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May's party offers new compromise to break Brexit impasse

After the voting has finished: Mrs May is expected to make a statement to the House of Commons. The other key amendment that could be voted on during proceedi...

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DOJ charges Chinese tech giant Huawei, top executive with fraud

The US Justice Department unsealed two indictments on Monday against China's Huawei Technologies, several of its subsidiaries and its chief financial officer M...

Certain fruit sold at Walmart, Costco, Aldi recalled over possible listeria contamination

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Venezuela's Guaido calls for new anti-Maduro protests

It follows similar declarations by the US, Britain, Germany and France . Nicolas Maduro's election to a six-year presidential term last year has been widel...

Trump rams into wall: USA shutdown weakened United States president’s position, says poll

Americans are largely ready to see President Donald Trump and the GOP move on from their pursuit of a border wall, according to a HuffPost/YouGov survey con...

Saudi Arabia added to draft list of countries posing threat to EU

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'Most important drills in history!' Venezuela's Maduro inspects troops amid power struggle

The Venezuelan leader told the Turkish network he has sent many messages to President Trump but has not received a response because "I think he's overwhelmed wi...

Highlights from Howard Schultz's 60 Minutes interview

Already top Democratic operatives working for presidential candidates and beyond say they're anxious that the only thing he'll accomplish is making sure Donald ...

J'can truck driver wins US$298m lottery in NY

A colleague informed him that the winning ticket was bought at the gas station where he often refueled. He scanned it and said 'Congratulations.' "I needed to s...

European Central Bank keeps interest rate unchanged, maintains ultra-relaxed monetary policy

The pan-European STOXX index hit its highest since December 4, last up 0.7 percent on the day. -China trade war would trigger a sharper downturn. "Supportive ...

Trump doubts lawmakers can reach acceptable border security deal

Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., said days before Trump's surrender. However, the president warned that he may shut down the government again or declare a national e...

Budweiser Unveils First Super Bowl LIII Commercial

According to Angie Slaughter, VP of sustainability at Anheuser-Busch, the company launched public global sustainability goals over a year ago. The commercial ...

Oil price rised as U.S. shutdown ends

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Dow falls - U.S., China still far away on trade deal

IXIC added 5.41 points, or 0.08 percent, to 7,025.77. Ross told CNBC it was too early to judge where US -china trade talks are headed, but added there is a f...

Whole Foods Recall: Spinach, Mesclun Recalled For Possible Salmonella Contamination

Whole Foods Market is recalling items with baby spinach over Salmonella fears on Friday, according to the Food and Drug Administration. (See a full list her...

Maduro has oppressed Venezuelans for years: Mike Pompeo

The embassy also slammed US State Secretary Mike Pompeo , who, in his interview with The Laura Ingraham Show late on Thursday, used the shutdown as a pretext t...

Honda has announced a new electric hatchback

The Honda Urban EV Concept builds on an early prototype shown at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show and is little more than a thinly disguised version of the bat...

California Investigation Finds PG&E Blameless In Massive 2017 Wine Region Wildfire

California's firefighting agency concluded that the blaze started next to a residence, and it did not find any violations of state law. PG&E has said it plans...

IAG Rules Out New Bid For Norwegian Air

It is the third largest low-cost carrier in Europe behind easyJet and Ryanair and the ninth-largest low-cost airline in the world, the largest airline in Scandi...

Oil climbs on Venezuelan crisis despite surging U.S. supply

Oil prices declined on Thursday on lingering concerns that slowing global economic growth may limit fuel demand and after a surprise build in USA crude inven...

Mark Zuckerberg Killed Goat with Laser Gun and served Jack Dorsey

They stun it, and then he knifed it . " Then they send it to the butcher ". "I love him. I love what he's trying to do, and I want to help in whatever way". Rec...

Cboe pulls its long-awaited bitcoin ETF application amid a government shutdown

The application was published for comment in the SEC's Federal Register on July 2. But in light of the ongoing government shutdown , which has derailed agend...

Jobless rate down, but full-time work dips

And as the labour force survey released this week by the Office for National Statistics for Sept-Nov 2018 showed, there are now a record 32.53 million people in...

Memos: Facebook allowed 'friendly fraud' to profit from kids

One game developer reported to Facebook that a full 9% of the money it made from in-game purchases was being clawed back through charge-backs. The documents r...

US agency to extend some benefits to unpaid airport screeners

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Corbyn accused of 'facilitating a job-destroying Brexit'

But they said that it would not now be tabled, because the Labour leader had made clear he would not support it. MPs have tabled more than a dozen amendments ...

BuzzFeed is cutting 200 jobs

Bryan Maygers, the head of opinion at HuffPost , said he was told the site's "opinion section is no more". Buzzfeed Australia now has approximately 40 st...

Australia has been hit with the hottest heatwave ever recorded

Adelaide has recorded Australia's hottest ever capital city temperature - a sweltering 46.6C - during a day that toppled records across South Australia. While...

Hundreds missing after mining dam bursts in Brazil

Residents are seen in an area next to a dam owned by Brazilian miner Vale SA that burst, in Brumadinho, Brazil January 25, 2019. By mid-afternoon, Reuters r...

Walmart Increases Driver Wages To Almost $90K

Walmart is raising trucker salaries in its push to hire 900 more drivers this year across the US, including Texas where it has a big concentration of distributi...

Renault boss Carlos Ghosn has resigned, French minister says

Carlos Ghosn has resigned from his position as chairman and CEO of Renault , as confirmed by the French company's board of directors following a meeting on Ja...

General Mills recalls flour over salmonella concerns

Symptoms of salmonella include diarrhea, fever, stomach cramps, and can last 4 to 7 days. General Mills (gis) has not had any confirmed reports of illnesses...