FEBRUARY 3, 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines his government's negotiating stance with the European Union after Brexit, during a key speech at the Old Naval College in Greenwich, London, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
LONDON — Britain and the European Union set out clashing opening gambits Monday on striking a trade deal, making it clear that...
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
In July of 2017, International Business Machines Corp. executive Arvind Krishna walked into a routine meeting with senior leaders and delivered a surprise pitch that changed the course of the iconic 108-year-old company’s future.
For months Krishna, the head of IBM’s cloud computing division, had been thinking about a way to connect clients’ most important data, which was...
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Brief Scorecard: India 163 for 3 (Rohit 60 retired hurt, Rahul 45, Kuggeleijn 2-25) beat New Zealand 156 for 9 (Taylor 53, Seifert 50, Bumrah 3-12, Saini 2-23)
Ross Taylor hits powerfully through the off side. - Getty Images
Local boy Kane Williamson sat out of the Mount Maunganui T20I, and Ross Taylor made a half-century in his 100th...
FEBRUARY 2, 2020
Several people have been stabbed in Streatham, south London, and a man has been shot dead by police, in what they describe as a "terrorist-related" incident.
Metropolitan Police tweeted: "A man has been shot by armed officers in Streatham. At this stage it is believed a number of people have been stabbed.
"The circumstances are being assessed; the incident...
FEBRUARY 1, 2020
A vendor arranges vegetables at a market in Chennai - ARUN SANKAR/AFP via Getty Images
You will have to pay more for several items, including imported medical equipment, cigarettes and tobacco products among others after finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a raise in tax in the Union Budget 2020.
At the same time, Nirmala Sitharaman proposed the withdrawal of...
JANUARY 31, 2020
Brief Scorecard: India 165 for 8 (Pandey 50, Rahul 39, Sodhi 3-26) tied New Zealand 165 for 7 (Munro 64, Seifert 57, Thakur 2-33)
India won the Super Over
Tim Seifert was one of four batsmen to fall in the final over. - Getty Images
Seven runs needed off six balls. Seven wickets in hand. Ross Taylor,...
JANUARY 30, 2020
The heat goes on.
The world will set a new temperature record within the next five years, scientists from the United Kingdom's Met Office said Thursday.
"The latest five-year forecast suggests continued warming, consistent with sustained high levels of greenhouse gases," said Doug Smith, a Met Office expert on decadal prediction, in a statement.
Up until now, the warmest year...
JANUARY 30, 2020
The UN logo (Reuters image)
The Islamic State (IS) affiliate in Afghanistan has established contacts with Pakistan-based groups such as the Taliban, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and Lashkar-e-Islam and its approach could increase the threat to neighbouring countries, according to a United Nations report.
The report by the UN Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which tracks the terror threat from...
JANUARY 29, 2020
Brief Scorecard: India 179 for 5 (Rohit 65, Bennett 3-54) tied with New Zealand 179 for 6 (Williamson 95, Shami 2-32)
Kane Williamson blasted 95 off 48 balls. - Getty Images
India won the Super Over
A slow pitch and batsmen rising above it. Hamilton was a theatre of shot-making and at the end of a game where neither...
JANUARY 28, 2020
Medical staff in Wuhan, the crisis-hit city at the centre of the outbreak, help a patient off the back of an ambulance on Sunday
The deadly Chinese coronavirus outbreak began at a wholesale animal market in Wuhan city, experts have confirmed.
Scientists from the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said tests proved humans caught it from animals at...
