|  | | | | | World | | Scientists Frances Arnold, George Smith and Gregory Winter won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for research using directed evolution to produce enzymes for new chemicals and pharmaceuticals, the award-giving body said. | | | | Commentary: Only a few weeks ago, Britain’s exit from the EU looked like it would be a relatively moderate affair, shaped by a series of compromises brokered by Prime Minister Theresa May. That deal has now been rejected both by much of May’s own party and European leaders, writes Reuters global affairs columnist Peter Apps. May and her party now appear to be moving towards a much harder break, and perhaps no deal at all. That scenario, with all its implications for disruption of borders, markets and supplies is already doing Britain serious economic harm.
| | | | | | Two @Reuters journalists have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 296 days. See full coverage: https://reut.rs/2yPnwus 6:27 AM - OCT 3, 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Russia and Saudi Arabia struck a private deal in September to raise oil output to cool rising prices and informed the United States before a meeting in Algiers with other producers, four sources familiar with the plan said. 5 min read | | | | A federal judge has ruled that Tesla must defend itself at a trial over allegations it knew foreign workers at its California assembly plant were threatened with deportation if they reported an injury and worked long shifts that violated forced labor laws. 3 min read | | | | The Federal Reserve painted a picture of the U.S. economy that was almost too good to be true at its last meeting, with inflation seen contained in the near future despite the lowest unemployment rate in 20 years. 6 min read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
