NEW YORK (Reuters) – The former chief of staff to ousted WeWork CEO Adam Neumann has accused him and the company of discrimination, saying she was belittled for getting pregnant, forced out of her job in favor of a man making more than twice her salary when she took maternity leave and ultimately fired for
Month: October 2019
FILE PHOTO: Sep 25, 2019; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Wilmer Flores (41) hits a two run home run against the St. Louis Cardinals during the sixth inning at Chase Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo Arizona Diamondbacks: Declined 2020 club options on infielder Wilmer Flores ($6 million) and left-hander T.J.
LONDON (Reuters) – On the day Britain was supposed to have left the European Union, voters instead faced the start of an election campaign, with opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn pledging to overthrow a “rigged system” he said was run by billionaires and tax-dodgers. After failing to deliver Brexit by the Oct. 31 deadline, Prime
FILE PHOTO: Spain’s President Pedro Sanchez Perez-Castejon addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Spain has offered to host the United Nations COP25 climate change summit in Madrid, following Chile’s withdrawal as host
LONDON (Reuters) – A decision by Britain’s government to award a 100,000-pound ($129,500) grant to a company run by an American businesswoman who was a friend of Boris Johnson before he became prime minister was appropriate, a government audit report said. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits Metropolitan Police training college in Hendon, London, Britain
FILE PHOTO: Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. leaves after his arraignment in New York State Supreme Court in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S., October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jefferson Siegel/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Actor Cuba Gooding Jr pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new charges of sexual misconduct involving a third woman, less than
Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks at a launch event for the Labour party’s general election campaign in London, Britain October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday the leader of Britain’s left-wing opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, would be “so bad” for Britain if he
CHICAGO (Reuters) – The head of Chicago’s teachers’ union and Mayor Lori Lightfoot met on Thursday to try to resolve one of the last sticking points in an 11-day strike – whether to make up class days lost by the city’s 300,000 students during the walkout. FILE PHOTO: Teachers protest during a rally and march
FILE PHOTO: The Ford logo is seen at the Ford oldest Brazil plant in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil September 3, 2019. REUTERS/Rahel Patrasso WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) plans to close an engine plant in Romeo, Michigan as part of a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers union for a new
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A deeply divided U.S. House of Representatives took a major step in the effort to impeach President Donald Trump on Thursday when lawmakers approved rules for the next stage, including public hearings, in the Democratic-led inquiry into Trump’s attempt to have Ukraine investigate a domestic political rival. In the first formal test
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – More wildfires ignited near Los Angeles on Thursday, destroying homes and forcing evacuations, as the region faced a second day of gusting desert winds that have fanned flames and displaced thousands of people. Fire is seen in Simi Valley, California, U.S. October 30, 2019, in this social media image. Courtesy
Late Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is seen in an undated picture released by the U.S. Department of Defense in Washington, U.S. October 30, 2019. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout via REUTERS CAIRO (Reuters) – The Islamic State militant group confirmed on Thursday that its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a weekend raid
FILE PHOTO: The WhatsApp messaging application is seen on a phone screen August 3, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior government officials in multiple U.S.-allied countries were targeted earlier this year with hacking software that used Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) WhatsApp to take over users’ phones, according to people familiar with the messaging company’s
Scientists check plants inside of an aeroponic growing chamber system as an experiment called Marsonaut at Prague University of Life Sciences in Prague, Czech Republic, October 30, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech scientists have opened a lab to experiment growing food for environments with extreme conditions and lack of water, such as
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld the convictions of two drug industry executives for defrauding Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc through a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme, but reduced how much they must forfeit for their crimes. FILE PHOTO: Ex-senior Valeant director Gary Tanner walks on the street after exiting the Manhattan Federal
