LONDON (Reuters) – The London Film Festival got its one of its starriest red carpets on Thursday when actresses Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman premiered “The Favourite,” a costume piece with a difference being billed as an Oscar contender. Actors Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman and Emma Stone pose at the UK Premiere of
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain should bring forward a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and vans by eight years to 2032 to help the country reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, a parliamentary committee said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Cars sit in a traffic jam along the Embankment during the morning rush
(Reuters) – Micron Technology Inc (MU.O) said on Thursday it planned to take full control of IM Flash Technologies joint venture with Intel Corp (INTC.O). FILE PHOTO: The logo of U.S. memory chip maker MicronTechnology is pictured at their booth at an industrial fair in Frankfurt, Germany, July 14, 2015. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach/File Photo The deal
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) both face a drubbing in a regional election on Oct. 28 that risks further weakening their crisis-plagued national government, polls showed on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: German Interior Minister and Christian Social Union (CSU) leader Horst Seehofer attends a news conference after
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The documentary “Making a Murderer” captured attention in 2015 with its story of how two Wisconsin men were convicted of a brutal murder, throwing a harsh light on the U.S. justice system and triggering a spate of true-crime programming. FILE PHOTO: Steven Avery is pictured in this file undated booking photo.
LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is opening its first office in Manchester, northern England, and expanding two other centers to house 1,000 new R&D roles in what it said was a major new investment in British innovation. FILE PHOTO: An Amazon package is seen after being delivered in London, Britain February 29, 2016. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File
(Reuters) – A federal judge ordered the U.S. government on Thursday to begin processing asylum claims for dozens of migrant parents and children that had been separated at the southern border under the Trump Administration’s zero tolerance immigration policy. FILE PHOTO: Activists protest to denounce the separation of children from their families at the U.S.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – You can call it a prehistoric prequel. A new piranha-like fish from Jurassic seas with sharp, pointed teeth that probably fed on the fins of other fishes is seen in this artist’s reconstruction of a fossil which was discovered in southern Germany in this image released from Eichstaett, Bavaria, Germany on October
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister defended the country’s “beautiful” 2019 budget on Thursday, brushing off criticism of it from Brussels as European authorities stepped up pressure for changes to a draft that breaches the bloc’s fiscal rules. Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives for the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 18,
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday dismissed media reports that France was preparing to impose visas on British travellers in case of a no-deal Brexit. French President Emmanuel Macron holds a news conference at the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir “It’s fake news, as some
WASHINGTON/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S. border on Thursday as more Hondurans and Salvadorans joined thousands of migrants in Guatemala headed north. Honduran migrants, part of a caravan trying to reach the U.S., walk on a bridge during their travel in Guatemala City,
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May and other EU leaders voiced renewed confidence on Thursday they could secure a Brexit deal, saying they were working hard to overcome the hurdles that only days ago brought the talks to a halt. Less than six months before Britain quits the EU in its biggest shift in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday for a second time asked the U.S. Supreme Court to put the brakes on a lawsuit filed by young activists who have accused the U.S. government of ignoring the perils of climate change. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he heads to
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP (BX.N), the U.S. buyout firm which is relying on Saudi Arabia to provide half the money for its planned $40 billion infrastructure fund, waved off concerns about funding on Thursday even as controversy rages over the disappearance of a Saudi journalist that has frayed relations between Wall Street
PARIS (Reuters) – The first auction house to sell prints by Banksy since THAT auction two weeks ago does not anticipate another stunt like the one that shredded half a picture moments after the hammer fell. But, hey, if something were to happen? Great! “Are we expecting it? Not really. Perhaps we are hoping for
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Square Inc, the company led by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, on Thursday launched a payment terminal for small business clients, expanding its suite of hardware products. FILE PHOTO: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey answers a question as he testifies at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on foreign influence operations on
(Reuters) – McLaren have signed a partnership with Coca-Cola until the end of the season that will see the soft drinks company’s brand appear on a Formula One car for the first time, the team announced on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Formula One – Japanese Grand Prix – Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan – October 5, 2018 McLaren’s
SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA (Reuters) – Earlier this year, the world’s two biggest lithium producers publicly celebrated new deals with Chile’s government that will allow them to vastly increase output of the ultralight battery metal from the Atacama, the world’s driest desert. U.S.-based Albemarle Corp and Chile’s SQM operate just 3 miles (5 km) apart
(Reuters) – Steve Penny, the former USA Gymnastics president, was arrested on Wednesday night in Tennessee on charges he tampered with evidence in the case of Larry Nassar, the disgraced team doctor convicted of sexually assaulting athletes, the U.S. Marshals Service said. FILE PHOTO: Steve Penny, former president of USA Gymnastics invokes his 5th amendment
LONDON (Reuters) – British trade minister Liam Fox has pulled out of a Saudi investment summit next week, the BBC reported on Thursday. Britain’s Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox leaves Downing Steet, London, Britain, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson Fox was listed as a speaker at the Riyadh summit, which other European
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey searched the Saudi consulate in Istanbul for a second time overnight as part of a probe into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, while the French and Dutch finance ministers pulled out of a Riyadh investment summit amid global criticism of the kingdom. Turkish police forensic experts with a sniffer dog
PARIS (Reuters) – French cloud computing company OVH plans to triple investment in the coming years to take on U.S. Internet giants Amazon and Alphabet’s Google in this fast-growing sector. The logo of French web-hosting and server provider OVH is seen at the company’s data centre site in Roubaix, France, April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May signalled on Thursday she would consider extending a so-called transition period “for a matter of months” after Britain leaves the European Union, a move her critics say is a betrayal of Brexit. Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May speaks to the media as she arrives at the European
(Reuters) – World number one Simona Halep pulled out of next week’s WTA Finals due to a lower back injury on Thursday, handing first alternate Kiki Bertens a spot at the season-ending eight-woman event in Singapore for the first time. FILE PHOTO: Romania’s Simona Halep celebrates with the French Open trophy at Roland Garros, Paris,
TOKYO (Reuters) – Cherry blossoms across Japan have bloomed six months early after two powerful typhoons pummeled the country in September, stripping leaves, bringing a warm snap and turning the trees unseasonably pink. Cherry blossoms bloom in the autumn season at the site of Sendai Castle in Sendai, northern Japan, October 16, 2018, in this
(Reuters) – Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (4502.T) said on Thursday Japan’s Fair Trade Commission had approved its $62 billion acquisition of Shire Plc (SHP.L), bringing the Japanese firm closer to sealing a deal that will make it a global top 10 drugmaker. FILE PHOTO: Takeda Pharmaceutical Co’s logo is seen at its new headquarters in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration will begin withdrawing from a United Nations pact that offered low rates for foreign postal deliveries of small packages in the United States, the latest move to challenge practices it sees as unfairly advantageous to China. FILE PHOTO: A mailbox for United States Postal Service (USPS) and other mail
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis held high-profile talks with his Chinese counterpart on Thursday, as the United States seeks to forge to more resilient military ties that can withstand mounting pressure between the world’s two largest economies. FILE PHOTO: Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis speaks with the media before an enhanced honor
MILAN (Reuters) – Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, head of the League party, was quoted as saying he may consider running for the presidency of the European Commission at the next elections. FILE PHOTO: Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini talks to journalists after a G6 meeting of Interior Ministers, the
CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala (Reuters) – More Honduran migrants tried to join a caravan of several thousand trekking through Guatemala on Wednesday, defying calls by authorities not to make the journey after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to cut off regional aid in reprisal. A Honduran migrant child is sitting on the back of the truck, after
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