ZURICH (Reuters) – Online voting at annual shareholder meetings (AGMs) has jumped since the coronavirus outbreak as investors shun large gatherings because of travel restrictions or fear of infection, Swiss tech firm Sherpany said. Tobias Haeckermann, CEO of tech company Sherpany, poses at his office in Zurich, Switzerland March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann The company,
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) attends an event celebrating the anniversary of the White House’s Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) initiative at the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 12, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee said on Wednesday it would hold a hearing on March 11 to
VIENNA (Reuters) – OPEC ministers are expected to approve on Thursday the outlines of a deal for a significant cut in oil production to shore up prices hammered by the coronavirus outbreak but they are still waiting for Russia to indicate whether it will back such a move. FILE PHOTO: The logo of the Organization
A man wearing a face mask squats in front of a shopping mall as the country is hit by an outbreak of the novel coronavirus, in Shanghai, China March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song BEIJING (Reuters) – China has allocated 110.48 billion yuan ($15.93 billion) in coronavirus-related funding as of March 4, Vice Finance Minister Xu
(Reuters) – A growing number of countries around the world have been evacuating or planning to evacuate diplomatic staff and citizens from areas hit by the new coronavirus. FILE PHOTO: A chartered Boeing 747-400 plane carrying carrying evacuated South Koreans from Wuhan, the epicenter of a virus outbreak in China, arrives at Gimpo International Airport
Like it or not, massive trainers are here and they aren’t going anywhere fast. Not that they could even if they wanted to, mind you. To the casual observer, it may have come as a bit of a shock when the fashion elite suddenly appeared to be taking their style cues from Sporty Spice in
In an interview with Netflix’s Behind the Scenes podcast, the composers for The Witcher revealed which covers of the show’s mega hit ear worm “Toss a Coin to Your Witcher” were their favorites. The show as a whole has been incredibly popular, but the song has been the surprise standout element and has taken on a life of its
EXCLUSIVE: A24’s religious horror movie Saint Maud is flying from April 3 to April 10 after MGM/Eon/Universal’s No Time to Die departed this morning to Thanksgiving. Saint Maud is the second wide entry today after Dreamworks Animation’s Trolls World Tour (which was originally scheduled for April 17) to fill the vacancy left behind by Bond 25.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Today’s artificial limbs can look very natural, and now an innovative process makes prosthetic hands move more naturally as well. Paul Cederna (foreground), the Robert Oneal Professor of Plastic Surgery at the University of Michigan, shifts his attention as Daniel Lyons, a resident of plastic surgery, stitches up the arm of
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Josh Hawley on Wednesday said he will introduce legislation banning federal employees from using social media app TikTok on their devices and accused the company of sharing data with the Chinese government. FILE PHOTO: A 3-D printed figures are seen in front of displayed Tik Tok logo in this picture
CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL.O) is slashing its flying schedule and implementing a series of cost-cutting measures in some of the most drastic actions by a U.S. airline to date as the spreading coronavirus has depressed air travel demand. FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines passenger jet takes off with New York City
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Wednesday ordered travelers arriving from Germany, France, Spain, Austria and Switzerland to go into home quarantine over coronavirus concerns and canceled a military exercise with troops from the U.S. European Command. An Israeli election monitor wearing gloves sorts envelopes as votes cast by Israelis in home-quarantine over coronavirus concerns following
LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two more people have died of the new coronavirus in the United States, bringing the toll to 11, and new confirmed cases were reported on Wednesday around the two most populous cities, New York and Los Angeles. The first California death from the virus was announced by health officials as
Patchwork Wool Quilted Workwear Jacket Bode nordstrom.com $1,554.00 Bode, designed by fashion wunderkind Emily Adams Bode, is what you wear if you’re really, really cool. Think LES boys who compost, run non-profits and probably own chill lake houses upstate, cool. Her designs are future heirlooms, and she kickstarted our newfound obsession with the patchwork jacket.
I’m not freaking out, you’re freaking out. This is our first look at the Batmobile, and it’s epic AF. What’s more, these new images also revealed the first look at Robert Pattinson’s Batman with a full cape. So don’t worry comic purists, Gotham’s protector will feature his full iconic look. The above image comes to
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Robert Durst, the ailing New York real estate scion whose arrest prosecutors say was hastened by his confession to multiple killings in a 2015 TV documentary, was due to face a jury on Wednesday for opening statements in his Los Angeles murder trial. FILE PHOTO: Robert Durst attends a motions hearing