In his speech on Monday Duterte scoffed at accusations that he was trampling on human rights and said law enforcers should not worry about criminal liability while acting on his campaign.
"KILL THEM"
In the early hours of Monday a suspected drug lord and his wife were shot dead by a gunman as they stepped off a ferry in the central province of Iloilo, national police spokesman Dionardo Carlos said.
Police said the man, Melvin Odicta who was also known as "Dragon", was returning from Manila where last week he had met the interior minister to deny accusations that he was the region's top drug dealer.
National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa said on Friday he did not believe Odicta, telling officers: "Who are they fooling?"
In a speech to thousands of drug users and pushers the previous day, dela Rosa encouraged them to kill drug lords because they were getting rich at the expense of the poor.
"You want to kill them, then kill them, you can kill them because you are their victims here. You know who are the drug lords here, go to their houses, pour gasoline, set it on fire, show them you are angry at them."
He later apologized for the comments.
(Reporting by Karen Lema and Manuel Mogato; Writing by John Chalmers; Editing by Robert Birsel) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-philippines-duterte-idUSKCN1140KM?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/bc1272049be0d56277e1f97135c51f94ef28891ff2eb38585f363c3fa1e6a3d3.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-30T02:50:52 | null | 2016-08-30T01:30:04 | Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) decided against suing South Korea which last month suspended sales of most of its models and slapped a fine of 17.8 billion won ($15.93 million) on the German carmaker. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-volkswagen-southkorea-idUSKCN115045%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151515572&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T01O | en | null | Volkswagen decides not to sue South Korea over sales ban | null | null | www.reuters.com | SEOUL Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) decided against suing South Korea which last month suspended sales of most of its models and slapped a fine of 17.8 billion won ($15.93 million) on the German carmaker.
Instead, Volkswagen will try to achieve certification for the affected models and resume sales quickly rather than taking on a lengthy legal process, a spokesman for Volkswagen's South Korean unit said.
Last month, the government revoked certification for 80 model variants of VW, Audi and Bentley vehicles on grounds that the German automaker fabricated certificates of vehicle emissions and noise-levels.
At that time, Volkswagen described the ruling as "most severe" and said it would consider a legal challenge.
Volkswagen's sales slumped 40 percent to 12,888 vehicles from January to July in South Korea, after jumping 17 percent last year, in the wake of its emissions-test cheating scandal.
Nissan Motor's (7201.T) South Korean unit has filed a lawsuit over claims by the environment ministry that it had cheated on emissions with its Qashqai diesel sport utility vehicle.
($1 = 1,117.7000 won)
(Reporting by Hyunjoo Jin; Editing by Stephen Coates) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-volkswagen-southkorea-idUSKCN115045?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/dd982bd6547a4797e568dcaa204e37f8dbbef4d1ec2d515126d5e635ee7b01d4.json |
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"Susan Cornwell"
] | 2016-08-30T22:59:50 | null | 2016-08-30T20:49:41 | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley opened the door to holding a hearing on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland if a majority of senators wish to do so after the Nov. 8 election, in comments posted online Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-court-garland-idUSKCN1152OK%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151636422&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1K0 | en | null | Senator Grassley could be persuaded to hold hearing on Garland | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) speaks before Republican nominee Donald Trump arrives at 'Joni's Roast and Ride' in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 27, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo AllegriU.
WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley opened the door to holding a hearing on President Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland if a majority of senators wish to do so after the Nov. 8 election, in comments posted online Tuesday.
Grassley, an Iowa Republican, vowed months ago that the Senate Judiciary Committee he chairs would not act this year to consider Garland's nomination, saying the Republican-majority Senate should not act on a Court nominee until after the new president takes office early next year.
But in a town hall meeting Monday in Cherokee, Iowa, Grassley indicated he could be persuaded by a large number of senators to take action in a "lame duck" session between the Nov. 8 election and the inauguration of the new president in January.
"If we have the election, and there was a majority of the Senate changed their mind about doing it in the lame duck, as opposed to January 20, I don't feel that I could stand in the way of that. But I don't think I can promote that idea," he said in a video of his remarks posted online by the American Bridge 21st Century website, which says it is committed to "holding Republicans accountable."
Grassley made a similar point at the Sioux City Iowa Rotary Club, Iowa's Globe Gazette reported.
Garland, a federal appeals court judge, was nominated by Obama, a Democrat, on March 16 to fill the Supreme Court vacancy created by the Feb. 13 death of conservative Justice Antonin Scalia.
Republicans insist that the next president should fill the vacancy, hoping a Republican will win the White House and choose a conservative rather than the centrist Garland. But such an outcome is not assured, with Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton currently leading Republican candidate Donald Trump in public opinion polls.
A spokeswoman for Grassley, Beth Levine, denied he was shifting his position. She said that in Sioux City Grassley reiterated his stance "that a Supreme Court nominee wouldn’t be considered until after the next president is sworn in so the American people have an opportunity to weigh in on this important issue."
Senate Republican leaders have vowed not to hold confirmation hearings or an up-or-down vote on any Supreme Court nominee put forward by Obama. "The Leader has been clear: the next president will make this nomination," Don Stewart, spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, said in an email Tuesday.
(Reporting by Susan Cornwell; Editing by Julia Edwards and Andrew Hay) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-garland-idUSKCN1152OK?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/dbfee38072f382ff42ef44b16384987e6dd77bab96f57d455faf9e1284992395.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:52:26 | null | 2016-08-30T22:01:12 | Foresight Energy | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB0NL%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Foresight Energy completes global restructuring | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Foresight Energy
* completes global restructuring
* Completed an out-of-court restructuring of more than $1.4 billion in indebtedness pursuant to terms of transaction support agreements
* Partnership's restructuring resolves various defaults and events of default relating to a december 2015 Delaware chancery court determination
* Restructuring was implemented through concurrent exchange and tender offers in which holders of 99.98 percent of principal amount of old notes participated Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BB0NL?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0e3f31e191c672d27b887e384a87ab7c4c17781f6f0518dee64e2780a457f9fb.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T18:59:37 | null | 2016-08-29T18:09:26 | President Barack Obama will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of this weekend's G20 summit in China, the White House said on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-g20-china-obama-erdogan-idUSKCN11421W%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151477408&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S165 | en | null | Obama to meet with Turkey's Erdogan on September 4 | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. President Barack Obama waves as he walks out from the White House before his departure to view flood damaged area in Baton Rouge, in Washington, U.S., August 23, 2016. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama will meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan ahead of this weekend's G20 summit in China, the White House said on Monday.
President Obama wants to discuss the recent attempted coup in Turkey "as well as our counter ISIL campaign and our efforts that promote stability in Syria and to respond to the refugee crisis," Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes told reporters. The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 4.
(Reporting by Roberta Rampton and Timothy Gardner; Editing by Chris Reese) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-china-obama-erdogan-idUSKCN11421W?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0a25702dbc90c677d6e7065f3ca178dce45e4acb3fc06843d44b17bde98caf6d.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T05:00:04 | null | 2016-08-30T03:50:44 | Washington's NFL pre-season game at Tampa Bay has been moved to Wednesday from Thursday due to the threat of severe weather, the Buccaneers said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-nfl-redskins-storm-idUSKCN11508L%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Bucs move pre-season game to Wednesday due to storm threat | null | null | www.reuters.com | Washington's NFL pre-season game at Tampa Bay has been moved to Wednesday from Thursday due to the threat of severe weather, the Buccaneers said.
U.S. forecasters issued a tropical storm warning for coastal North Carolina on Monday, while another system churning in the Gulf of Mexico could make landfall in Florida later this week.
"We have been in regular communication with administrators and the National Weather Service over the past day as it has become apparent that the most severe weather associated with Tropical Depression Nine will likely make landfall on Thursday,” said Buccaneers Chief Operating Officer Brian Ford.
“This decision was made by both teams in conjunction with the National Football League and local authorities in an effort to ensure the safety of our fans, players and stadium staff.” The Redskins Tweeted their support of the decision.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nfl-redskins-storm-idUSKCN11508L?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/46ba6aa74fad73b1f83292d9ae4c305c97ae077a20fa93362f6dbc69cdff4c5d.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T10:52:01 | null | 2016-08-29T10:36:24 | Cynapsus Receives FDA fast trackdesignation for apl | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSASC094MV%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Cynapsus receives fda fast track designation for APL-130277 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 Cynapsus Receives FDA fast track designation for apl
* 130277 for the treatment of off episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease
* Cynapsus receives FDA fast track designation for APL-130277 for the treatment of off episodes in patients with Parkinson's disease
* Says we plan to submit a new drug application (NDA) to FDA in first half of 2017
* Post dose titration phase, top line data for phase 3 efficacy trial CTH-300 is expected in mid-to-late Q4 of 2016
* CTH-201 phase 2 thorough QT study, is expected to commence in Q4 of 2016, and is planned to be completed in first half of 2017 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094MV?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/61771c038c131d32d5b6d421f5140b0d1064fa1572a8e267601c759bf152a230.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T19:04:48 | null | 2016-08-29T18:52:53 | Dubai's ruler has ordered a shake-up of the city state's management, including the retirement of nine senior officials, a day after he conducted a surprise spot check of government offices and found a significant number of employees absent. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-emirates-dubai-shakeup-idUSKCN11424X%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151481705&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S17H | en | null | Dubai's ruler orders management shake-up after absences | null | null | www.reuters.com | Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Prime Minister and Vice-President of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of Dubai, attends the Summit of South American-Arab Countries, in Riyadh November 10, 2015. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser
DUBAI Dubai's ruler has ordered a shake-up of the city state's management, including the retirement of nine senior officials, a day after he conducted a surprise spot check of government offices and found a significant number of employees absent.
Governments around the Gulf are trying to make their bureaucracies more efficient as low oil prices pressure state finances, and the move by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum is one of the most dramatic efforts in that direction so far.
Sheikh Mohammed ordered the retirement on Monday of nine members of Dubai Municipality's executive management, including directors and assistant director-generals in departments such as legal affairs and planning, the United Arab Emirates' state news agency WAM reported.
On Sunday, his government posted online a video of him making an unannounced visit to a government office and finding it empty, an exercise which a Dubai media official said was intended to "send a message".
On Monday, Sheikh Mohammed thanked the nine retired officials for their service but said he wanted to allow a new generation of young leaders to take control and provide top-quality services to the public, WAM reported.
(Reporting by Andrew Torchia; Editing by Alison Williams) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-dubai-shakeup-idUSKCN11424X?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/00b6dcacb1ed1f9dcb7bfe688376c809235bd2fe0e2611b2e2e2c4b53d9e3ec1.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:50:37 | null | 2016-08-26T16:30:16 | Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne: | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1B70N2%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Fiat Chrysler's CEO says co's new U.S. monthly auto sales has improved | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 26 Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne:
* Fiat chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says he will not comment now on Canadian labor talks with Unifor union or future plant in Brampton, Ontario
* FCA CEO says company's new U.S. Monthly auto sales is improved and working well
* Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says he will not comment on specific allegations of auto dealer group in Illinois in litigation
* FCA CEO says there are "real viable options" for company to partner with another to continue to make sedan cars
* Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne says he will say more about partnership for sedan car partnership in time Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1B70N2?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/47a146f5a3ff4d855b37faece229d1b806b9ec2921fcf0b253f6d15adb03ca9f.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:20 | null | 2016-08-26T12:11:00 | TG Therapeutics Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1B70ET%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-TG Therapeutics announces orphan drug designation for TG-1101 | null | null | www.reuters.com | WRAPUP 1-Declining inventories curb U.S. second-quarter growth; consumption surges
WASHINGTON, Aug 26 U.S. economic growth was a bit more sluggish than initially thought in the second quarter as businesses aggressively ran down stocks of unsold goods, offsetting a spurt in consumer spending. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1B70ET?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0b300467912094228f1af1421f67896447651212278743b5beb56e53f4f167e1.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T08:53:08 | null | 2016-08-31T07:30:26 | India's Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEE.NS) said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell its sports broadcasting business to Sony Pictures Networks for $385 million, as it rejigs its media content delivery businesses. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-zee-entrtainment-sports-sony-idUSKCN1160OX%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DentertainmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fentertainment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEntertainment%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Sony Pictures to buy sports channels from India's Zee for $385 million | null | null | www.reuters.com | MUMBAI India's Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (ZEE.NS) said on Wednesday it has agreed to sell its sports broadcasting business to Sony Pictures Networks for $385 million, as it rejigs its media content delivery businesses.
TEN Sports holds broadcast rights to major cricket boards in South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West Indies. It also holds rights for football's UEFA Champions League, Europa League, French League and English Football Cup among other sports.
"The acquisition of TEN Sports Network will strengthen (Sony Picture Networks') offering for viewers of cricket, football and fight sports, complementing our existing portfolio of international and domestic sporting properties," N.P. Singh, chief executive of Sony Pictures Networks India, said in a statement.
Sony, which holds broadcast rights for the cash-rich Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket tournament, has also won the rights for the FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia in 2018.
Analysts have said that Zee Entertainment, which lacked a sizable presence in the sports category, will see a jump in earnings in the next two fiscal years as it sells off the money-losing venture.
Zee's sports broadcasting business had revenues of 6.31 billion rupees ($94.21 million) and a loss of 372 million rupees for fiscal year 2016, according to a company statement.
($1 = 66.9750 Indian rupees)
(Reporting by Promit Mukherjee; Editing by Sunil Nair) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-zee-entrtainment-sports-sony-idUSKCN1160OX?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fentertainment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Entertainment%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/46c82ee989c85977f5b77106d00783812033b1ec0031f20b2c5ec861cd4bfdd3.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:18:52 | null | 2016-08-25T22:41:42 | Recent clinical trial results are likely to lead doctors to treat more patients who have a common form of lung cancer with a Merck drug at the expense of a Bristol-Myers Squibb medication at least until more data emerges, oncologists and analysts say. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-cancer-bristol-myers-merck-co-idUSKCN1102N6%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DhealthNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FhealthNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BHealth%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Lung cancer doctors eye Merck's Keytruda over Bristol's Opdivo | null | null | www.reuters.com | Recent clinical trial results are likely to lead doctors to treat more patients who have a common form of lung cancer with a Merck drug at the expense of a Bristol-Myers Squibb medication at least until more data emerges, oncologists and analysts say.
The yet-to-be-published studies involve drugs in a new class designed to enable the body's immune system to fight cancer.
A recent trial of Merck's Keytruda showed that it worked better than chemotherapy as an initial treatment for advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in patients with high levels of a protein called PDL1, believed to help identify those most likely to benefit from this type of immunotherapy.
A separate trial of Bristol-Myers' Opdivo, which included patients with much lower levels of the protein biomarker, did not show an advantage over chemotherapy.
"It seems likely that PDL1, if these results hold, will be added to the list of markers that someone needs prior to starting treatment," said Dr Edward Garon, a lung cancer specialist at the University of California Los Angeles' Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
He said patients shown to have high levels of PDL1 will be started on the Merck drug, while those who test negative may continue to be treated with Opdivo.
Since Opdivo received regulatory approval for use without requiring patients to be tested for PDL1 and clinicians were unfamiliar with testing for the protein, doctors had favored use of the Bristol drug, Garon said.
That preference has played out in sales. Opdivo's second-quarter sales were $840 million, more than double those of Keytruda. Both drugs have U.S. prices of nearly $150,000 a year.
"I do think that more oncologists may start choosing Keytruda," Dr Trevor Bivona, assistant professor of medicine and member of the University of California San Francisco's Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, said in an emailed statement.
Both drugs were approved by U.S. regulators last year for previously treated patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the most common form of the disease, but have not yet been approved as initial lung cancer treatments.
Dr Barbara Gitlitz, a lung cancer specialist and associate professor of clinical medicine at the University of Southern California, said she would now choose Keytruda for advanced lung cancer patients with high levels of PDL1 who were not in a clinical trial.
A survey of 79 U.S. and European oncologists, published last week by investment services firm AllianceBernstein, found that 57 percent of respondents anticipated using more Keytruda as a result of the latest trial results, and 70 percent said they will be more likely to order PDL1 testing for patients.
Bristol-Myers earlier this month said its trial failed to show that Opdivo worked better than chemotherapy for previously untreated patients with advanced NSCLC. The trial included patients with tumors testing 5 percent or higher for PDL1.
In June, Merck said trial data showed that Keytruda worked better than chemo as an initial treatment for advanced NSCLC patients with PDL1 levels of at least 50 percent.
FULL RESULTS TO COME
The Merck and Bristol-Myers trial results were summarized in press releases but complete results have not been presented.
Full results could include a breakdown of how Opdivo fared in patients with high levels of PDL1, but investors have already shifted their bets. Shares of Bristol-Myers have fallen more than 20 percent since the latest trial results were announced, while shares of Merck rose nearly 10 percent over the same period.
Besides Bristol and Merck, companies including Roche Holding AG and AstraZeneca PLC are developing immune-system boosting drugs for treating lung cancer. Clinicians and investors are awaiting more trial data, including a range of studies examining combinations of these drugs. Lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide, kills an estimated 1.6 million people each year, according to the World Health Organization.
(Reporting By Deena Beasley; Editing by Cynthia Osterman) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cancer-bristol-myers-merck-co-idUSKCN1102N6?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FhealthNews+%28Reuters+Health+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/98d8dfdbe0e5454abb42a49dc2c6d36cf4331cc774ee28ef6d69099f6b6fb530.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T11:02:52 | null | 2016-08-29T10:56:45 | A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks claimed by Islamic State in the southern Yemeni port city. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-yemen-security-idUSKCN1140HJ%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151431923&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0HP | en | null | Suicide bomber kills 54 in Yemen attack: health ministry | null | null | www.reuters.com | Soldiers and people gather at the scene following an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
People gather at the scene following an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the port city of Aden, Yemen August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
A soldier stands guard near the site of an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
Soldiers and people gather at the site of an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
Soldiers gather at the site of an attack by a suicide bomber who drove a car laden with explosives into a compound run by local militias in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Fawaz Salman
ADEN, Yemen A suicide bomber killed at least 54 people when he drove a car bomb into a militia compound in Aden on Monday, the health ministry said, in one of the deadliest attacks claimed by Islamic State in the southern Yemeni port city.
The director general of Yemen's health ministry in Aden, al-Khader Laswar, told Reuters that at least 67 other people were wounded in the attack in the city's Mansoura district.
The militant Islamic State group said in a statement carried by its Amaq news agency one of its suicide bombers carried out the bombing.
"Around 60 dead in a martyrdom operation by a fighter from Islamic State targeting a recruitment center in Aden city," the statement said, without giving further details.
A security source said the attack targeted a school compound where conscripts of the Popular Committees, forces allied to President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, were gathered for breakfast.
Witnesses said the suicide bomber entered the compound behind a truck that had brought breakfast for the conscripts, who had queued for the meal.
Ambulance sirens wailed throughout the morning as they ferried casualties to a hospital run by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), which was overwhelmed by the number of casualties. An MSF spokesperson said the hospital received at least 45 bodies and more than 60 wounded people.
Islamist militants, including Islamic State, have exploited an 18-month-old civil war between the Houthi movement and Hadi's supporters, attacking senior officials, religious figures, security forces and compounds of the Saudi-led Arab military coalition which supports Hadi.
Last month, the governor of the southern Yemeni city of Aden survived a car bomb attack targeting his convoy, the latest attempt on the city's top official.
In May, a suicide bomber killed at least 40 army recruits and injured 60 others when he rammed a booby-trapped car at recruits lined up to enlist for military service at a compound in Aden.
Hadi's supporters, who accuse former President Ali Abdullah Saleh of using Islamist militants to target the internationally-recognized president, have launched a series of raids in recent weeks to try to stem the violence, seizing dozens of people suspected of involvement in attacks across the city.
In eastern Yemen, forces loyal to Hadi, backed by troops from the United Arab Emirates, drove members of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula from the city of Mukalla in a military operation in May.
(Reporting by Mohammed Mukhashaf; Writing by Hadeel Al Sayegh and Sami Aboudi; Editing by Toby Chopra) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN1140HJ?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7cce5fbe12114c1c31056640c65e69596fcbeccdeb470a7ddd2d6e1e28a9b391.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:15:04 | null | 2015-01-08T23:49:19 | Google Inc (GOOGL.O) may be moving into the U.S. auto insurance market with a shopping site for people to compare and buy policies, an analyst said on Thursday, as it continues to shift its attention to the automotive industry. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-google-autos-insurance-idUSKBN0KH2CS20150108%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DvcMedia.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20150108&t=2&i=1014837588&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXMPEB070ZG | en | null | Google to start selling auto insurance in the U.S., analyst says | null | null | www.reuters.com | People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Google logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
SAN FRANCISCO Google Inc (GOOGL.O) may be moving into the U.S. auto insurance market with a shopping site for people to compare and buy policies, an analyst said on Thursday, as it continues to shift its attention to the automotive industry.
The search giant is planning soon to pilot its new Google Compare auto insurance comparison shopping site, wrote Forrester analyst Ellen Carney in a note. According to Carney, the company has been pitching the service to insurance providers for more than two years.
Google, which currently offers a service in the UK for users to compare over 125 auto insurance options, takes a cut when a user buys insurance online or by phone.
Industry experts say the Mountain View-based company has increasingly been exploring online searches tailored toward specific industries or markets. Google already offers its users a site to compare travel destinations and find the cheapest flight fares, for instance.
Google in past years has begun to expand beyond its home turf of Internet search and advertising, seeking to extend its technological dominance to fields as diverse as self-driving cars and robotics.
Carney expects the California pilot for the new service to begin in the first quarter of 2015. Google is already licensed to sell auto insurance in 26 states and is working with a handful of insurers including Dairyland, MetLife and others, she said.
