TOKYO (Reuters) - Wall Street stock futures and Asian shares lost steam on Wednesday after Democrats won control of the U.S. House of Representatives, boosting the party’s ability to block President Donald Trump’s political and economic agenda. People walk past an electronic board showing Japan's Nikkei average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 12,…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionPresident Trump praised the efforts of police, politicians and recovery teams US President Donald Trump has visited California to survey the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history.The Camp Fire, in northern California, has killed at least 76 people.More than 1,200 people have been reported…
Literati Books, a children’s book club and subscription service, is launching a new holiday series called “Great Minds,” which will feature titles personally selected by some of the most well-known minds across business, media, technology, and academia. And, tallied together, this is no short list. Among the 14 guest curators offering their book recommendations are…
PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) - Fire crews in northern California seized on improved weather on Wednesday in their six-day-old battle to suppress the deadliest wildfire in state history as authorities reported at least 100 people still missing and National Guard troops arrived to help search for victims. Cal Fire firefighters comb through a house destroyed by…
Coming May 11, 2019. A brief look at a more depressed Detective Pikachu. Only Detective Pikachu's handler can understand his voice (Ryan Reynolds). Everyone else just hears a "Pika, Pika!" shout. I'm getting some real Howard the Duck vibes from that CGI Psyduck down there. Jigglypuff, seen here flexing his "make people fall asleep" powers.…
“My sincere hope is that I don’t have to come here each night and report a higher and higher number,” the Butte County sheriff, Kory L. Honea, said at a news conference on Monday night. [Here’s how you can help those affected by the fires] The authorities on Monday night released the names of three…
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump didn’t make it to this week’s summit of Asian nations in Singapore, but his influence was still keenly felt among the leaders who gathered in the city. U.S. President Donald Trump points to the crowd after delivering remarks at an event for "supporting veterans and military families" at…
ONLY A PARTISAN Republican could describe the congressman for Tinseltown as a “Hollywood liberal”. Though socially liberal, Adam Schiff, a 58-year-old former federal prosecutor, is a fiscally sensible moderate with national-security chops. He is also, despite being the likely next chairman of the House intelligence committee, hardly anyone’s idea of box office. As the ranking…
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has secretly filed criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, a person familiar with the case said, marking a drastic escalation of the government’s yearslong battle with him and his anti-secrecy group. Top Justice Department officials told prosecutors over the summer that they could start drafting a complaint against…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionTrump and the facts about the migrant caravan A US federal judge has blocked an order issued by President Trump to deny the possibility of asylum to migrants crossing the southern border illegally.US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued the temporary restraining order after hearing…
