WASHINGTON (Reuters) -West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey said he was receiving conflicting reports about the condition of the two National Guards members who were shot on Wednesday in Washington, after earlier saying the two members had died of their injuries. Morrisey did not elaborate on their condition. “We are now receiving conflicting reports about the…

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission should resist automakers’ calls to allow cars to run on biofuels beyond 2035 because they are in short supply and not truly carbon-neutral, campaign group T&E said on Thursday.     New vehicles in the European Union must have no carbon dioxide emissions from 2035 under rules designed to…

By Greg Torode and Antoni Slodkowski HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) -A huge fire still burning in a Hong Kong high-rise apartment complex that has killed at least 55 people with almost 300 missing poses a major test of Beijing’s grip on the city, which it has transformed since mass pro-democracy protests of 2019. Under sweeping legislative…

(Reuters) -A top U.S. military official on Tuesday met with Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to reaffirm partnership and discuss priorities for regional security and stability, the Pentagon said. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine told Persad-Bissessar that the United States remained committed to working with Trinidad and Tobago…

BEIJING, Nov 29 (Reuters) – China’s central bank reaffirmed its tough stance on virtual currencies on Saturday, warning of a resurgence in speculation and vowing to crack down on illegal activities involving stablecoins. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said at a coordinating meeting on virtual currency regulation on Friday that crypto speculation has recently…

By Julia Payne BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The EU executive will unveil next week measures to cut the bloc’s over-reliance on China for critical raw materials as Europe seeks to keep up with fierce global competition from the U.S. and Asia. Despite years of warning signs that the old model of rules-based trade was coming to an…

By Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s government said consumer sentiment on the economy was recovering despite persistent inflation in a monthly report published on Wednesday.  In its monthly economic assessment, the government reiterated a cautiously optimistic view that the world’s fourth-largest economy is recovering moderately, while warning of downside risks from U.S. trade policies. “Consumer…

By Chen Aizhu, Trixie Yap and Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) -When Shandong Yulong Petrochemical opened its Singapore office a year ago, the company staged a lion dance to herald prosperity for the new $20 billion oil refiner at the centre of modernisation efforts in its home province in China. But Yulong’s ambition to rub shoulders…

By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -France’s highest court on Wednesday upheld former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid, his latest legal setback after recently being jailed for nearly a month in another case. Sarkozy, who served one term as president from 2007 to 2012, was convicted in…

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump pardoned two giant white-plumed turkeys named Gobble and Waddle on Tuesday, sparing them from Thanksgiving dinner tables and adding to more than 1,600 pardons he has granted this term. The birds, weighing more than 50 pounds (23 kg) each, were raised on a farm in North…