In addition, a Google employee is licensed to sell insurance on behalf of CoverHound, a San Francisco-based company that pulls insurance options from the largest carriers.
Google said it does not comment on speculation.
(Reporting By Christina Farr; Editing by Diane Craft) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-autos-insurance-idUSKBN0KH2CS20150108?feedType=RSS&feedName=vcMedia | en | 2015-01-08T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/257f2a0384cfd86d3f838eb45dddfb8c0669ca8fd2b668ae1751976e5b681763.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T00:51:08 | null | 2016-08-26T23:24:11 | Bankrupt U.S. teen retailer Aeropostale Inc (AROPQ.PK) received bids this week for its business from private equity firm Sycamore Partners, as well as liquidators, firms that wind down businesses, according to people familiar with the matter. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-aeropostale-bidders-bankruptcy-idUSKCN1112AL.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151216627&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1EI | en | null | Sycamore Partners, liquidators bid on bankrupt U.S. teen retailer Aeropostale | null | null | www.reuters.com | NEW YORK Bankrupt U.S. teen retailer Aeropostale Inc (AROPQ.PK) received bids this week for its business from private equity firm Sycamore Partners, as well as liquidators, firms that wind down businesses, according to people familiar with the matter.
Investment firm Versa Capital Management LLC did not submit a bid for the business, the people said. Versa had been preparing a stalking horse offer for Aeropostale as a going concern business, and the retailer had received court approval to pay some of the expenses incurred by Versa in putting together the proposal.
A U.S. bankruptcy court judge on Friday issued a decision siding with Sycamore in its fight with Aeropostale, who accused the firm of conducting a "loan to own" scheme and pushing the retailer into bankruptcy. Aeropostale had asked the judge to bar Sycamore from using the $150 million it is owed as credit to bid in the auction, but the judge denied that request.
Sycamore and Versa declined to comment. The sources were not identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
In a statement, Aeropostale said it is disappointed with the court's decision.
"Aeropostale stands by the accuracy and truthfulness of everything said and documented by it during the proceedings," the company said.
Bids for the company were due on Thursday, and an auction is scheduled to be held on Monday, Aug. 29. It is unclear what Sycamore's plans are for the business, should it win the auction.
Aeropostale also received bids for some of its leases and its GoJane.com business, a shoe and apparel shopping site, said one of the people.
Aeropostale filed for bankruptcy in May amid slumping sales and intense competition from fast fashion retailers.
At least five U.S. teen retailers, including Wet Seal LLC and Pacific Sunwear of California Inc (PSUNQ.PK), have filed for bankruptcy in the past two years, as the spending habits of young people shift and they visit malls less often.
(Reporting by Jessica DiNapoli; Editing by Dan Grebler, Bernard Orr) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-aeropostale-bidders-bankruptcy-idUSKCN1112AL | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5db85c92eb210367b254bbacd969218a91e7fe6bac8406c91a06dfdcaea42e00.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:57 | null | 2016-08-26T04:29:21 | The judge who gave a six-month jail term to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious young woman will stop hearing criminal cases, a court official said on Thursday, after a firestorm of criticism. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-california-rape-idUSKCN11109K%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151121001&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P05D | en | null | Judge in Stanford rape case will stop hearing criminal cases | null | null | www.reuters.com | Stanford University's campus is seen in an aerial photo in Stanford, California, United States on April 6, 2016. REUTERS/Noah Berger/File Photo - RTSGA7G
The judge who gave a six-month jail term to a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious young woman will stop hearing criminal cases, a court official said on Thursday, after a firestorm of criticism.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky has requested to be assigned to the court's civil division, more than two months after imposing the controversial sentence on Brock Allen Turner, 20, for the January 2015 attack, Presiding Judge Risë Jones Pichon said in a statement.
"Judge Persky believes the change will aid the public and the court by reducing the distractions that threaten to interfere with his ability to effectively discharge the duties of his current criminal assignment," Pichon said.
He will begin his civil court assignment on Sept. 6, Pichon said.
Persky has received death threats, faced a recall effort and several online petitions seeking his removal in a furor of criticism for what was perceived as a lenient sentence. Prosecutors had asked for Turner to be jailed for six years.
The uproar over the sentence, fueled in part by the victim's harrowing letter in which she detailed the assault, is part of growing outrage over sexual assault on U.S. college campuses.
In response to the sentence, lawmakers in California are moving a bill through the legislature that prohibits anyone convicted of sexual assault in the state from being sentenced just to probation.
"Sentencing a felon convicted of such a crime to probation re-victimizes the victim, discourages other victims from coming forward and sends the message that sexual assault of incapacitated victims is no big deal,” said California Assemblymember Bill Dodd, who introduced the measure in June.
The announcement of Persky's move to civil cases comes two days after women's groups and social media users criticized as too lenient the two years' probation given to a Massachusetts student athlete who sexually assaulted two women as they slept.
David Becker, 18, a former three-sport athlete from East Longmeadow High School in western Massachusetts, escaped jail time even though prosecutors recommended a two-year sentence.
The judge in that case, Thomas Estes, in District Court in Palmer, Massachusetts, declined to comment.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Paul Tait) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-rape-idUSKCN11109K?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/965f2505ddbec7cee3e2971b5fdce971a0524ca99e073c6e595dceee33667e3b.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T04:52:38 | null | 2016-08-30T03:29:19 | More than 100 flights were canceled and evacuation warnings were issued for thousands of people as a powerful typhoon approached Japan's northeast on Tuesday, a region devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-asia-storm-japan-idUSKCN11507P%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Typhoon Lionrock nears Japan's tsunami-hit northeast, grounds flights | null | null | www.reuters.com | TOKYO More than 100 flights were canceled and evacuation warnings were issued for thousands of people as a powerful typhoon approached Japan's northeast on Tuesday, a region devastated by a massive earthquake and tsunami five years ago.
Typhoon Lionrock was expected to make landfall in the northeast Tohoku region later on Tuesday, with sustained winds of 120 km per hour (75 mph) and gusts up to 176 kph (109 mph) as it moved north from the Pacific Ocean, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Toyota Motor Corp said production would be suspended on Tuesday at two of its factories in the typhoon's path due to concerns that heavy rain and strong wind would affect road conditions and delay parts deliveries.
Tokyo Electric Power Co, operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant wrecked in the March 2011 disaster, said it had suspended some outdoor operations. About 1,200 households lost power in eastern Japan near Tokyo.
The category one typhoon was expected to dump about 35 cm (14 inches) of rain in the northeast by Wednesday morning, more than the average rainfall for all of August, according to meteorologists.
However, Lionrock was expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it made landfall.
Broadcaster NHK said airlines had canceled 110 domestic flights, while some Shinkansen bullet train services were also suspended. No injuries have been reported, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga told a news conference.
(Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim, Naomi Tajitsu and Osamu Tsukimori; Editing by Paul Tait) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-asia-storm-japan-idUSKCN11507P?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0787efa1ba93efb00226d4f85d54a19541a0441f0076940348bacc715c53f24f.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T15:04:56 | null | 2016-08-30T14:40:20 | A 48-year-old Turkish judge has requested political asylum in Greece, claiming persecution by the government of President Tayyip Erdogan, the Athens News Agency said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-turkey-security-greece-idUSKCN1151WK%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Turkish judge seeks asylum in Greece: news agency | null | null | www.reuters.com | ATHENS A 48-year-old Turkish judge has requested political asylum in Greece, claiming persecution by the government of President Tayyip Erdogan, the Athens News Agency said on Tuesday.
Eight Turkish soldiers requested political asylum in Greece in July, fleeing Turkey in a military helicopter after a failed coup attempt. Turkey has since detained thousands of soldiers and half its generals alongside thousands of judges and prosecutors.
The Greek coast guard said only that a Turkish national had been arrested on Tuesday after being rescued along with six migrants from a boat off the Greek island of Chios. It did not give the nationality of the migrants.
The coast guard and police would not comment specifically on the agency report.
(Reporting by Karolina Tagaris; editing by Ralph Boulton) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-security-greece-idUSKCN1151WK?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f7c37a72d96250a593f8a841f89612dc0d55eb5021c8a62287063d2d33f5d743.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T00:51:49 | null | 2016-08-29T00:39:32 | The following are the top stories in theFinancial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and doesnot vouch for their accuracy. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fbritain-press-ft-idUSL3N1BA05B%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Aug 29 | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
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* Merkel's deputy breaks ranks over refugee policy on.ft.com/2bSGFi9
* London's 'super sewer' faces funding probe on.ft.com/2bSHuYg
* Hinkley supporters in last-ditch push for approval on.ft.com/2bSIn31
* PZU closes in on UniCredit's Polish lender Bank Pekao on.ft.com/2bSIJXH
Overview
- Sigmar Gabriel, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's deputy, has attacked her handling of the migrant crisis, after which Merkel was forced to defend her refugee policy.
- London's new "super sewer", one of the UK's largest infrastructure projects, is being investigated by the National Audit Office over its "unusual" financial structure. Construction is scheduled to commence in the next few months.
- Hinkley Point nuclear power station supporters launched a last-minute push for approval as Prime Minister Theresa May is nearing a decision to stop or give a go ahead to the 18 billion pound ($23.61 billion) project. UK union leaders called to end the "faffing" over a scheme they say is crucial to keep Britain's power supply on.
- PZU is confident about reaching a deal to acquire UniCredit's Bank Pekao by the end of October. Insurer PZU and Italy's largest bank Unicredit are haggling over a price for the deal. ($1 = 0.7624 pounds) (Compiled by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Cooney) | http://www.reuters.com/article/britain-press-ft-idUSL3N1BA05B?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/961a04004e0e607cf85fc8752cad8158640fd9d262e957ec94f0c857a70d38e8.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:51:55 | null | 2016-08-29T07:51:46 | Officials sprayed insecticide and cleared drains of stagnant water in residential areas of Singapore at high risk of further Zika infections on Monday after 41 locally transmitted cases were confirmed in the city state. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-singapore-idUSKCN1140LL.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151416628&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0AU | en | null | Singapore mass sprays residences as Zika expected to spread | null | null | www.reuters.com | A National Environment Agency officer informs residents as a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A general view of the Sims Urban Oasis condominium construction site where work has stopped after 37 workers there were tested positive for Zika virus since May, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A National Environment Agency officer and a worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker fogs the corridor of a public housing estate in the vicinity where a locally transmitted Zika virus case was discovered, in Singapore August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Edgar Su
SINGAPORE Officials sprayed insecticide and cleared drains of stagnant water in residential areas of Singapore at high risk of further Zika infections on Monday after 41 locally transmitted cases were confirmed in the city state.
Workers wearing fumigation masks traveled methodically through high-rise public housing estates in seven separate areas of the island, inspecting plant pots closely as they sprayed insecticide via thermal fogging machines.
The health ministry on Saturday confirmed Singapore's first locally-transmitted case of Zika, with the tally rising to 41 just a day later. All of the infected people were either residents of the Aljunied district or workers at a construction site owned by GuocoLand in the area.
"We expect to identify more positive cases," the ministry said on Monday in its latest update on the outbreak.
"Given that the majority of Zika cases are asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, and mosquitoes in the affected areas may already have been infected, isolation of positive cases may have limited effect to managing the spread," it added.
Singapore, a major regional financial center and busy transit hub, which maintains a constant vigil against the mosquito-borne dengue virus, reported its first case of the Zika virus in May, brought in by a middle-aged man who had been to Brazil.
GuocoLand, which is headquartered in Singapore and has developments across Asia, was ordered on Saturday to stop work on the building site where 36 of the infected people worked. It will remain closed until the company rectifies the conditions that allowed mosquitoes to breed and steps up preventative measures, the health ministry said.
The Zika virus, carried by mosquitoes, was detected in Brazil last year and has since spread across the Americas. It poses a risk to pregnant women because it can cause severe birth defects. It has been linked in Brazil to more than 1,600 cases of microcephaly, where babies are born with abnormally small heads and brains.
The World Health Organization said on Sunday it did not know "which lineage of Zika is circulating" in Singapore or "what the level of population immunity is to this lineage of Zika in Asia."
Singapore's health ministry said some 19 mosquito breeding habitats were detected and destroyed in its first sweep of the Aljunied area on Sunday when it fumigated around a third of the 6,000 homes.
"I feel afraid," said Ng Kai Yee, an 18-year-old female student who lives near the construction site believed to be a source of the outbreak. "I heard quite a lot about how harmful Zika virus is to girls, especially pregnant women."
Authorities have urged those living and working in the risk areas, especially pregnant women, to monitor their health and seek medical attention if they are unwell.
Of the 41 people known to have been infected, 34 have already fully recovered. Only the first case reported was a woman.
(Writing and additional reporting by Marius Zaharia; Editing by Jane Wardell; Graphic by Jessica Wang) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-singapore-idUSKCN1140LL | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/98acf0e9fa1bf35f4803ce22ebfd14522f9a7fd4f7f632436814142b32967360.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-28T09:04:35 | null | 2016-08-28T08:12:27 | German Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic popularity has declined, a poll showed on Sunday, with 50 percent of Germans against her serving a fourth term in office after a federal election next year. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-germany-merkel-idUSKCN11306L%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151332601&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R02H | en | null | Half of Germans against Merkel serving fourth term: poll | null | null | www.reuters.com | BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel's domestic popularity has declined, a poll showed on Sunday, with 50 percent of Germans against her serving a fourth term in office after a federal election next year.
A series of violent attacks on civilians in July, two of which were claimed by Islamic State, have focused attention on Merkel's open-door migrant policy, which allowed hundreds of thousands of migrants from the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere into Germany last year.
Half of the 501 people questioned in the Emnid poll for the Bild am Sonntag newspaper were against Merkel staying in office beyond after the 2017 election, with 42 percent wanting her to remain.
In November, the last time Bild am Sonntag commissioned a survey on the issue, 45 percent had been in favor of Merkel serving a fourth term, with 48 percent against.
The head of Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), Frank-Juergen Weise, told the newspaper that he expects a maximum of 300,000 refugees to arrive in Germany this year.
Merkel, asked about her plans for the 2017 election in an interview with regional newspapers published on Tuesday, said: "I will comment on that at the appropriate time. I'm sticking to that."
(Reporting by Michelle Martin; Editing by David Goodman) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-merkel-idUSKCN11306L?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b6ae862e58ddf770e19f916e456fd33592c4aa276e8e5a3d6ae3435e2dfa066c.json |
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"Nate Raymond"
] | 2016-08-26T13:21:06 | null | 2016-08-25T23:21:41 | The son of a Russian lawmaker was convicted on Thursday on U.S. charges that he engaged in a scheme to hack into U.S. businesses in order to steal and sell credit card numbers, costing financial institutions more than $169 million. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-cyber-creditcards-idUSKCN1102JJ%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtechnologyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtechnologyNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BTechnology%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1151099187&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O1NP | en | null | Russian lawmaker's son convicted in U.S. for hacking scheme | null | null | www.reuters.com | MasterCard, VISA and Maestro credit cards are seen in this picture illustration taken June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/Illustration
The son of a Russian lawmaker was convicted on Thursday on U.S. charges that he engaged in a scheme to hack into U.S. businesses in order to steal and sell credit card numbers, costing financial institutions more than $169 million.
Roman Seleznev, also known as "Track2," was found guilty by a federal jury in Seattle on 38 of 40 counts including wire fraud and intentional damage to a protected computer following an eight day trial, prosecutors said.
The conviction of Seleznev, of Vladivostok, followed a 10-year-long investigation by the U.S. Secret Service, the agency said. He was arrested in 2014 in the Maldives in what Russia at the time called a "kidnapping."
Seleznev, the son of Valery Seleznev, a member of the Russian Parliament, is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 2. He faces a mandatory minimum sentence of four years in prison, said his lawyer, John Henry Browne.
Browne said Seleznev, 32, plans to appeal and challenge what he called Seleznev's illegal arrest in the Maldives and a ruling that allowed prosecutors to introduce evidence from a corrupted laptop seized at the time of his arrest.
"I don't know of any case that has allowed such outrageous behavior," Browne said.
Prosecutors said that from October 2009 to October 2013, Seleznev hacked into retail point-of-sale systems and installed malware to steal credit card numbers from businesses, including restaurants and pizza parlors in Washington state.
Prosecutors said Seleznev sold the credit card information on various "carding" websites. Buyers in turn used the card numbers for fraudulent purchases, they said, causing 3,700 financial institutions to lose more than $169 million.
In total, prosecutors said he stole and sold more than 2.9 million credit card numbers. His laptop, they said, contained more than 1.7 million stolen numbers, along with evidence linking him to various servers, email and transactions in the scheme.
Seleznev faces separate charges pending in federal courts in Nevada and Georgia.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in New York and David Alexander in Washington; Editing by Eric Walsh and Grant McCool) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-creditcards-idUSKCN1102JJ?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29 | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fb22ceeaace4ee6d6fd7a100d10e8b45852d4016d70cdc77a5630b4d55401481.json |
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"Geert De Clercq"
] | 2016-08-26T16:53:09 | null | 2016-08-26T16:34:46 | Le Bon Marche and La Grande Epicerie, two landmark Paris luxury stores have turned their joint rooftops into an urban garden for staff who can grow their own crops in their free time. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-france-urban-gardening-idUSKCN1111Y6%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DlifestyleMolt.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151196980&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P19I | en | null | Office workers turn urban gardeners on Paris luxury store rooftops | null | null | www.reuters.com | A tomato plant is seen in among planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Herbs grow in planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
A man waters plants in planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Planter boxes are seen on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
A tomato plant is seen in a planter box on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Charlotte Arnoux, recruitment officer and first-time gardener, waters plants on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
Planter boxes are seen on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
A man walks between planter boxes on the 700 square metre (7500 square feet) rooftop of the Bon Marche, where the store's employees grow some 60 kinds of fruits and vegetables such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and other herbs in their urban garden with a view of the capital in Paris, France, August 26, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau
PARIS Le Bon Marche and La Grande Epicerie, two landmark Paris luxury stores have turned their joint rooftops into an urban garden for staff who can grow their own crops in their free time.
In the past months, the LVMH-owned adjoining stores on Paris's residential left bank have built planter boxes on a 700 square meter (7,500 square feet) roof area, where the store's employees grow 60 or so kinds of fruit, vegetables and herbs such as strawberries, zucchinis, mint and lavender.
The stunning views over Paris and the chance to learn about gardening have attracted 200 of the stores' 1,500 employees, selected by lottery, and put the stores at the forefront of the city's urban gardening drive.
By 2020, the Paris city government wants to have 100 hectares (1 square km) of green roofs, sidewalks and walls, with one third dedicated to the production of fruits and vegetables.
"In the beginning we spent more time looking at the amazing view than at the planter boxes, but this is a great place to grow vegetables and meet colleagues," said Charlotte Arnoux, recruitment officer and first-time gardener.
Arnoux and seven colleagues take turns taking care of three one square meter (11 square feet) planter boxes in which they grow sorrel, basil and different varieties of tomatoes, all without the use of pesticides.
The stores' customers are not aware of the garden over their heads and cannot visit it, but the initiative has drawn visitors from other companies in France and abroad who want to set up similar rooftop gardens for staff.
"Given the impact this has on staff morale, the cost of investment was minimal," said technical director Hubert Genet.
The stores' own technical staff built the planters and converted the narrow rooftop into an urban garden.
Crops are sown in one-meter high planters which takes the back-breaking out of the gardening, but the plants will grow in just 15 cms of soil to limit the extra weight on the roof.
Nicolas Bel, founder of urban gardening pioneer Topager, said micro-drip irrigation and a pebbles-and-membrane water retention system simulate the moist, deep soil that plants need to grow.
Head of alterations at Le Bon Marche clothing department Veronique Roussin said she had made a rhubarb tart with stems grown on the roof and brought it in to share with colleagues.
"We often come up here to have breakfast or lunch together and take care of our plants," she said. "And it gives us something to talk about other than alterations".
(Reporting by Geert De Clercq; Editing by Richard Balmforth) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-urban-gardening-idUSKCN1111Y6?feedType=RSS&feedName=lifestyleMolt | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/64e9598ee849360ea794069ea84867a5fd5deb2af133d216392fb6cce4f12f25.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T11:05:01 | null | 2016-08-30T09:51:01 | More than 460 migrants and refugees arrived on Greek islands from Turkey on Tuesday, the highest in several weeks, despite a European Union deal with Ankara agreed in March to close off that route. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-europe-migrants-greece-idUSKCN1150UB%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151553651&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T0FI | en | null | Migrant arrivals to Greek islands jump to highest in weeks | null | null | www.reuters.com | Two women sit by a wire fence with laundry hanging on it, outside the disused Hellenikon airport, where stranded refugees and migrants are temporarily accommodated in Athens, Greece, August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Michalis Karagiannis
A rescue boat of the Spanish NGO Proactiva approaches an overcrowded wooden vessel with migrants from Eritrea, off the Libyan coast in Mediterranean Sea August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Giorgos Moutafis
ATHENS More than 460 migrants and refugees arrived on Greek islands from Turkey on Tuesday, the highest in several weeks, despite a European Union deal with Ankara agreed in March to close off that route.
Greek authorities recorded 462 new arrivals between Monday and Tuesday morning, up from 129 the previous day. Most entered through the Aegean islands of Lesbos and Kos.
The numbers are small compared to those trying to reach Italy from Africa -- some 6,500 migrants were saved off the Libyan coast on Monday, the Italian coast guard said -- and far fewer than the thousands a day arriving in Greece last summer.
But they indicate a steady inflow of people, five months after the deal was agreed. Under the accord, those who cross to Greece without documents from March 20 will be sent back to Turkey unless they apply for asylum and their claim is accepted.
