FILE PHOTO: Baidu’s logo is pictured at the 2018 Baidu World conference and exhibit to showcase its latest AI technology in Beijing, China, November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee (Reuters) – Chinese search engine company Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) said on Friday it is delaying the announcement of its fourth-quarter results and advised its employees to work
Month: January 2020
Workers remove the British flag outside the European Parliament building, as Britain leaves the European Union, in Brussels, Belgium January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Britain’s Union Jack was removed from lines of EU member state flags at the European Council and European Parliament buildings in Brussels on Friday evening ahead of the
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A onetime aspiring actress told a Manhattan jury on Friday that Harvey Weinstein raped her in a hotel room while she was in an “extremely degrading” relationship with the movie producer. Witness Jessica Mann is questioned by prosecutor Joan Illuzzi-Orbon during film producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial at New York
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Another pivotal Republican announced opposition on Friday to calling witnesses in President Donald Trump’s U.S. Senate impeachment trial, appearing to doom a bid by Democrats to permit testimony and paving the way for his expected acquittal. Senator Lisa Murkowski said she carefully considered the need for witnesses and documents in the trial
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – Central American governments have imposed travel restrictions to try to keep out the coronavirus, including barring travelers who have recently visited China, officials said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: A doctor looks to a monitor showing thermal scanners that detect temperatures of passengers at the security check inside the airport in Guatemala
A young resident of Chinatown wears a surgical mask in New York City, U.S., January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Bryan R Smith WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would bar entry to the United States starting on Sunday of foreign nationals who have
(Reuters) – The winner of Sunday’s Super Bowl between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is of little concern to Las Vegas casinos, with a sizeable jackpot awaiting them so long as it is a low-scoring and uneventful affair. FILE PHOTO: Jan 30, 2020; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; General overall view of Hard
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to secure the votes needed to call witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for Trump’s likely acquittal as early as this weekend. Democrats had urged a handful of Republicans to support their effort to call witnesses, but their
LONDON (Reuters) – British politician Claire O’Neill will no longer serve as president of a major U.N. climate summit taking place in Glasgow in November and her replacement will be confirmed shortly, the UK government said on Friday. “Preparations will continue at pace for the summit, and a replacement will be confirmed shortly,” said a
FILE PHOTO: Cast member Imelda Staunton attends a news conference for the film “Taking Woodstock” by director Ang Lee at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival May 16, 2009. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (Reuters) – British actress Imelda Staunton will play an older Queen Elizabeth in the final season of award-winning television series “The Crown,” the show’s creator
FILE PHOTO: Adam Sandler arrives for the National Board of Review Awards in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (Reuters) – Actor and comedian Adam Sandler has reached a deal with Netflix Inc to make four new movies for the global streaming service, the company said on Friday. Sandler, a former
LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) – World share markets fought to regain their footing on Friday as investors clutched at hopes that China could contain the coronavirus, even as headlines spoke of more cases and deaths, travel bans, evacuations and factory shutdowns. FILE PHOTO: The London Stock Exchange Group offices are seen in the City of London, Britain,
CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) – Bewildered, sad and disappointed, Brazilians migrants sent from the United States to Mexico this week were left wondering how they had ended up in another country whose language they do not understand. FILE PHOTO: U.S. soldiers install concertina wire next to the border fence between Mexico and the United States, in
LONDON (Reuters) – Civil disobedience group Extinction Rebellion staged a protest outside McKinsey & Company’s London office on Friday to demand the consulting firm use its influence over companies and governments to drive far-reaching action on climate change. Extinction Rebellion climate change activist wears a face mask of McKinsey Global Managing Partner Kevin Sneader outside
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday for an uncertain Brexit future, its most significant geopolitical move since the loss of empire and a blow to 70 years of efforts to forge European unity from the ruins of two world wars. Anti-Brexit protesters holding a banner and flags demonstrate outside
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian authorities warned on Friday of severe fire danger in densely populated areas this weekend, declaring a state of emergency in the capital, Canberra, as soaring temperatures and strong whipped up huge, unpredictable blazes. FILE PHOTO: Melted metal from a vehicle destroyed in the recent bushfires is pictured in Conjola Park, New
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