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by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 8:30 pm

(Reuters) – Top seed Petra Martic held her nerve in two tiebreaks to beat Belarusian qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich 7-6(5) 7-6(3) to seal a place in the Palermo Ladies Open semi-finals on Friday.

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 8:30 pm

By Chuck Mikolajczak and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Nasdaq closed lower on Friday, as data showed a sharp slowdown in U.S. employment growth and investors worried lawmakers

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 8:30 pm

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats offered to reduce a proposed coronavirus aid package by $1 trillion if Republicans would add a trillion to their counter-offer, but

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 8:30 pm

By Favas Jalla KOZHIKODE, India (Reuters) – At least 17 people were killed and more than 100 injured when an Air India Express passenger plane repatriating Indians stranded by the COVID-19 pandemic

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 8:15 pm

By Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. counterintelligence official on Friday warned that Russia, China and Iran will all try to interfere in the 2020 presidential election, with Russia

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 8:00 pm

By Michael Georgy BEIRUT (Reuters) – As exhausted rescuers combed wreckage to find anyone still alive from the Beirut blast, three disconsolate families camped outside the port where their loved ones

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 7:46 pm

(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell continued to stay in frequent contact with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and top lawmakers in June, a month when the economy appeared to be

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 7:46 pm

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar bounced off two-year lows and a gauge of global equity markets stopped marching toward a record high on Friday, as slightly better-than-expected data on

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 7:45 pm

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety employees reported facing “strong” external pressure from industry and raised alarms the agency does not always

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 6:45 pm

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) – At least 100,000 people are expected to attend the 10-day annual Sturgis motorcycle rally in South Dakota’s Black Hills opening on Friday, with its economic heft overriding

by Amber Coakley on August 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm

Thousands of volunteers are cleaning up the streets of Beirut after Tuesday’s massive explosion. French, Russian and Greek volunteer along with many others arrived in the capitol of Lebanon to assist in the rescue and cleanup efforts.

by Shanon Peckham on August 7, 2020 at 5:00 pm

OAN Newsroom UPDATED 1:20 PM PT — Friday, August 7, 2020 Canada has announced it will be enacting aluminum tariffs on the U.S following the…

by Shanon Peckham on August 7, 2020 at 5:04 pm

The fate of the next coronavirus relief bill remains up in the air. After meeting with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced they “did not make any progress.”

by Shanon Peckham on August 7, 2020 at 5:03 pm

According to White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, the July jobs report showed the recent increase in coronavirus cases was not as “difficult economically as some people feared.” On Friday, Kudlow emphasized the jobs survey was taken amid a spike in cases in several states.

by Shanon Peckham on August 7, 2020 at 5:02 pm

Schools in New York City have been given the green light to resume in-person learning this fall. Governor Andrew Cuomo made the announcement on Friday following multiple weeks of a 1% coronavirus infection rate.

by Amber Coakley on August 7, 2020 at 5:00 pm

Justice is served after a former campaign aide made a bombshell plea admitting to “intentionally killing” a former Arkansas senator.

by Amber Coakley on August 7, 2020 at 2:17 pm

U.S. Envoy to Iran Brian Hook has stepped down from his position and will be replaced by the current envoy to Venezuela Elliot Abrams. The specific reason for Hook’s departure is unknown.

by Amber Coakley on August 7, 2020 at 1:05 pm

Concluding a hard fought and bitter primary race, President Trump’s preferred candidate won the Republican nomination for the open Senate seat in Tennessee.

by Amber Coakley on August 7, 2020 at 1:04 pm

Kanye West said he’s walking instead of running for president, following recent reports claiming he’s actually siphoning votes from presumptive Democrat nominee Joe Biden.

by Amber Coakley on August 7, 2020 at 1:03 pm

Fire season is in full swing in California as the state battles three major wildfires.