So far under the deal, just 482 people have been deported to Turkey but none had applied for asylum, Greece says. No rejected asylum seekers have been sent back.
That has pushed the number of migrants and refugees currently on Greece's islands to 12,120 from 5,538 in March. Most are Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, and they live in overcrowded camps.
According to the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR, 100 people arrived on Greek islands from Turkey a day in August, up from 60 in July. It said 2,307 people arrived through Aug. 23, compared to 1,920 for the entire month of July.
(Reporting by Karolina Tagaris) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europe-migrants-greece-idUSKCN1150UB?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/df09432e480c0229e595ab0915208a93698fa20f0b8176d2120c68ab5da4a594.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:39 | null | 2016-08-24T04:23:29 | China has showed off its first images of a rover it plans to sent to Mars in mid-2020, which is designed to explore the planet surface for three months, state media said, the latest aim of China's ambitious space program. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-china-space-mars-idUSKCN10Z07B%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DscienceNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FscienceNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BScience%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160824&t=2&i=1150811631&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7N04O | en | null | China shows first images of Mars rover, aims for 2020 mission | null | null | www.reuters.com | Concept portrayal of China's Mars rover and lander released on August 23, 2016 by lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. China Daily/via REUTERS
Concept portrayal of China's Mars probe released on August 23, 2016 by lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. China Daily/via REUTERS
Concept portrayal of China's Mars rover and lander released on August 23, 2016 by lunar probe and space project center of Chinese State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence. China Daily/via REUTERS
BEIJING China has showed off its first images of a rover it plans to sent to Mars in mid-2020, which is designed to explore the planet surface for three months, state media said, the latest aim of China's ambitious space program.
China in 2003 became the third country to put a man in space with its own rocket after the former Soviet Union and the United States.
It has touted its plans for moon exploration and in late 2013 completed the first lunar "soft landing" since 1976 with the Chang'e-3 craft and its Jade Rabbit rover.
China's latest manned space mission is due in October and is aiming for a manned moon landing by 2036.
State news agency Xinhua, in a report late on Tuesday, said the 200 kg (441 lb) rover would have six wheels and be powered by four solar panels, two more than the rover China shot to the moon and 60 kg (132 lb) heavier.
"The challenges we face are unprecedented," Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, said, according to Xinhua.
The probe would carry 13 payloads including a remote sensing camera and a ground penetrating radar, on what is expected to be a three-month exploration mission blasting off in July or August 2020, the report added.
"The lander will separate from the orbiter at the end of a journey of around seven months and touch down in a low latitude area in the northern hemisphere of Mars where the rover will explore the surface," it said.
The Beijing News added that the northern hemisphere was not as good a place to utilize solar power as the equator, but that the geographic conditions were better.
Advancing China's space program is a priority for Beijing, with President Xi Jinping calling for the country to establish itself as a space power.
China insists its program is for peaceful purposes, but the U.S. Defense Department has highlighted China's increasing space capabilities, saying it is pursuing activities aimed to prevent adversaries from using space-based assets in a crisis.
Apart from its civilian ambitions, Beijing has tested anti-satellite missiles, and the U.S. Congress has banned NASA from engaging in cooperation with its Chinese counterpart due to security concerns.
(Reporting by Ben Blanchard and Gao Liangping; Editing by Nick Macfie) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-mars-idUSKCN10Z07B?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FscienceNews+%28Reuters+Science+News%29 | en | 2016-08-24T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/2b217f5a70ef1f499766e01043c28d04d204457c72f35f231df868882f627df6.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T02:52:19 | null | 2016-08-30T01:24:42 | Siyata Mobile Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BA0GE%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Siyata Mobile Q2 top line revenue of $2.0 mln | null | null | www.reuters.com | GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks bounce, dollar dips on Fed hike doubts
SYDNEY, Aug 30 Asian shares bounced on Tuesday as doubts the Federal Reserve really would hike rates as soon as September undermined the dollar, while investors continued to count on more policy stimulus elsewhere in the world. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BA0GE?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5f822b09eaa4be5cd45fda1dad79b390754e27e9bfdba8261689c1ef09138589.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T01:04:28 | null | 2016-08-27T23:27:48 | Bolivia on Saturday formally accused three miners of the murder of Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes this week, including the president of the federation that had organized protests and a roadblock. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-bolivia-minister-idUSKCN1120UK%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151308753&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q0MO | en | null | Bolivia accuses mining leader and two others of minister's murder | null | null | www.reuters.com | Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes is seen in this undated handout picture provided by Bolivian Presidency. REUTERS/Bolivian Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
LA PAZ Bolivia on Saturday formally accused three miners of the murder of Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes this week, including the president of the federation that had organized protests and a roadblock.
The killing of Illanes, who was found beaten to death after being kidnapped on Thursday by miners demanding changes in the law, has shocked Bolivia and presented leftist President Evo Morales with one of his greatest challenges since taking power in 2006.
The public prosecutor accused three miners of the murder, including Carlos Mamani, the president of the National Federation of Mining Cooperatives of Bolivia.
Last week, the group blocked a highway linking capital La Paz with the city of Oruro. At least two miners were killed and 17 police injured in clashes, and the government said Illanes had approached the protesters to attempt dialogue.
The miners, who work in co-operatives rather than for private companies, have been hit by the global commodities downturn and were demanding that the government relax environmental restrictions and increase subsidies.
Mamani, who was arrested on Friday, was formally accused of murder, aggravated robbery, criminal organization, possession of firearms and attacking members of state security.
A hearing will be held this weekend.
The roadblock has been abandoned and the protests have ended, authorities said.
'POLITICAL CONSPIRACY'
Morales described the protests as a "political conspiracy" against his government, carried out with backing from the right-wing opposition.
"Now we are getting information and finding documents that say this is to take down the government," he told a news conference.
Opposition leaders denied any involvement.
"We ask the president in this sad hour not to weave false conspiracy theories," said ex-president Jorge Quiroga.
The government has ruled out talks with the miners and asked for the maximum 30-year jail sentence for those found guilty.
Ex-coca grower Morales is one of the last leaders left standing from South America's once-dominant populist leftist bloc.
His policies to redistribute the wealth of a natural gas windfall and empower once marginalized groups won him many admirers in the early years. More recently his government has been dogged by accusations of cronyism, while it has struggled to keep up with supporters' demands at a time when incomes are tight.
Illanes, 56, was a long-time Morales ally appointed as deputy minister in March. His funeral will take place on Sunday in La Paz.
(Writing by Rosalba O'Brien; Editing by Matthew Lewis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-minister-idUSKCN1120UK?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d2f4677217a488dbb506128a9b8b07970c4b590b365aa6595a9e5311034066cc.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T12:50:37 | null | 2016-08-29T11:27:37 | The European Union's executive said on Monday it had a unanimous mandate from the bloc's 28 members to finalize negotiations on a free trade deal with the United States, a day after Germany's economy minister said the talks had "de facto failed". | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-eu-usa-ttip-europeancommission-idUSKCN114143%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151434944&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0JF | en | null | European Commission says 'ball still rolling' on trade deal with U.S. after German comments | null | null | www.reuters.com | Protesters depicting Statue of Liberty (L) and Europa on the bull take part in a demonstration against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit in Hannover, Germany April 23, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Protesters wear masks of U.S. President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they demonstrate against Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) free trade agreement before the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe in Hanover, Germany April 24, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
BRUSSELS The European Union's executive said on Monday it had a unanimous mandate from the bloc's 28 members to finalize negotiations on a free trade deal with the United States, a day after Germany's economy minister said the talks had "de facto failed".
Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel of Germany, the EU's biggest economy, said on Sunday that negotiations over the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) had failed because Europe rejected some U.S. demands.
Asked to comment on Gabriel's remarks, a European Commission spokesman said "the ball is still rolling" on TTIP.
"Although trade talks take time, the ball is rolling right now and the Commission is making steady progress in the ongoing TTIP negotiations," Margaritis Schinas told a news conference.
"Talks are now indeed entering crucial stage as we have proposals for almost all chapters on the table and a good sense of the outline of the future agreement."
Three years of negotiations failed to resolve multiple differences, including over food and environmental safety, with critics saying the pact would hand too much power to big multinationals at the expense of consumers and workers.
Backers of a sweeping U.S.-EU free trade deal see it bringing economic gains on both sides of the Atlantic. EU trade ministers will discuss the issue when they next meet in Bratislava on Sept.22.
Schinas said the Commission was still ready to finalize the deal by the end of the year but not at the expense of "Europe's safety, health, social and data protection standards, or our cultural diversity".
Britain's June vote to leave the EU has further clouded the picture, though Schinas insisted Brussels was still negotiating on behalf of all 28 members of the bloc, including London.
But the prospect of a Brexit has triggered fresh doubt that TTIP could be completed in the final months of U.S. President Barack Obama's term, as well as over Britain's exact status in any deal as London ponders its future ties with the EU.
(Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; Editing by Toby Chopra) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-usa-ttip-europeancommission-idUSKCN114143?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4bb3990265a9011aba9b3d8cd56d722e47d98e7a7e4b720da536f6507fa0b753.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T11:05:07 | null | 2016-08-31T09:10:22 | Turkey has arrested 815 people since the start of 2016 in its fight against Islamic State, and more than half of those were foreigners, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said in remarks broadcast on Turkish television channels on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-arrests-idUSKCN1160YH%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151696864&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0HD | en | null | Turkey arrests 815 this year in Islamic State crackdown: minister | null | null | www.reuters.com | A flag with the picture of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan is seen during the Democracy and Martyrs Rally, organized by him and supported by ruling AK Party (AKP), oppositions Republican People's Party (CHP) and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), to protest against last... REUTERS/Osman Orsal
ISTANBUL Turkey has arrested 815 people since the start of 2016 in its fight against Islamic State, and more than half of those were foreigners, Interior Minister Efkan Ala said in remarks broadcast on Turkish television channels on Wednesday.
Thousands of foreign fighters from countries including Turkey, Britain, Europe and the United States have joined the Islamist militants in their self-proclaimed caliphate in recent years, many of them passing through Turkey. Turkey has since launched a crackdown on the networks facilitating their passage.
Since launching the crackdown, Turkey has detained a total of 5,803 people, of which about 2,200 were foreigners, the minister said, without giving a precise period.
(Reporting by Asli Kandemir; Writing by Edmund Blair; Editing by Dasha Afanasieva) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-syria-turkey-arrests-idUSKCN1160YH?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f0076877d36805106b31bcc4f7ce06aa5cc30ea15c6b406078f12065dd9356d1.json |
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"Tim Kelly",
"Nobuhiro Kubo"
] | 2016-08-31T10:51:32 | null | 2016-08-31T10:27:20 | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) (7011.T) is in talks with an unidentified U.S. company over a possible partnership to develop an armored vehicle that for the first time could see a Japanese firm build arms for a foreign customer, a senior executive said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mhi-defense-usa-idUSKCN1160KX%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151704926&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0IX | en | null | Mitsubishi Heavy discusses U.S. armored vehicle tie up after losing sub deal | null | null | www.reuters.com | The logo of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is seen at the company's Sagamihara plant in Sagamihara, Japan, July 4, 2016. REUTERS/Maki Shiraki
A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 10 armoured tank fires during an annual training session near Mount Fuji at Higashifuji training field in Gotemba, west of Tokyo, Japan August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Members of a tank unit of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) riding on Type-10 armoured tanks take part in a military review during the annual troop review ceremony at Asaka Base in Asaka, near Tokyo October 27, 2013. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
TOKYO Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) (7011.T) is in talks with an unidentified U.S. company over a possible partnership to develop an armored vehicle that for the first time could see a Japanese firm build arms for a foreign customer, a senior executive said.
MHI is moving forward in the talks in the wake of its failure, as part of a Japanese government bid, to win a $40 billion contract to sell submarines to Australia.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's administration had hoped that the contract would be Japan's first major export deal after ending a decades-old ban on foreign arms sales in April 2014.
A partnership with a U.S. firm may prove an easier route into overseas markets for the globally inexperienced company.
"The U.S. is the easiest overseas market for us to do business in," Hisakazu Mizutani, the head of MHI's Defense and Space Systems business told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday.
Better known as the maker of the World War Two-era Zero fighter, Japan's leading defense contractor has hitherto developed kit exclusively for the nation's Self Defense Forces (SDF), which controls the rights to that technology.
Building arms for foreign customers could give MHI more control of the intellectual property and make it easier for the firm to get approval to sell its products overseas.
Mizutani said MHI was keeping the Japanese government informed of its discussions with the U.S. company. The results of those talks may be known by the year end, he added.
"We are in talks with a U.S. company are also discussing it with Japan's Ministry of Defense," Mizutani said.
"We were approached by the U.S. company," he added.
Since Japan's defeat in 1945 and the start of its close security alliance with the U.S., MHI has built partnerships with big American defense contractors including Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N), Boeing Co (BA.N) and Raytheon Co (RTN.N).
They have partnered on projects for the SDF such as its F-2 fighter, and agreed on licensed production of equipment including Patriot missile batteries, Chinook helicopters and other aircraft.
A partnership in armored vehicles would provide new avenues for MHI, the maker of Japan's main battle tank, to sell its defense technology in overseas markets.
Potential foreign partners could be attracted by MHI's armored vehicle technology, notably its heavy-duty tank engines, its gear technology and water jet propulsion systems that could be used to drive amphibious vehicles.
In its latest budget request on Wednesday, Japan's defense ministry said it will begin research on a new amphibious assault vehicle to replace the AAV7 built by the U.S. unit of BAE Systems Plc (BAES.L). The U.S. Marine Corp is also mulling a replacement for the 40 year old vehicle.
(Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mhi-defense-usa-idUSKCN1160KX?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fcc4e40a21fce13893507a1ee248cd4c71a73efaf16439495b90c56c611d5fde.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T09:00:15 | null | 2016-08-31T07:01:06 | Russell Knox has said watching the Ryder Cup will be a bittersweet experience after the Scot was overlooked by Europe captain Darren Clarke despite being the highest-ranked player outside of the nine automatic qualifying spots. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-golf-rydercup-knox-idUSKCN1160M5%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151683975&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0AQ | en | null | Snubbed Knox admits Ryder Cup will be hard to watch | null | null | www.reuters.com | Russell Knox has said watching the Ryder Cup will be a bittersweet experience after the Scot was overlooked by Europe captain Darren Clarke despite being the highest-ranked player outside of the nine automatic qualifying spots.
Ryder Cup veterans Lee Westwood and Martin Kaymer, and the in-form Thomas Pieters were selected as wildcards ahead of world number 20 Knox on Tuesday as Clarke confirmed his 12-man team to defend the trophy against the United States in Minnesota.
Clarke admitted that leaving Knox out of the three-day event starting on Sept. 30 in Hazeltine "was probably one of the toughest calls" he had to make.
"It's going to be difficult for me to watch the Ryder Cup but I probably will and I'll be rooting for the team of course. I wish them all the best and hope they win," Knox told British media.
"Of course, I feel like I deserve to be there and should be playing but I'm not, so I have to respect the decision that's been made," added the Scot, who won the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai last November.
"Every year, there's a guy in my position that doesn't get picked and it's a story right now, but in a couple of week's time when it all starts, I'm sure it'll be forgotten that I'm not in the team."
Knox, however, hoped to use the disappointment of missing out to his advantage in the FedEx Cup with the 31-year-old currently sitting seventh in the standings ahead of the last three events.
"It's certainly motivated me for the next three weeks, that's for sure. I have to use this as a springboard to try and win the FedEx Cup," he said.
"I've never wanted to prove someone wrong so badly in my life, I think. It's not sour grapes or anything. Darren had an extremely difficult decision and all of those three guys were worthy of a pick."
(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by John O'Brien) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-rydercup-knox-idUSKCN1160M5?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/077acafb48498a30c7740cdb693f313b51f51f06aefd065a3954d2c20fa0a594.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T16:59:51 | null | 2016-08-28T15:13:18 | For most women at the U.S. Open, overcoming Serena Williams is the biggest challenge. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-usopen-muguruza-idUSKCN1130ON%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151354840&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0EL | en | null | NY more of a distraction than top ranking for Muguruza | null | null | www.reuters.com | Tennis - French Open Women's Singles Final match - Roland Garros - Serena Williams of the U.S. vs Garbine Muguruza of Spain- Paris, France - 04/06/16 Muguruza reacts. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Tennis - French Open Womens Singles Final match - Roland Garros - Serena Williams of the U.S. vs Garbine Muguruza of Spain - Paris, France - 04/06/16. Serena Williams congratulates Garbine Muguruza. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Sep 1, 2015; New York, NY, USA; Gabrine Muguruza of Spain returns a shot to Carina Witthoeft of Germany on day two of the 2015 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 17, 2016; Mason, OH, USA; Garbine Muguruza (ESP) returns a shot against CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) on day five during the Western and Southern tennis tournament at Linder Family Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK For most women at the U.S. Open, overcoming Serena Williams is the biggest challenge.
But for Garbine Muguruza, coping with the unique demands of New York City outstrips any worries over the 22-times grand slam champion.
The Spaniard beat Williams to win the French Open for her first grand slam title this season and could take over the world number one spot from the American this fortnight.
The 22-year-old Muguruza, born in Venezuela, raised in Spain and now a resident of Geneva, is a fan of the country life and knows New York presents a very real challenge.
“I feel this tournament is the most tricky tournament because there is obviously a lot of things,” Muguruza told reporters at Flushing Meadows.
“There is always traffic. There is always noise, people. I don't know. Everything takes a lot of energy. “For whatever reason, it is more complicated, just because it's more a big city, huge city, huge everything. I'm not that city girl.” Muguruza has never gone beyond the second round in three visits to New York but as a grand slam champion, she knows she has the ability to go far.
Reaching the final could see her overtake Williams but Muguruza said the prospect of becoming number one did not add pressure. “For sure it will be an incredible achievement,” she said. “I don't even know what I have to do, I'm not really thinking about that.
“I'm just thinking what I have to do to winning my rounds and my matches and hopefully get to the last match and win it. But I think it will be incredible.”
Muguruza, who plays Belgian qualifier Elise Mertens in the first round of the year's last grand slam starting on Monday, said the buzz about the top ranking has picked up as Williams' hold on the number one spot has weakened.
“I feel the discussion is much louder because there is more movement (in the rankings)," the Spaniard said.
“There are a couple of players that can reach number one. So that creates a little bit of juicy comments.
“I feel it a little bit, but I guess it's normal.”
Muguruza experienced a quick let-down when she lost in the second round at Wimbledon after her Paris triumph but said she has been working hard on all areas of her game.
“I think I'm playing well,” she said. “I think I'm improving a lot of my fitness, getting stronger, getting more experience."
(Reporting by Simon Cambers; Editing by Larry Fine) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-usopen-muguruza-idUSKCN1130ON?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/38803d383d5329937393e0c58cf58b3736272a0a4822ef8007e4d36a30828255.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T23:00:11 | null | 2016-08-30T22:29:04 | Novak Djokovic, faltering and looking unusually vulnerable in his opening match at the U.S. Open, will attempt to right the ship on Wednesday when he plays Czech Jiri Vesely in the second round. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-open-preview-idUSKCN1152U3%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151646543&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1LR | en | null | Vulnerable Djokovic looks to right ship against Vesely | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Novak Djokovic of Serbia hits to Jerzy Janowicz of Poland on day one of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK Novak Djokovic, faltering and looking unusually vulnerable in his opening match at the U.S. Open, will attempt to right the ship on Wednesday when he plays Czech Jiri Vesely in the second round.
The defending champion struggled with his form and fitness in a labored 6-3 5-7 6-2 6-1 win over Poland's Jerzy Janowicz on Monday, adding a right elbow issue to the left wrist injury that has dogged him in recent months.
The left-handed Vesely beat Djokovic on clay in Monte Carlo earlier this year but the Serbian world number one said that defeat would have no bearing on Wednesday's encounter.
"Different surface, different circumstances, best-of-five," said Djokovic, a 12-times grand slam champion who lost early at Wimbledon this year and also at the Rio Olympics this month.
"But still, Vesely deserves respect. He's somebody that has been kind of trying to break through as the next generation.
"A couple of years ago, he already was there. He made a name of himself. Just gained the consistency, I think, over the last couple of years. He has a big game, a big serve, big forehand, and moves well for his size. So let's see.
"Obviously he hasn't played many times on the Arthur (Ashe) Stadium. Conditions are quite suitable to my style of the game. Hopefully I'll be able to slow his serve down a little bit and then take it from there."
Fourth seed Rafa Nadal, who is recovering from a wrist injury that forced him to pull out of the French Open and then to miss Wimbledon, plays in Wednesday's night session against Andreas Seppi of Italy.
The Spaniard says his wrist is improving day by day but concedes that he needs to cut loose on his forehand.
"When you have pain, you try to change the movement to avoid a little bit that pain," Nadal said. "So I need to find again the normal movement. But I am on the way."
Australian Open champion and second seed Angelique Kerber of Germany, third-seeded Spaniard Garbine Muguruza and Czech Petra Kvitova, a twice former Wimbledon champion, are also in second-round action.
(Editing by Mark Lamport-Stokes) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-open-preview-idUSKCN1152U3?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ddd47e3e4d28053bae34b63179cdf86b083ebbf019bdc9a59af33b5e93731d68.json |
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"Jessica Toonkel"
] | 2016-08-26T19:01:34 | null | 2016-08-26T17:56:41 | A Massachusetts judge on Friday told attorneys to see if they could agree to resolve at least parts of a lingering family dispute over the fate of the empire built by Sumner Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc (VIAB.O). | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-viacom-redstone-idUSKCN11122K%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151203011&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1B3 | en | null | Judge in Redstone hearing urges attorneys to reach agreements | null | null | www.reuters.com | FILE PHOTO: Sumner Redstone, executive chairman of CBS Corp. and Viacom, arrives at the premiere of 'The Guilt Trip' in Los Angeles December 11, 2012. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo
CANTON, Mass. A Massachusetts judge on Friday told attorneys to see if they could agree to resolve at least parts of a lingering family dispute over the fate of the empire built by Sumner Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc (VIAB.O).
