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Getty ImagesEarlier this week, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled that it wouldn't immediately dismiss a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that was brought by a handful of states and green groups over the EPA's vehicle fuel economy rollback. In April, the EPA's former Administrator Scott Pruitt made…

British Prime Minister Theresa May meets with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to discuss draft agreements on Brexit, at the EC headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 24, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May will seal a Brexit package deal with European Union leaders in Brussels on Sunday after an agreement to…

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Organisers billed the latest protests as "act two" in a rolling campaign Police in Paris have used tear gas and water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating for a second weekend against rising fuel prices.Clashes broke out on the Champs-Elysées as protesters tried to get through a police security cordon around…

Enlarge / Brace yourself: the Black Friday deals are here. TechBargainsUpdate (11/23/2018 4:45pm ET): Our latest update includes a modest but still notable discount to the latest 11-inch iPad Pro, deals on Logitech gaming mice and wireless keyboards, and a few other items. You can check them out below. Predictably, things appear to be slowing…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York state judge rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s request to dismiss a lawsuit in which New York’s attorney general accused him of misusing his namesake foundation to advance his 2016 presidential campaign and his businesses. U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from the media after speaking via teleconference with…

Image copyright AFP Image caption Chinese workers and sites have frequently been targeted by militants Gunmen have killed at least four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi.Gunshots were heard at about 09:30 local time (04:30 GMT) outside the consulate in the upmarket Clifton area. Police shot…

The Lunar Prospector is about 45cm long and weighs just 10kg. This is one of the smallest rovers ever designed for another world. It could go to the Moon as early as 2021. In recent years satellites have gotten smaller, scaling all the way down to CubeSats and even smaller spacecraft. Rockets have followed, too,…

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain and the European Union have agreed a draft text setting out a close post-Brexit relationship, though wrangling with Spain over control of Gibraltar must still be settled before EU leaders meet on Sunday in order to rubber-stamp the pact. Thursday’s news sent the pound nearly 1 percent higher on relief among…

Image copyright JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images Image caption This is the first time the US top court's leader has spoken out against President Trump US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking President Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge.Mr Trump on Tuesday called a jurist who ruled against his…

Enlarge / Romaine lettuce, looking innocuous. Step away from the salad, advises the CDC. Specifically, you should stay away from romaine lettuce in every possible form: baby romaine, spring mix, whole heads, precut, the works. An outbreak of pathogenic E. coli across 11 states and Canada has been traced to romaine lettuce, an echo of a similar…