VENICE, Italy (Reuters) – The organizers of the Venice Film Festival signed a pledge on Friday to work toward gender equality, hoping to mollify critics who have accused them of sidelining women filmmakers. FILE PHOTO: The 75th Venice International Film Festival – Juries photocall – Venice, Italy, August 29, 2018 – Director of the Venice
Month: August 2018
WASHINGTON/TORONTO (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday of his intent to sign a trade agreement with Mexico after talks with Canada broke up on Friday with no immediate deal to revamp the tri-nation North American Free Trade Agreement. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about trade at the Granite City
(Reuters) – Ontario will include some Tesla Inc car owners under its rebate plan as the province winds down an incentive program for electric cars, the ministry of transportation said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Tesla superchargers are installed at the Quinte Mall in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, May 6, 2018. REUTERS/David Lucas/File Photo The decision follows
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canada and the United States will make a final push to iron out differences on a pact to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by a Friday deadline set by President Donald Trump, but the atmosphere soured late on Thursday according to a media report. A commercial truck exits the
BERLIN (Reuters) – American long jumper and sprinter Jarrion Lawson has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for a banned substance, the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) said on Friday. FILE PHOTO: Athletics – IAAF World Indoor Championships 2018 – Arena Birmingham, Birmingham, Britain – March 2, 2018 Jarrion Lawson of the U.S. in action during
(Reuters) – Aretha Franklin, who reigned as the undisputed Queen of Soul until her death this month at the age of 76, will be buried in Detroit on Friday after a funeral that will include remarks by former U.S. President Bill Clinton and singing by Stevie Wonder. A woman writes on a large drawing of
HONG KONG (Reuters) – China will conduct comprehensive inspections on all ride-hailing service companies, the transportation ministry said on Friday, after a driver from the dominant ride-hailing firm, Didi Chuxing, murdered a 20-year-old passenger. A Didi Chuxing driver checks the information on the application in his car in Beijing, China August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee
HEIDELBERG, Germany (Reuters) – Armed with a mouse and computer screen instead of a scalpel and operating theater, cardiologist Benjamin Meder carefully places the electrodes of a pacemaker in a beating, digital heart. A three-dimensional printout of a human heart is seen at the Heidelberg University Hospital (Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg) in Heidelberg, Germany, August 14, 2018.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – When a U.S. appeals court last week rejected an Alabama abortion law, one of the court’s judges bemoaned having to base the decision on Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion, calling it an “aberration of constitutional law.” The views of 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chief
(Reuters) – Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday it had launched legal action against online ticket reseller Viagogo after the firm failed to offer to make changes following a CMA investigation into the secondary ticketing sector. Stadium seats in a file photo. Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley Livepic The CMA said it
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Washington’s political leaders gather in the U.S. Capitol on Friday to commemorate the late Senator John McCain, President Donald Trump will travel to one of his private golf clubs for a campaign fundraiser. In a week of solemn events marking McCain’s passing, Trump has been and will be absent, a reflection
BEIJING (Reuters) – China will speed up efforts to create an environmentally friendly pricing system to encourage the conservation of water and power and create incentives for waste disposal, the environment ministry said on Friday. China is in the fifth year of a “war on pollution” aimed at reversing the environmental damage done by nearly
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump, speaking to a raucous, campaign-style rally in Indiana, warned on Thursday that the Justice Department and the FBI must “start doing their job and doing it right” or “I will get involved.” FILE PHOTO:U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta in the Cabinet Room
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares came under renewed pressure on Friday after reports U.S. President Donald Trump was preparing to step up a trade war with Beijing and ready to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians walk pass an electronic board showing the Japan’s Nikkei average (R) and other stock market indices
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Twitter comments by U.S. President Donald Trump accusing China of hacking former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email server are an attempt to cast China as a “scapegoat”, the official China Daily said in an editorial Friday. FILE PHOTO: Visitors looks at tweets at The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library presented by
Lorenzo Cain led off the 11th inning with a first-pitch home run that pushed the Milwaukee Brewers to a 2-1 victory over the host Cincinnati Reds on Thursday afternoon in the getaway contest of a three-game National League Central series at Great American Ball Park. FILE PHOTO: Aug 20, 2018; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Milwaukee Brewers
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