LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) – – A woman in Brazil who received a womb transplanted from a deceased donor has given birth to a baby girl in the first successful case of its kind, doctors reported. Medical team hold the first baby born via uterus transplant from a deceased donor at the hospital in Sao
Month: December 2018
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition party said on Tuesday it could go to court to stop proposed land reforms after parliament approved a report endorsing a constitutional amendment that would allow expropriations without compensation. A ‘No entry sign’ is seen at an entrance of a farm outside Witbank, Mpumalanga province, South Africa
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As White House officials fanned out to talk up what U.S. President Donald Trump called “an incredible deal” with China to hit pause in their trade war, Beijing has said little on a pact that cheered markets but left many questions unanswered. FILE PHOTO: Shipping containers are being loaded onto Xin Da
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – United Parcel Service Inc on Tuesday said it is rolling out a new navigation tool designed to reduce costs for the company and headaches for its roughly 60,000 U.S. package delivery drivers. FILE PHOTO: Vehicles of United Parcel Service are seen at the new package sorting and delivery UPS hub in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The historic and ornate U.S. Capitol Rotunda was hosting mourners on Tuesday paying respects to the 41st U.S. president, George H.W. Bush, who died last week at the age of 94 and will be buried on Thursday in his home state of Texas. The casket carrying former president George Herbert Walker Bush
LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Mark Carney defended the central bank’s warnings of a potentially major economic hit from Brexit which angered lawmakers opposed to Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans for leaving the European Union. FILE PHOTO: The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney hosts a Financial Stability Report news conference
FILE PHOTO: Baseball player Bryce Harper arrives at the 2016 American Music Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Dodgers met with free agent outfielder Bryce Harper in Las Vegas on Monday night. Harper, expected to command a contract worth $300 million or more, turned
LONDON (Reuters) – Carbon dioxide emissions from the world’s advanced economies are set to rise slightly in 2018, breaking a five-year decline, mainly due to higher oil and natural gas use, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says. FILE PHOTO: A factory chimney is seen in Brussels, Belgium, January 19, 2018. REUTERS/Yves Herman Based on the
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s top diplomat promised on Tuesday a new democratic world order in which Washington will strengthen or jettison international agreements as it sees fit to stop “bad actors” such as Russia, China and Iran from gaining. In a twist on Trump’s “America First” policy, U.S. Secretary of State Mike
BRISTOL, England (Reuters) – Gorillas at a zoo in England have demonstrated a distinctly human trait while attempting to solve a new puzzle game – cheating. The gorillas were presented with a wall-mounted device where the aim is to guide a peanut through a series of obstacles by poking a stick through various holes to
(Reuters) – NASA’s deep space explorer Osiris-Rex flew on Monday to within a dozen miles of its destination, a skyscraper-sized asteroid believed to hold organic compounds fundamental to life as well as the potential to collide with Earth in about 150 years. FILE PHOTO – NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft
Detroit Red Wings forward Tyler Bertuzzi was suspended two games by the NHL for roughing and unsportsmanlike conduct, the league’s Department of Player Safety announced Monday. FILE PHOTO: Dec 1, 2018; Boston, MA, USA; Detroit Red Wings left wing Tyler Bertuzzi (59) reacts after scoring a goal against Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask (40) during
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Cai Li, a janitor in Shanghai, developed a serious addiction to news app Qutoutiao, lured by gossipy articles about celebrities and the cash she gets from reading them. A red packet giving out free cash for new users is seen on the news aggregator app Qutoutiao, on a mobile phone next to
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Just months after a stunning election victory, Malaysia’s prime minister has had to step in to mollify the country’s majority Malay Muslims in recent weeks, underlining a weighty challenge confronting his multi-ethnic, reformist coalition: race. FILE PHOTO: People pass posters of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and politician Anwar Ibrahim, who
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States expects immediate action by China on trade issues after a deal reached by the countries’ leaders, including lower tariffs on automobiles and measures against intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers, a White House official said on Monday. U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to
FILE PHOTO: New CIA Director Gina Haspel speaks after being sworn in during ceremonies at the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, U.S. May 21, 2018. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA Director Gina Haspel will give a closed briefing to leaders of several U.S. Senate committees on Tuesday on the killing
