FILE PHOTO: T-Mobile CEO John Legere speaks about his company’s merger with Sprint during an interview on CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid WASHINGTON (Reuters) – T-Mobile US (TMUS.O) Chief Executive John Legere on Thursday acknowledged talks with Sprint Corp
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CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson will retire from the department after handling three years of high-profile crimes and a federal probe into police shootings, while also lowering the city’s homicide rate from a two-decade high, a police spokesman said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson speaks at a news
LONDON (Reuters) – Two Bank of England officials unexpectedly voted to lower interest rates on Thursday to ward off an economic slowdown, and others including Governor Mark Carney said they would consider a cut if global and Brexit headwinds do not ease. FILE PHOTO: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney attends a Bank of England
FILE PHOTO: 71st Primetime Emmy Awards – Photo Room – Los Angeles, California, U.S., September 22, 2019 – Billy Porter poses backstage with his Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for “Pose”. REUTERS/Monica Almeida/File Photo (Reuters) – Shows like “Batwoman,” “Pose,” and “Euphoria” have brought the number of lesbian, gay and transgender characters on
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outs a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dave Paresh/File Photo/File Photo LISBON (Reuters) – The acquisition of companies for their data is concerning in general for regulators, Europe’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday, a week after Google bought
Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during the reauthorization of Freedom Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts (This November 6 story is refiled to fix typing error in first paragraph) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators asked President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday
KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Polish Tourism and Sports Minister Witold Banka was officially appointed as the next president of the World Anti-Doping Agency on Thursday, succeeding outgoing Craig Reedie on Jan. 1. FILE PHOTO: Poland’s Minister of Sport Witold Banka looks on at the National Stadium in Warsaw, Poland June 5, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Przemyslaw Wierzchowski
SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices trod water on Thursday after losses in the previous session, as traders were cautious amid concerns over a potential delay in sealing a long-awaited interim U.S.-China trade deal and a huge increase of U.S. crude stockpiles. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S. February 11, 2019.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Internationals will field six debutants at next month’s Presidents Cup, with Ernie Els naming rookies Im Sung-jae and Joaquin Niemann among his captain’s picks to take on Tiger Woods’s United States at Royal Melbourne. FILE PHOTO: Golf – The 148th Open Championship – Royal Portrush Golf Club, Portrush, Northern Ireland –
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Prosecutors are asking a judge to prevent former movie producer Harvey Weinstein from calling a psychologist to testify at his rape trial about false memories, according to a court filing made public on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein leaves New York Supreme Court after his arraignment in his sexual
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a flex of establishment muscle, a slew of former Obama administration officials came out on Wednesday to support Joe Biden’s Democratic U.S. presidential bid at a time when he is fighting to maintain his front-runner status. FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia will offer farmers hurt by drought up to A$1 billion ($688.10 million) in cheap loans, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as the government seeks to curb rising discontent from rural voters. FILE PHOTO: A field is sprinkled with the remnants of cotton after a harvest in Trangie, Australia, September
LA MORA, Mexico (Reuters) – The massacre of nine women and children in northern Mexico could test breakaway Mormon families’ attachment to communities that for decades have been a haven for a way of life shunned by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Soldiers assigned to National Guard keep watch outside the
FILE PHOTO: A woman talks on the phone at the Airbnb office headquarters in the SOMA district of San Francisco, California, U.S., August 2, 2016. REUTERS/Gabrielle Lurie (Reuters) – Airbnb Inc will start a 24/7 hotline and review “high risk reservations” following the Halloween shooting incident in California, the home rental platform said in an
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s central bank looks set to sit out the global shift towards lower interest rates on Thursday, though investors will watch for any policymaker who might break ranks and vote to give the country’s slowing economy more help. FILE PHOTO: The Bank of England and the Royal Exchange are seen in the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Fossils unearthed in southern Germany of a remarkable ape that lived about 11.6 million years ago may dramatically alter the understanding of the evolutionary origins of a fundamental human trait – walking upright on two legs. Twenty-one fossilized bones of the most complete partial skeleton of a male of the extinct ape