LILONGWE (Reuters) – For Ethiopian aeronautical engineer Lydia Elias, building and piloting a drone to support humanitarian and development projects on the continent of her birth has been a lifelong dream. An instructor teaches students how to assemble a drone at the newly opened African Drone and Data Academy in Lilongwe, Malawi, January 24, 2020.
Month: January 2020
LONDON (Reuters) – It’s 2023. Britain’s brightest and best drug researchers are packing their bags as clinical trials start to dwindle, leaving a nation renowned as a global leader in pharmaceutical development to face a future in the slow lane. FILE PHOTO: Petri dishes are pictured in an unknown location in a Cancer Research UK
FILE PHOTO: A gas hob is seen in this photo illustration shot December 2, 2013. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/File Photo LONDON (Reuters) – OVO Energy has agreed to pay 9 million pounds to its clients after billing problems, in a voluntary move agreed with market regulator Ofgem just two weeks after it became the country’s second biggest
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Large swathes of southeast Australia were bracing on Thursday for a days-long heatwave that threatens to stoke bushfires that have been burning for months. FILE PHOTO: Dead trees mark the scorched landscape surrounding the Kangaroo Valley Bush Retreat after a wildfire in Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas
(Reuters) – A lawyer for Michael Avenatti told a jury that Nike Inc was being probed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over claims that it made illicit payments to elite youth basketball players, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The Nike swoosh logo is seen outside the store on 5th Ave in
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) on Wednesday posted the second quarterly profit in a row on record vehicle deliveries and said it would deliver more than 500,000 units this year, as the electric carmaker’s shares surged to new highs. Shares rose 13% to $654 after hours, reaching an all-time high and for the first time
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Apple logo is seen in front of a displayed stock graph in this illustration taken February 26, 2016. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – The California Institute of Technology said on Wednesday that it won a $1.1 billion jury verdict in a patent case against Apple (AAPL.O) and Broadcom
(Reuters) – Nearly 200 Americans airlifted from China in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak arrived on Wednesday at a U.S. military base in California, where they will remain isolated for at least 72 hours of medical evaluation, public health officials said. Women and children walks past personnel in protective clothing after arriving on an
TOKYO/SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A plane of Japanese evacuees from the virus-hit Chinese city of Wuhan arrived in Tokyo on Thursday as the total number of confirmed deaths from the newly identified pathogen in the country rose by 38 to 170 and infections also jumped. FILE PHOTO: Passengers wear masks at Hong Kong West Kowloon High
LONDON (Reuters) – Australian actress Margot Robbie hinted that her new female-led action film “Birds of Prey” could be the first in a series of movies as she reprised the role of comic antihero Harley Quinn in what she has called a passion project. Cast member Margot Robbie poses as she arrives to attend the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in the U.S. Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility he could be acquitted as early as Friday. As senators questioned both the Trump legal team and the Democratic managers of the trial, Trump
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – While the overall U.S. response to climate change is up to elected officials, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday, the Fed can play a part in keeping global warming from destabilizing U.S. banks and financial markets. FILE PHOTO: Windmills line a hillside in Palm Springs, California, U.S., November 29,
LONDON (Reuters) – Households in Britain have overpaid its electricity networks at least 800 million pounds over the current eight-year (2013-2021) regulatory period, a parliamentary watchdog said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: The Beaully to Denny power line passes through the Cairngorms National Park near Dalwhinnie, Scotland, Britain January 23, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne Britain’s energy infrastructure,
FILE PHOTO: White House national security adviser John Bolton attends a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Fabiana Rosales, wife of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House has informed former national security adviser John Bolton that
NEW YORK (Reuters) – An actress-turned-costume designer told jurors in the Weinstein rape trial on Wednesday the former Hollywood producer promised her a movie deal if she had three-way sex with him and his assistant. Dawn Dunning is questioned by Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast during film producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial at New
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House Democrats on Wednesday unveiled a proposed $760 billion infrastructure spending bill over five years that aims to rebuild sagging roads and bridges and reduce carbon pollution. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds a news conference to unveil a $760 billion infrastructure spending bill proposed by House Democrats at
FILE PHOTO: 62nd Grammy Awards – Photo Room– Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – Billie Eilish poses backstage with her awards to include Song of the Year for “Bad Guy” , Best New Artist, and Album of the Year for “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”. REUTERS/Monica Almeida LOS ANGELES
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lev Parnas, an indicted businessman who says he worked to pressure Ukraine to investigate one of President Donald Trump’s political rivals, traveled to Washington to press the Senate to allow him to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial, only to be turned away at the U.S. Capitol. Trailed by TV cameras, bullhorn-wielding protesters
FILE PHOTO: Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during a demonstration of the Fridays for Future movement in Lausanne, Switzerland January 17, 2020. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Instagram on Wednesday she has applied to register her name and that of the Fridays For Future movement
For those who ever watched him race; saw him win and win and win; watched him hoist NASCAR’s cherished Cup Series championship trophy, again and again and again — Tony Stewart’s place in the NASCAR Hall of Fame certainly seemed an inevitability. FILE PHOTO: NASCAR driver Tony Stewart holds the trophy after winning the NASCAR
An undated image of Afrodelatorrichnus ellenbergeri, a set of hand-feet impressions of a quadrupedal dinosaur, are seen preserved in a sandstone layer in South Africa alongside an interpretive outline of the tracks, in a combination of photos released January 29, 2020. Bordy et al. 2020 PLoS One/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 183 million
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A costume designer and former actress told jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial on Wednesday that the former producer groped her under her skirt and later propositioned her for sex in exchange for movie contracts. Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at New York Criminal Court for his sexual assault trial in
(Reuters) – Greater certainty around Argentina’s public policies could help reactivate growth and investments in the recession-hit South American country, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., as IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde meets with Argentine Treasury Minister
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he would be respectful in his celebrations on Friday when Britain leaves the European Union, mindful that Brexit still divides the country. “In common with everybody else, I will be making
A British Union Jack flag flutters outside of the European Parliament ahead of the vote on the Brexit deal in Brussels, Belgium January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Parliament on Wednesday gave its final approval to Britain’s divorce deal from the bloc, paving the way for Brexit to take place on
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would nationalise Northern Rail after the company delivering train links between cities like Manchester and Leeds was blamed for years of delays, cancellations and strikes on the service. FILE PHOTO: A Northern Rail train is parked at Stockport railway station in Stockport, Britain, June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble Britain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump unleashed his sharpest attack yet on John Bolton after his former national security adviser depicted Trump as playing a central role in a politically motivated pressure campaign on Ukraine, as the U.S. Senate prepared on Wednesday to enter a new phase in the president’s impeachment trial. FILE PHOTO: U.S.
(Reuters) – Wall Street analysts were smitten by a rebound in sales of Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhones after a year of decline. So much, in fact, that they looked past a weaker-than-expected rise in services revenue, the company’s growth driver. FILE PHOTO: A man walks next to an advertisement for Apple’s new iPhone 11 Pro
FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event in Iowa City, Iowa, U.S., January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders are leading a crowded field of candidates days before Monday’s Iowa caucuses, the
NOVOPOKROVKA, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) – Partly blinded by shotgun pellets still lodged in his head, Jaabars the snow leopard licks his paw inside a rescue shelter cage after life-saving surgery. Jaabars the snow leopard, that was found wounded in a forest by the town of Talas earlier this month, rests in a cage during rehabilitation at
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