Month: February 2020

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fireflies are under threat globally, with familiar hazards such as habitat loss and pesticides compounded by another peril: humankind’s ubiquitous nighttime artificial light that plays havoc with their balletic nocturnal courtship, scientists said. FILE PHOTO: Fireflies seeking mates light up in synchronized bursts inside a forest at Santa Clara sanctuary near the
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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Even before the new coronavirus, people working in Chinese entertainment had been calling the industry’s struggles their “bleak winter” – as tighter censorship, a crackdown on tax evasion and new government restrictions strangle opportunities for work. FILE PHOTO: A staff member carrying sanitizing equipment walks past a closed cinema at a shopping
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese telco SoftBank Corp’s CEO Ken Miyauchi on Friday welcomed hedge fund Elliot Management’s investment in parent SoftBank Group Corp saying the activist investor’s assessment of the stock as undervalued was “positive”. FILE PHOTO: SoftBank Corp. placard is prepared during a ceremony to mark the company’s debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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FILE PHOTO: People stand in line at the booth of French cosmetics maker L’Oreal during the second China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – L’Oreal’s (OREP.PA) shares rose on Friday after fourth-quarter earnings from the French cosmetics company helped to offset concerns over the impact of
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LONDON (Reuters) – Energy bills are set to fall for around 15 million households in Britain after energy regulator Ofgem told suppliers to cut average standard bills and pre-pay bills by 1.4% from April 1. FILE PHOTO: The sun rises behind electricity pylons near Chester, northern England October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Phil Noble A cap on
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MANCHESTER, N.H. – After his better-than-expected showing in the Iowa caucuses, Pete Buttigieg is likely to attract the spotlight – and incoming fire from rivals – as Democratic presidential contenders debate on Friday in New Hampshire, just days before the state’s pivotal primary. Pete Buttigieg, Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor attends
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FILE PHOTO: The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft, atop a ULA Atlas V rocket, stands at launch complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Florida December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo (Reuters) – Boeing narrowly missed a “catastrophic failure” during its December flight test of an unmanned space taxi that was
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