COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Thursday ridiculed the historic best-picture Oscar win for South Korean film “Parasite,” telling a campaign rally he wished for the return of Hollywood classics like 1939’s “Gone with the Wind.” U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Colorado, February 20, 2020. REUTERS/
Month: February 2020
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A 28-year-old man who murdered a British woman backpacker in New Zealand was handed life imprisonment with a minimum of 17 years behind bars, one of the longest sentences given in a country where serious crime was once considered rare. FILE PHOTO: A woman comforts her friend at a vigil for murdered
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) resumed transporting passengers in Colombia on Thursday with a new service model that allows users to rent cars with drivers, just 20 days after it exited the Andean country following a ruling by regulators which the company described as arbitrary. FILE PHOTO: A screen displays the company logo
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, makes a speech during an event dedicating the Liwonde National Park and Mangochi Forest to the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy conservation initiative at Liwonde National Park, Malawi, September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Dominic Lipinski/Pool/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry will visit Abbey Road Studios in London on Feb.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The strong dollar got stronger on Thursday, rising to a three-year high against a basket of trading partner currencies, after a steep slide in the Japanese yen called into question its safe-haven status while the rally in U.S. equities took a pause. Traders work on the floor of the New York
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge said on Thursday President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone engaged in intolerable intimidating conduct toward her but his lawyer asked that he get no prison time as he awaited sentencing on charges that include lying to lawmakers investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election. U.S. District Judge Amy
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s financial accounting watchdog plans to review how companies and auditors assess and report the impact of climate change on their businesses, as investors push for better disclosure of the risks. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk over the Millennium Bridge in view of skyscrapers in the financial district in London, Britain February 17,
TOKYO (Reuters) – London would be ready to host the 2020 Olympics if the outbreak of the coronavirus forced the Games to be moved from Tokyo, Shaun Bailey, the Conservative candidate for mayor of the British capital, has said. Shaun Bailey, candidate for the 2020 London mayoral election speaks at the Conservative Party annual conference
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s long-time adviser Roger Stone on Thursday arrived at the federal courthouse where he is set to be sentenced after being convicted on charges including lying to a congressional panel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election, a case that has roiled the Justice Department and drawn Trump’s ire.
VIENTIANE/BANGKOK (Reuters) – China on Thursday said it was helping its downstream neighbors cope with a prolonged drought by releasing more water from its dams on the Mekong River, adding it would consider sharing information on hydrology to provide further assistance in the future. FILE PHOTO: A general view of the future site of the
TOKYO (Reuters) – Newly released data from a Japanese research institute appears to back the government’s case that its quarantine strategy for the Diamond Princess cruise ship was successful in stemming contagion of the coronavirus among passengers. Japan has been criticised for its handling of the quarantine, as more than 620 people on board have
FILE PHOTO: Dominic Cummings, special adviser to Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson, arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Hannah McKay LONDON (Reuters) – Betting odds indicate a 25% implied probability of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings leaving Downing Street by the end of March. Cummings, the former
FILE PHOTO: British actress Julie Walters arrives for the world film premiere of “Paddington” at Leicester Square in central London, November 23, 2014. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Julie Walters, one of Britain’s most famous actresses, said she had undergone surgery to remove 30 cm (12 inches) of her colon and taken a course of
FILE PHOTO: Shoppers enter a Forever 21 fashion retail store at the King of Prussia mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, U.S. September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Makela (Reuters) – Forever 21 has a new lease on life after Simon Property Group Inc (SPG.N), Brookfield Property Partners LP (BPY.O) and Authentic Brands Group agreed to acquire
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, the company confirmed late on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Google internet homepage is displayed on a product at a store in London, Britain January 23, 2016. REUTERS/Neil
BEIJING (Reuters) – China reported a dramatic drop in new coronavirus infections on Thursday although scientists warned the flu-like pathogen may spread even more easily than previously believed, while more passengers disembarked a quarantined cruise ship off Japan. A passenger is seen inside a bus as a second group of passengers from the coronavirus-hit Diamond
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