Judge George Phelan gave the instruction before declaring a break in a hearing on Friday that is part of the ongoing legal saga over whether Redstone was mentally competent when he removed former Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman and board member George Abrams from a trust that will determine the fate of his media empire.
The proceedings likely will not affect the removal of Dauman and Abrams from Viacom and Redstone's trust, according to people familiar with the situation.
On Saturday, Viacom announced that it had come to an agreement with Redstone, and his privately-held National Amusements Inc, which owns 80 percent of the voting shares of Viacom and CBS Corp (CBS.N)
Dauman has stepped down as CEO and will receive as much as $90 million in cash and stock-based compensation, according to the agreement.
But Keryn Redstone, who is Shari Redstone's niece and was replaced as a trustee in 2012, is challenging the validity of the settlement agreement because she believes her grandfather is being manipulated by his daughter Shari.
Under the settlement, the board of Viacom added the five directors that National Amusements put forward in June, bringing the board to 15 directors after Dauman departs. Three of those directors are expected to step down after Viacom's annual meeting next year, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters last week.
Despite that settlement, Redstone's granddaughter Keryn Redstone has filed a cross-complaint in connection to Dauman's lawsuit. In a filing on Thursday she also questioned if Dauman's side did enough to assure themselves that Redstone had the mental capacity to understand the terms.
At the hearing on Friday in Norfolk County Probate and Family Court in Canton, Massachusetts, Judge Phelan said that he has "some concerns about what information was being given to Sumner."
Phelan urged attorneys for the various sides to see if they could resolve some of Keryn Redstone's concerns, such as by amending trust documents or arranging for her to speak with her grandfather via a video link.
(Reporting by Ross Kerber; Editing by Nick Zieminski) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-viacom-redstone-idUSKCN11122K?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/64c466e726051d4649d86155728c4709030089444aa580b0851f417bcd8c4a39.json |
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"Michael Martina"
] | 2016-08-29T07:04:47 | null | 2016-08-29T05:47:57 | China is hoping to cement its standing as a global power when it hosts leaders from the world's biggest economies this weekend, but suspects the West and its allies will try to deny Beijing what it sees as its rightful place on the international stage. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-g20-china-idUSKCN1140CN%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151406273&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S05Z | en | null | China wants a successful G20 but suspects West may derail agenda | null | null | www.reuters.com | The buildings of a conference centre, where the G20 summit will be held, is pictured in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, August 3, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
A man rides an electronic bike past a billboard for the upcoming G20 summit in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, July 29, 2016. Picture taken July 29, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song
BEIJING China is hoping to cement its standing as a global power when it hosts leaders from the world's biggest economies this weekend, but suspects the West and its allies will try to deny Beijing what it sees as its rightful place on the international stage.
Ensuring that this does not happen will be one of President Xi Jinping's priorities, and a key mark of how successful China will judge the G20 summit to be.
Beijing wants to use the Sept 4-5 meeting in the tourist hub of Hangzhou to lay out a broad strategy for global growth, but talks are likely to be overshadowed by arguments over everything from territorial disputes to protectionism, diplomats said.
"From where China sits, it looks like the Americans are trying to encircle them," said a senior Western envoy, describing conversations with Chinese officials ahead of G20 as being dominated by the South China Sea row and an advanced U.S. anti-missile system to be deployed in South Korea.
In recent months, China has been incensed by a ruling against its claims in the South China Sea by an international court, a case initiated by Manila but blamed by Beijing on Washington.
While China wants to make sure its highest profile event of the year goes off successfully, Xi will be under pressure at home to ensure he is strong in the face of challenges to his authority on issues like the South China Sea, going by reports in state media.
China has already made clear it does not want such matters overshadowing the meeting, which will be attended by U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and other world leaders.
State media has given great play to the idea that G20 is for China to show leadership in shaping global governance rules and forging ahead with sustainable global growth, with the official People's Daily saying this could be one of the G20's most fruitful ever get-togethers.
"Let's make cooperation ever higher," it wrote in a commentary last week.
But the state-run Study Times wrote in mid-August that Western countries were trying to deliberately exclude a rising China and deny it a proper voice on the world stage with schemes like the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership.
"Trying to get back their right to global governance, they are forging a new 'sacred alliance', striving to establish new rules," the influential paper, published twice a week by the Central Party School, wrote in a G20 commentary.
"These new rules will exclude China."
ANGERED BY BRITAIN, AUSTRALIA
Overseas, China has been angered by questions raised by Britain and Australia over strategic Chinese investments in their countries, saying it smacks of protectionism and paranoia.
Australia has blocked the A$10 billion ($7.7 billion) sale of the country's biggest energy grid to Chinese bidders, while Britain has delayed a $24 billion Chinese-invested nuclear project.
But Western officials have their own concerns about access for their companies in China and are increasingly not afraid to talk about it.
Joerg Wuttke, the President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, said there has been a change in tone as European officials having been expressing more dissatisfaction with China's overcapacity problems and a lack of reciprocal market access for European companies. "It has reached the point where people are not afraid to speak up any more. They feel like they have to be tougher in front of their own constituencies," Wuttke told Reuters.
A European official involved in trade issues with China expressed exasperation at China's attitude on protectionism.
"The Chinese would shut you down at once if you said you wanted to buy one of their grids. You wouldn't get to the end of the sentence," the official added.
None of this will make for plain sailing at G20.
"China is angry with almost everyone at the moment," said a second Beijing-based Western diplomat familiar with the summit.
To be sure, China does want G20 to go smoothly, said a third Western diplomat.
"It's very important from the stance of national pride," said the diplomat, pointing out it was not uncommon for G20s to be hijacked by issues other than economics.
"It's a minefield for China."
JAPAN WORRIES
Then there is Japan, a country with which China has been embroiled in disputes for much of the last decade over their wartime past and a spat over a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea.
Last week, China's top diplomat called on Japan to be "constructive" at G20, with the deeper fear in Beijing that Japan is angling to become involved in the South China Sea dispute as well, at the behest of its ally the United States.
Wang Youming, the head of the developing countries program at the Foreign Ministry-backed China Institute of International Studies, wrote in the widely-read Chinese tabloid the Global Times that the closer G20 got, the more Japan was trying to cause trouble.
"Japan is getting entangled in the South and East China Sea issues, cozying up to the Philippines, and urging China to respect the result of the so-called 'arbitration' case," Wang wrote.
"Japan is up to its old tricks, and it's hard not to think they are trying to mess things up."
(Additional reporting by Gao Liangping and Beijing newsroom; Editing by Raju Gopalakrishnan) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-g20-china-idUSKCN1140CN?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/2a7d0144baf9ccb4be174c50ddf0e8a3ebcfafc9fab47a87bb47b47bfb359988.json |
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"Jill Serjeant"
] | 2016-08-29T01:02:45 | null | 2016-08-28T23:40:24 | The divas of pop and R&B look set to steal the show at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday, where Beyonce will perform live on stage and excitement built over performances by Rihanna and Britney Spears. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-awards-mtvvma-idUSKCN1130LV%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151382600&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0LY | en | null | Beyonce to perform at MTV Video Music Awards | null | null | www.reuters.com | Journalists walk through cardboard cutouts showing where attendees will sit for the upcoming 2016 MTV VMA awards in New York, U.S., August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Journalists walk through cardboard cutouts showing where attendees will sit for the upcoming 2016 MTV VMA awards in New York, August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Beyonce arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Beyonce arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
Beyonce arrives at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards in New York, U.S., August 28, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
NEW YORK The divas of pop and R&B look set to steal the show at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday, where Beyonce will perform live on stage and excitement built over performances by Rihanna and Britney Spears.
But don't count out Kanye West, the rapper with a talent for the unpredictable, who is a contender for the coveted video of the year award and who will be seated in the front row just a short leap from the VMA stage.
VMA organizers announced just three hours before Sunday's live show kicked off that Beyonce, who has a career-best 11 nominations, will take the stage at New York's Madison Square Garden.
But in the spirit of surprises and controversy that marks the annual VMAs, they have not said whether West, or sultry eight-time nominated British singer Adele will sing.
"The culture around the show is that every artist has the latitude to express themselves in whichever way they want to, and we sort of light that candle and hold on for dear life," said VMA executive producer Garrett English ahead of the show.
"There is a volatility to it, a massive creative expectation and a lot of one-upmanship that happens, and from that a lot of spontaneity happens and we are good with that," he added.
Beyonce is expected to perform songs from her visual album "Lemonade" and its bold themes of betrayal, revenge and race that are seen as an ode to female empowerment.
The R&B singer's politically-charged "Formation" will compete for the video of the year prize with Adele's 2015 comeback single "Hello," Canadian rapper Drake's "Hotline Bling," Justin Bieber's "Sorry" and West's sleeping nude celebrity look-alikes in "Famous."
The winners are voted on by fans.
Other confirmed performers include Nicki Minaj, who will join Ariana Grande for Grande's new song, "Side to Side," and Nick Jonas who will sing "Bacon" with Ty Dolla $ign.
Spears, 34, will return to the VMA stage for the first time since her humiliating 2007 showing with "Gimme More" when her personal and professional life was falling apart. Spears released a new album on Friday, which is already a hit.
Rihanna will open the show and is expected to perform a career retrospective marking her lifetime achievement award in the form of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard prize.
One of pop music's biggest names isn't expected to attend. Taylor Swift, who has dominated music award shows for the past decade, didn't get a single VMA nomination this time.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Andrew Bolton and Alan Crosby) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-awards-mtvvma-idUSKCN1130LV?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8fd1da71f18548a6b3894d5a907e052df28ee3a4c3732c819f2967a801cc0200.json |
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"Timothy Gardner"
] | 2016-08-26T18:59:05 | null | 2016-08-26T17:33:13 | The Obama administration proposed a rule on Friday aimed at attracting thousands of immigrant entrepreneurs to start companies in the United States. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-immigration-entrepreneurs-idUSKCN111242%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | White House proposes rule to welcome immigrant entrepreneurs | null | null | www.reuters.com | WASHINGTON The Obama administration proposed a rule on Friday aimed at attracting thousands of immigrant entrepreneurs to start companies in the United States.
The rule, proposed by the Department of Homeland Security, would ease the ability of startup founders to build companies if they have significant funding from U.S. investors.
The administration hopes the rule will be completed before President Barack Obama's term ends on Jan. 20.
The proposed rule is part of Obama's commitment to "attracting the world's best and brightest entrepreneurs to start the next great companies here," Tom Kalil, a technology policy adviser at the White House, told reporters in a call.
Kalil said immigrants have co-founded as many as one in four high-tech startups across the United States and more than half of all startups in Silicon Valley.
Immigration has been a crucial issue in the 2016 presidential campaign ahead of the Nov. 8 election. Republican candidate Donald Trump has vowed to toughen immigration policies, while Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has proposed creating an office of immigrant affairs to expand Obama's efforts to help immigrants integrate better into the country.
Under the rule, DHS would issue temporary permission for entrepreneurs to live in the United States if they have at least 15 percent ownership in startup companies formed in the country within the past three years. The companies must have investment of at least $345,000 from qualified U.S. investors. The administration expects about 3,000 immigrants would apply for the temporary permission, known as parole.
Max Levchin, a co-founder of PayPal and other companies who was born in Ukraine, said the proposed rule is a "great, concrete step toward creating more jobs in America and more success stories."
Many entrepreneurs are educated at prestigious U.S. universities, but find themselves unable to stay in the country because they lose visa lotteries or can't afford to sponsor themselves through an existing investor visa program.
"We lose and will continue to lose talented, skilled, well educated scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs because they are simply not allowed to stay and work after we educated them to very high standards," Levchin said. "It makes very little sense."
(Reporting by Timothy Gardner; Editing by James Dalgleish) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-entrepreneurs-idUSKCN111242?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/1ce4d32b9ff20a5316ec0e1c8b03c8be25d00f027e6da63587b936d391ab2732.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T09:00:16 | null | 2016-08-31T08:14:17 | U.S. Masters champion Danny Willett will pose a serious threat to compatriot Justin Rose's title defense at this year's Hong Kong Open after the Ryder Cup team mates confirmed their participation in the Dec. 8-11 tournament. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-golf-asia-hong-kong-idUSKCN1160T0%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151691584&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0E8 | en | null | Rose, Willett confirm Hong Kong Open participation | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 28, 2016; Farmingdale, NY, USA; Justin Rose on the third green during the final round of The Barclays golf tournament at Bethpage State Park - Black Course. Mandatory Credit: Eric Sucar-USA TODAY Sports
U.S. Masters champion Danny Willett will pose a serious threat to compatriot Justin Rose's title defense at this year's Hong Kong Open after the Ryder Cup team mates confirmed their participation in the Dec. 8-11 tournament.
Englishman Rose pipped Denmark's Lucas Bjerregaard by one shot last year and is keen for a repeat triumph at the event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour, European Tour and Hong Kong Golf Association.
"Winning at Fanling last year was great so I am really looking forward to defending my title," the 36-year-old was quoted as saying in an Asian Tour statement on Wednesday.
Rose is on a high after becoming the first man in 112 years to win an Olympic gold in golf at the Rio Games.
"Winning the Olympics was very special. I have to say it was one of the greatest weeks of my career," the world number 10 added.
"I think all of the golfers who were a part of the Olympics felt how special it was to be a part of the biggest sporting event in the world and it was great to see such great crowds in Rio."
It has been an equally memorable year for Willett, who overhauled Jordan Spieth on the back nine to win his first major at Augusta National, represented Britain in Rio along with Rose and will play in his first Ryder Cup at the end of September.
"I have some good memories of the course and the tournament in Hong Kong so I am looking forward to getting back there and trying to get my hands on the trophy," said Willett, who finished 21st when he last played the event in 2011.
"Rosey and I were team mates in Rio and will be team mates in the Ryder Cup so we are spending a fair bit of time together these days," Willett added.
"After he won in Hong Kong last year I am pretty sure he will be one of the main men to beat in December."
(Reporting by Amlan Chakraborty in New Delhi; Editing by John O'Brien) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-golf-asia-hong-kong-idUSKCN1160T0?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/df9e537f14868de11cfb7d7a89a03734c0c146fdb0b771b0070c005d6440b0de.json |
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"Canice Leung"
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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump boards his plane as his social media director Dan Scavino takes his photo from the top of the stairs following a campaign rally in Tampa, Florida. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
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"Philip Blenkinsop"
] | 2016-08-30T18:51:22 | null | 2016-08-30T18:18:32 | France cast serious doubt on Tuesday on the prospects of an EU free trade deal with the United States, adding to opposition within Germany just two months after their countries' leaders reaffirmed support for an accord. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-eu-usa-ttip-france-idUSKCN1150H2%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151621725&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T074 | en | null | EU-U.S. trade deal in doubt as France urges end to talks | null | null | www.reuters.com | PARIS/BRUSSELS France cast serious doubt on Tuesday on the prospects of an EU free trade deal with the United States, adding to opposition within Germany just two months after their countries' leaders reaffirmed support for an accord.
Washington and Brussels are officially committed to sealing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) before U.S. President Barack Obama leaves office in January, but their chances of doing so are being eroded by approaching elections and Britain's vote in June to leave the European Union.
"Everything is moving. In this situation it's just not going to happen," said Peter van Ham, senior research fellow at Dutch think tank Clingendael and author of a paper on Tuesday called "TTIP is dead, long live transatlantic trade".
French Trade Minister Matthias Fekl said he would request a halt to TTIP talks at next month's EU trade ministers' meeting in Bratislava after German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel declared at the weekend that talks were "de facto dead".
Observers say both are responding to public mistrust of a deal that critics say would lower environmental and food standards and allow foreign multinationals to challenge government policies.
Stop TTIP campaigns have been particularly vocal in Germany and Austria, which supporters of TTIP say are among the countries most likely to benefit from increased U.S. trade.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, of Gabriel's Social Democratic Party (SPD), urged diplomats and business chiefs on Tuesday to counter anti-globalisation sentiments that are fuelling opposition to free trade deals.
Ahead of elections in France and Germany next year, politicians are keenly aware that TTIP is not a vote winner.
The Bertelsmann Foundation poll showed only 17 percent of Germans saw TTIP as a good thing in April, down from 55 percent two years earlier.
"There may be an economic rationale, but everyone is scrapping for votes and you lose votes if you support TTIP," Van Ham said, adding that any credit from potential free trade gains would be two to three years away.
Supporters say TTIP could boost each economy by $100 billion, creating jobs at a time of economic uncertainty as growth and consumption slow in China and emerging markets. EU leaders backed TTIP talks at a summit in June.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, White House spokesman Josh Earnest admitted "significant aspects" of the deal were unresolved, but said U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman would travel to Europe in an effort to push the talks forward.
"I anticipate that when he travels to Europe in mid-September that they'll be engaged in substantive discussions and hopefully will be able to make some additional progress," Earnest said.
Three years of negotiations have failed to resolve multiple differences, however, including over public procurement and rules to protect foods from particular regions, such as Parma ham, which the EU wants, and greater access to services and for its agricultural products, as demanded by the United States.
"Practically there's no real change. It's been stuck for the better part of two years," said Hosuk Lee-Makiyama, director of Brussels-based think tank ECIPE.
EU trade chief Cecelia Malmstrom told journalists negotiations had not failed and that many EU countries had said they still backed TTIP.
They included Italy, whose trade and industry minister said it was essential for Italian exporters that the negotiations bore fruit.
Germany's Gabriel is the chairman of the SPD who share power with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives. Merkel backs the talks and her spokesman insisted on Monday that they should continue.
Malmstrom added that it made no sense to suspend talks in September because the two sides could still make advances in regulatory cooperation, agreeing standards that are important to industries such as the auto sector, and that could be picked up by Obama's successor even a deal was not sealed this year.
"The more work we have done, the easier it is to resume," she said before a planned video conference with Froman.
Froman has said Britain's EU exit will affect TTIP because Britain consumes about a quarter of U.S. exports to the bloc.
Trade analysts say that Washington may be preparing for the end of trade talks, which typically conclude with each side holding the other responsible for failure.
President Francois Hollande told ambassadors on Tuesday that talks were "bogged down" and "unbalanced" and it was an illusion to imagine that a deal could be sealed during Obama's term.
"Very soon you end in a blame game," said Lee-Makiyama. "But trade negotiations never really die. They just go into a stock-taking phase."
(Reporting by Sophie Louet and John Irish in Paris, Crispian Balmer in Rome, Madeline Chambers, Andrea Shalal in Berlin; Writing by Andrew Callus and Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Catherine Evans) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-eu-usa-ttip-france-idUSKCN1150H2?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/0b60d29c68ae33dca3ea33f4380515bf5d7fdebc7a7f8f755e329c3227b2fd4e.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:59:50 | null | 2016-08-30T20:52:06 | A former Virginia politician who was jailed over a sex scandal involving a teenage girl leads a crowded field running for mayor of the state's capital city, a poll showed on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-virginia-politics-idUSKCN1152OO%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Poll shows Virginia lawmaker jailed in sex scandal leading mayor's race | null | null | www.reuters.com | A former Virginia politician who was jailed over a sex scandal involving a teenage girl leads a crowded field running for mayor of the state's capital city, a poll showed on Tuesday.
Joe Morrissey, 58, holds a commanding lead in the Richmond mayor's race with 28 percent of the vote city-wide, according to the Christopher Newport University poll. The poll showed him about 12 points ahead of the nearest of his seven competitors.
Morrissey pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor in December 2014 for his relationship with a receptionist who began working in his office when she was 17. He is now married to the woman and they have two children.
Morrissey, who was first elected to the Virginia House of Delegates in 2007, was sentenced to six months in jail and resigned from office. He switched from Democrat to run as an independent in the special election to fill his seat.
During a three-month stay in an area jail, Morrissey commuted to the state legislature on work release and also ran his re-election campaign.
Morrissey stunned political pundits when he won in January 2015 while serving his jail sentence. He gave up his most recent bid to serve in the state Senate last September, citing health problems.
The poll was based on 600 live interviews with registered voters Aug. 18 through- 24 and has a margin of error of 4.9 percentage points.
Morrissey also had his license to practice law revoked by the Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board in 2003.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Dan Grebler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-virginia-politics-idUSKCN1152OO?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6d1c75612478bdb248a7df031d7909d318adcd49a8e858f7a42aa9f106104ab3.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T07:04:20 | null | 2016-08-27T06:03:17 | Bangladesh security forces killed four militants on Saturday, including the alleged mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the head of Dhaka's counter-terrorism police unit told Reuters. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-bangladesh-militants-idUSKCN11204G%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160827&t=2&i=1151251597&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7Q01T | en | null | Bangladesh security forces kill 'mastermind' of Dhaka cafe attack | null | null | www.reuters.com | Policemen sneak a look inside the Holey Artisan Bakery and the O'Kitchen Restaurant as others inspect the site after gunmen attacked, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 3, 2016. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
DHAKA Bangladesh security forces killed four militants on Saturday, including the alleged mastermind of an attack on a cafe in Dhaka last month in which 22 people, mostly foreigners, were killed, the head of Dhaka's counter-terrorism police unit told Reuters.
The militants were cornered in an early morning raid on their hideout in Naraynganj, on the outskirts of the capital, and were killed after refusing to surrender, Additional Commissioner of Police Monirul Islam said.
Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, the alleged mastermind of the attack on the cafe, was among those killed.
Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the cafe attack and, while the government has dismissed the claim, security experts say the scale and sophistication of the assault suggested links to trans-national networks.
Analysts say Islamic State in April identified Chowdhury as its national commander.
The suspected Islamist militants singled out non-Muslims and foreigner hostages in the July 1 evening attack, killing Italians, Japanese, an American and an Indian before security forces stormed the eatery to end the 12-hour siege that has weighed on Bangladesh's multi-billion dollar garments industry.
The government says the July 1 attack -- and another on July 26 in which police killed nine militants believed to be plotting a similar assault-- were the work of domestic militants.
(Reporting by Serajul Quadir; writing by Krishna N. Das; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-militants-idUSKCN11204G?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ffd9c29f8e83d4cdc55ecd2d92d0a916b388d54a3b52ce816b4a5a54616e7a2a.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T02:52:23 | null | 2016-08-31T01:20:19 | Dundee Corp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB0KP%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Dundee and United Hydrocarbon International announce restructuring | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Dundee Corp
* Dundee Corporation and United Hydrocarbon International corp. Announce restructuring
* Dundee has converted $323 million of convertible debentures and notes of UHIC issued prior to june 1, into common shares of UHIC
* Dundee forgiving all related accrued and unpaid interest on debentures and notes
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] | 2016-08-30T09:00:04 | null | 2016-08-30T07:45:36 | Eighth-seeded Madison Keys was forced to stay up late before overcoming fellow American Alison Riske to close out Monday's play at Arthur Ashe Stadium on a busy opening day for the home contingent at the U.S. Open. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-tennis-open-americans-idUSKCN1150LB%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151542172&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T0AB | en | null | Keys locks out Riske to end busy day for Americans | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 29, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Allison Riske of the United States hits a volley against Madison Keys of the United States (not pictured) on day one of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 29, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Madison Keys of the United States serves against Allison Riske of the United States (not pictured) on day one of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 29, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Madison Keys of the United States hits a backhand against Allison Riske of the United States (not pictured) on day one of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 29, 2016; New York, NY, USA; Madison Keys of the United States returns a shot against Alison Riske of the United States on day one of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports
NEW YORK Eighth-seeded Madison Keys was forced to stay up late before overcoming fellow American Alison Riske to close out Monday's play at Arthur Ashe Stadium on a busy opening day for the home contingent at the U.S. Open.
Keys, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals and Wimbledon quarter-finals last year, reined in her sometimes over exuberant groundstrokes to claim a 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 win over the 60th-ranked Riske in a grueling two hour, 25 minute slugfest.
With the night program delayed by more than an hour following a ceremony to mark the opening of the tournament, the final match ended at 1:48 a.m., making it the latest women's match ever at the U.S. Open.
"I just looked up and it's almost 2 (a.m.)," the 21-year-old Keys laughed in a post-match interview. "Who wants to go party?"
After years of hand-wringing over the state of U.S. tennis other than mighty women's world number one Serena Williams, talent from the junior ranks is beginning to emerge.
At the start of play, 39 Americans were in the main draw, one fewer than the record for local players set in 2005, and by the end of the day, nine of them had advanced but 14 had already been eliminated in first round action.
Next up for Keys, who twice received treatment on her right shoulder, is another American, 16-year-old Kayla Day, the U.S. national junior champion and youngest player in the draw.
UPSETS AVOIDED
On the men's side, two established American players, John Isner and Jack Sock, avoided upsets, fighting off challenges from highly touted 18-year-old compatriots.
Big-serving Isner, the top-ranked American in the draw at number 21, roared back from two sets down to beat Frances Tiafoe 3-6 4-6 7-6(5) 6-2 7-6(3).
In another all-American battle, 26th-ranked Sock, who won mixed doubles gold and doubles bronze at the Rio Olympics, held off Taylor Fritz 7-6(3) 7-5 3-6 1-6 6-4.
The winners were full of praise for their younger opponents.
"I was struggling to match his intensity," Isner, 31, said about the Grandstand court contest. "In the early going, he was all over me and was the better player hands down.
"The atmosphere was amazing. Standing room only in that fifth set. The crowd was going nuts."
Tiafoe was serving for the match at 5-3 in the fifth set, but Isner broke to bring it back on serve and won the deciding tie-breaker 7-3.
"I can't say enough about Frances," Isner said. "He has a fantastic future."
Sock was equally as magnanimous about Fritz after his win.
"He's an incredible young player, has an incredible future ahead of him," the 23-year-old Sock said.
(Editing by John O'Brien) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-tennis-open-americans-idUSKCN1150LB?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/cfb53c3275cdf593e9b6dfbf7a3b95a44912dfb217e9a7971d24d59f71ffb1ca.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T01:01:33 | null | 2016-08-26T23:40:35 | A 21-year-old worker at the Yellowstone National Park plunged to her death early on Friday from the edge of a canyon while socializing with colleagues, park officials said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-yellowstone-death-idUSKCN1112HU%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Yellowstone employee falls to death in park canyon | null | null | www.reuters.com | A 21-year-old worker at the Yellowstone National Park plunged to her death early on Friday from the edge of a canyon while socializing with colleagues, park officials said.
Estefania Liset Mosquera Alcivar, a concession employee, was with a small group of coworkers at the rim of the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone shortly after 3:15 a.m. when she fell, according to accounts by her companions, the park's public affairs office said in a statement.
Her body was recovered about four hours later and the incident remains under investigation, the officials said. Alvicar is from Quito, Ecuador.
The incident along with three major wildfires burning in Yellowstone come at the height of the summer tourist season and as officials in both parks prepare for celebrations set for Thursday marking the 100th anniversary of the creation of the National Park Service.
The fires have prompted authorities to close the south entrance to the park, which last month saw an average of more than 2,400 vehicles per day.
Yellowstone, which occupies the northwestern corner of Wyoming and spills over into Idaho and Montana, was the first national park established in the United States and remains one of its most popular.
(Reporting by Dan Whitcomb; Editing by Sandra Maler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yellowstone-death-idUSKCN1112HU?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/be3301bc94e07dc3ecf6e7ed54e9af55b3baa969b10f51a2270f51eca7dc2783.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T06:50:30 | null | 2016-08-29T06:26:28 | Woolworths Ltd (WOW.AX) said on Monday the U.S. company with which it had a hardware retail joint venture had started legal proceedings, five days after Australia's No.1 grocery chain said it was exiting the business. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-woolworths-ltd-lowes-court-idUSKCN1140FK%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151409638&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S07F | en | null | Australia's Woolworths says hardware JV partner Lowe's takes it to court | null | null | www.reuters.com | A shopper walks out of a Woolworths store in Sydney, Australia, May 12, 2016. Picture taken May 12, 2016. REUTERS/David Gray
SYDNEY Woolworths Ltd (WOW.AX) said on Monday the U.S. company with which it had a hardware retail joint venture had started legal proceedings, five days after Australia's No.1 grocery chain said it was exiting the business.
Woolworths's joint venture partner, Lowe's Companies Inc (LOW.N), has filed a court application in relation to their hardware chain, the company said in a statement.
The Australian company did not give details of the court application but said it "is yet to be served with documents relating to this application".
In a statement, Lowe's said "Woolworths has engaged in oppressive conduct, including by invalidly and in bad faith attempting to terminate" the joint venture.
Woolworths said last week its three-way plan to shut down and sell parts of its home wares business will proceed as planned.
(Reporting by Byron Kaye; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-woolworths-ltd-lowes-court-idUSKCN1140FK?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8af77928c19709e8d40800c13ceeba69d865bb6bf6c63fc8a93ffff1e3ea9585.json |
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* Martin Shkreli - sold all shares of Kalobios Pharmaceuticals common stock held on Aug 25, 2016 and Aug 26, 2016 in private transactions
* Martin Shkreli dissolves stake in Kalobios Pharmaceuticals Inc as of August 25, 2016 - SEC filing
* Martin shkreli held a 32.05 pct stake in Kalobios Pharmaceuticals Inc, as of Nov. 24, 2015 -- Thomson Reuters Data
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] | 2016-08-26T13:20:49 | null | 2016-08-25T16:05:29 | Two Florida hospitals will not seek payment of medical bills from the dozens of people treated for injuries suffered in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June, officials at the health facilities said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-florida-shooting-idUSKCN1101WG%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160825&t=2&i=1151050396&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7O1B2 | en | null | Orlando hospitals won't charge nightclub shooting victims for care | null | null | www.reuters.com | The Pulse nightclub sign is pictured following the mass shooting in Orlando, Florida, U.S. in this file photo dated June 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Hundreds of community members line up outside a clinic to donate blood after an early morning shooting attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S June 12, 2016. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo
Gunshot survivor Angel Colon is surrounded by doctors as he listens to remarks at a news conference at the Orlando Regional Medical Center on the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
Gunshot survivor Patience Carter (2nd L) is comforted by Dr. Neil Finkler as fellow survivor Angel Santiago (R) looks on at a news conference at Florida Hospital Orlando on the shooting at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, U.S., June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo
Two Florida hospitals will not seek payment of medical bills from the dozens of people treated for injuries suffered in the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in June, officials at the health facilities said.
The move leaves the hospitals with estimated unreimbursed costs topping $5.5 million, they said on Thursday.
Forty-nine people were killed and 53 were wounded by gunman Omar Mateen before police fatally shot him after a three-hour standoff inside the gay dance club on June 12.
U.S. authorities said Mateen was self-radicalized and acted alone, without assistance or orders from abroad, to commit the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history.
"It was incredible to see how our community came together in the wake of the senseless Pulse shooting," said Daryl Tol, president and CEO of Florida Hospital. "We hope this gesture can add to the heart and goodwill that defines Orlando."
Florida Hospital treated 12 shooting victims at a cost of about $525,400, it said.
Orlando Health said in a statement that it expects to absorb costs exceeding $5 million after payments from funding sources such as insurance plans. Its main hospital, Orlando Regional Medical Center, treated 44 patients at its trauma center located a few blocks from the nightclub.
One patient hurt in the attack remains in guarded condition at the hospital, spokeswoman Sabrina Childress said in an email.
"During this very trying time, many organizations, individuals, and charities have reached out to Orlando Health to show their support," Orlando Health President and CEO David Strong said in a statement. "This is simply our way of paying that kindness forward."
The nightclub remains closed. Former U.S. President Bill Clinton made a quick stop at the memorial outside Pulse on Wednesday, the Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported.
(Reporting by Colleen Jenkins in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Editing by Bill Trott) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-florida-shooting-idUSKCN1101WG?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/8e82b366c8e5775da7419770f2fa68f851410a1c46c2fb461afc711458d6569f.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T02:52:21 | null | 2016-08-30T01:59:59 | The Pentagon has ordered a review of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which is under construction and due to be delivered in November, a Defense Department spokesman said on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-defense-carrier-idUSKCN11505G.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151517827&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T01Y | en | null | Pentagon orders review of unfinished aircraft carrier | null | null | www.reuters.com | US Defense Acquisition Chief Frank Kendall speaks to journalists at a news conference at the 2014 Farnborough International Airshow in Farnborough, southern England July 14, 2014. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty
WASHINGTON The Pentagon has ordered a review of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, which is under construction and due to be delivered in November, a Defense Department spokesman said on Monday.
Defense Undersecretary for Acquisition Frank Kendall ordered the review, citing a list of problems with the ship, Bloomberg News reported.
"With the benefit of hindsight, it was clearly premature to include so many unproven technologies" on the carrier, Kendall wrote to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in an Aug. 23 memo, according to Bloomberg.
A Pentagon spokesman confirmed to Reuters that Kendall had ordered the review. It was not immediately clear who would conduct it.
"We want to be sure we all have the same accurate picture of the reliability and performance aspects of the key new systems" on the carrier, Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright said in a statement.
"Also, any impacts on the follow-on ships should be understood as soon as possible to allow for the time and knowledge to make proper decisions regarding their systems," he said.
The Pentagon hopes the carrier, being built by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc, will be finished "by the mid-November timeframe," Wright said.
(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Peter Cooney) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-defense-carrier-idUSKCN11505G | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/ea07afaac79c97017d701ecb5f1a90df930a11942e6122310f9aa1d74e248d87.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:51:24 | null | 2016-08-30T12:02:50 | Teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co's (ANF.N) sales dropped for the 14th straight quarter, hurt by lower traffic, including from tourists, at its flagship stores. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-abercrombie-results-idUSKCN1151CN%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151570315&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T0NY | en | null | Abercrombie & Fitch sales fall for 14th straight quarter | null | null | www.reuters.com | An Abercrombie & Fitch store is pictured on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Teen apparel retailer Abercrombie & Fitch Co's (ANF.N) sales dropped for the 14th straight quarter, hurt by lower traffic, including from tourists, at its flagship stores.
The company's shares tumbled nearly 12 percent in premarket trading on Tuesday.
The retailer's comparable sales at stores open at least a year fell a slightly steeper-than-expected 4 percent in the second quarter ended July 30.
"Flagship and tourist locations continued to account for the vast majority of the comparable sales decline as traffic remained a significant headwind," Executive Chairman Arthur Martinez said.
"As we look to the rest of the year, we now expect flagship and tourist locations will continue to weigh on the business."
Abercrombie has also been hurt by fierce competition from fast-fashion retailers such as H&M (HMb.ST) and Inditex's (ITX.MC) Zara.
To win back shoppers, it has been remodeling its Hollister stores, hired designers from top brands to keep up with trends and shifted away from logo-centric designs.
Comparable sales at Abercrombie stores open at least a year fell 7 percent in the quarter. Analysts on average had expected a fall of 6.50 percent, according to research firm Consensus Metrix.
The company's total net sales fell 4.2 percent to $783.2 million.
The net loss attributable to Abercrombie increased to $13.1 million, or 19 cents per share, from $810,000, or 1 cent per share. Excluding items, it lost 25 cents per share.
Analysts on average had expected a loss of 20 cents per share and revenue of $782.7 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-abercrombie-results-idUSKCN1151CN?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/aa2bc0d8a2ff48810b15fbb1e7116f8554c8a3dd5d9b47249483bc72da580fa1.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:52:09 | null | 2016-08-30T12:26:17 | Cancana Resources Corp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB0BP%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Cancana Resources says quarterly production of 7,477t to date | null | null | www.reuters.com | Aug 30 Cancana Resources Corp
* Says quarterly production of 7,477t to date, already exceeding previous record
* Says improvements to provide BMC with 30kt production capacity in 2016 Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BB0BP?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d3b6c18f3548693b9503d0d273329e4f1290904970cf7f7abcc81ac44510ad10.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T07:01:33 | null | 2016-08-27T06:15:10 | Tropical storm Madeline has formed in the northern Pacific ocean, well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-storm-madeline-idUSKCN11204B%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Tropical Storm Madeline forms east-southeast of Hawaiian: NHC | null | null | www.reuters.com | Tropical storm Madeline has formed in the northern Pacific ocean, well east-southeast of the Hawaiian Islands, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory on Friday.
The storm, with maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km per hour), is about 1,235 miles (1,990 km) east-southeast of the Big Island of Hawaii, the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect as the storm headed west at 12 miles per hour (19 km per hour), the NHC said.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Stephen Coates) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-madeline-idUSKCN11204B?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/2904f5d317f378c30dc85844d9671901c4de55a98b56aee5331aaf8d8d7d4317.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T18:51:29 | null | 2016-08-30T18:15:26 | A federal judge on Tuesday gave Caesars Entertainment Corp (CZR.O) a five-week shield from $13 billion in lawsuits, capping a week of frantic court hearings as the casino group struggles to salvage a high-stakes debt-cutting plan for its bankrupt subsidiary. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-caesars-bankruptcy-idUSKCN1152GA%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151621412&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1G0 | en | null | Caesars wins lawsuit shield to pursue 'uphill' appeal | null | null | www.reuters.com | The marquee sign at Caesars Palace hotel is seen on the strip in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. February 16, 2011. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
CHICAGO A federal judge on Tuesday gave Caesars Entertainment Corp (CZR.O) a five-week shield from $13 billion in lawsuits, capping a week of frantic court hearings as the casino group struggles to salvage a high-stakes debt-cutting plan for its bankrupt subsidiary.
Judge Robert Gettleman said at an emergency court hearing in Chicago that he will decide on Oct. 5 whether he should overturn a U.S. Bankruptcy Court ruling from Friday that cleared the way for bondholders to sue Caesars.
"It's an uphill appeal," Gettleman said. Bondholders are pressing to have their cases decided in New York and Delaware by early next year.
In January, Caesars will seek to confirm a plan of reorganization that would slash the $18 billion of debt held at its bankrupt Caesars Entertainment Operating Co Inc, subsidiary. It is desperate to keep bondholders at bay until then.
Shares of Caesars plummeted on Monday after a federal judge in Chicago ruled the company must face lawsuits that lawyers on Tuesday said were worth more than $13 billion. Previously, they had said those cases were worth $11.4 billion, but the amount continues to inflate with interest.
Gettleman's ruling by will put on hold a summary judgment hearing in New York federal court originally scheduled for Tuesday. Caesars had warned a ruling in favor of bondholders in that case could force it into bankruptcy.
Shares of Nevada-based Caesars rose less than 1 percent in Nasdaq trading on Tuesday, to $6.38.
The lawsuits were brought by investors who allege that Caesars reneged on guarantees of bonds issued by its subsidiary, known as CEOC, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in January 2015.
The bondholders have also alleged that Caesars stripped CEOC of its best hotels and casinos, such as the Linq Hotel & Casino complex in Las Vegas, leaving the subsidiary unable to pay its debts.
Caesars, which is controlled by Apollo Global Management (APO.N) and TPG Capital Management [TPG.UL], has denied those allegations.
CEOC has argued its parent should be shielded from litigation because Caesars has committed to contributing billions of dollars to CEOC's reorganization plan.
(Writing by Tom Hals in Wilmington, Delaware; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli and Dan Grebler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-caesars-bankruptcy-idUSKCN1152GA?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4e3af7155037d129f01ce82ee467bfaa03023d4235a3a5fe2ab1b2682d8649bb.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T14:51:28 | null | 2016-08-28T14:08:26 | Ride-hailing services Uber [UBER.UL] and Careem have suspended services in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, since Saturday and did not know when they could resume operations, they said on Sunday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-emirates-uber-idUSKCN1130M9.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151351153&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R0CO | en | null | Uber, Careem suspend services in UAE capital | null | null | www.reuters.com | An illustration picture shows the logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone next to the picture of an official German taxi sign September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration/File Photo
ABU DHABI Ride-hailing services Uber [UBER.UL] and Careem have suspended services in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, since Saturday and did not know when they could resume operations, they said on Sunday.
“This is a temporary suspension and we will let you know of any further updates,” an Uber spokesman in Dubai said via email. He did not respond to a question on the reason for the suspension.
Christian Eid, vice-president of marketing and communications for Careem, a Dubai-based company, said many of its drivers were being stopped by authorities in Abu Dhabi, apparently over licensing issues, and as a result had become nervous and were staying off the roads. This had forced Careem to halt services there, he said.
The Abu Dhabi government's Centre for Regulation of Transport by Hire Cars, which manages the taxi and transport sector, did not respond to queries. The center oversees about seven taxi operators and 18 limousine operators, some of which are partly government owned.
Uber and Careem said they had not suspended operations in neighboring Dubai, the commercial and tourist hub of the UAE.
Uber, which launched services in Abu Dhabi in 2013, said last year the Middle East and North Africa contained some of its fastest-growing markets and that it planned to invest $250 million to expand in the region.
(Reporting By Stanley Carvalho and Celine Aswad; Editing by Andrew Torchia and Susan Thomas) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-emirates-uber-idUSKCN1130M9 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5bf6f2ef4afc9ed3945dc2e5c943bbd9c4dd484b3a4808c2a940c6c54282d114.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T21:00:33 | null | 2016-08-30T20:14:04 | Elon Musk's SpaceX has signed its first customer to use a previously flown rocket, with launch planned for later this year, the companies said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-space-spacex-idUSKCN1152LS%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DscienceNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FscienceNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BScience%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151633064&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1IN | en | null | SpaceX signs first customer for used Falcon rocket | null | null | www.reuters.com | The recovered first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is transported to the SpaceX hangar at launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida May 14, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Elon Musk's SpaceX has signed its first customer to use a previously flown rocket, with launch planned for later this year, the companies said on Tuesday.
The launch for Luxembourg-based satellite operator SES SA SESFg.LU will mark the first commercial reuse of a Falcon 9 rocket, which is crucial to efforts by technology entrepreneur Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp to reduce the cost of space launches.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell previously said the company was targeting a 30 percent discount for launches aboard previously flown rockets, which would bring the price down to about $43 million per flight, a fraction of what competitors charge.
SpaceX has so far landed six Falcon 9 rockets and will attempt to land its seventh after Saturday's scheduled launch in Florida of an Israeli communications satellite.
"We believe reusable rockets will open up a new era of spaceflight, and make access to space more efficient in terms of cost and manifest management,” Martin Halliwell, SES chief technology officer, said in a statement.
SES, which in 2013 became SpaceX’s first commercial customer, plans to launch its SES-10 communications satellite on a used Falcon 9 rocket in late 2016.
The rocket previously flew in April to send a cargo ship on its way to the International Space Station for NASA, said SpaceX spokesman John Taylor.
"Re-launching a rocket that has already delivered spacecraft to orbit is an important milestone on the path to complete and rapid reusability,” Shotwell said in the statement.
Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the goal of slashing launch costs to make travel to Mars affordable. The company plans to fly its first unmanned spacecraft to Mars in 2018 and send humans to Mars as early as 2024.
Musk is expected to unveil details of his Mars program at the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, next month.
