LISBON (Reuters) – Altice is analyzing offers it has received in the last few months for its Portuguese fiber optic network and expects the long-awaited sale to happen “very soon,” the telecoms firm said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Plastic pens with logos of Altice in Paris, France March 20, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Altice Europe,
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks at a news conference with DACA recipients and Democratic congressional leaders after the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in cases before the court regarding the Trump administration’s bid to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 12,
(Reuters) – At least five people were wounded after a shooter opened fire at a high school in Santa Clarita, California, a city north of Los Angeles, officials said. Police and emergency vehicles on the scene of a shooting at Saugus high school in Santa Clarita, California, U.S., November 14, 2019 in this screenshot taken
HUAILAI, China (Reuters) – China on Thursday successfully completed a crucial landing test in northern Hebei province ahead of a historic unmanned exploration mission to Mars next year. A lander for China’s Mars mission is seen after a hovering-and-obstacle avoidance test at a test facility in Huailai, Hebei province, China November 14, 2019. Picture taken
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Anti-government protesters paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for a fourth straight day on Thursday, forcing school closures and blocking highways and other transport links to disrupt the financial hub amid a marked escalation of violence. Anti-government protesters scout at a makeshift gate during a standoff with riot police at the Chinese
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, in the first public hearing of the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, on Wednesday linked the president more directly to a pressure campaign on Ukraine to conduct investigations that would benefit him politically. William Taylor was one of two career diplomats who testified before the
(Reuters) – Activist investor Carl Icahn has bought a $1.2 billion stake in HP Inc (HPQ.N) and is pushing for the personal computer maker’s merger with printer maker Xerox Corp (XRX.N), arguing that a union could yield big profits for investors, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO: Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn
LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish-born Oscar winner Alicia Vikander performs in both English and Japanese in her new movie, thriller “Earthquake Bird”, as she immerses herself in 1980s Tokyo. FILE PHOTO: Alicia Vikander arrives for the European premiere of “Tomb Raider” in London, Britain March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Simon Dawson The actress portrays an expat translator caught
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a SEA/SEIU Local 1984 Member Town Hall in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S., November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren questioned Goldman Sachs’s response to allegations of bias in how the bank evaluates applicants for Apple Inc’s credit card,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers pressed top U.S. antitrust enforcers on their probes of tech giants Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O), Facebook (FB.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and Apple (AAPL.O) on Wednesday, with the chair of a House subcommittee expressing frustration over the companies’ continued acquisitions. FILE PHOTO: Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Genetic material extracted from a 1.9 million-year-old fossil tooth from southern China shows that the world’s largest-known ape – an extinct creature dubbed “Giganto” that once inhabited Southeast Asia – was an oversized cousin of today’s orangutans. The findings, announced on Wednesday, shed light on a species, called Gigantopithecus blacki, that has
FILE PHOTO: Stickers bearing the Facebook logo are pictured at Facebook Inc’s F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 30, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam/File Photo (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) released its fourth report on enforcement against content that violates its policies on Wednesday, adding data on photo-sharing app Instagram and content depicting suicide
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s new parliament on Wednesday elected Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party, as its speaker after the rival Heart of Tunisia party backed him, opening the way for a possible coalition government between them. Tunisia’s new parliament members take an oath in Tunis, Tunisia November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
LONDON (Reuters) – A series of rarely seen black-and-white photographs dating back to the Rolling Stones’ first concert tour in 1963 will go on display in east London this month. Brian Jones, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones are seen at the De Lane Lea recording studios in 1963. Never
FILE PHOTO: A man looks at his phone as he passes by a screen advertising Walt Disney’s streaming service Disney+ in New York City, U.S., November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co on Wednesday said its new streaming service, Disney+, has reached 10 million sign-ups since launching on Nov. 12, sending shares
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday expressed sympathy toward allowing comedian and producer Byron Allen to pursue his racial bias lawsuit accusing cable television operator Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) of discriminating against black-owned channels. Comedian and producer Byron Allen leaves the Supreme Court after it heard Comcast’s bid to evade a civil rights