Articles by Reuters
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May 02, 2019
Apple TV+ will co-exist will Netflix and other services, insists CEO Tim Cook
Apple plans to spend $2 billion on programming but has not said how much the service will cost. -
May 02, 2019
US stocks down, S&P; 500 snaps 3-day streak after comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell dampens rate cut hopes
As Powell spoke, traders of US short-term interest rate futures began trimming bets the Fed will cut rates before the end of the year -
May 02, 2019
Asian shares trade sideways as investors await fresh cues
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets marked time on Thursday with two major centres - Japan and China - shut for holidays while the dollar held on to overnight gains after the U.S. -
May 02, 2019
Oil dips as U.S. output hits record, but global markets remain tight
By Henning Gloystein SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices dipped on Thursday after data showed record U.S. crude oil production, which resulted in a surge in stockpiles. -
May 02, 2019
Teenage Guatemalan migrant dies in Texas while in U.S. custody
(Reuters) - A 16-year-old Guatemalan migrant died in a Texas hospital while in the custody of the U.S. government on Wednesday after his health steadily declined due to a severe brain infection, according to officials from both countries. The unaccompanied teen died on Tuesday after "several days of intensive care" at a children's hospital, the U.S -
May 02, 2019
Barr cancels second day of testimony, escalating battle with U.S. Congress
By Andy Sullivan and Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday canceled plans to testify before the House of Representatives about his handling of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, further inflaming tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democrats in Congress -
May 02, 2019
Forget 'clean, sanitary' election memes to win over Australia's far right
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Radomir Kobryn-Coletti has no commitment to any political party, right or left, but his job right now is churning out incendiary Facebook memes for a controversial senator, wooing the far-right ahead of this month's elections. "There's tight competition for the alternative right-wing vote," said Kobryn-Coletti, 23, who works for Queensland Senator Fraser Anning, frequently posting on his smartphone from his bed, from the beach, waiting for a plane or stuck in traffic. -
May 02, 2019
Voters set to punish UK PM May's Conservatives over Brexit delay
By William James LONDON (Reuters) - English voters are expected to use local government elections on Thursday to punish Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party over its failure to deliver Brexit, revealing a divided and dissatisfied electorate. More than 8,000 seats on English councils - administrative bodies responsible for day-to-day decisions on local policy ranging from education to waste management - are up for grabs in the first elections since Britain missed its March 29 Brexit date -
May 02, 2019
Factbox - Thai king's elaborate coronation by the numbers
By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's coronation ceremonies for King Maha Vajiralongkorn on May 4-6 will be the first the Southeast Asian nation has seen in 69 years, when the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej was crowned in 1950. -
May 02, 2019
Slain North Carolina college student confronted gunman, saved lives
By Gabriella Borter and Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A 21-year-old student killed in a shooting at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte saved some of his classmates' lives by tackling the gunman and attempting to disarm him, the city's top law enforcement official said on Wednesday.