By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - Texas authorities on Friday charged climate change protesters who shut down the largest U.S. energy-export port for a day by dangling on ropes from a bridge in Houston. The Harris County Sheriff's Office charged 31 people, including Greenpeace protesters and others who supported them, under a state law that makes it a felony to disrupt energy pipelines and ports.
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On August 15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped out to the Red Fort in the Indian capital of New Delhi as a newly empowered man, after the landslide election win of his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His rivals in the Congress Party are in disarray, having been utterly crushed and struggling to have […]
Millennials will make up the largest group of eligible voters in Canada's upcoming federal election. Here's what a diverse and as-yet undecided group wants to see from their next government, and what they say will sway their vote.
The service reportedly emailed its subscribers to notify them it was shutting down because “efforts to recapitalize MoviePass have not been successful to date.”
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Conservative policymakers slammed the European Central Bank's lavish stimulus measures on Friday, voicing doubts about the need and effectiveness of a package that could consume most of the bank's remaining firepower.
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State governments had loans worth Rs 421 crore from the RBI in the week ended September 6 compared with Rs 606 crore in the previous week
A fire at a Rio de Janeiro hospital left at least 11 people dead and dozens of patients lying on stretchers outside the facility overnight, emergency officials said Friday.
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of global stocks was on track for an eighth straight day of gains and benchmark government bond yields advanced on Friday after signs of progress in U.S.-China trade talks, as well as a solid U.S. retail sales report, allayed recession worries. Stocks on Wall Street were little changed, as initial gains fuelled by a string of positive signals on the trade war between the world's two largest economies were curbed by weakness in tech companies Apple and Broadcom . Читать дальше...
President Donald Trump made a three-tweet argument Friday morning about why he should not be impeached, touting what he said were his accomplishments. Over the course of 139 words, he made six false claims -- plus three others that aren't false but could benefit from additional context.
'So as to have the life that is waiting for us'
Detecting landmines can be a challenging and slow process. Detecting them from a moving vehicle would make the process more speedy, but at the expense of accuracy.
From The Baltimore Sun: It has taken me until now, nearly three decades after his death, to fully understand how childhood trauma crept up and destroyed him.
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An outspoken critic of the scientific consensus on anthropogenic climate change, Happer is returning to academia after a year in his White House role.
A Navy destroyer sailed close to disputed South China Sea islands in a direct challenge to Chinese maritime claims over the strategic waterway. U.S. and allied warships and aircraft have stepped up naval and air patrols to to challenge China's claims to control about 90 percent of the South China Sea. The USS Wayne E. Meyer, a guided-missile destroyer, conducted a freedom of navigation operation in the South China Sea on Friday.
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A top Trump administration immigration official is defending efforts to effectively end asylum for migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
OAKLAND, Calif. — Shaun Livingston’s career nearly ended far ahead of his schedule because of a gruesome knee injury. Now, he gets to retire on his own terms — and with three championships after playing a key role during the Golden State Warriors’ recent title runs. The 34-year-old Livingston announced his retirement Friday following 15
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Six months after a gunman killed 51 people at two Christchurch mosques, New Zealand’s government is planning further restrictions to gun ownership.
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The actress pleaded guilty in May to paying $15,000 to have her daughter's SAT scores boosted.
PERTHSHIRE, Scotland — It doesn’t matter if it’s President Trump, President Biden, or President Warren, an economic stimulus package is coming to Toledo in 2021.