Month: December 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Politically vulnerable Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are eager to move quickly on the impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Donald Trump, and focus on other topics such as healthare costs and repairing infrastructure. FILE PHOTO: Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) stands during an announcement about the formation of the Congressional Servicewomen
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The Portland Trail Blazers will change Carmelo Anthony’s contract into a guaranteed deal, ESPN reported Thursday. Dec 4, 2019; Portland, OR, USA; Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony (00) dunks against the Sacramento Kings during the first quarter at the Moda Center. Mandatory Credit: Craig Mitchelldyer-USA TODAY Sports Anthony signed a non-guaranteed, one-year, $2.15 million
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FILE PHOTO: Bulgarian actress Stoyanka Mutafova, 95, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sofia, Bulgaria February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov/File Photo SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian Stoyanka Mutafova, one of the world’s oldest actresses performing regularly on stage, has died aged 97. Dubbed the queen of Bulgarian comedy, Mutafova began performing in 1945, when she
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PARIS (Reuters) – A strike that crippled public transport and closed schools across France entered a second day on Friday, with trade unions saying they planned to keep going until President Emmanuel Macron backs down from a planned reform of pensions. Protesters hold a banner during a demonstration against French government’s pensions reform plans in
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(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that it said baited people into clicking on celebrities’ photos and bogus advertising links, so it could install malware and run ads for counterfeit goods, diet pills and male enhancement supplements. FILE PHOTO: Facebook logos are seen on a screen in this picture
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition Labour Party wrote to the head of the BBC on Thursday to complain about its coverage of campaigning ahead of next week’s election, accusing the publicly-funded broadcaster of bias. FILE PHOTO: Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn leaves the BBC Headquarters after appearing on the Andrew Marr show in
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FILE PHOTO: Bret Greenstein, IBM Global Vice President of Watson Internet of Things Offerings, holds a clone of an artificial intelligence bot named CIMON, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, U.S., June 28, 2018. REUTERS/Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An intelligent robot equipped with emotion-sensing voice detectors was headed to the International Space Station
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits John Smedley Mill in Matlock, Derbyshire, Britain December 5, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/Pool MATLOCK, England (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Thursday that the possibility of not reaching a post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union by the end of 2020 “simply will not happen”. Johnson has
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