NewsReutersFacing revolt on healthcare bill, U.S. Senate Republicans delay vote
By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republican leaders postponed a vote on a healthcare overhaul on Tuesday after resistance from members of their own party, and President Donald Trump summoned Republican senators to the White House to urge them to break the impasse
NewsAFP NewsSaudis stand tough as top Gulf diplomats in Washington for Qatar talks
Three top Gulf diplomats were in Washington Tuesday as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sought to help resolve the stubborn Qatar crisis. With a one-week Saudi deadline looming for Qatar to meet its tough demands, Tillerson had talks with Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al
NewsReutersCyber attack sweeps globe, researchers see 'WannaCry' link
By Jack Stubbs, Pavel Polityuk and Dustin Volz MOSCOW/KIEV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major global cyber attack on Tuesday disrupted computers at Russia's biggest oil company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus similar to the ransomware that last month infected more than 300,000
NewsReutersPetya ransomware virus is back amid cyber attack - Swiss agency
Ransomware known as Petya seems to have re-emerged to affect computer systems across Europe, causing issues primarily in Ukraine, Russia, England and India, a Swiss government information technology agency said on Tuesday. "There have been indications of late that Petya is in circulation again,
NewsReutersFactbox - Companies hit by global ransomware attack on June 27
(Reuters) - A global ransomware attack on Tuesday hit computers at Russia's biggest oil company, Ukraine's international airport, global shipping firm A.P. Moller-Maersk and the world's biggest advertising agency WPP . Following is a list of companies and organisations that have reported
NewsAFP NewsBrazil's president calls graft charge 'soap opera'
Brazil's President Michel Temer defiantly rejected a bribery charge against him as a "soap opera" on Tuesday, saying there is no proof and vowing to fight on. "The charge is a fiction," Temer said in his first public reaction since the country's top prosecutor, Rodrigo Janot
NewsThe Malay Mail OnlineClose call for toddler in Johor escalator mishap
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NewsReutersToshiba to meet shareholders with no chip unit deal signed
Japan's Toshiba Corp is expected to face the wrath of shareholders at its annual meeting on Wednesday after failing to sign a deal to sell its flash memory chip unit by a self-imposed deadline. The ailing Japanese conglomerate is rushing to sell the prized unit to cover billions of dollars in cost
NewsReutersCyber attacks have long-lasting business impact: Lloyd's of London
Businesses in Europe underestimate the "slow-burn" effects of cyber attacks and need to prepare more fully for a loss of customers, a fall in share price and other potential consequences, Lloyd's of London said in a report on Wednesday. The risk of cyber attacks is rising and slow-burn
NewsReutersDrive.ai raises $50 million in funding; Andrew Ng joins board
Self-driving startup Drive.ai said on Tuesday it raised $50 million in a second round of funding as the Silicon Valley company prepared to deploy its technology in pilot vehicles later this year. The company, one of a handful of startups building fully autonomous systems for cars, also said it had added
NewsReutersSome would-be immigrants left in limbo after Supreme Court travel ban order
By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Without close family in the United States, Elly and her husband had few options for getting permission to immigrate to America from Iran. "Since last year, we made all the important decisions in our lives because we hoped we would get a visa," Elly
NewsReutersIraqi forces seize more ground in Mosul from Islamic State, PM sees victory soon
By Stephen Kalin MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces on Tuesday pushed towards the river side of Mosul's Old City, their key target in the eight-month campaign to capture Islamic State's de-facto capital, and Iraq's prime minister predicted victory very soon. Iraqi forces, battling up
NewsReutersClinton campaign chairman testifies in U.S. House Russia probe
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, on Tuesday appeared before the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, which has begun interviewing witnesses in its probe of how Russia may have influenced the 2016 election. Podesta stopped
NewsAFP NewsPainless patch could replace flu jab: study
Vaccines delivered via a painless, throw-away patch could one day eliminate the need for needle-and-syringe flu injections, researchers said Wednesday after completing a preliminary trial. Equipped with micro-needles, the patches vaccinated against influenza just as effectively as a standard flu jab
NewsAFP NewsUS lists China among worst human trafficking offenders
President Donald Trump's administration hit China Tuesday over its rights record, listing the country alongside Sudan and North Korea on a list of the world's worst human trafficking offenders. The State Department downgraded China in its annual "Trafficking in Persons Report," saying
NewsAFP NewsFugitive Mexican ex-governor accepts extradition
A Mexican former governor wanted on corruption charges agreed on Tuesday to be extradited from Guatemala back to his country.
NewsReutersTrump growing frustrated with China, weighs trade steps - officials
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues and is now considering possible trade actions against Beijing, three senior administration officials told Reuters. The officials said
NewsReutersBrazil's Temer calls graft charge a 'fiction' as crisis deepens
By Brad Brooks and Silvio Cascione BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Michel Temer called a corruption charge filed against him by Brazil's top prosecutor a "fiction" on Tuesday, as the nation's political crisis deepened under the second president faced with possible removal from office
NewsReutersScrapping South Korea pact would be rash mistake - U.S. trade lobby
Scrapping the U.S.-South Korean trade agreement would be a rash mistake, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday, ahead of a first meeting this week between U.S. President Donald Trump and new South Korean President Moon Jae-in. In an interview with Reuters in April, Trump called the five-year-old
NewsAFP NewsVenezuela president claims coup, harangues Trump
Venezuela's embattled president Tuesday repeated claims of a US-backed coup attempt against him and angrily warned President Donald Trump that Venezuela would fight back against such a move. President Nicolas Maduro's comments came a day after he announced the arrests of five opponents he accused
NewsReutersMaersk says global IT breakdown caused by cyber attack
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk , which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said the Petya cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems across the world on Tuesday. The attack came as computer servers across Europe and
NewsReutersSaudi, Qatar ministers spar over Arab nations' demands
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Tuesday that there would be no negotiations over demands by the kingdom and other Arab states for Qatar to stop supporting terrorism. Doha retorted that the allegations against it and demands were baseless and unacceptable. Qatar has previously also said
NewsAFP NewsUS, France vow 'joint response' if chemical attack in Syria
US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed Tuesday on a joint response in the event of another chemical attack in Syria, as Washington warned Damascus would pay a "heavy price" for such a move. The tough language, in a phone call between the two leaders, came
NewsReutersSpaceX plans expansion of rocket refurbishing facilities in Florida
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - SpaceX wants to expand facilities in Florida to refurbish and store its reusable rocket boosters as it increases the pace of launches, documents filed with authorities show. The privately owned rocket company, operated by entrepreneur Elon Musk, proposes
NewsReutersChile, Argentina leaders pledge cooperation; express concern over Venezuela
The leaders of neighbouring Chile and Argentina pledged on Tuesday to further integrate the countries' economies and expressed mutual concern about the unrest in Venezuela. In a televised press conference, Argentina's President Mauricio Macri and Chile's President Michelle Bachelet said
