Month: April 2020

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) outspoken CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday called sweeping U.S. stay-at-home restrictions to curtail the coronavirus outbreak “fascist” as the electric carmaker posted its third quarterly profit in a row. FILE PHOTO: SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the automobile awards “Das Goldene Lenkrad”
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(Reuters) – AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc, the world’s largest movie theater operator, said on Tuesday it would no longer play Universal Studios films in any of its theaters globally, arguing that the studio is “breaking the business model”. FILE PHOTO: Three women use the emergency exit stairs of an AMC movie theater as a makeshift
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LONDON (Reuters) – One of the world’s largest lunar meteorites goes on private sale at Christie’s on Thursday, valued at 2 million pounds ($2.49 million). The moon rock, weighing over 13.5 kg, was probably struck off the surface of the moon by a collision with an asteroid or comet and then showered down on the
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FILE PHOTO: Sep 1, 2019; Portland, OR, USA; Yealimi Noh plays a shot from a bunker on the fifth hole at the Cambia Portland Classic at Columbia Edgewater Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Troy Wayrynen-USA TODAY Sports (Reuters) – The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is hoping to get the 2020 season under way with the
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A prehistoric opossum-sized critter dubbed the “crazy beast” that inhabited Madagascar at the end of the age of dinosaurs is providing scientists insight into early mammalian evolution even as they scratch their heads over its bewildering anatomy. Life-like reconstruction of the opossum-sized mammal Adalatherium hui that lived 66 million years ago alongside
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FILE PHOTO – Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside 10 Downing Street after recovering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, April 27, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will hold his traditional weekly conversation with Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday evening by phone, a spokesman for his Downing Street
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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, November 5, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday it would renew its partnership with National Football League (NFL) to live stream Thursday night games exclusively on its video streaming platforms, Prime Video and Twitch. These
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Congressional Democrats on Wednesday proposed a bill that would require a U.S. coronavirus supply czar to oversee critical medical supplies, while the top Senate Republican doubled down on demands for business protections. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol during a morning rainstorm on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
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WASHINGTON/CHICAGO (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered meat-processing plants to stay open to protect the food supply in the United States, despite concerns about coronavirus outbreaks, drawing a backlash from unions that said at-risk workers required more protection. FILE PHOTO: Plant workers produce lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) at the Beef Products Inc
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LONDON (Reuters) – Formula Two team owner Trevor Carlin fully supports plans to start the Formula One season with back-to-back races in Austria followed by a closed-doors double at Britain’s Silverstone circuit. The sport hopes to get the delayed championship rolling in July, subject to government permission, under controlled conditions and without any spectators due
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