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 6:16 pm

By Supantha Mukherjee and Anne Kauranen STOCKHOLM/HELSINKI (Reuters) – Nokia’s new chief executive Pekka Lundmark said he will take time to re-acquaint himself with the Finnish telecom equipment maker

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 5:46 pm

By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – The electric vehicle industry must pay more for lithium in order to spur investment and prevent future supply crunches of the battery metal, the chief executive of

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 3:16 pm

By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra is looking for investment partners for its domestic electric vehicles business and is finalising investment plans for its

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 1:30 pm

By Nneka Chile and Seun Sanni LAGOS (Reuters) – Henry Okolo has grown accustomed to using his phone to stay in touch with God during the coronavirus pandemic.

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 10:19 am

By Tova Cohen and John Geddie TEL AVIV/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Beware, Singaporeans standing too close, automated drones might be keeping an eye on you from above.

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 5:02 am

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook said on Thursday it had removed one of the largest public groups devoted to the QAnon web of conspiracy theories after repeated violations of the

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 3:45 am

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Singapore has charged a director of Citadelle Corporate Services Pte Ltd for falsifying letters related to Wirecard, the collapsed German payments firm.

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 3:30 am

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has added more techology companies that will be obligated to apply 10% value-added tax on sales to Indonesian customers to include Facebook, Disney and TikTok, the tax

by mayor on August 7, 2020 at 2:16 am

By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S.

by mayor on August 6, 2020 at 7:45 pm

By Joseph Menn SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Thursday it recently removed a small network of accounts operating from Romania that had been promoting President Donald Trump’s

by USA TODAY on August 7, 2020 at 6:04 pm

Lebanese President Michel Aoun says there are two possibilities behind Tuesday’s blast – either negligence or “external intervention” by a missile or a bomb.        

by USA TODAY on August 7, 2020 at 5:42 pm

The Milne Ice Shelf has now been reduced in area by about 43%. It was Canada’s last intact Arctic ice shelf.        

by USA TODAY on August 7, 2020 at 5:06 pm

A massive explosion shook Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 wounding a number people and causing widespread damage.        

by Storyful on August 7, 2020 at 12:02 pm

Surveillance cameras captured the few seconds leading up to the Beirut explosion inside a furniture store.        

by USA TODAY on August 6, 2020 at 7:13 pm

French President Emmanuel Macron visited Lebanon and warned that without reforms the country would “continue to sink.”        

by USA TODAY on August 6, 2020 at 6:35 pm

Whether its potentially explosive cargo on ships, docks or nearby facilities, ports are inherently risky when it comes to fire and blasts.        

by USA TODAY on August 6, 2020 at 1:57 pm

Japan marked 75 years since the world’s first atomic bomb attack in Hiroshima on Aug, 6, 2020, scaling back ceremonies due to the COVID-19 pandemic.        

by Wochit on August 6, 2020 at 12:17 pm

On August 6, 1945, the U.S. B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, marking the first time the bomb was used in warfare.       

by Storyful on August 6, 2020 at 11:51 am

The Eiffel Tower turned off its lights at midnight on August 6 in a show of solidarity with those affected by the huge explosion in Beirut.        

by USA TODAY on August 6, 2020 at 11:05 am

On Aug. 6, 1945, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed “Little Boy” over Hiroshima, Japan, instantly killing 70,000 people. By 1950, 200,000 died.        

by USA TODAY on August 6, 2020 at 1:57 am

Max, a police dog working his first shift, successfully located a missing woman and her child over the weekend, according to police in Wales.        

by USA TODAY on August 5, 2020 at 9:31 pm

The explosion at the port killed at least 135 people and wounded about 5,000, Health Minister Hamad Hassan said.        

by USA TODAY on August 5, 2020 at 8:16 pm

Sea ice affects Arctic wildlife and helps regulate the planet’s temperature. July’s totals hit a record low, scientists say.       

by USA TODAY on August 5, 2020 at 7:25 pm

Rescue workers are searching for survivors in the aftermath of the blast which officials say might have been caused by ammonium nitrate.        

by USA TODAY on August 5, 2020 at 7:23 pm

Journalist Nadia al-Faour was at the vet when the Beirut explosion struck: “I will miss Loulou as I walk the streets of a broken city.”