U.S. software giant Microsoft is set to win unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $7.5 billion purchase of privately held coding website GitHub, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/zoaDWNXG9pQ/exclusive-microsofts-7-5-billion-github-deal-set-for-eu-approval-sources-idUSKCN1MI1A9
Children in the Indonesian city of Palu began returning to school on Monday to tidy up their classrooms and hopefully see their friends 10 days after a major earthquake and tsunami struck. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wRINyYqK8ls/some-children-return-to-school-in-indonesia-quake-city-hoping-to-see-friends-idUSKCN1MI05S
Americans William Nordhaus and Paul Romer, pioneers in adapting the western economic growth model to focus on environmental issues and sharing the benefits of technology, won the 2018 Nobel Economics Prize on Monday. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/Y-0s4bdJf84/economics-of-climate-change-innovation-win-nobel-prize-for-u-s-duo-idUSKCN1MI0UN
Society would have to enact “unprecedented” changes to how it consumes energy, travels and builds to meet a lower global warming target or it risks increases in heat waves, flood-causing storms and the chances of drought in some regions as well as the loss of species, a U.N. report said on Monday. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/uXlsgJDq-rk/u-n-warns-world-must-take-unprecedented-steps-to-avert-worst-effects-of-global-warming-idUSKCN1MI022
A crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York is a “wake-up call” for limousine safety, the chief of the federal agency investigating what happened to a stretch limo taking passengers to a surprise birthday party said on Monday. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/kwl_JfvVc5I/new-york-crash-that-killed-20-a-wake-up-call-for-limo-safety-regulator-idUSKCN1MH0SM
Tropical Storm Michael is expected to become a hurricane on Monday and was on track to hit the Florida Panhandle midweek, with the potential to pack winds of at least 100 miles per hour (160 km per hour), the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/wcSu5tgRn8g/fast-evolving-storm-michael-expected-to-slam-florida-as-hurricane-idUSKCN1MI0KA
An earthquake hit northern Haiti late on Saturday, killing at least 14 people and sparking a scramble by rescue agencies to help residents of the worst-hit towns in the impoverished Caribbean country. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/4qWtYRfW1oo/haiti-quake-kills-at-least-14-aftershock-jolts-nervous-residents-idUSKCN1MH028
Google welcomed a decision on Monday by London’s High Court to block an attempt to bring legal action over claims it had collected sensitive data from 4 million iPhone users in England and Wales. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/PqIBzStfYy8/google-welcomes-uk-court-block-on-claim-over-data-collection-idUSKCN1MI0XJ
Children in the Indonesian city of Palu began returning to school on Monday to tidy up their classrooms and to help gather data on how many will be coming back 10 days after a major earthquake and tsunami hit their city. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/u1wr7UPEssw/children-trickle-back-to-school-in-indonesia-quake-city-to-find-friends-idUSKCN1MI05S
London’s High Court on Monday blocked an attempt to bring legal action against Alphabet Inc’s Google over claims it had collected sensitive data from more than 4 million iPhone users although it said the company’s actions had been “wrongful”. http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/topNews/~3/d_Pty_Wezts/mass-action-against-google-over-iphone-data-blocked-by-london-court-idUSKCN1MI0SO