SpaceX's major competitors are United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Lockheed Martin and Boeing, and Europe's Arianespace.
(Reporting by Irene Klotz; Editing by Alistair Bell) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-spacex-idUSKCN1152LS?feedType=RSS&feedName=scienceNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FscienceNews+%28Reuters+Science+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/2f9d11163d405a358a0d74f632d0169060cabbcea143e17cd91eecb7c56d2d53.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T05:01:33 | null | 2016-08-27T04:45:52 | Tropical Storm Lester has developed an eye and is now a hurricane as it moved west in the Pacific Ocean away from the mainland of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory on Friday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-storm-lester-hurricane-idUSKCN112039%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Pacific Tropical Storm Lester now a hurricane: NHC | null | null | www.reuters.com | Tropical Storm Lester has developed an eye and is now a hurricane as it moved west in the Pacific Ocean away from the mainland of Mexico, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in an advisory on Friday.
The system, with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 km per hour), is about 550 miles (885 km) southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, the Miami-based weather forecaster said.
There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect as the storm headed west at 9 miles per hour (15 km per hour), the NHC said.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Stephen Coates) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-lester-hurricane-idUSKCN112039?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/b57aa5ba555c00fe28898feafb4e0cbcae770b0c2b4bcff3d9bb5026005c6d92.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T19:01:31 | null | 2016-08-26T17:57:23 | A federal judge on Friday granted a request by Uber Technologies Inc and its chief executive officer to put a passenger's price-fixing lawsuit against them on hold, while they appeal his refusal to let them arbitrate the dispute. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-uber-lawsuit-pricefixing-idUSKCN11121H%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151197931&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P1AA | en | null | Uber wins halt to N.Y. price-fixing lawsuit during appeal | null | null | www.reuters.com | An illustration picture shows the logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone next to the picture of an official German taxi sign September 15, 2014. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/Illustration/File Photo
NEW YORK A federal judge on Friday granted a request by Uber Technologies Inc and its chief executive officer to put a passenger's price-fixing lawsuit against them on hold, while they appeal his refusal to let them arbitrate the dispute.
Calling his decision a "close call," U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the defendants had not made a "strong showing" that their appeal would likely succeed, though they would face irreparable harm if arbitration were wrongfully denied.
But he said the appeals court could clarify whether Spencer Meyer, the Connecticut plaintiff, and others like him consent to arbitration when they buy services subject to conditions in "clickwrap" and "browsewrap" agreements found online.
In his proposed nationwide class-action lawsuit, Meyer said Uber and CEO Travis Kalanick violated antitrust laws by conspiring with drivers to charge high "surge-pricing" fares during periods of heavy demand. Uber takes a share of drivers' earnings.
On July 29, Rakoff denied Uber's request for arbitration, saying Meyer never agreed to it and the San Francisco-based company did not properly notify him about its policies.
Meyer opposed delaying his case while Uber appealed that ruling.
"We look forward to defending Judge Rakoff's decision and having this matter returned to the district court," Brian Feldman, a lawyer for Meyer, said in an email.
Uber and its lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The company faces several lawsuits over its pricing and its treatment of drivers, and often tries to keep such disputes away from courthouses.
On Aug. 18, a federal judge in San Francisco voided Uber's $100 million settlement with drivers who claimed they were employees rather than independent contractors, and entitled to recoup costs such as gas and vehicle maintenance. The judge said that accord was not fair, reasonable or adequate.
The case is Meyer et al v. Kalanick et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 15-09796.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uber-lawsuit-pricefixing-idUSKCN11121H?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f812e512533f1a1662095846e46a812162692b4037f0ce01259ec51365a5a98c.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T07:04:45 | null | 2016-08-29T06:57:17 | At least 15 bodies were transferred to a hospital run by Medicins Sans Frontieres in the southern Yemen city of Aden on Monday, a source at the hospital said, after an attack on a building used by local militias. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-yemen-security-idUSKCN1140HJ%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DworldNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FworldNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BWorld%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | At least 15 bodies taken to Aden hospital after suicide bombing: hospital source | null | null | www.reuters.com | ADEN At least 15 bodies were transferred to a hospital run by Medicins Sans Frontieres in the southern Yemen city of Aden on Monday, a source at the hospital said, after an attack on a building used by local militias.
A security official and witnesses said a suicide bomber drove a car into the building in north Aden. It was used by the Popular Resistance, a local force that had helped drive Iran-allied Houthis out of the city last year.
They said at least four people were killed and 11 were wounded in the attack, while a source at the medical charity said between 15 and 20 bodies had been brought into the hospital.
(Reporting by Mohammed Mukhashf, writing by Hadeel Al Sayegh) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-idUSKCN1140HJ?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FworldNews+%28Reuters+World+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f59c3ff2dc2073bf83313cf3cc95f7b6ee13b43fb722b3db81f1375afb294693.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T01:03:07 | null | 2016-08-31T00:12:46 | Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race earlier this year, was chosen on Tuesday as the Republican Party nominee for a second U.S. Senate term from Florida, according to the Associated Press. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-election-rubio-idUSKCN11600O%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151654406&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U009 | en | null | Florida Republicans pick Marco Rubio for Senate race: AP | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. Senator Marco Rubio looks on during an official photo with Honduran Attorney General Oscar Chinchilla (not pictured) at the attorney's facilities in Tegucigalpa, Honduras May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Cabrera
WASHINGTON Marco Rubio, who dropped out of the Republican presidential race earlier this year, was chosen on Tuesday as the Republican Party nominee for a second U.S. Senate term from Florida, according to the Associated Press.
Rubio was projected to win the party nominating contest in Florida over novice politician Carlos Beruff, a wealthy homebuilder. Rubio could face Democratic U.S. Representative Patrick Murphy, who was expected to win his party's nominating contest, in the Nov. 8 election.
(Reporting by Richard Cowan; Editing by Peter Cooney) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-rubio-idUSKCN11600O?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/cdcfeaa0ed1333be76e7fc954dfd5f2a5b07cb4f46ebeae23c7510f55f4b9334.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:52:39 | null | 2016-08-30T05:58:36 | California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed into law a measure that bans the use of bullhooks and other devices to control elephants, the latest victory for animal rights activists who condemn the practice. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-california-elephants-idUSKCN1150ET%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151532776&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T066 | en | null | California Governor Brown signs law banning use of bullhooks on elephants | null | null | www.reuters.com | California Governor Jerry Brown leaves the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 27, 2016. REUTERS/Scott Audette
California Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed into law a measure that bans the use of bullhooks and other devices to control elephants, the latest victory for animal rights activists who condemn the practice.
Brown's action comes a month after Rhode Island became the first U.S. state to ban the use of a bullhook, a device that resembles a fireplace poker, on elephants and cities such as Los Angeles and Oakland passing similar measures amid public pressure calling for more humane treatment of wild animals used in entertainment.
"California has once again demonstrated its commitment to animal protection. This bill aligns the state’s policies with the values of its residents," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States, in a statement.
Trainers and handlers who break the California law, which goes into effect in 2018, faces a fine up to $10,000 and revocation of the their permit.
Brown vetoed a similar bill in 2015 because it created a new crime instead of levying civil penalties and revocation of permits, legislative documents showed.
The law also prohibits brandishing, exhibiting or displaying bullhooks and other devices such as a baseball bat, axe handle or pitchfork in the presence of an elephant, according to legislative documents.
The American Association of Zoo Veterinarians said in a letter to California lawmakers in March that while it supported a ban on the use of devices to inflict pain, it opposed the legislation on the grounds that devices are used to communicate with elephants.
"By removing the elephant guide, the State of California would be removing an essential safety and welfare tool for a large and potentially dangerous animal," the organization said.
Industry standards have changed over the last few years making the use of a bullhook and other devices obsolete, according to legislative documents that noted elephant rides are no longer available at county fairs in California.
Reflecting a shift in U.S. attitudes toward animal entertainment, Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus ended its uses of elephants in its shows in April after a 145 years.
In March, SeaWorld said it would stop breeding killer whales in captivity, but would still put on performances with orcas at its marine parks in San Diego, Orlando and San Antonio. That could change in California, where lawmakers passed a bill on Friday, sending the measure to Brown for his signature.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Nick Macfie) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-elephants-idUSKCN1150ET?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/82fd952937cca2a26e30fe9fc1eda1e0a3408ed83a5acad691d7abdbb4f168fe.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T14:52:16 | null | 2016-08-30T14:24:55 | Borgwarner Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB0D7%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-Borgwarner VP Ericson sells 17,132 shares of co's common stock on Aug 26 | null | null | www.reuters.com | UPDATE 4-EU hits Apple with 13 billion euro Irish tax demand
BRUSSELS/DUBLIN, Aug 30 The European Commission ordered Apple Inc. to pay Ireland unpaid taxes of up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) on Tuesday as it ruled the firm had received illegal state aid. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BB0D7?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/680503db37c135d0f0e269b57efc67e530a3f5e39bc105d3cb36fa101c0cf027.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T14:59:33 | null | 2016-08-29T13:16:15 | A Bosnian Serb factory on Monday presented two pairs of shoes as a gift for the wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Slovenian-born Melania, in a gesture of support for Trump's White House campaign. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-bosnia-trump-shoes-idUSKCN1141EB%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DpoliticsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BReuters%252FPoliticsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BPolitics%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151445214&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0P4 | en | null | Bosnian Serbs make shoes for Melania Trump's White House march | null | null | www.reuters.com | Shoes made for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife Melania are seen in shoe factory Bema in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Shoes made for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife Melania are seen in shoe factory Bema in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Shoes made for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife Melania are seen in shoe factory Bema in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Shoes made for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife Melania are seen in shoe factory Bema in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Shoes made for U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's wife Melania are seen in shoe factory Bema in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia A Bosnian Serb factory on Monday presented two pairs of shoes as a gift for the wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, Slovenian-born Melania, in a gesture of support for Trump's White House campaign.
Many Serbs in the Balkans back Trump, ill-disposed to rival Hillary Clinton whose husband Bill backed NATO air strikes on Bosnian Serb positions toward the end of the 1992-95 Bosnian war. He also advocated a 1999 NATO bombing of then-Yugolsavia to halt the killing and expulsion of ethnic Albanians.
Marinko Umicevic, technical director at the Banja Luka shoe factory Bema, said the gift countered what she called a "dirty campaign" against the aspiring First Lady whose homeland, like Bosnia, was a part of Yugoslavia when she was born.
Melania Trump's speech at the Republican National Convention in July ignited controversy, containing a section strikingly similar to words delivered at the Democratic convention in 2008 by President Barack Obama, Michelle.
"The shoes for Melania Trump are our response to the dirty comments she has been exposed to as a wife and a mother," said Umicevic.
The shoes, to be sent by express post, were displayed for media on a table, set in a display of white roses. One pair was gold-colored, with cushioned soles fashioned, according to Umicevic, to help Melania follow her husband's campaign across America. The others were white stilettos for a triumphant walk into the White House.
Umicevic said the shoe moulds were made by a factory in Melania Trump's hometown of Sevnice and designed by Bema's best shoe designers.
"We hope that America will stop being the world policeman," Umicevic told Reuters. "We are hoping a friendship will come in the future from the United States instead of bombs that Serbs got from Bill Clinton," he added.
(Writing by Maja Zuvela) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-bosnia-trump-shoes-idUSKCN1141EB?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Reuters%2FPoliticsNews+%28Reuters+Politics+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/1227e7073afa718ed5a5ee4b90d1ba4a628b7f69202f5a41f7edd9d4a2ef8915.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T19:00:06 | null | 2016-08-29T18:16:09 | Striker Robbie Keane said he was feeling emotional about his final appearance for Ireland on Wednesday but the time was right for him to retire from international soccer. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-soccer-ireland-keane-idUSKCN11422W%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151478107&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S16H | en | null | Time is right to retire, says Ireland striker Keane | null | null | www.reuters.com | DUBLIN Striker Robbie Keane said he was feeling emotional about his final appearance for Ireland on Wednesday but the time was right for him to retire from international soccer.
"It's been an emotional week, it's been surreal. I've dreaded this day for a long time (but) it's the right time for me," Ireland's most prolific goal-scorer told a news conference on Monday.
"To the fans, it's been an incredible journey and something I'll never forget. Wednesday night will be very emotional."
The 36-year-old Keane, who is also Ireland's most capped player with 145 appearances, announced his impending retirement last week and will make his final appearance in a friendly against Oman in Dublin on Wednesday.
"I've had so many wonderful memories but it's the right time," said Keane who has scored 67 goals for his country in an 18-year career.
"All I ever wanted was to do my best for my country," added Keane who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy. "I think I did okay.
"The defining moment of my career was being given the Ireland captain's armband at the age of 26."
Keane made his international debut at the age of 18 against Czech Republic in 1998. His club career took him to Wolverhampton Wanderers, Coventry City, Inter Milan, Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool, Celtic, West Ham United and Aston Villa before he moved to Los Angeles.
(Writing by Clare Fallon; Editing by Tony Jimenez) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-ireland-keane-idUSKCN11422W?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f4d1c102c98c20d2504431c0e9474e9eb898d190350a5acef50028ca82268d00.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:21:34 | null | 2016-08-19T23:12:16 | The moon sets behind the Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fnews%2Fpicture%2Fphotos-of-the-week%3FarticleId%3DUSRTX2M6CA.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160819&t=2&i=1150375342&w=&fh=545&fw=810&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=2016-08-19T231216Z_23781_RIOEC8H16PNTU_RTRMADP_0_OLYMPICS-RIO | en | null | Photos of the week | null | null | www.reuters.com | Ukrainian pensioner Olha Shazhkova shows one of the Russian channels available on her television at home in the front line town of Avdeyevka, Ukraine. For Shazhkova, channel-surfing in the front line town of Avdiyivka is a monotonous business. With the face of Vladimir Putin looming large on her TV screen, she flicks over to the next station with a sigh, only to land on the Russian army's official channel. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich | http://www.reuters.com/news/picture/photos-of-the-week?articleId=USRTX2M6CA | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/19619c2cbad5776e55ce928480cf69b5057f8d31d366df10fb62aa6f38a142af.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T16:52:07 | null | 2016-08-29T16:41:10 | Facebook's move to relax the privacy policy of WhatsApp, the world's most popular mobile messaging application, will be closely scrutinized, the chair of Europe's leading group of privacy regulators said on Monday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-privacy-whatsapp-europe-idUSKCN1141UW.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151468062&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S115 | en | null | European privacy regulators to scrutinize WhatsApp privacy switch | null | null | www.reuters.com | PARIS Facebook's move to relax the privacy policy of WhatsApp, the world's most popular mobile messaging application, will be closely scrutinized, the chair of Europe's leading group of privacy regulators said on Monday.
WhatsApp, which counts more than a billion users globally, said on Thursday it would start sharing users' phone numbers with Facebook, helping it to target advertisements and friend recommendations across the social media network.
It said WhatsApp users could choose not to share their account information with Facebook.
"Each European authority will be following the changes made to WhatApp's privacy policy with great vigilance," CNIL, the French data protection commission, and the current chair of the G29 or Article 29 Working Party of European privacy regulators, said in a statement on behalf of the region-wide group.
"What is at stake is the control of individual users over their own data when they are combined by major Internet players."
The G29 is made up of representatives of the data protection authorities of each of Europe's 28-member states, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European Commission.
Facebook paid more than $19 billion to acquire WhatsApp, an advertising-free service for sharing texts, pictures and videos with friends and acquaintances. At the time of the deal in 2014, WhatsApp founder Jan Koum vowed to protect data of its users and said the deal would not affect its privacy policy.
In response, Britain's data privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), said it was monitoring the changes to ensure that the new policy stays within data protection laws (reut.rs/2bwpIdX).
The French data protection authority is studying Facebook's response earlier this month to issues the regulator has raised over the company's handling of customer data for targeting advertising to the social network's members.
CNIL has yet to receive any specific complaints from citizens to the latest changes to WhatsApp privacy policies, it said.
By Monday several European media including France Info and Switzerland's Le Temps warned readers about the policy change and gave them tips on how to avoid letting WhatsApp handing over their phone number to Facebook.
A CNIL spokeswoman said WhatsApp's privacy policy was likely to be discussed at a planned G29 meeting at the end of the month attended by representatives of each European national privacy regulator.
(Reporting by Eric Auchard and Astrid Wendlandt; editing by Susan Thomas) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-privacy-whatsapp-europe-idUSKCN1141UW | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/54da727b68342484ca7b766c9a259d7b096c40ece484f9bb4e538d4ab0eeec70.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T06:52:01 | null | 2016-08-29T05:08:19 | Most Southeast Asian stock markets weretrading lower on Monday, in line with broader Asian peers, afterU.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted that a rateincrease was on the cards this year. The probability of a rate hike in the near-term has gone upafter Yellen said that a lot of new jobs were being created andeconomic growth would likely continue at a moderate pace, eventhough data on Friday showed the U.S. economy growing onlysluggishly in the second quarter. Comments by the Fed's No. 2 policymaker, Vice Chair StanleyFischer, have also bolstered the case for a rate hike this year. The U.S. Fed will meet on Sept. 20-21 during which it isexpected to discuss the possibility of an interest rateincrease. Markets will generally remain cautious before the Septembermeeting, and will also take cues from the U.S. jobs data dueFriday, said Ong Kian Lin at RHB Securities Singapore Pte Ltd. "The most direct impact of the interest rate hike foremerging markets is on the local currency versus the dollar,"Ong said. "Once the U.S. dollar strengthens, it will impact oilproducing countries that rely on the dollar movement forinputs." Indonesia fell, on track for a second straightsession of losses, led lower by utilities. "Given investors were finding the right excuse to takeprofit post the recent rally, we believe Yellen's speech wouldhave given investors the right excuse to sell," said Taye Shim,an analyst with Daewoo Securities, in a note. "We expect JCI (Jakarta Composite Index) to undergo a mildcorrection today." Plastic products manufacturer Langgeng Makmur Industri TbkPT, one of the biggest losers on the index, was down9.76 percent. Singapore shares eased 0.7 percent, with oil and gasstocks losing ground after global oil prices fell about 1percent on Monday. Oil prices eased after Iraq's output rose and Iran said itwould only cooperate in producer talks to freeze output iffellow exporters recognised its right to fully regain marketshare. Oil rig builders Keppel Corp and SembcorpIndustries were among the biggest losers. Thailand was flat, while the Philippine stock market was closed for the National Heroes Day holiday. Vietnam bucked trend to climb 1.3 percent, led by consumernon-cyclicals. Asian shares slid, with the MSCI's broadest index ofAsia-Pacific shares outside Japan extendinglosses to 1 percent. For Asian Companies click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS STOCK MARKETS Change at 0411 GMT Market Current Previous close Pct Move Singapore 2836.57 2857.65 -0.74 Bangkok 1543.42 1549.41 -0.39 Jakarta 5372.186 5438.831 -1.23 Kuala Lumpur 1679.89 1683.09 -0.19 Ho Chi Minh 676.16 667.75 1.26 Change on year Market Current End 2015 Pct Move Singapore 2836.57 2882.73 -1.60 Bangkok 1543.42 1288.02 19.83 Jakarta 5372.186 4593.008 16.96 Kuala Lumpur 1679.89 1692.51 -0.75 Ho Chi Minh 676.16 579.03 16.77 (Reporting by Aparajita Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by BijuDwarakanath) | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fsoutheast-asia-stocks-idUSL3N1BA1TT%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | SE Asia Stocks-Fall as Fed's Yellen makes stronger case for rate hike | null | null | www.reuters.com | By Aparajita Saxena Aug 29 Most Southeast Asian stock markets were trading lower on Monday, in line with broader Asian peers, after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted that a rate increase was on the cards this year. The probability of a rate hike in the near-term has gone up after Yellen said that a lot of new jobs were being created and economic growth would likely continue at a moderate pace, even though data on Friday showed the U.S. economy growing only sluggishly in the second quarter. Comments by the Fed's No. 2 policymaker, Vice Chair Stanley Fischer, have also bolstered the case for a rate hike this year. The U.S. Fed will meet on Sept. 20-21 during which it is expected to discuss the possibility of an interest rate increase. Markets will generally remain cautious before the September meeting, and will also take cues from the U.S. jobs data due Friday, said Ong Kian Lin at RHB Securities Singapore Pte Ltd. "The most direct impact of the interest rate hike for emerging markets is on the local currency versus the dollar," Ong said. "Once the U.S. dollar strengthens, it will impact oil producing countries that rely on the dollar movement for inputs." Indonesia fell, on track for a second straight session of losses, led lower by utilities. "Given investors were finding the right excuse to take profit post the recent rally, we believe Yellen's speech would have given investors the right excuse to sell," said Taye Shim, an analyst with Daewoo Securities, in a note. "We expect JCI (Jakarta Composite Index) to undergo a mild correction today." Plastic products manufacturer Langgeng Makmur Industri Tbk PT, one of the biggest losers on the index, was down 9.76 percent. Singapore shares eased 0.7 percent, with oil and gas stocks losing ground after global oil prices fell about 1 percent on Monday. Oil prices eased after Iraq's output rose and Iran said it would only cooperate in producer talks to freeze output if fellow exporters recognised its right to fully regain market share. Oil rig builders Keppel Corp and Sembcorp Industries were among the biggest losers. Thailand was flat, while the Philippine stock market was closed for the National Heroes Day holiday. Vietnam bucked trend to climb 1.3 percent, led by consumer non-cyclicals. Asian shares slid, with the MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan extending losses to 1 percent. For Asian Companies click; SOUTHEAST ASIAN STOCK MARKETS STOCK MARKETS Change at 0411 GMT Market Current Previous close Pct Move Singapore 2836.57 2857.65 -0.74 Bangkok 1543.42 1549.41 -0.39 Jakarta 5372.186 5438.831 -1.23 Kuala Lumpur 1679.89 1683.09 -0.19 Ho Chi Minh 676.16 667.75 1.26 Change on year Market Current End 2015 Pct Move Singapore 2836.57 2882.73 -1.60 Bangkok 1543.42 1288.02 19.83 Jakarta 5372.186 4593.008 16.96 Kuala Lumpur 1679.89 1692.51 -0.75 Ho Chi Minh 676.16 579.03 16.77 (Reporting by Aparajita Saxena in Bengaluru; Editing by Biju Dwarakanath) | http://www.reuters.com/article/southeast-asia-stocks-idUSL3N1BA1TT?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/e315d19ea8c1e75270a64c6ac33301f4d0e32049294855d0f01893a33f36980d.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T03:00:02 | null | 2016-08-30T01:34:45 | Simon Hollingsworth, the head of Australia's main sports funding body, has stepped down following the Rio Olympics, where the country posted its worst finish on the medals table since 1992 and won half the number of golds they had targeted. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-olympics-australia-hollingsworth-idUSKCN11504F%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Head of Australian sports funding body steps down | null | null | www.reuters.com | MELBOURNE Simon Hollingsworth, the head of Australia's main sports funding body, has stepped down following the Rio Olympics, where the country posted its worst finish on the medals table since 1992 and won half the number of golds they had targeted.
