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
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Democratic and Republican lawmakers presented dueling narratives on Wednesday as a U.S. congressional impeachment inquiry that threatens Donald Trump’s tumultuous presidency entered a crucial new phase with the first public hearing. Democrats leading the U.S. House of Representatives probe have summoned three U.S. diplomats – all of whom have previously expressed
A view of lab-made human skin, made from skin cells and collagen, at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Yiming Woo SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A piece of skin about the size of your thumbnail can be printed in less than a minute, scientists in Singapore say, a game-changing step for the future of
A member of the Afghan security forces inspects the site of a suicide blast in Kabul, Afghanistan November 13, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani KABUL (Reuters) – Seven people were killed and seven injured on Wednesday after a car bomb explosion near the interior ministry in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a government spokesman said. There was
FILE PHOTO: People shop at a UNIQLO by Fast Retailing store at Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Japan October 28, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese fashion group Fast Retailing Co Ltd (9983.T), owner of clothing chain Uniqlo, on Wednesday said it has partnered two robotics startups to help improve efficiency in warehousing and
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured outs a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dave Paresh/File Photo/File Photo (Reuters) – A U.S. federal regulator has initiated an investigation into a cloud computing deal between Alphabet Inc’s Google and Ascension Health [ASCNH.UL] which would give Google access to
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian stocks and Wall Street futures fell on Wednesday, as growing worries that U.S.-China trade talks are stalling and concern about intensifying unrest in Hong Kong hurt demand for risky assets. FILE PHOTO: A man walks past an electric screen showing Japan’s Nikkei and Shanghai Stock Exchange markets’ indices outside a brokerage
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans and Democrats in Congress set battle lines on Tuesday ahead of televised hearings on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, drawing a vow from the Democrat leading the probe to thwart “sham investigations” into presidential hopeful Joe Biden’s family. The hearings, due to start at 10 a.m. Wednesday and continue
FILE PHOTO: The cast of the popular comedy television series “Friends,” which will end its ten year run on May 6, 2004, are pictured on a giant billboard promoting the series finale, at the NBC television network office in Burbank, California, May 3, 2004. Cast members (L-R) are Courteney Cox Arquette as Monica, Matt Le
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co said demand for its much-anticipated streaming service, Disney+, was well above its expectations in a launch on Tuesday marred by complaints from users about glitches and connection problems. An error message for Disney’s streaming service is seen on a TV in New York, U.S. November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Ken Li Disney+
LONDON (Reuters) – Arron Banks, one of the biggest financiers behind the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, said Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage should stand down candidates in opposition Labour marginal seats to secure Britain’s exit from the European Union. FILE PHOTO: Arron Banks and anti-Brexit protester Steve Bray are seen outside the