WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Tuesday blocked an ambassador from testifying to the U.S. House of Representatives’ impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine, a move top House Democrats vowed to counter with a subpoena. The chairmen of three House committees leading the impeachment investigation said they would compel testimony from
BERLIN (Reuters) – German payments group Wirecard raised its long-term outlook on Tuesday, but the company’s shares fell as analysts questioned the ability of any tech company to give a precise forecast for its business in five years’ time. FILE PHOTO: The headquarters of Wirecard AG, an independent provider of outsourcing and white label solutions
STOCKHOLM/LONDON (Reuters) – Canadian-American cosmologist James Peebles and Swiss scientists Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for revealing the wonder of the evolution of the universe and discovering planets orbiting distant suns. Peebles, of Princeton University in the United States, was awarded half of the 9-million-Swedish-crown ($910,000)
LOS ANGELES, SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The creators of satirical animated series “South Park” issued a mocking “apology” to China after media reports that episodes of the show were no longer available on some Chinese websites. The “Band in China” episode released on Oct. 2 critiqued China’s policies on free speech as well as the efforts
FILE PHOTO: The International Space Station (ISS) crew member Nick Hague of the U.S. gestures after donning space suits shortly before launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan March 14, 2019. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday bestowed a prestigious state award for courage on Nick Hague, the U.S. astronaut
WASHINGTON/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The U.S. government expanded its trade blacklist to include some of China’s top artificial intelligence startups, punishing Beijing for its treatment of Muslim minorities and ratcheting up tensions ahead of high-level trade talks in Washington this week. FILE PHOTO: An ethnic Uighur demonstrator wears a mask as she attends a protest against
FILE PHOTO: China’s Vice Premier Liu He exits the office of the U.S. Trade Representative following a morning round of negotiations on the second day of last ditch trade talks in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Leah Millis SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and top trade negotiator will be traveling to Washington
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey said on Tuesday it had completed preparations for a military operation in northeast Syria after the United States began pulling back troops, opening the way for a Turkish attack on Kurdish-led forces long allied to Washington. But U.S. President Donald Trump warned he would “obliterate” the NATO ally’s economy if it
U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and Lithuanian Minister of Energy Zygimantas Vaiciunas attend a news conference after the partnership for Transatlantic energy cooperation conference in Vilnius, Lithuania October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Monday he had no plans to resign now or next month, denying
LONDON (Reuters) – Arranging a phone call with the president of the United States used to be seen as a diplomatic win. But increasingly it comes with serious risks, from transcript leaks to domestic political blowback, and advisers are growing wary. U.S. President Donald Trump responds to questions about the U.S. House impeachment investigation during
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis visits his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican, December 21, 2018. Picture taken December 21, 2018. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Director Fernando Meirelles is a fan of Pope Francis but says his new film, which tries to get into the head of
LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand immediate action to cut carbon emissions and avert an ecological disaster. In London, police arrested 217 activists from the Extinction Rebellion group as they blocked bridges and roads
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday said eight years of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax returns must be provided to Manhattan prosecutors, forcefully rejecting the president’s argument that he was immune from criminal investigations. Trump’s returns will not be turned over immediately, after the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan
The pioneering four-limb robotic system, or exoskeleton, that is commanded and controlled by signals from the patient’s brain is seen following a news conference after Thibault, a 28-year-old man, paralyzed from the shoulders down, had been able to walk using it at the French research center Clinatec in Grenoble, France, October 7, 2019. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry speaks during a joint news conference with EU Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Canete at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo VILNIUS (Reuters) – U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Monday denied a report that he had pressed Ukraine to hire certain
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped on Monday as supply issues took center stage following a week of sharp losses, while stocks and the dollar drifted higher with eyes on the upcoming Sino-U.S. trade talks. FILE PHOTO: A trader works as a screen shows market data behind him at CMC markets in London, Britain,