WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Police in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday responded with drawn guns and teargas as hundreds of protesters stormed the building and sought to force Congress to undo President Donald Trump’s election loss shortly after some of Trump’s fellow Republicans launched a last-ditch effort to throw out the results. Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were […]

BERLIN (Reuters) – Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn does not need a visa to re-enter Germany, where the monarch has spent much of his time since taking the throne in 2016, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn greets royalists at a candlelight vigil to remember the birthday of Thailand’s late King Bhumibol Adulyadej, outside the Grand […]

U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad (C) U.S. Army General Scott Miller, commander of NATO’s Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces, (L) and Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation arrive for a meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan January 5, 2021. High Council for National Reconciliation Press Office/Handout via REUTERS KABUL (Reuters) – Negotiating teams […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain named former Goldman Sachs banker Richard Sharp as the next chairman of the BBC, tasked with agreeing a long-term funding model for the broadcaster at a time of increasing competition and political scrutiny.FILE PHOTO: A BBC sign is displayed outside Broadcasting House in London, Britain July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Neil HallCulture Secretary Oliver Dowden said Sharp was […]

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s competition regulator said on Wednesday it would start an investigation into Nvidia Corp’s $40 billion deal to buy UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings.FILE PHOTO: The logo of technology company Nvidia is seen at its headquarters in Santa Clara, California February 11, 2015. . REUTERS/Robert Galbraith/File PhotoThe Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it was “likely to consider […]

Slideshow ( 5 images )CONSTANTA, Romania (Reuters) – Thousands of Romanian Orthodox Christians crowded into the harbour of the Black Sea port of Constanta on Wednesday, breaking social distancing rules to celebrate an Epiphany service. Romanian authorities have banned public gatherings due to the coronavirus, but said they would allow up to 3,000 people with face masks to attend the […]

(Reuters) -Ford Motor Corp on Wednesday posted a 9.8% fall in quarterly U.S. auto sales, as a fall in sales of its profitable trucks outweighed higher demand for sport utility vehicles.FILE PHOTO: The logo of Ford is seen on a 2020 Ford Explorer car at Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. June 24, 2019. REUTERS/Kamil KrzaczynskiThe No. 2 […]