(Reuters) – A mysterious 68-million-year-old fossil found on Seymour Island off Antarctica’s coast that looked like a deflated football has turned out to be a unique find – the second-largest egg on record and one that may have belonged to a huge marine reptile that lived alongside the dinosaurs. An illustration of a fossil egg
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans unveiled a law enforcement reform bill on Wednesday as a rival to more sweeping Democratic legislation, as Congress sought to curb racial discrimination and police abuses three weeks after the death of George Floyd. Crafted by Senator Tim Scott, the chamber’s only black Republican, the bill would use federal
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Zoom logo is placed between small toy people figures and a keyboard in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration (Reuters) – Zoom Video Communications Inc is planning to offer all its free and paying users end-to-end encryption for video calls, the video conferencing provider said on Wednesday. Reporting
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Facebook is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann (Reuters) – Several U.S. civil rights groups have called upon some of the world’s largest companies to pause advertising on Facebook Inc, saying the social network is not doing enough to stop hate speech
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Senior Turkish officials visited Tripoli on Wednesday to meet Libya’s internationally recognised government after helping it stave off an offensive by eastern-based forces. Libya’s internationally recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Serraj is seen with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Finance Minister Berat Albayrak during their meeting in Tripoli, Libya June 17, 2020.
(Reuters) – PepsiCo Inc (PEP.O) will change the name and brand image of its Aunt Jemima pancake mix and syrup, it said on Wednesday, dropping a mascot that has been criticized for a racist history. Bottles of Aunt Jemima branded syrup stand on a store shelf inside of a shop in Brooklyn, June 17, 2020.
Sophie Turner has been regularly photographed out on walks during quarantine. The actress was seen again this week alongside her husband Joe Jonas dressed in athleisure clothes, pairing a white crop top and gray leggings with a plaid blazer. She stuck to neutral colors, wearing black sunglasses and a white mask. TheImageDirect.com Turner is reportedly
Demi Lovato practiced some serious social distancing out in Joshua Tree … renting the famous “invisible house” for a romantic getaway with her boyfriend. The singer spent the weekend in the desert with BF and actor Max Ehrich … sparing no expense in one of America’s most iconic vacation homes, which goes for a cool
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The Killers are back with the newest single from their upcoming new album Imploding the Mirage. This one’s called “My Own Soul’s Warning.” The track features and was co-produced by Foxygen’s Jonathan Rado. The new song follows “Caution” and “Fire in Bone.” Listen to it below. The Killers originally announced that Imploding the Mirage would
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets took a cautious turn on Wednesday as a resurgence of global coronavirus cases challenged market confidence in a rapid economic recovery, even as the rebound in U.S. retail sales in May broke all records. FILE PHOTO: A visitor takes a photograph of a board displaying stock prices at the
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken March 25, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it would affix labels to political ads shared by users on their own feeds, closing what critics have said for years was a glaring loophole
FILE PHOTO: Qualcomm and 5G logos are seen at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb. 26, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc on Tuesday said it is putting 5G technology into chips for smartphones that will sell for as little as $300 and that will come to market in the second half
HONG KONG (Reuters) – A group of 86 non-government organisations issued a joint letter on Wednesday asking Chinese authorities to scrap plans to introduce national security legislation in Hong Kong, saying it threatens basic rights and freedoms. FILE PHOTO: A pro-democracy protester waves a pro-independence banner during a protest at the New Town Plaza mall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Officials are considering other venues in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for President Donald Trump’s first campaign rally since the coronavirus shutdown, Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday, as virus cases climb in Oklahoma and other states. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump listens to Vice President Mike Pence speak during a roundtable discussion
Henry Cavill’s Superman faces Keanu Reeves’ Neo in new The Matrix fan art. Though the most recent Matrix movie came out in 2003, a new film is headed to theaters in 2022. It will reunite many of the franchise’s original cast members, including Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith. Much of The Matrix 4 remains a mystery, especially because the