BEIJING (Reuters) – The death toll from a mysterious flu-like virus in China climbed to six on Tuesday as new cases surged beyond 300 and authorities fretted about the added risk from millions of Chinese traveling for the Lunar New Year holiday. Round the world, airports tightened screening of travelers from China as officials confirmed
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats on Tuesday blasted the top Senate Republican’s proposed rules for U.S. President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, saying its failure to guarantee witnesses or that evidence gathered by investigators would be allowed into the record was tantamount to rigging the proceedings. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to
Sophie Turner, Zoë Kravitz and Jennifer Aniston all looked amazing at the SAG Awards. (Photos: Getty Images) Awards season is in full swing and while the Golden Globes and Oscars typically serve the most memorable looks, stars pulled out the big guns for the SAG Awards on January 19. For the first time in maybe
A new TV spot for Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) reveals a comic-accurate costume for Huntress. Birds of Prey will be the next film to be released in the DC Extended Universe, focusing on Harley Quinn and the villain Black Mask. The movie will be Margot Robbie’s second time playing Quinn, but she will have the help of
Oscar nominations continue to make a difference at the box office, and the box office continues to be important to Oscar contenders. At a time when prestigious, financially risky award bets are often destined to Netflix, nothing beats having that extra exhilaration from great ticket sales, as studios vie to raise the profiles of their
VANCOUVER/TORONTO (Reuters) – A lawyer for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou argued on Monday that “double criminality” was at the center of a trial to decide whether she can be extradited to the United States, a case that has strained relations between Ottawa and Beijing. Meng, 47, arrived in a Vancouver courtroom wearing a
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday rejected the Democratic-led House of Representatives’ impeachment charges and called for their immediate dismissal by the Republican-led Senate in a memo offering a legal and political case against his removal. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he gives a speech at the American Farm
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares took a sudden lurch lower on Tuesday as a ripple of risk aversion swept markets, though analysts could find no obvious trigger for the move. Investors look at computer screens showing stock information at a brokerage house in Shanghai, China January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song Safe-haven bonds and the yen
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s Constitutional Court is to decide on Tuesday whether to dissolve the opposition Future Forward Party, in a ruling that could strengthen the military-backed government’s majority in parliament. FILE PHOTO: Thailand’s opposition Future Forward Party leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit speaks to his supporters as he leaves after reporting to a Bangkok police station
COLUMBIA, S.C. (Reuters) – Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren marched arm-in-arm on Monday, as a group of often feuding U.S. presidential candidates set aside their differences long enough to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic U.S. 2020 presidential candidates including Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Senator Elizabeth
Prince William and Prince Harry have a very strong connection to Africa. They’ve both spoken about this tie, which they first formed after their mother died. Harry even got a large cushion diamond from Botswana to be featured at the center of Meghan’s engagement ring. The two are said to have fallen in love while
Jared Harris’ character is described as Morbius’ mentor, and the trailer shows him saying he’s known Michael Morbius since he was a boy. He knows Morbius has a gift and always has. Flashback footage in the trailer seems to show Harris’ character protecting young Michael, who would grow up to be a scientist who tries
(This Jan. 19 story corrects spelling of Gudnadottir and of Todd) BERLIN (Reuters) – Golden Globe-winning Icelandic musician Hildur Gudnadottir, 37, usually lives a quiet life in Berlin, but is about to see a lot more of Los Angeles’ red carpets as nominations come flooding in for her score for Todd Phillips’ film “Joker”. On
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Crew Dragon astronaut capsule, lifts off on an in-flight abort test , a key milestone before flying humans in 2020 under NASA’s commercial crew program, from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. January 19, 2020. REUTERS/Joe Skipper CAPE CANAVERAL (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX simulated
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google-owner Alphabet, urged regulators on Monday to take a “proportionate approach” when drafting rules for artificial intelligence (AI), days before the European Commission is due to publish proposals on the issue. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, speaks on artificial intelligence during a Bruegel think tank