Celebrating excellence, originality, and accessibility in writing by women in English from across the world and now in its 25th year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has announced its 2020 longlist. The sixteen finalists include Booker Prize co-winner Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other and a range of books from well-established authors like Jacqueline Woodson and Hilary Mantel
FILE PHOTO: Oliver Steil, Chief Executive Officer of software company TeamViewer AG, Joerg Rockenhaeuser of Permira and Stefan Gaiser, Chief Financial Officer of TeamViewer attend TeamViewer’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 25, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski BERLIN (Reuters) – Private equity investor Permira took advantage of strength in
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – On Super Tuesday, 14 states, one U.S. territory and Democrats living abroad will vote in contests to pick the party’s challenger to President Donald Trump in November. “I Voted” stickers in various languages are seen in a basket at an early voting site at The California Museum in Sacramento, California, U.S., March
LONDON (Reuters) – Brent oil prices steadied on Wednesday, paring early gains as markets assessed whether deeper output cuts by major producers would be enough to offset the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S., February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford Brent crude LCOc1 was down by
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A resurgent Joe Biden rode a wave of momentum to win Texas and eight other states, while Bernie Sanders was leading in Super Tuesday’s biggest race in California, setting up a one-on-one battle for the Democratic presidential nomination. Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden appears at his
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but when it comes to fashion design, many think otherwise. Conna Walker, the 27-year-old founder and CEO of London-based fashion brand House of CB, seems to be in the latter camp, as she is accusing Canadian retailer Aritzia of ripping off her designs for its newly launched
Cookie and Lucious may have parted ways, but they will be in each other’s lives forever. The divorce papers were signed on Empire Season 6 Episode 11, and it played out as amicably as you would expect, given that the series has been trading in high drama for ridiculous storytelling. Tracy’s plan to take out Lucious
Backgrid Emmy Rossum is looking more and more like Hollywood icon Angelyne — but it seems like it’s taking a lot of magic in the dressing room and makeup trailer to get there. The “Shameless” actress was seen Tuesday on set filming for the new Peacock show, “Angelyne,” named after its titular lead. She definitely
Kosza, the 2,5 year-old Belgian shepherd and Fuge, the 6 year-old golden retriever are seen before a test at the Ethology Department of the ELTE University in Budapest, Hungary, March 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Dogs have a type of infrared sensor in the tip of their nose which enables them to detect
FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency are displayed in front of the Libra logo in this illustration picture, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) will scale back on its plans for Libra global digital currency and will not make it available on its own services for now amid regulatory scrutiny,
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Bernie Sanders looked to take command of the Democratic presidential race as voting on the nominating campaign’s biggest day got underway on Tuesday, while top rival Joe Biden aimed to gain ground by muscling aside upstart Michael Bloomberg and consolidating moderate support. Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders rallies with
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Reserve cut interest rates on Tuesday in a bid to shield the world’s largest economy from the impact of the coronavirus, but the emergency move failed to comfort U.S. financial markets roiled by fears of a deep and lasting slowdown. Indeed, though Fed Chair Jerome Powell reiterated his view
VIENNA (Reuters) – The U.N. watchdog policing Iran’s troubled nuclear deal with major powers admonished Tehran on Tuesday for failing to answer its questions about past nuclear activities at three sites and for denying it access to two of them. FILE PHOTO: An Iranian flag flutters amongst other flags in front of the International Atomic
NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Powerful tornadoes tore through Nashville, Tennessee and surrounding counties early on Tuesday, killing at least 22 people, leaving others missing and reducing homes and businesses to rubble even as voters throughout the state cast ballots in the Super Tuesday presidential primary. The death toll may rise given the number of people who
Consider your adolescent prayers answered. Fifty years after Judy Blume published the seminal YA novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret in 1970, a movie version of the book is on the way. After a competitive auction for film rights, Deadline confirmed that Lionsgate would release the film, written and directed by the filmmaker
The Bachelor reconvened Peter Weber‘s castoffs for the annual shouting match known as The Women Tell All. This one was less miserable than usual, and moved along pretty quickly. Having the rose ceremony take up the first 25 minutes and a PSA take up the last 15 kept the show on track. It was pretty