Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, arrives at The Ark Open Farm in Newtownards, Northern Ireland, February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Lorraine O’Sullivan NEWTONARDS, Northern Ireland (Reuters) – Britain’s duchess Kate, the wife of Prince William, met local families on Wednesday during a surprise visit to Northern Ireland to promote her early-years survey. On her first solo visit
Month: February 2020
BAKU (Reuters) – Formula One’s Chinese Grand Prix has been postponed due to the recent outbreak of coronavirus in the country, organisers said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Formula One F1 – Chinese Grand Prix – Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China – April 14, 2019 General view during the warm up lap before the race REUTERS/Aly
FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and entrepreneur Andrew Yang waits to be introduced during a campaign event in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Businessman Andrew Yang will suspend his bid for the Democratic nomination for U.S. president, according to a report by CNN. Yang, who ran
LONDON (Reuters) – The world’s largest oil traders are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into climate-friendly projects – including wind farms, cow manure plants and blue hydrogen – as they seek to match the profits they make from trading oil. FILE PHOTO: A wind farm is shown in Movave, California, U.S., November 8, 2019.
LISBON (Reuters) – Surfer Alex Botelho was in hospital in stable condition on Tuesday night after a horrific incident during the inaugural Nazare Tow Surfing Challenge on the central coast of Portugal, which boasts some of the biggest waves in the world. FILE PHOTO: Portuguese surfer Alex Botelho drops in on a large wave at
FILE PHOTO: People walk behind the logo of SoftBank Corp in Tokyo December 18, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp shares opened 12.5% higher on Wednesday morning after a federal judge approved the takeover of its U.S. wireless unit Sprint Corp by T-Mobile US Inc. A deal would allow SoftBank, which reports
(Reuters) – Active shooter drills, a routine in American schools for the last two decades, tend to traumatize students and have not been proven to save lives, according to a report released on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO: Chicago Fire Department paramedics gather during the first large-scale active shooter drill undertaken by Chicago Public Schools at Whitney
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett was charged on Tuesday in a six-count felony indictment with staging a phony hate crime, nearly a year after similar charges were abruptly dismissed by local prosecutors. FILE PHOTO: Actor Jussie Smollett leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after his hearing in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. March 14,
RUMA NATIONAL PARK, Kenya (Reuters) – The mighty rhinos living in a national park in Kenya face a new threat: microscopic, drug-resistant bacteria. Scientists behind a study in a recent issue of New York-based academic journal EcoHealth discovered that bacteria samples found in the endangered animals in Ruma National Park, a protected area on the
FILE PHOTO: An employee poses with an auction catalogue as she views ‘The Splash’ by David Hockney on display ahead of the Contemporary Art auction at Sotheby’s in London, Britain, February 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – David Hockney’s Los Angeles pool painting “The Splash” fetched 23.1 million pounds at a sale on London
PARIS (Reuters) – Franco-British biotech company Novacyt (ALNOV.PA) says it can offer a coronavirus test that is faster than rival methods by focusing on a narrow sequence of DNA coding, as it fights stiff competition to turn the outbreak into a business opportunity. Police in protective gear wait to evacuate residents from a public housing
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The death toll from the coronavirus epidemic in mainland China soared past 1,000 on Tuesday with a record daily rise in fatalities, while the prolonged disruption to factories and businesses played havoc with the world’s second-largest economy. FILE PHOTO: Passengers wearing masks walk at the Shanghai railway station in China, as the
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is likely to sound fairly upbeat about the outlook for U.S. economic growth when he testifies this week in the first of his twice-a-year updates to Congress, even as he nods to the potential threat from the coronavirus in China. FILE PHOTO: Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds
BUCHAN, Australia (Reuters) – Returning from a morning feeding his sheep, Jeff McCole, a 70-year-old farmer, paused to take in the bittersweet scene – a few droplets of rain falling onto the remains of his fire-ravaged home. Farmer Jeff McCole, 70, looks through the remains of his family home destroyed by bushfire during an interview
BARCELONA (Reuters) – Japanese wireless carrier NTT Docomo (9437.T), Sony Corp (6758.T) and California-based chip giant Intel Corp (INTC.O) pulled out of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona on Monday because of the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon (AMZN.O), South Korea’s LG Electronics (066570.KS), Swedish equipment maker Ericsson (ERICb.ST) and U.S. chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA.O) have already
KEENE/NASHUA, N.H. (Reuters) – A day before New Hampshire votes in its Democratic presidential primary, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg sought on Monday to build on their strength as front-runners in an up-for-grabs race as an energized Senator Amy Klobuchar gained ground. Buttigieg and Sanders, who emerged first and second in delegates in the opening
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