MOSCOW (Reuters) – European refiners are paying the price for U.S. oil sanctions on Venezuela and Iran as they scramble to replace the sour crude Washington has blocked from the global market with increasingly expensive Russian oil, trading sources said and data showed. FILE PHOTO: A worker collects a crude oil sample at an oil…
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North Korea convenes top-level meeting over ‘tense situation’: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a full meeting Wednesday of a top committee of the ruling Workers’ Party to address what he described as the “prevailing tense situation”, state media reported.The gathering of the Central Committee comes after Kim’s Hanoi summit with US President Donald Trump broke up without agreement in…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX sends world’s most powerful rocket on first commercial flight
(Reuters) – The most powerful operational rocket in the world, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy, launched its first commercial mission on Thursday from Florida in a key demonstration for billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s space company in the race to grasp lucrative military launch contracts. The 23-story-tall Heavy, which previously launched Musk’s cherry red Tesla roadster to space…
Mike Pompeo agrees Kim Jong Un is a ‘tyrant’
US President Donald Trump has said he’s in love with Kim Jong Un, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo agreed that the North Korean leader is a “tyrant.” Pompeo, who flew to Pyongyang four times last year as the Trump administration sought an opening with North Korea, was taken to task as he…
Ostrich, rodent on the menu as Cuba seeks food miracle
HAVANA (Reuters) – From breeding miniature cows to importing water buffalo, Cuban leaders have long gotten creative in their effort to remedy food shortages. Now, they are proposing ostrich and rodent farms as an answer, prompting ridicule from a weary population. A flock of ostriches is seen at a farm on the outskirts of Havana,…
Social media a popular, yet not trusted, news source: Poll
Last Updated : Apr 10, 2019 08:31 AM IST | Source: PTI According to the Maru/Matchbox poll, 52 percent of Americans and 48 percent of Canadians said they find out what’s happening in the world through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. …
U.S. suspends talks with Sudan after military ousts Bashir
The building of Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan is seen in Washington, U.S., April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jeenah MoonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday suspended discussions with Sudan on normalizing relations between the two countries after the military ousted President Omar al-Bashir and said it would run the country for two years.…
China, US could win big on no-deal Brexit: UN
If Britain leaves the EU without a deal, the bloc and Britain’s smaller trading partners stand to lose big, but Beijing and Washington could reap huge benefits, the UN said.In a fresh report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) examined what repercussions it would have for Britain’s trading partners if the…
Cufflinks and the Caribbean: How Virgin Galactic kept space tourists’ interest and money
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – Virgin Galactic’s goal to fly tourists into space as early as this summer is about 12 years later than initially promised by its founder, British billionaire Sir Richard Branson. But many of its customers, including Gisli Gislason, aren’t sweating it. Right up there with a few minutes in space on…
Dalai Lama hospitalised in Delhi due to chest infection
The 83-year-old leader came down here from Dharamshala for the check-up at the Max hospital in Delhi. Last Updated : Apr 10, 2019 08:45 AM IST | Source: PTI – TFMNews Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on April 9 underwent a check-up at a hospital in Delhi after some health complications, hospital sources said. […]
Kim Jong Un consolidates power as North Korea shuffles leadership
SEOUL (Reuters) – In one of the biggest leadership shake-ups in years, North Korea named a new nominal head of state and a new premier, and gave leader Kim Jong Un a new title, state media reported on Friday, moves analysts said solidify Kim’s grip on power. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is elected […]
First photo of black hole released; Breakthrough in astrophysics
An international scientific team on April 10 announced a milestone in astrophysics – the first-ever photo of a black hole – using a global network of telescopes to gain insight into celestial objects with gravitational fields so strong no matter or light can escape. The team’s observations of the black hole at the center […]
EU to agree Brexit delay but France pushes for conditions
PARIS/BERLIN/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union leaders will grant Prime Minister Theresa May a second delay to Brexit but they could demand she accepts a much longer extension as France pushed for conditions to limit Britain’s ability to undermine the bloc. A “flextension” until the end of the year or until March 2020, under which Britain […]
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un says must deliver ‘serious blow’ to those imposing sanctions: KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country needs to deliver a “serious blow” to those imposing sanctions by ensuring its economy is more self-reliant, state media Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Thursday. It was the first time Kim stated North Korea’s position on the second U.S.-North Korea summit in […]
UK parliament approves Brexit law forcing May to consult on delay
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s parliament approved legislation on Monday that gives lawmakers the power to scrutinise and even change Prime Minister Theresa May’s request that the European Union agree to delay Brexit until June 30. FILE PHOTO: Anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray demonstrates outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, April 3, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah Mckay […]
