By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jacob Bogage WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping has news for the people of Atlanta: The pandas are coming. Two giant pandas, Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, will arrive at Zoo Atlanta “in a few days,” Xi announced…
By Valerie Volcovici and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – The US Senate is nearing a deal to reform laws to speed up permitting of large infrastructure projects after the White House compromised on how renewable energy is treated, though a vote is uncertain…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – The authors of bipartisan legislation to make permanent a ban on Chinese vehicles in the United States plan to use a fast-track procedure to win Senate approval on Thursday, as President Donald Trump meets with China’s President…
NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Rice one-upped Aaron Boone. And then he two-upped the New York Yankees manager. Boone predicted during spring training that Rice would finish with 39 home runs this season. Rice hit Nos. 40 and 41 in Wednesday night’s 9-2 victory over…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight sailors attempted suicide while deployed with the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group, which spent a record-setting uninterrupted time at sea supporting the Iran war, the Navy’s top civilian leader said this week. Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao provided the…
By Sabine Siebold Sept 24 (Reuters) – NATO is stepping up intelligence-sharing in response to a wave of sabotage and other incidents apparently linked to Russia but should be “calm and confident” that it can handle any threat posed by Moscow, the alliance’s top commander…
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Bats are critical players in global ecosystems, pollinating plants, dispersing seeds and eating huge numbers of insects. One of only three lineages of flying vertebrates in Earth’s history, there are more than 1,500 bat species living today.…
By Leo Marchandon Sept 24 (Reuters) – BNP Paribas will keep some sensitive customer data and critical operations off public cloud infrastructure even after signing a five-year cloud and AI partnership with Google, the French bank said on Thursday. The agreement gives BNP access to…
Sept 24 (Reuters) – The long-awaited showdown between British former heavyweight champions Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury will take place in Cardiff on December 11, promoter Turki Alalshikh announced on social media on Thursday. Fury and Joshua ruled the division for much of the past…
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped about 4% to a one-week high on Thursday after Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis fired missiles at Saudi Arabia and diplomatic talks between the US and Iran showed little sign of progress. Brent futures rose $4.10,…
