Violinist Renaud Capucon and musicians perform “Metamorphosen” by Richard Strauss during a rehearsal ahead of a concert without audience in the empty Pierre Boulez hall at the Philharmonie de Paris (Paris Philharmonic) in Paris, as the concert hall resumes its performances after France eased gradually its lockdown measures and restrictions following the outbreak of the
Month: May 2020
(Reuters) – Matteo Bocelli, the son of renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli, on Friday released a new version of “The Lion King” movie ballad “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” the first single from an album of classical versions of Disney songs. The full “Disney Goes Classical” album will debut in October, Walt Disney Co
FILE PHOTO: 50th NAACP Image Awards – Show – Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 30, 2019 – Chris Rock speaks on stage. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo (Reuters) – Comedian Chris Rock and actress Rosie Perez made a surprise appearance at New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s daily news conference to underscore his message that the public should
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny. News of the proposed executive order came after Trump attacked Twitter for
Traders wearing masks work, on the first day of in person trading since the closure during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 26, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Wall Street ended lower on Thursday following a late-session reversal, with
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media that experts said was unlikely to survive legal scrutiny. The executive order was proposed after Trump attacked Twitter for tagging his
(Reuters) – The Boston Marathon, originally scheduled to be held in April and then postponed until September because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has now been cancelled for the first time in its history, organisers said on Thursday. The race, held annually since 1897, is the world’s most prestigious marathon and generally draws over 30,000 runners
FILE PHOTO: The logo of the United Nations is seen on the outside of their headquarters in New York, September 15, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo (Reuters) – The United Nations has delayed until late 2021 a crucial climate summit that had been scheduled for Britain this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Thursday. Billed
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A Canadian court ruling that could permit the extradition of a senior Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] executive to the United States leaves Canada vulnerable to further retaliation from Beijing, analysts said. Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou smiles as she leaves her home to attend a court hearing in Vancouver,
MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s Valencia region will progress to the next phase of a gradual exit from one of Europe’s strictest lockdowns, Health Minister Salvador Illa said on Thursday, as the country’s coronavirus death toll rose by just one for the second straight day to 27,119. FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk on a
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has agreed to hold a United Nations’ climate summit in November 2021, after the event originally planned for later this year had to be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. Business minister Alok Sharma said on Twitter that the dates of the Nov. 1 -12 2021 conference had been agreed with
FILE PHOTO: A GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) sign at the GSK research centre in Stevenage, Britain, November 26, 2019. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – British drugmaker GSK said on Thursday that its previous flu pandemic vaccine, which used some of the same ingredients as COVID-19 vaccines currently under development, was not linked to a rise in cases
ZUMPANGO, Mexico (Reuters) – Alongside construction crews racing to build the Mexican capital’s new airport, skulls and curving tusks of massive mammoths peek through the dirt as archaeologists dig up more and more bones belonging to the ice age’s most famous mammal. FILE PHOTO: A mammoth bone is pictured under a red tent at a
The rhinestone-studded jockstrap worn by Elvis Presley and bearing his initials is seen in this undated handout picture. Paul Fraser Collectibles/Handout via REUTERS BRISTOL, England (Reuters) – A piece of Elvis Presley memorabilia is up for sale, and it is probably the most Elvis thing you can possibly imagine – a rhinestone studded jockstrap said
MADRID (Reuters) – The next best thing to sitting in a darkened movie theatre? A drive-in cinema in the Spanish capital launched its post-lockdown summer season on Wednesday with a blast of escapism in the form of the 1978 musical “Grease”. A man wearing a protective face mask sits in his car ahead of a
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the completely renewed Formula1 Grand Prix circuit in Zandvoort, Netherlands January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron (Reuters) – The Dutch Formula One Grand Prix at Zandvoort has been postponed to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said on Thursday. The race at the seaside circuit would have been the
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