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
Month: January 2020
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
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States drew China’s wrath with a travel warning on Friday while businesses struggled with supply problems from the coronavirus epidemic that has killed 213 people and been declared a global emergency. Russia, Britain, Sweden and Italy all reported their first cases, Rome declaring its own national emergency as it sought
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia reported its first two cases of coronavirus on Friday and restricted direct flights to China, its biggest trade partner, as Russians complained of rising prices for medical masks and anti-virus medicine. FILE PHOTO: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova attends a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), Russia
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A onetime aspiring actress told a Manhattan jury on Friday that Harvey Weinstein invited her to his hotel room to read a movie script and then, after saying he was going to “do something for her,” the former Hollywood producer sexually assaulted her. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York
LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom leaves the European Union on Friday with a mixture of joy, anger and indifference, casting off into the unknown in one of the biggest blows yet to Europe’s attempt to forge unity from the ruins of World War Two. A pro-Brexit supporter holds a placard at Parliament Square on
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats sounded resigned to defeat in their bid to call witnesses at U.S. President Donald Trump’s Senate impeachment trial, predicting his fellow Republicans would move swiftly to acquit him as early as Friday evening. “Tonight, all signs point to a rushed acquittal of an impeached president,” Patty Murray, a member of the
FILE PHOTO: Golf – European Tour – Scandinavian Invitation – Hills Golf & Sports Club – Molndal, Sweden – August 24, 2019. Victor Perez of France tees out on the 7th hole. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/via REUTERS (Reuters) – France’s Victor Perez carded a second consecutive round of five-under-par 65 to take a one-shot lead
Activists block the entrance to oil giant Shell’s headquarters, saying the company’s plans to continue investment in developing new sources of gas and oil show the company is not taking the threat of climate change seriously in The Hague, Netherlands January 31, 2020 REUTERS/Eva Plevier THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Environmental activists chanting “keep it in
PARIS (Reuters) – Outdated cross-border tax rules are set to be rewritten after 137 states sought this week to avoid a new trade war over the global multiplication of taxes on digital services. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon Prime Delivery is seen on the trailer of a truck outside the company logistics center in
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Garbine Muguruza’s big-match experience should prove the difference in the Australian Open women’s final against American surprise package Sofia Kenin, according to seven-times Grand Slam champion Justine Henin. FILE PHOTO: Spain’s Garbine Muguruza reacts during her Australian Open semil final match against Romania’s Simona Halep at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia. January 30,
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The U.S. government warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency. People who arrived from Hubei province wait at a checkpoint at the Jiujiang Yangtze River Bridge in Jiujiang, Jiangxi
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices jumped on Friday following sharp losses this week, as the World Health Organization (WHO) came out against travel and trade restrictions in declaring a global emergency over the spread of a coronavirus that originated in China last year. FILE PHOTO: Oil pump jacks work at sunset near Midland, Texas, U.S.,
EL ROSARIO, Mexico (Reuters) – Surrounded by the millions of monarch butterflies that Mexican environmental activist Homero Gomez fought to protect until his mysterious death, relatives and friends paid tribute to him on Thursday. Relatives and friends gather around the coffin of environmental activist Homero Gomez, who fought to protect the famed monarch butterfly and
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
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) arrives at the U.S. Capitol before the start of the day’s Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in Washington, U.S., January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Mary F. Calvert WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Lamar Alexander said on Thursday that he would vote against calling witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald
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