COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – A volcano in Iceland spewing lava into the sky since it erupted last Friday could continue its spectacular display for years, potentially becoming a new tourist attraction on the island known for its natural wonders. Thousands of Icelanders have flocked to the site of the eruption on the Reykjanes Peninsula, some 30
years
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Northeast on Monday awoke under a blanket of snow as a powerful winter storm pummeled a vast swath stretching from Pennsylvania through New England, causing widespread disruption in New York City and other major urban centers in the region. The powerful nor’easter is forecast to bring 1 to 2
BANGKOK (Reuters) – A Thai court on Tuesday sentenced a 65-year-old woman to more than 43 years in jail for sharing online posts criticizing the royal family, her lawyer said, the country’s harshest ever sentence for insulting the monarchy. Her sentence comes at a time of unprecedented youth-led demonstrations in which protest leaders have openly
JOHOR BARU: About RM2bil in capital expenditure (capex) is being spent over five years starting from 2018 to improve water operations in the state, says water operator Ranhill SAJ Sdn Bhd. Its chief executive officer Nor Ifuan Md Nor said most of the budget was for replacing old underground pipes, some of which were laid
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced the leader of an online sexual blackmail ring to 40 years in prison, the Yonhap news agency reported. Cho Ju-bin, 24, was found guilty of running an online network that blackmailed at least 74 women, including 16 teenagers, into what authorities called “virtual enslavement” by
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia on Friday sentenced a man to 13 years in prison for trying to pass on secret information about Russia’s Northern Fleet to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, Russian news agencies reported. A court in Bryansk, southwest of Moscow, found Yuri Eschenko guilty of state treason, the agencies reported. (Reporting by Maria
GEORGE TOWN: It will take between one and two years for Penang Hill and its surrounding areas to be recognised as a Unesco biosphere reserve, says Datuk Cheok Lay Leng. The Penang Hill Corporation general manager said his team started the whole Unesco biosphere reserve application process about three to four years ago. “We completed
(Reuters) – Three years ago, Myanmar’s military burned the Rohingya village of Kan Kya to the ground and bulldozed over its remains. Last year, the government erased its name from official maps, according to the United Nations. About 3 miles (5 km) from the Naf River that marks the border between Myanmar’s Rakhine state and
PARIS (Reuters) – Fourteen suspected accomplices to the French Islamist militants behind the 2015 attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine and a Jewish supermarket in Paris will go on trial next Wednesday. Seventeen people were killed during three days of bloodshed that marked the beginning of a wave of Islamist violence that was to
(Reuters) – Unilever Plc (ULVR.L) said on Monday it will invest 1 billion euros in a fund to invest in climate change projects and reduce to net zero greenhouse gas emissions from all its products by 2039, 11 years ahead of the Paris Agreement deadline. FILE PHOTO: Unilever headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands August 21, 2018.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – A Swedish prosecutor closed the case of the assassination of Prime Minister Olof Palme after 34 years on Wednesday, accusing a graphic designer who died two decades ago of the country’s most notorious unsolved crime. Stig Engstrom, known as Skandia-man, gestures outside Skandias office in Stockholm, Sweden April 7, 1986. TT News
MINSK (Reuters) – A detained Belarusian blogger who helped lead protests against President Alexander Lukashenko has been charged with disrupting public order and attacking a policeman and could be sentenced to three years in prison, state investigators said on Tuesday. Sergei Tikhanouski, the organiser of numerous pickets against Lukashenko and author of the slogan “Stop
FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Hungarian Grand Prix – Hungaroring, Budapest, Hungary – August 4, 2019 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action during the race REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Mercedes plans to stay in Formula One for years to come, parent company Daimler has said after renewed speculation about the world champions’ future
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has sentenced French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah to six years in prison on national security charges, her lawyer told Reuters on Saturday. “The court has sentenced her to six years,” said Saeid Dehghan. “The branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court has sentenced her to five years jail for gathering and conspiring against
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp (6758.T) expects operating profit to drop at least 30% this financial year to its lowest in four years as the company anticipates a hit to demand for its TVs, cameras and smartphone image sensors from the coronavirus outbreak. Sony has halted production at some plants and experienced supply-chain disruptions as
FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) makes a statement about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) economic relief legislation from the Speakers Lobby of the U.S. Capitol Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Pool WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday that a prospective $500
FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank Group Corp is displayed at SoftBank World 2017 conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday morning after estimating the Vision Fund will record a 1.8 trillion yen ($16.73 billion) loss in the year ended March
(Reuters) – Simon Halep is trying to look on the bright side regarding the suspension of the tennis season due to the coronavirus pandemic, which means at least she will be referred to as reigning Wimbledon champion for two years. FILE PHOTO: Jul 13, 2019; London, United Kingdom; Simona Halep (ROU) poses with her trophy
(Reuters) – The most powerful earthquake to hit Utah in 28 years shut down Salt Lake City’s airport, knocked out a coronavirus hotline and forced the evacuation of a refinery on Wednesday, officials said. FILE PHOTO: The top of the Mormon Temple is shown at Temple Square downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., January 10,
(Reuters) – Lawyers for former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, who was convicted last month of rape and sexual assault, have asked a New York court to take into consideration his health and age and sentence him to prison for five years. FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the New York Criminal Court during
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal environment agency last year gave out the fewest fines for breaking conservation laws since 1995, the agency’s press office told Reuters on Monday, as the efficacy of the agency, known as Ibama, continues to fall under President Jair Bolsonaro. It handed out 12,266 fines for environmental infractions in 2019, down
(Reuters) – As Major League Soccer looks to its next quarter century, an eclectic roster of owners from the realms of Hollywood to commercial industry could be calling the shots. Billing itself as a modern, progressive league of the future, MLS has slowly chipped away at the stereotypical notion of the stodgy pro sports boardroom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday sentenced President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone to three years and four months in prison and said his lies to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election posed a threat to American democracy. After U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced the veteran
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – The condition of the world’s second-largest coral system, the Mesoamerican Reef stretching from Mexico to Central America, has taken a turn for the worse and faces further threats from climate change, according to a report by a group of scientists. Extending nearly 1,000 km (620 miles) from the northern tip of Mexico’s
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Airbus SE (AIR.PA) is confident of selling more than 1,000 A321XLR aircraft, a longer-range version of the single-aisle A321neo jetliner, over the next 10 years, a senior executive at the manufacturer said on Tuesday. The forecast includes a mix of new orders and conversions from other models, Airbus Head of Marketing Francois
Olympic Judo champion Teddy Riner takes part in a demostration of Judo with Peruvian Judo athletes ahead of the opening of the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Guadalupe Pardo PARIS (Reuters) – France’s double Olympic champion judoka Teddy Riner suffered his first defeat in nearly 10 years on Sunday, losing to
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would nationalise Northern Rail after the company running trains between cities like Manchester and Leeds was blamed for years of delays, cancellations and strikes on the service. FILE PHOTO: A Northern Rail train is parked at Stockport railway station in Stockport, Britain, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble Britain privatised
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a proposed $760 billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference to unveil a $760 billion infrastructure spending bill proposed by House Democrats at
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban prosecutors are asking for a nine-year prison sentence for one of the country’s top opposition leaders Jose Daniel Ferrer on charges of assault, his wife Nelva Ortega said. Ortega told Reuters she learned the news when she visited Ferrer on Thursday but that he received the documents in his case on
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s economic growth cooled to its weakest in nearly 30 years in 2019 amid a bruising trade war with the United States, and more stimulus is expected this year as Beijing tries to boost sluggish investment and demand. A girl runs past a man as he smokes in Beijing’s central business area,
