SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The U.S. government warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency. A man wearing a mask looks on near a Chinese national flag at the Tiananmen Square, as the country
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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa speaks at a news conference in Tokyo, Japan January 31, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Nintendo Co Ltd CEO Shuntaro Furukawa said on Friday the gaming company has no plans to launch a fresh Switch model this year, dampening rumors it will offer an upgraded version of the hit device.
Samir HusseinGetty Images Drake, A$AP Rocky, and all members of Rihanna’s boyfriend hopefuls club can take a step back. E! reports that the singer is not dating anyone right now; in fact, she doesn’t want to after being in a serious relationship—with billionaire Saudi businessman Hassan Jameel—for three years. Understandable. People are exhausting! A source
Tame Impala have shared the music video for “Lost in Yesterday.” It’s the band’s first song from The Slow Rush to get the official music video treatment. The retro visual, directed by Terri Timely, finds Kevin Parker leading the house band at weddings. Watch below. The Slow Rush—Tame Impala’s follow-up to Currents—gets released on February
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is expected to wrap up the initial phase of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial before turning on Friday to the explosive question of whether to call witnesses such as former national security adviser John Bolton. FILE PHOTO: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell exits during a break as the Trump
(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) shares fell about 1% on Thursday as quarterly profits missed estimates even though the company added more monthly mobile phone subscribers than expected as adding the Disney+ streaming service helped some of its plans. FILE PHOTO: The Verizon logo is seen on the side of a truck in New
An image shows the Sun’s surface at the highest resolution ever taken, shot by the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the world’s largest solar telescope, on the island of Maui, Hawaii, U.S., January 29, 2020, in this image obtained January 30, 2020. NSO/NSF/AURA/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – Images from a powerful new telescope installed
BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (Reuters) – For the British government, a successful Brexit means re-asserting economic sovereignty and landing a trade deal with Europe. Trawler captain Stephane Fait and his fellow French fisherman could sink that plan. French workers fillet mackerels in a fish processing plant in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, January 29, 2020. EU fishermen
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices fell 2% on Thursday to the lowest in three months on concerns over the potential economic impact of the coronavirus that continues to spread worldwide, while the market also considered the possibility of an early OPEC meeting. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind an oil pump outside Saint-Fiacre, near
So many of us are obsessed by the thought of a thinning thatch that’s it’s easy to forget that baldness isn’t a man’s only worry when it comes to his barnet: thick, wavy and generally unruly hair can all present problems, too. And having a Don King hair day can affect more than just your
FILE PHOTO: Activists calling for Virginia’s adoption of the Equal Rights Amendment gather outside the Virginia State Capitol building as the General Assembly prepares to convene in Richmond, Virginia, U.S. January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake (Reuters) – The last three states to pass the Equal Rights Amendment sued the archivist of the U.S. government on
Here’s L.A. Confidential’s Rollo Tomassi twist explained. Noir movies weren’t really in vogue in Hollywood during the 1990s, though the genre did offer up some selections. Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes arrived in 1990 but despite Jack Nicholson both starring and directing it failed to reach the acclaim of the original. Miller’s Crossing from the
As the coronavirus continues its rapid spread, China continues to struggle with consequences of the disease on myriad levels. The updated count of confirmed cases has crossed 6,000 on the mainland, with 132 people dead. Separately to the tragic human toll of the virus, the economic impact could exceed $40B on a global level. Today,
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
TOKYO (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Thursday as the death toll from the new virus in China climbed to 170 and more airlines canceled flights to the country’s major cities, while rising U.S. crude inventories added to the negative tone. FILE PHOTO: The sun sets behind an oil pump outside Saint-Fiacre, near Paris, France
(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Wednesday that growth would continue to slow as its business matured and reported a surge in quarterly expenses, disappointing Wall Street expectations that the costs of improving privacy would level off. The news raised concerns that Facebook’s best days were behind it, and shares of the world’s biggest