Hollingsworth, who played a key role in introducing the controversial 'Winning Edge' funding program, is to leave the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) at the end of September for a job with the Victorian state Treasury.
He had been with the ASC for five years.
"With the Rio Olympics over and as the ASC focuses on the future, now is the right time to take the next step in my career," Hollingsworth said in a statement.
"I made this decision prior to the Rio Olympics and chose to wait until after its completion to make this announcement to avoid any distraction."
The 'Winning Edge' strategy, which has attracted heavy criticism from Australian Olympic Committee head John Coates, was launched after the 2012 London Games where the country finished eighth overall on the medal table.
The strategy shifted funding away from the centralized Australian Institute of Sport and instead handed money directly to individual sports bodies to make them more accountable for their results.
Critics suggested the funding model would lessen the impact of the lower-profile sports, who said it forced them to focus on immediate medal chances rather than put money into development program.
Australia had targeted a top-five finish in Rio with 16 golds but finished 10th with 29 medals, eight of which were gold. The team were criticized by local media after receiving A$332 million ($251.22 million) of public funding in the last Olympic cycle.
(Reporting by Greg Stutchbury in Wellington; Editing by Peter Rutherford) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-australia-hollingsworth-idUSKCN11504F?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/578c40c190f670a1d7fc686ce9fceb9a6fec075638f0b2bd4d96754680ae91e6.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:52:25 | null | 2016-08-30T21:59:31 | InfraREIT Inc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FidUSFWN1BB0NR%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | BRIEF-InfraREIT says Sharyland agrees to a joint proposal with staff of Public Utility Commission of Texas | null | null | www.reuters.com | Pacific trade pact remains top issue for Obama administration
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 The successful conclusion of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade talks remains the top legislative item for the United States, a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama said on Tuesday. | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BB0NR?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6c1d2d9d83684d6c051ac650592a992240ef8b8ec8a3d8e9290bcab8af1ab5ba.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T13:15:23 | null | 2015-01-08T21:15:16 | Roy | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fawards-goldenglobes-idUSL1N0UN1JF20150108%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DvcMedia.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Blunders begone! Golden Globes burnish Hollywood credibility | null | null | www.reuters.com | BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. Jan 8 Four years ago Golden Globes host Ricky Gervais turned his sharp tongue on voters of the awards show, ridiculing them for nominating the poorly reviewed Johnny Depp-Angelina Jolie action thriller "The Tourist."
"I haven't even seen 'The Tourist.' Who has? It must be good because it's nominated," he deadpanned at the 2011 awards, his last as host.
Those kinds of missteps may be a thing of the past for the Globes' organizer, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which has become a more respected arbiter in the Hollywood awards season, which kicks off with Sunday's Globes and ends with the Academy Awards on Feb. 22.
"There was a period a few years ago where it seemed like the best thing for a movie in the Oscar race was to lose at the Golden Globes," said Fandango's chief correspondent and awards expert, Dave Karger.
Take the Coen Brothers thriller "No Country for Old Men" and Kathryn Bigelow's war drama "The Hurt Locker," both of which lost out on the Golden Globes best drama accolade but went on to win the Best Picture Oscar in 2007 and 2008, respectively.
This year, surreal showbiz satire "Birdman" leads the film nominees with seven nods in the comedy/musical film categories while coming-of-age tale "Boyhood" has five nominations in the drama film categories.
Both have been warmly received by critics, who have bestowed numerous awards on them already, and both are hotly tipped as Oscar front-runners when nominations are announced next week.
For the most part, this year's Golden Globe nominees have echoed critical favorites, with "Birdman" star Michael Keaton expected to win for best actor in a comedy/musical, JK Simmons tipped for best supporting actor for "Whiplash," and Patricia Arquette to take best supporting actress for "Boyhood."
'JAW DROPPERS AND UPSETS'
The Golden Globes are voted on by about 90 foreign journalists who are members of the HFPA, with no overlap in the voting bodies of the rest of the major Hollywood awards including the Oscars, which are voted on by members of the film industry.
"The Hollywood Foreign Press is very aware of the fact that they've been a punching bag to some highbrow critics over the years and I think they're conscious of trying to change their perception," Karger said.
In the last three years, Golden Globe winners appear to be extending their success to the Oscars.
"The Globes are famous for jaw droppers and upsets that redefine the Oscar race," said Tom O'Neil, founder of awards tracker Gold Derby.
"Boyhood" could be beaten by civil rights drama "Selma" or World War Two biopic "The Imitation Game," O'Neil said, and Jennifer Aniston could snatch best drama actress for "Cake" from overwhelming favorite Julianne Moore for "Still Alice."
"The Golden Globe is really your Oscar audition if you're in the race," O'Neil said. "If a star gives the performance of their life up there at the podium, that can hand them the Oscar right there."
Both Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto delivered stirring speeches when they won best actor and best supporting actor for "Dallas Buyers Club" at the Golden Globes last year that some have said helped lock in their subsequent Oscar wins.
In the television categories, the Golden Globes have earned a reputation as an early taste-maker, this year favoring shows on cable television and online steaming platforms over broadcast stalwarts.
If Netflix's "House of Cards" wins best TV drama and "Orange is the New Black" or Amazon Studios' "Transparent" wins best TV comedy, it would be a "watershed moment," Karger said, defining a new era in television. (Editing by Mary Milliken and Leslie Adler) | http://www.reuters.com/article/awards-goldenglobes-idUSL1N0UN1JF20150108?feedType=RSS&feedName=vcMedia | en | 2015-01-08T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5abd21fd5b285d120b9546feac4fd25212da3e1f2105d0d1acd9c129ab0cef9b.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T12:57:06 | null | 2016-08-27T10:58:13 | The government of Burkina Faso has banned an annual beauty contest for women with the biggest buttocks, saying such events are sexist. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-burkina-women-idUSKCN1120BX%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DoddlyEnoughNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FoddlyEnoughNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BOddly%2BEnough%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Burkina Faso bans big buttocks beauty contest | null | null | www.reuters.com | OUAGADOUGOU The government of Burkina Faso has banned an annual beauty contest for women with the biggest buttocks, saying such events are sexist.
Adverts for this weekend's third edition of 'Miss Bim-Bim', carrying an image of two fully clothed women with exaggeratedly large behinds, provoked an outcry on social media.
"Our role is to do everything to avoid damaging the image of women," said Minister Laure Zongo in a statement, adding that social media criticism had persuaded her to act.
The male organizer of the event, Hamado Doambahe, said it aimed to promote a more positive body image for African women and encourage fashion designers to use African costumes.
Contests like Miss Bim-Bim have been held in other West African countries.
Women's rights groups have mixed views about the tendency in many African cultures to celebrate women with larger bodies than are typically admired elsewhere.
While they welcome the shift away from the unnaturally thin female shapes promoted by the global fashion industry, they deplore the emphasis on men judging women's body shapes.
The head of Burkina Faso's High Council for Communications, Nathalie Some, called in a statement for people in advertising, the media and the arts to protect the rights of women and girls.
(Reporting by Mathieu Bonkoungou; Writing by Matthew Mpoke Bigg; Editing by Tim Cocks/Ruth Pitchford) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-women-idUSKCN1120BX?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28Reuters+Oddly+Enough%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/f79a112fe09f3e5cb3c7f82971013a3a9536e5ac3ac0736380bc8e416855f42c.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T22:52:20 | null | 2016-08-30T22:27:33 | Latin American currenciesweakened on Tuesday as comments by a high-ranking FederalReserve policymaker and strong U.S. economic data kept investorsguessing about the possibility of a September interest ratehike. Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer told Bloomberg TV that theU.S. job market is nearing full strength and the pace of rateincreases will depend on the economy's health. But he refrained from commenting on the timing of the nextFed rate hike, saying that will depend on the incoming economicfigures. Data on Tuesday showed U.S. consumer sentiment rose to 101.1in August, handily beating expectations for a reading of 97.0. Fischer had said on Friday that Fed Chair Janet Yellen'sspeech at the global central bankers' conference in JacksonHole, Wyoming, was "consistent" with the possibility of aSeptember hike, boosting the dollar's value. Markets are now focused on the U.S. employment report forAugust, which is scheduled to be released later this week. "Investors continue to focus on Friday's U.S. nonfarmpayroll data for guidance on the timing of the next Fed rateincrease," Scotiabank analysts wrote in a client note. A decline in oil prices also weighed on the currencies ofcrude exporters, such as the Mexican and Colombian pesos. Stock markets were mixed in thin trading, with activity inBrazilian markets especially subdued as traders monitored theSenate impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff. The 81 senators will make final statements on Tuesday andvote for a verdict on Wednesday morning, said Supreme CourtChief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski, who is presiding over thetrial. Brazil's benchmark Bovespa stock index dipped 0.1percent. Education company Estácio Participações SA was the biggest loser, with its shares falling after its chiefexecutive officer quit, citing personal and family issues. Key Latin American stock indexes and currencies at 2200 GMT: Stock indexes Latest Daily YTD pct pct change change MSCI Emerging Markets 898.95 0.33 13.19 MSCI LatAm 2,413.41 -0.71 31.89 Brazil Bovespa 58,575.42 -0.06 35.12 Mexico IPC 47,650.57 0.11 10.87 Chile IPSA 4,140.72 -0.35 12.51 Chile IGPA 20,536.98 -0.26 13.14 Argentina MerVal 15,872.08 -1.00 35.95 Colombia IGBC 10,126.52 0.29 18.48 Venezuela IBC 11,997.94 0.68 -17.76 Currencies Latest Daily YTD pct pct change change Brazil real 3.2402 -0.24 21.81 Mexico peso 18.825 -1.07 -8.47 Chile peso 674.8 -0.49 5.17 Colombia peso 2,941.9 -0.73 7.73 Peru sol 3.377 0.00 1.10 Argentina peso (interbank) 15.01 0.50 -13.51 Argentina peso (parallel) 15.44 0.13 -7.58 (Reporting by Bruno Federowski; Editing by Jonathan Oatis) | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Femerging-markets-latam-idUSL1N1BB1OJ%3Ftype%3DcompanyNews%26feedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DcompanyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FcompanyNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BCompany%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | EMERGING MARKETS-Latam currencies weaken on Fed official's comments, U.S. data | null | null | www.reuters.com | (Adds final prices) By Bruno Federowski SAO PAULO, Aug 30 Latin American currencies weakened on Tuesday as comments by a high-ranking Federal Reserve policymaker and strong U.S. economic data kept investors guessing about the possibility of a September interest rate hike. Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer told Bloomberg TV that the U.S. job market is nearing full strength and the pace of rate increases will depend on the economy's health. But he refrained from commenting on the timing of the next Fed rate hike, saying that will depend on the incoming economic figures. Data on Tuesday showed U.S. consumer sentiment rose to 101.1 in August, handily beating expectations for a reading of 97.0. Fischer had said on Friday that Fed Chair Janet Yellen's speech at the global central bankers' conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was "consistent" with the possibility of a September hike, boosting the dollar's value. Markets are now focused on the U.S. employment report for August, which is scheduled to be released later this week. "Investors continue to focus on Friday's U.S. nonfarm payroll data for guidance on the timing of the next Fed rate increase," Scotiabank analysts wrote in a client note. A decline in oil prices also weighed on the currencies of crude exporters, such as the Mexican and Colombian pesos. Stock markets were mixed in thin trading, with activity in Brazilian markets especially subdued as traders monitored the Senate impeachment trial of suspended President Dilma Rousseff. The 81 senators will make final statements on Tuesday and vote for a verdict on Wednesday morning, said Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricardo Lewandowski, who is presiding over the trial. Brazil's benchmark Bovespa stock index dipped 0.1 percent. Education company Estácio Participações SA was the biggest loser, with its shares falling after its chief executive officer quit, citing personal and family issues. Key Latin American stock indexes and currencies at 2200 GMT: Stock indexes Latest Daily YTD pct pct change change MSCI Emerging Markets 898.95 0.33 13.19 MSCI LatAm 2,413.41 -0.71 31.89 Brazil Bovespa 58,575.42 -0.06 35.12 Mexico IPC 47,650.57 0.11 10.87 Chile IPSA 4,140.72 -0.35 12.51 Chile IGPA 20,536.98 -0.26 13.14 Argentina MerVal 15,872.08 -1.00 35.95 Colombia IGBC 10,126.52 0.29 18.48 Venezuela IBC 11,997.94 0.68 -17.76 Currencies Latest Daily YTD pct pct change change Brazil real 3.2402 -0.24 21.81 Mexico peso 18.825 -1.07 -8.47 Chile peso 674.8 -0.49 5.17 Colombia peso 2,941.9 -0.73 7.73 Peru sol 3.377 0.00 1.10 Argentina peso (interbank) 15.01 0.50 -13.51 Argentina peso (parallel) 15.44 0.13 -7.58 (Reporting by Bruno Federowski; Editing by Jonathan Oatis) | http://www.reuters.com/article/emerging-markets-latam-idUSL1N1BB1OJ?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/d53d6342ce02979820ec8192c757b65c51876598783810461e151ca0100f66a2.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T12:51:30 | null | 2016-08-30T11:07:35 | The U.S. job market is nearly at full strength and the pace of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve will depend on how well the economy is doing, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said on Tuesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-fed-fischer-idUSKCN11518K%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DbusinessNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FbusinessNews%2B%2528Business%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151563056&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T0LC | en | null | Fed's Fischer says U.S. job market 'very close' to full strength | null | null | www.reuters.com | U.S. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Stanley Fischer addresses The Economic Club of New York in New York March 23, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files
WASHINGTON The U.S. job market is nearly at full strength and the pace of interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve will depend on how well the economy is doing, Fed Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer said on Tuesday.
In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Fischer did not comment on the timing of the next Fed rate hike but said "we choose the pace on basis of data," and that U.S. "employment is very close to full employment."
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Friday she thought the case had grown stronger in recent months for an interest rate increase, remarks that Fischer later that day said were consistent with a view that the U.S. central bank might raise rates at its next policy meeting in September.
Asked about the dollar on Tuesday, Fischer said the currency's strength affected U.S. inflation and company profits but improvements in the labor market showed the economy had withstood this headwind.
The Fed has signaled since March it would lift rates twice this year, but investors have been skeptical.
Prices for Fed funds futures on Tuesday suggested they expect about a 20 percent chance of a hike next month and just over even odds for such a move in December <0#FF:> FFZ6. The Fed also has a policy meeting scheduled for early November.
The U.S. Labor Department's monthly employment report on Friday is expected to show the economy added 180,000 jobs in August, according to the median forecast in a Reuters poll.
(Reporting by Jason Lange; Editing by Bernadette Baum) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-fischer-idUSKCN11518K?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/62078ae75d372d4fe082ed3bebd1cdf922c3e8b65b51660e2bc5f8729eae4609.json |
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* Mondelez International Inc says it has ended discussions with Hershey Company regarding a possible combination of two companies
* Taking into account shareholder developments at Hershey, determined that there is no actionable path forward toward an agreement Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSFWN1BA0CX?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/05cfe587e9a4b9a47340473e4c45a75fd4f74918e3b253dac91ca8a637c3491f.json |
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* Mondelez International Inc says it has ended discussions with Hershey Company regarding a possible combination of two companies | http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSASC094Q2?type=companyNews&feedType=RSS&feedName=companyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FcompanyNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Company+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/fcead68bc1c1311563dabc2a5fcaf720aaef5170641a86020b14f781caa3ea5d.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T13:02:47 | null | 2016-08-28T12:31:35 | Central bankers in charge of the vast bulk of the world's economy delved deep into the weeds of money markets and interest rates over a three-day conference here, and emerged with a common plea to their colleagues in the rest of government: please help. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-usa-fed-fiscal-idUSKCN1120SU%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160828&t=2&i=1151345622&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7R08N | en | null | Global central bankers, stuck at zero, unite in plea for help from governments | null | null | www.reuters.com | The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) is illuminated with a giant euro sign at the start of the 'Luminale, light and building' event in Frankfurt, Germany, March 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo
JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. Central bankers in charge of the vast bulk of the world's economy delved deep into the weeds of money markets and interest rates over a three-day conference here, and emerged with a common plea to their colleagues in the rest of government: please help.
Mired in a world of low growth, low inflation and low interest rates, officials from the Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and the European Central Bank said their efforts to bolster the economy through monetary policy may falter unless elected leaders stepped forward with bold measures. These would range from immigration reform in Japan to structural changes to boost productivity and growth in the U.S. and Europe.
Without that, they said, it would be hard to convince markets and households that things will get better, and encourage the shift in mood many economists feel are needed to improve economic performance worldwide. During a Saturday session at the symposium, such a slump in expectations about inflation and about other aspects of the economy was cited as a central problem complicating central banks' efforts to reach inflation targets and dimming prospects in Japan and Europe.
ECB executive board member Benoit Coeure said the bank was working hard to prevent public expectations about inflation from becoming entrenched "on either side" - neither too high nor too low. But the slow pace of economic reform among European governments, he said, was damaging the effort.
"What we have seen since 2007 is half-baked and half-hearted structural reforms. That does not help supporting inflation expectations. That has helped entertain disinflationary expectations,” Coeure said.
Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko Kuroda said he is in regular talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe about opening Japan to more immigration and other politically sensitive changes needed to improve potential growth, currently estimated at only around one percent annually.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen devoted the final page of her keynote talk on possible monetary policy reforms to a list of fiscal and structural policies she feels would help the economy.
Fiscal policy was not on the formal agenda for the conference, but it was a steady part of the dialogue as policymakers thought through policies for a post-crisis world. One of the central worries is that households and businesses have become so cautious and set in their outlooks - expecting little growth and little inflation - that they do not respond in expected ways to the efforts central banks have made.
That has included flooding the financial system with cash, and voicing a steady commitment to their inflation targets in an effort to make people believe they will be met.
Kuroda acknowledged that household expectations have not moved, and said the BOJ was prepared to continue its battle to figure out how to shift them. In modern monetary theory, households and business expectations are felt to play a defining role in spending and investment decisions, and thus in shaping inflation and growth.
"Japanese inflation dynamics remain vulnerable," Kuroda said. "It could be that long-term inflation expectations are yet to be anchored in Japan" at the bank's 2 percent target.
The concern about expectations is a paradox. The Fed for example fought a difficult battle with inflation in the 1970s, hiking interest rates to recession-provoking levels and eventually winning a war of credibility over its ability to rein in price increases.
Some central bankers remain fearful of clipping that cord.
But they also are hunting for ways to jolt the economy out of its doldrums, and a fiscal push is a possible tool.
In a lunch address by Princeton University economist Christopher Sims, policymakers were told that it may take a massive program, large enough even to shock taxpayers into a different, inflationary view of the future.
"Fiscal expansion can replace ineffective monetary policy at the zero lower bound," Sims said. "It requires deficits aimed at, and conditioned on, generating inflation. The deficits must be seen as financed by future inflation, not future taxes or spending cuts."
It was not clear whether such ideas will catch on. But there was a broad sense here that the other side of government may need to up its game.
(Reporting by Howard Schneider; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fed-fiscal-idUSKCN1120SU?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/cc5ae6f97d9f3837f776f459adba9dd303e592d40ce531f0260c52ccad097646.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T14:52:45 | null | 2016-08-30T13:39:15 | North Carolina's far east coast could see tropical storm-force winds from a weather system expected to pass near its Outer Banks region on Tuesday before it turns out to sea, U.S. forecasters said. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-storm-atlantic-idUSKCN1151KH%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | North Carolina, Florida brace for brewing tropical systems | null | null | www.reuters.com | TAMPA, Fla. North Carolina's far east coast could see tropical storm-force winds from a weather system expected to pass near its Outer Banks region on Tuesday before it turns out to sea, U.S. forecasters said.
The tropical depression, which has yet to be named, could strengthen into a tropical storm later on Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center in Miami. As of morning, it was blowing winds of 35 miles per hour (55 km) and was located about 135 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
The state's Outer Banks region could see heavy rainfall and a minor storm surge, the National Weather Service in Newport, North Carolina said in a weather advisory. Little impact was expected elsewhere in the state.
Forecasters were also tracking another tropical depression developing off the coast of Cuba, which was expected to churn toward Florida's Gulf Coast later in the week. The hurricane center expected it would strengthen into a tropical storm on Tuesday.
