|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | World | | A North Korean diplomat who was until recently acting ambassador to Italy has gone missing, a South Korean member of parliament said, after a South Korean newspaper reported he was seeking asylum in the West. | | | | A Saudi prosecutor has asked for the death penalty for five of 11 suspects held over the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the country’s consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, the state news agency SPA reported. | | | | Commentary: U.S. and Chinese disputes over tariffs and trade are rattling markets, businesses, governments, consumers and workers across the globe. This uncertainty was entirely predictable, writes Scott Mulhauser, the founder of Aperture Strategies, the former chief of staff at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing and the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., and a former senior advisor to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. | | | | | | .@Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 388 days. Follow updates on the case: https://reut.rs/2CMMEBV
7:19 AM - 3 Jan 2019 | | | Sports | | Tennis champion Serena Williams will star in a year-long marketing campaign for the Bumble social networking app that will kick off with a message of women’s empowerment during the Feb. 3 Super Bowl, Williams told Reuters in an interview. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Cancer drugmaker Bristol-Myers Squibb said it would buy Celgene for about $74 billion in a cash-and-stock deal. 1 min read | | | | Oil prices fell slightly amid volatile currency and stock markets, coupled with concerns that an economic slowdown in 2019 will curb fuel demand just as crude supplies are surging. 3 min read | | | | Tesla on Wednesday cut U.S. prices for all its vehicles to offset lower green tax credits, and fell short on quarterly deliveries of its mass-market Model 3 sedan, sending shares of the electric vehicle maker down nearly 7 percent on worries of future profitability. 5 Min Read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
