Aug 26, 2019; Flushing, NY, USA; Madison Keys of the United States hits a forehand against Misaki Doi of Japan (not pictured) in the first round on day one of the 2019 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports NEW YORK (Reuters) – Madison
Month: August 2019
FILE PHOTO: A close-up photo shows soy plants in a farm in Sao Desiderio, Bahia state, Brazil March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Roberto Samora OSLO (Reuters) – Mowi ASA (MOWI.OL), the world’s largest salmon producer, could stop buying Brazilian soy for its fish farms unless the South American country curbs Amazon deforestation, the Norwegian company said on
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament’s ability to derail his Brexit plan by cutting the amount of time it will sit between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who urged Queen Elizabeth to intervene. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of the
(This August 27 story corrects headline from “researchers” to “funders”) FILE PHOTO: A 3-D printed Facebook logo is seen on U.S. dollar banknotes in this illustration picture, June 18, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic By Katie Paul SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A group of philanthropies working with Facebook Inc (FB.O) to study the social network’s impact on
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump called Puerto Rico “one of the most corrupt places on earth” in a swipe at the U.S. territory’s leaders as they prepared for Tropical Storm Dorian which became a hurricane on Wednesday and headed for the island. Dorian gathered strength over the U.S. Virgin Islands to become a Category 1
VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – For his first movie directed outside of his native Japan, filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda traveled to Paris to work with two of France’s top leading ladies in “La Verite” (The Truth), a drama fraught with family tensions. French actor Catherine Deneuve, Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda and French actor Juliette Binocheat pose at
FILE PHOTO: Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership candidate Kevin O’Leary speaks at a news conference in Toronto, Canada April 26, 2017. O’Leary announced his withdrawal from the race and his support for Maxime Bernier. REUTERS/Fred Thornhill/File Photo TORONTO (Reuters) – Dragons’ Den and Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary said on Wednesday he was involved in
DETROIT (Reuters) – The FBI on Wednesday conducted searches at the home of United Auto Workers President Gary Jones, a union retreat and multiple other locations as part of a corruption probe into illegal payments to union officials, posing fresh problems for the union at a pivotal time. FILE PHOTO: UAW President Gary Jones (L)
NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Huawei Technologies plans to forge ahead with the launch of new high-end smartphones in Europe even though it may not be able to offer Google’s official Android operating system and widely used apps such as Google Maps, company executives told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Huawei company logo is pictured at the
(Reuters) – SpaceX test-launched an early prototype of the company’s Mars rocket on Tuesday, unnerving residents near the Texas site and clearing another key hurdle in billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s interplanetary ambitions. SpaceX’s Mars Starship prototype “Starhopper” hovers over its launchpad during a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. August 27, 2019. REUTERS/Trevor Mahlmann
LONDON (Reuters) – Ruth Davidson, leader of the Conservative Party in Scotland, is set to quit due to political disagreements with Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the pressures of being a new mother, British media reported on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Ruth Davidson, leader of Scottish Conservatives, arrives at a party’s conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain,
ROME (Reuters) – Opposition leader Nicola Zingaretti told Italy’s president on Wednesday that his Democratic Party (PD) was ready to try to form a government with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement. Democratic Party leader Nicola Zingaretti speaks to the media next to the party leadership members Paolo Gentiloni and Andrea Marcucci in the Presidential Palace after
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Puerto Rico was bracing on Wednesday for the arrival of Tropical Storm Dorian, closing schools and diverting cruise liners even as it is still struggling to recover from devastating back-to-back hurricanes in 2017. A house boat is seen secured to a mangrove as Tropical Storm Dorian approaches Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) arrives for a meeting of the Senate Republican caucus for an expected unveiling of Senate Republicans’ revamped proposal to replace Obamacare health care legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Johnny Isakson said Wednesday he will leave
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson moved to limit parliament’s opportunity to derail Brexit by cutting the amount of time it sits between now and EU exit day on Oct. 31, infuriating opponents who accused him of leading a “very British coup”. In his boldest move yet to take the country out of
