Interstate highway 45 is submerged from the effects of Hurricane Harvey seen during widespread flooding in Houston, Texas, U.S. August 27, 2017.

 

Hurricane Harvey

 

Tropical Storm Harvey is set to dump more rain on Houston, which will worsen flooding that has paralyzed the country’s fourth biggest city, forced thousands to flee surrounding counties and swollen rivers to levels not seen in centuries. Harvey, the most powerful hurricane to hit Texas in more than 50 years, first hit land late on Friday and has killed at least two people. It has since stayed around Texas’ Gulf of Mexico Coast where it is forecast to remain for several more days, drenching parts with a year’s worth of rain in the span of a week. 

 

An unlikely hurricane hero takes over chaotic Texas storm shelter

 

Reuters TV: ‘I’ve never seen 30 inches of rain’

 

Harvey disrupts business, but some set to benefit

 

Oil markets roiled as Hurricane Harvey hits U.S. petroleum industry

 

Harvey throws a wrench into U.S. energy engine

 

Stranded Texans turn to social media for help as flood waters rise

 

For live coverage of Hurricane Harvey, read our live blog

 

Business

 

Uber chose Dara Khosrowshahi, the chief executive of travel company Expedia, as its chief executive on Sunday, according to two sources with knowledge of the matter, handing him the challenge of leading the ride-services company out of a nearly year-long crisis. Khosrowshahi, 48, would take on the daunting task of mending Uber’s image, repairing frayed relations among investors, rebuilding employee morale and creating a profitable business after seven years of losses. 

 

Samsung scion Lee appeals against five-year jail term for bribery

 

Western Digital group finalizing $17 billion deal for Toshiba chip unit: source

 

General Electric wants its industrial software business to cut costs and lift profits next year under new chief executive John Flannery, and is considering expanded partnerships and the possible sale of some equity in the unit, according to people familiar with the business. 

 

CBS agrees to buy embattled Australian customer Ten Network

 

Breakingviews - Spotify’s business model is an unfinished symphony

 

German government says Air Berlin bridging loan on schedule

 

China's regulators preparing new rules for digital coin offerings - Caixin

 

 

MTV Video Music Awards host Katy Perry during the opening act in Inglewood, California, U.S., 27/08/2017

 

Asia

 

India and China have agreed to an “expeditious disengagement” of troops in a disputed border area where their soldiers have been locked in a stand-off for more than two months, India’s foreign ministry said on Monday. The decision comes ahead of a summit of the BRICS nations - a grouping that also includes Brazil, Russia and South Africa - in China next month, which Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend. 

 

Whereabouts of former Thai PM Yingluck unknown, defense minister says

 

Indian court sentences self-styled 'godman' to 10 years in prison

 

Zhang Yang, a businessman from Chongqing in southwest China, is searching online forums for fellow stout-hearted entrepreneurs willing to cast aside security concerns and join him on a scouting mission to Pakistan. Zhang, 48, is one of a growing number of Chinese pioneers sensing an opportunity across the Himalayas in Pakistan, where Beijing has pledged to spend $57 billion on infrastructure projects as part of its “Belt and Road” initiative. 

 

Exclusive: India and Pakistan hit by spy malware - cybersecurity firm

 

Thousands of ATMs go down in Indonesia after satellite problems

 

Duterte’s drug war

 

Philippines' Duterte says police can kill 'idiots' who resist arrest

 

Police say they shot Kian Loyd delos Santos, 17, in self-defense after he opened fire on officers conducting an anti-drug operation in his neighbourhood in northern Metro Manila. Local residents told Reuters a different story.

 

U.S.

 

The mother of a woman killed during clashes between white nationalists and anti-racist protesters in Virginia said on Sunday she was launching a foundation in her daughter’s name to promote social justice issues. Susan Bro’s daughter, Heather Heyer, was mowed down by a car driven into anti-racists who were protesting against a rally by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12. 

 

Trump renews threat to scrap NAFTA going into next round of talks

 

U.S. navy recovers remains of all sailors missing after USS McCain collision

 

Entertainment

 

Kendrick Lamar and Ed Sheeran won the top prizes at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, but an absent Taylor Swift and lifetime achievement honoree Pink dominated the show.

 

Factbox: Key winners at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards 

 

Box Office disaster: Lackluster releases, Mayweather-McGregor and Hurricane Harvey create slowest weekend in over 15 years 

 

Commentary

 

Emmanuel Macron has had "a wretchedly brief honeymoon," writes columnist John Lloyd. The French president's approval ratings are dropping; his plans to liberalize the labor market could launch "a September of protests"  from trade unions and he is struggling to win over those opposed to European integration. "The larger question," writes Lloyd, "is whether or not the swing away from global ideals and practices to a defensive nationalism can remain broadly liberal and civic."