LONDON (Reuters) – Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn took aim at tax dodgers, dodgy landlords, bad bosses and big polluters on Thursday, launching an election campaign with a promise of “real change” in Britain. Britain’s opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn greets supporters as he leaves after a launch event for the Labour party’s general
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese troops and riot police deployed on Thursday to reopen a major highway north of Beirut and a bridge in the capital that anti-government protesters had blocked. Anti-government protestors gather as they try to block a highway in Beirut, Lebanon October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Two weeks of massive demonstrations against the
Tennis – WTA Tour Finals – Shenzhen Bay Sports Center – Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China – October 28, 2019 Canada’s Bianca Andreescu in action during her match against Romania’s Simona Halep REUTERS/Aly Song HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. Open champion Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from the WTA Finals in Shenzhen, citing the knee injury sustained
Kasi Lemmons arrives at the international premiere of the Harriet Tubman biopic “Harriet” at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada September 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mark Blinch NEW YORK (Reuters) – When director Kasi Lemmons started work on the first major movie about Harriet Tubman, the 19th century slave turned hero of the
BANDUNG, Indonesia (Reuters) – A watchmaker in Indonesia’s Bandung city thinks the next step in sustainability is a wristwatch with a strap made out of the complex root structure of a mushroom. A worker prepares mycelium leather to be used for wristwatches at a workshop of Pala Nusantara, a watchmaking company, in Bandung, West Java
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – A herd of 500 goats helped save California’s Ronald Reagan library from a wildfire on Wednesday, after the voracious animals earlier this year ate flammable scrub surrounding the hilltop complex. The hired goats munched through brush to create a fire break that slowed the blaze and let firefighters douse flames
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn will embark on their first full day of election campaigning on Thursday, pitching their starkly different visions for the country ahead of a highly unpredictable December poll. Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain October
BEIRUT (Reuters) – After hitting a dead end in efforts to defuse the crisis sweeping Lebanon, Saad al-Hariri informed a top Hezbollah official on Monday he had no choice but to quit as prime minister in defiance of the powerful Shi’ite group. FILE PHOTO: Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri speaks during a news conference in
TOKYO/OSAKA (Reuters) – Nintendo Co Ltd’s (7974.T) second-quarter operating profit more than doubled, blowing past analyst estimates, on strong demand for its Switch console. FILE PHOTO: A display for the gaming company Nintendo is shown in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Blake Nintendo sold 4.98 million units of its hybrid home-portable Switch
FILE PHOTO: A logo of the upcoming mobile standard 5G is pictured at the Hanover trade fair, in Hanover, Germany March 31, 2019. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s three state telecoms on Thursday announced the roll-out 5G mobile phone services, marking a key step in Beijing’s ambitions to become a technology superpower at a
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will ban political advertising on its platform next month, the company’s chief executive said on Wednesday, as social media platforms face pressure to block attempts to steer elections with false information. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed logo for Twitter is seen in this picture illustration made in Zenica, Bosnia
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Sydney was wreathed in hazardous smoke on Thursday as strong winds fanned dozens of bushfires across Australia’s east coast, prompting health warnings for the city that is home to more than 5 million people and the state of New South Wales (NSW). A jogger is seen in Blackwattle Bay as smoke haze
Oct 30, 2019; Houston, TX, USA; Washington Nationals fans celebrate after the Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in game seven of the 2019 World Series at Minute Maid Park. The Washington Nationals won the World Series winning four games to three. Mandatory Credit: Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Political divisions were swept to
MANILA (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.5 earthquake rocked southern Philippines still reeling from two strong tremors this month, killing at least five people and causing previously damaged buildings and homes to collapse. A man looks at a damaged hotel building after an earthquake in Kidapawan City, Cotabato, Philippines, October 31, 2019, in this still image
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Union leaders for Chicago’s striking teachers on Wednesday approved a tentative labor deal negotiated with the school district but refused to return to work unless the mayor agreed to make up for instructional days and pay lost during the 10-day walkout. FILE PHOTO: Teachers protest during a rally and march on the
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