On its current path, the system could make landfall on Florida's north-central Gulf Coast on Thursday, bringing storms into Georgia and the eastern Carolinas on its way to the Atlantic Ocean.
Florida planned to raise the activation status of its State Emergency Operations Center on Tuesday to begin preparing.
Forecasters warned the system could dump five to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) of rain over much of Florida by Friday, and some areas could be pounded by up to 15 inches (38 cm) of rain.
(Editing by Bernadette Baum) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-atlantic-idUSKCN1151KH?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/a3cdb45d67155cd75ef2567eca2afc7d2a7771b161073338a615e62c07f73953.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:59:29 | null | 2016-08-26T13:48:37 | Pep Guardiola is excited about the prospect of returning to his former club Barcelona, though he acknowledges that Manchester City have their work cut out to advance from a testing Champions League group. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-soccer-england-mci-guardiola-idUSKCN1111LM%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DsportsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FsportsNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BSports%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160826&t=2&i=1151176018&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7P0X9 | en | null | Guardiola excited about Barcelona reunion | null | null | www.reuters.com | Pep Guardiola is excited about the prospect of returning to his former club Barcelona, though he acknowledges that Manchester City have their work cut out to advance from a testing Champions League group.
City have been drawn in Group C alongside Barca, Borussia Moenchengladbach and Celtic, with Guardiola set to return to the club where he began his career and managed with distinction for four seasons.
"I can't deny it's something special for me to return to Barcelona," he told reporters on Friday. "I grew up there, to play there at 13 to become a footballer.
"Most of my life I spent there, I know the people, the club, the media, most of the players, the emotion is there."
Guardiola has come up against Barca before, and will be hoping that his City side enjoy better fortunes than Bayern Munich, who lost 5-3 on aggregate in the 2014-15 semi-finals.
"It happened with Bayern," he added. "The first time it's 'wow', the second time it's the second time, then it's normal."
City also have to negotiate Scottish champions Celtic and Gladbach, who finished fourth in the Bundesliga last season.
"We'll have to make our best performance to go through to the next stage. I know Barcelona quite well and Borussia Moenchengladbach.
"I have a lot of respect for Celtic. They have a lot of experience in Europe."
Guardiola has enjoyed a 100 percent record at City, seeing off Steaua Bucharest 6-0 on aggregate in the Champions League playoff and dispatching Sunderland and Stoke City in the Premier League.
He will not be handing a debut to new goalkeeper Claudio Bravo for the visit of West Ham United on Sunday, while Kelechi Iheanacho should be in contention after an injury scare against Steaua.
"Kelechi was almost nothing so it was a scare but he's fine," Guardiola said. "Everybody’s fit and ready, we trained with 30 players today."
(Reporting by Ed Dove, editing by Ed Osmond) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-soccer-england-mci-guardiola-idUSKCN1111LM?feedType=RSS&feedName=sportsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FsportsNews+%28Reuters+Sports+News%29 | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/9016f1bf38bafc4bf05066df9cc50a0658a017cb72d2b98b32efef5cf3bcdcb9.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T07:02:47 | null | 2016-08-29T05:30:47 | Swiss drugmaker Roche (ROG.S) said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its test for the Zika virus. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-roche-zika-idUSKCN1140BL%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s2.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151405355&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S05G | en | null | Roche says U.S. FDA issues Emergency Use Authorization for Zika test | null | null | www.reuters.com | Swiss drugmaker Roche's logo is seen at their headquarters in Basel, Switzerland January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
ZURICH Swiss drugmaker Roche (ROG.S) said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for its test for the Zika virus.
"The LightMix Zika test is an easy-to-use molecular diagnostic test that enables healthcare professionals to quickly detect the virus," said Uwe Oberlaender, the head of molecular diagnostics at Basel-based Roche.
The virus has been associated with microcephaly, a birth defect characterized by an unusually small head and potential developmental problems.
(Reporting by Joshua Franklin; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-roche-zika-idUSKCN1140BL?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/1ad56a5d858831c3d360bc0b6335aca2877853d9b8e28d46d2b3c91571c2ac5a.json |
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"Maria Sheahan",
"Ilona Wissenbach"
] | 2016-08-31T12:53:05 | null | 2016-08-31T12:39:40 | German police said a misunderstanding may have led to a security breach that prompted the evacuation of Frankfurt airport's Terminal 1 and caused delays and flight cancellations at Europe's fourth largest airport on Wednesday. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-germany-security-airport-idUSKCN1160WL.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151710468&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U0OX | en | null | Police question suspect after Frankfurt airport security breach | null | null | www.reuters.com | People gather outside Frankfurt airport terminal after Terminal 1 departure hall was evacuated in Frankfurt, Germany, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alex Kraus
People gather at Frankfurt airport terminal after Terminal 1 departure hall was evacuated in Frankfurt, Germany, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alex Kraus
People gather at Frankfurt airport terminal after Terminal 1 departure hall was evacuated in Frankfurt, Germany, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Andy Buerger
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere (2ndR) gives a statement after a meeting with Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen (2ndL) and Interior Minister of the state of Saarland Klaus Bouillon (C), Interior Minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia Ralf Jaeger (L) and Minister of Interior of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lorenz Caffier (R), at the interior ministry in Berlin on August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Odd Andersen/POOL
People gather outside Frankfurt airport terminal after Terminal 1 departure hall was evacuated in Frankfurt, Germany, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alex Kraus
People gather at Frankfurt airport terminal after Terminal 1 departure hall was evacuated in Frankfurt, Germany, August 31, 2016. REUTERS/Alex Kraus
FRANKFURT German police said a misunderstanding may have led to a security breach that prompted the evacuation of Frankfurt airport's Terminal 1 and caused delays and flight cancellations at Europe's fourth largest airport on Wednesday.
Police were questioning a female suspect who had entered into the departure gate area at Frankfurt, a major hub for international travel and home to Lufthansa, without completing the security check, a spokeswoman for the federal force told Reuters.
"Based on initial findings of the questioning, it looks like this may have just been an accident," she said, declining to provide further details until the interrogation was completed.
She also said police did not find any suspicious items in the departure area following the evacuation.
The security breach interrupted flight operations, delaying departures and forcing some planes to divert to other German airports instead.
Airport operator Fraport said around 100 flights were canceled due to the evacuation. Operations at the terminal resumed at 1030 GMT (06:30 a.m. EDT), it said, adding that all passengers were asked to go through the security check again.
Lufthansa was not immediately able to say how many of its flights were affected by the evacuation.
In a similar incident, a Spanish man was arrested at Cologne-Bonn airport in May after bypassing the security check, also leading to flight delays.
(Additional reporting by Victoria Bryan and Hans Seidenstuecker; Editing by Catherine Evans) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-airport-idUSKCN1160WL | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/5bf03575fe92f3c6163aa068fe39639a5110b96a0e5a50c2a0f055bba34d413d.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-29T00:52:06 | null | 2016-08-29T00:06:17 | Mexico's environmental prosecutor said it had kept regular oversight of the country's largest gold mine, days after a Reuters report on a prolonged leak of contaminated water there prompted activists to accuse the agency of failing its mandate. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-goldcorp-leak-idUSKCN114007%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DenvironmentNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252Fenvironment%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BEnvironment%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Mexico environmental agency defends oversight of Goldcorp mine | null | null | www.reuters.com | MEXICO CITY Mexico's environmental prosecutor said it had kept regular oversight of the country's largest gold mine, days after a Reuters report on a prolonged leak of contaminated water there prompted activists to accuse the agency of failing its mandate.
Environmental prosecutor Profepa said that since 2013 it had completed five "administrative proceedings" on the Penasquito mine in Zacatecas state, which is owned by Canada's Goldcorp Inc.
It did not say whether the proceedings were related to the leak.
Reuters reported on Wednesday that levels of the potentially toxic mineral selenium rose in groundwater in a monitoring well on the mine property in October 2013. Goldcorp reported the rise to authorities a year later.
After the report, anti-mine activists in Zacatecas accused Profepa and other Mexican environmental agencies of bias toward the miner.
Profepa said in a statement released on Saturday that the company told it in October 2014 about a rise in selenium and sulphates in two wells. The agency said the incident did not pose a risk to the environment.
It said selenium levels had been stable since September 2015 "at the original level" of 0.01 mg per liter, the maximum allowed in Mexico.
Data Goldcorp showed to Profepa in a presentation this month and seen by Reuters shows that before the incident, selenium levels were actually at 0.005 mg per liter. Profepa did not respond to a request for comment on the discrepancy.
High concentrations of selenium in water can damage human health and cause deformities in wildlife.
Profepa also said trenches were being built at the site because of possible leaks to the south of the dam in which waste from the mine is stored.
A village called Las Mesas, home to about 90 families, is just south of the dam.
The Goldcorp presentation to Profepa this month, which was dated March, confirmed there was indeed leakage on the southern side of the waste facility. Both Goldcorp and Profepa say the leak was controlled before it went beyond the limits of the mine property.
(Reporting by Noe Torres and Frank Jack Daniel; Writing by Christine Murray; Editing by Bill Trott) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-goldcorp-leak-idUSKCN114007?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/741db71cdba44df4eb202a09927e6ae695340c3f69ab3ca815bdeea27ba7e743.json |
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"Robert Mezan"
] | 2016-08-26T13:18:06 | null | 2016-08-19T13:12:55 | A picture is worth a thousand words - or at least that is the philosophy behind a New York clinic that is creating Zika-inspired art to raise awareness about the virus. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-health-zika-art-idUSKCN10U017%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DartsNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bnews%252Fartsculture%2B%2528Reuters%2BArts%2B%2526%2BCulture%2B%2529.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160819&t=2&i=1150260773&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7I07M | en | null | New York clinic turns to art in Zika fight | null | null | www.reuters.com | Artist Shaun Crawford draws illustrations of mosquitos for an educational brochure about Zika, in New York, New York U.S. August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Robert Mezan
NEW YORK A picture is worth a thousand words - or at least that is the philosophy behind a New York clinic that is creating Zika-inspired art to raise awareness about the virus.
At All City, a combination art gallery and pediatrics clinic, artist Shaun Crawford was hired on Thursday to create illustrations that will be made into an educational brochure.
"I decided to draw the mosquitoes and make them a little more aggressive than my drawings usually are that I do here," Crawford told Reuters Television.
While the sketches got the attention of the clinic's toddler patients, their greater aim is to help raise the awareness of their parents, who may be unaware of the dangers of Zika.
Among the dangers of the mosquito-born disease is microcephaly, a rare birth defect which is marked by abnormally small heads and developmental problems.
Health officials said on Tuesday that at least 483 people in New York had contracted the virus, including 49 pregnant women.
All the cases were either travel-related, or acquired through sexual contact. But there is concern that with New York's extensive Dominican and Puerto Rican populations, the virus could easily spread if residents travel or family members visit.
The Zika outbreak was first detected in Brazil last year and has since spread to more than 50 countries and territories, many of them in Latin America and the Caribbean.
The clinic's physician, Dr. Vladimir Barayev, said that the media had been flooded with information about Zika in a verbal form.
"When you put an image with something like Zika in particular, it opens people's eyes," he said. "Like, 'Oh, I never realized that, no matter how much I heard about Zika, I never realized.'"
Even though the mosquitoes in Crawford's sketches are harmless, their message is clear: Zika is a viable threat.
Florida health officials have found evidence of local Zika virus transmission in Miami Beach, one of the world's most popular tourist destinations, a source familiar with the investigation said on Thursday.
Zika is transmitted to people through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito. The insects are found in almost all the countries in the Americas.
(Writing by Ian Simpson in Washington; Editing by Bernard Orr) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-zika-art-idUSKCN10U017?feedType=RSS&feedName=artsNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+news%2Fartsculture+%28Reuters+Arts+%26+Culture+%29 | en | 2016-08-19T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/826aa4b4763382105fea2c180e38362a283b1c7720b7974405d7b5c67f4d6d1b.json |
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"Diane Bartz"
] | 2016-08-31T01:02:19 | null | 2016-08-30T23:11:07 | Democrat Elizabeth Warren and 19 other U.S. senators voiced concern to the chief executive of Mylan NV (MYL.O) about the high cost of its EpiPen on Tuesday, calling the device used in the case of life-threatening allergies "exorbitantly expensive." | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-mylan-nl-prices-lawmakers-idUSKCN1152VV%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DdomesticNews.json | http://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160830&t=2&i=1151650413&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7T1MO | en | null | Senators press Mylan on 'exorbitantly expensive' EpiPen | null | null | www.reuters.com | EpiPen auto-injection epinephrine pens manufactured by Mylan NV pharmaceutical company for use by severe allergy sufferers are seen in Washington, U.S. August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
WASHINGTON Democrat Elizabeth Warren and 19 other U.S. senators voiced concern to the chief executive of Mylan NV (MYL.O) about the high cost of its EpiPen on Tuesday, calling the device used in the case of life-threatening allergies "exorbitantly expensive."
Mylan has been under fire for steadily raising the price of the device from about $100 in 2008 to about $600 currently.
In a letter to Mylan CEO Heather Bresch, the daughter of Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the lawmakers asked the company to spell out the company's programs to provide some people with lower cost EpiPens.
Such discount programs are often an "industry tactic to keep costs high through a complex shell game," the letter said.
"Insurance companies, the government and employers still bear the burden of these excessive prices. In turn, those costs are eventually passed on to consumers in the form of higher premiums," the senators wrote.
Mylan said this week it would launch the first generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen for $300, half the price of the branded product, the drugmaker's second step in less than a week to counter the backlash over the product's steep price. It also reduced the out-of-pocket costs of EpiPen for some patients last week.
EpiPen has a 94 percent market share for auto-injector devices, which jab a dose of the drug epinephrine into the thigh to counter dangerous allergic reactions such as to peanuts, other foods and bee stings.
Asked about the letter, Mylan spokeswoman Lauren Kashtan said in an email statement: "We have acknowledged receipt of letters from congressional offices and intend to respond to them."
Mylan has defended EpiPen's high price, saying it spent hundreds of millions of dollars to improve the product since acquiring it in 2007. It has also said it recoups less than half the list price for EpiPens.
In their letter, the lawmakers asked Mylan how much insurers paid for the EpiPen in 2009 and how much they pay now. They also asked how many EpiPens Mylan provided to low income, uninsured consumers and how many schools purchased EpiPens versus how many received them for free.
In addition to Warren, other signatories included Senators Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee; Barbara Boxer, a California Democrat; Dick Durbin, an Illinois Democrat; Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, both Democrats from Rhode Island and Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat.
(Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Tom Brown) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mylan-nl-prices-lawmakers-idUSKCN1152VV?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/6f3057457f6d0dd87c107f943d861d38dc3d9df33eabcfdbe07e500d134891ee.json |
[
"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-31T07:02:42 | null | 2016-08-31T05:03:32 | Seeking to capitalize on Britons too busy or forgetful to shop for household essentials, retail giant Amazon is bringing its thumb-sized, one-button ordering device to the UK. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-amazon-britain-idUSKCN1160E6%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtechnologyNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtechnologyNews%2B%2528Reuters%2BTechnology%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160831&t=2&i=1151674762&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7U078 | en | null | Amazon Dash one-button device arrives in Britain | null | null | www.reuters.com | LONDON Seeking to capitalize on Britons too busy or forgetful to shop for household essentials, retail giant Amazon is bringing its thumb-sized, one-button ordering device to the UK.
From Wednesday, British Amazon Prime customers will be able to order supplies of products such as toilet paper, dishwasher tablets, dog food and coffee at the touch of the wifi-connected Amazon Dash button.
Each device is dedicated to a single product -- toilet roll, for instance -- with the brand's logo emblazoned on the buttons, which cost 4.99 pounds ($6.53) apiece. So if you wanted the service for two different products, you would need a separate device for each, though customers receive the cost of the device back in the form of a discount on their first order.
Some customers thought the U.S. launch on March 31, 2015, was an April Fool's joke, said Daniel Rausch, director of Amazon Dash.
But the service, as gimmicky as it may sound, appears to have caught the imagination of household goods manufacturers.
Rausch said that more than 150 brands have joined the scheme in the United States, up from about 20 at launch, and that there has been a threefold increase in customer orders through the devices in the past two months, though the company gave no data on sales numbers.
In Britain, Amazon Dash will launch with 48 brands in the scheme.
The next step for Amazon is to automate the service entirely, so that appliances such as printers, vacuum cleaners and washing machines order new ink, bags and washing powder when they are running low.
Companies including Bosch [ROBG.UL], Siemens, Samsung and Whirlpool are already working on integrating Dash Replenishment into their products, Rausch said.
($1 = 0.7638 pounds)
(Reporting by Paul Sandle; Editing by David Goodman) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-britain-idUSKCN1160E6?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtechnologyNews+%28Reuters+Technology+News%29 | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/4c4af273e00e6b16ec93b89138cc066b1e5ac61df0d68a89ee413c713862c156.json |
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"Reuters Editorial"
] | 2016-08-27T09:02:29 | null | 2016-08-27T08:46:16 | A fire in a warehouse at a Moscow printing works killed at least 16 people on Saturday morning, an Emergencies Ministry official told Rossiya-24 TV station. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-russia-warehouse-fire-idUSKCN112079%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews%26utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Breuters%252FtopNews%2B%2528News%2B%252F%2BUS%2B%252F%2BTop%2BNews%2529.json | http://s4.reutersmedia.net/resources_v2/images/rcom-default.png | en | null | Fire kills at least 16 in Moscow printing works | null | null | www.reuters.com | MOSCOW A fire in a warehouse at a Moscow printing works killed at least 16 people on Saturday morning, an Emergencies Ministry official told Rossiya-24 TV station.
"Sixteen bodies were found in a room, four injured were brought to hospitals in Moscow. The fire was completely put out by 0953 (0253 ET)," he said.
The ministry said on its website that 12 people were rescued. The TV station said the people, who lived and worked at the depot, were mostly from former Soviet Union countries.
The reason for the fire has not immediately been disclosed. Lax fire safety standards have often been blamed for such incidents in Russia.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; editing by David Clarke) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-warehouse-fire-idUSKCN112079?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29 | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/7de67f5956465c8e40d042221d29209d4efe3c4a1b34bb3f62347ff509bd2899.json |
[
"Thorsten Severin",
"Andrea Shalal"
] | 2016-08-29T18:52:10 | null | 2016-08-29T18:27:27 | Germany's interior minister visited Facebook's offices in Berlin on Monday and said it should be more proactive in removing forbidden content from its social network platform. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2Fus-germany-facebook-idUSKCN1141S6.json | http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20160829&t=2&i=1151464994&w=&fh=545px&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=LYNXNPEC7S0ZA | en | null | Germany wants Facebook to take initiative in fight against online hate | null | null | www.reuters.com | German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere speaks to the media after a vistit at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
(L-R) German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, Eva- Maria Kirschsieper, Facebook head of public policy D-A-CH and Martin Ott, Facebook managing director central Europe, walk during a vistit at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere (C), Eva- Maria Kirschsieper, Facebook head of public policy D-A-CH (R) and Martin Ott, Facebook managing director central Europe, pose during a vistit at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere (L) and Eva- Maria Kirschsieper, Facebook head of public policy D-A-CH, speak to the media after a vistit at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere talks to an employee during a vistit at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
(L-R) German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere, Eva- Maria Kirschsieper, Facebook head of public policy D-A-CH and Martin Ott, Facebook managing director central Europe, walk during a vistit at the Facebook office in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stefanie Loos
BERLIN Germany's interior minister visited Facebook's offices in Berlin on Monday and said it should be more proactive in removing forbidden content from its social network platform.
"Facebook should take down racist content or calls for violence from its pages on its own initiative even if it hasn't yet received a complaint," Thomas de Maiziere said.
"Facebook has an immensely important economic position and just like every other large enterprise it has a immensely important social responsibility."
The German government has been critical of Facebook in the past. Political leaders and regulators have complained the world's largest social network, with 1.6 billion monthly users, had been slow to respond to hate speech and anti-immigrant messages.
Last year Justice Minister Heiko Maas told Reuters that Facebook must abide by stricter German laws banning racist sentiment even if it might be allowed in the United States under freedom of speech.
De Maiziere said he recognized Facebook's efforts to develop software that can better identify outlawed content and praised its efforts to fight child pornography. He said it was right to warn users in its terms against the dissemination of illegal content.
"But it's up to the company to ensure those terms are upheld," he said. "A company with a good reputation for innovation will have to earn a good reputation in this area."
Eva-Maria Kirschsieper, Facebook's head of Public Policy in Germany, told reporters during de Maiziere's visit that the discussions between political leaders and companies in social media would continue.
"We see ourselves as part of German society and part of the German economy," she said. "And we know that we have a major responsibility and we want to live up to this responsibility. We take this issue very seriously indeed."
Mark Wallace, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who now heads the Counter Extremist Project (CEP) in New York, a non-profit group that maintains a database of information about extremist groups, said Facebook was a leader in the social media sector in combating extremism, but more work was needed.
"Of all the companies, Facebook has done the most, but they’re all just starting to recognize that the weaponization of social media platforms is not good business and not good for society,” Wallace told Reuters.
CEP is completing testing of a new software tool that will identify new images and videos published on social media sites by Islamic State and other extremist groups, and remove them instantly wherever they occur, much as already done with child pornography images.
Earlier this year, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg came to Berlin to respond to the criticism. He said he had learned from Facebook's experience in Germany that migrants were a group of people who also needed to be protected from hate speech online.
(Writing by Erik Kirschbaum; Editing by Andrew Roche) | http://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-facebook-idUSKCN1141S6 | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.reuters.com/987426309dcebf6d6089c5e0037e2ca87f913459aa0a9f3ed46cf0b5438d1fe9.json |
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