Masahiro Tanaka pitched seven scoreless innings, and Aaron Judge reached a milestone with a tape-measure home run as the New York Yankees defeated the host Seattle Mariners 7-0 Tuesday night. Aug 27, 2019; Seattle, WA, USA; New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka (19) makes the number 10 with his hands for a photo following
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi will amend the constitution if he wins September’s presidential election to end an “unreasonable” division of power between the prime minister and the head of state, he told Reuters, a move rivals oppose. FILE PHOTO: Tunisian Minister of Defense Abdelkarim Zbidi submits his candidacy for the presidential
COYOTE, N.M. (Reuters) – It was the kind of fire that has terrified communities across the drought-ridden U.S. West in the past few years: a ponderosa pine forest ablaze in the mountains of New Mexico filling the air with thick, aromatic smoke. Ground fuels burn during a controlled burn administered by the U.S. Forest Service
FILE PHOTO: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the launching ceremony of the real estate credit program at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, August 20, 2019. REUTERS/Adriano Machado BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday that South American countries would meet to determine a common policy in defense of the Amazon,
LONDON (Reuters) – A forgery crisis is quietly roiling the world’s gold industry. FILE PHOTO – Gold bars are seen at the Austrian Gold and Silver Separating Plant ‘Oegussa’ in Vienna, Austria, March 18, 2016. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo Gold bars fraudulently stamped with the logos of major refineries are being inserted into the global market
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc is tightening its political ad rules in the United States, it said on Wednesday, requiring new disclosures for its site and photo-sharing platform Instagram ahead of the U.S. presidential election in November 2020. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook Like symbol is displayed in front of a U.S. flag in this illustration
FILE PHOTO: People try out Google’s Pixel 2 phones during a launch event in San Francisco, California, U.S. October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google is shifting its Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam from China starting this year as it builds a cheap supply chain in Southeast Asia, the Nikkei business
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government will seek to extend the period during which parliament does not normally sit, shutting it for around a month until Oct. 14, as part of a drive to prevent politicians from derailing its Brexit plan, the BBC reported. FILE PHOTO: Flags flutter outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain
FILE PHOTO – Trucks transport containers at a port in Qingdao, Shandong province, China July 11, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has denied a request for a U.S. Navy warship to visit the Chinese port city of Qingdao in recent days, a U.S. defense official told Reuters on Tuesday, at a time of tense
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nick Kyrgios delivered heaps of brilliant shotmaking and a sprinkle of controversy in a 6-3 7-6(1) 6-4 win over American Steve Johnson on Tuesday that put the Australian into the second round of the U.S. Open. Aug 27, 2019; Flushing, NY, USA; Nick Kyrgios of Australia hits a forehand against Steve
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A succession of women who said Jeffrey Epstein sexually abused them at a young age voiced anger and defiance in a packed New York courtroom on Tuesday, some lamenting that the financier’s suicide deprived them of the opportunity to obtain justice. “The fact that I will never have a chance to
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Dorian churned toward Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic on Tuesday and was expected to be close to hurricane strength when it nears the islands on Wednesday. In anticipation of the storm, U.S. President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency late on Tuesday for Puerto Rico, a U.S.
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways warned against what it described as an illegal protest planned outside its facilities on Wednesday and that it had zero tolerance for “violent activities” and any staff who took part. FILE PHOTO : Anti-extradition bill protesters run as riot police fire tear gas during a
(Reuters) – SpaceX test-launched an early prototype of the company’s Mars rocket on Tuesday, rattling the nerves of people living near the Texas site and clearing another key hurdle in billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s interplanetary ambitions. SpaceX’s Mars Starship prototype “Starhopper” hovers over its launchpad during a test flight in Boca Chica, Texas, U.S. August
(Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors on Tuesday brought a criminal case against a former high-ranking Google engineer, alleging he stole confidential technology from the company’s self-driving car unit before joining rival Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N). FILE PHOTO: A Waymo self-driving vehicle is parked and displayed during a demonstration in Chandler, Arizona, November 29, 2018. REUTERS/Caitlin O’Hara
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