Month: November 2019

ABU DHABI (Reuters) – The Red Bull-owned Toro Rosso team will compete under the name of Alpha Tauri next season, Formula One’s governing body confirmed on Saturday. The Italy-based team were listed on the 2020 provisional entry list as Scuderia Alpha Tauri Honda, with Alpha Tauri as the chassis name. Alpha Tauri is a fashion

LONDON (Reuters) – British satirist and director Jonathan Miller, whose career spanned over 50 years from the hit comedy review show “Beyond the Fringe” to directing for some of the world’s grandest opera houses, has died aged 85. FILE PHOTO: Jonathan Miller gestures during rehearsal for his production of Verdi’s “Rigoletto” with the English National

BETHLEHEM, West Bank (Reuters) – A fragment of wood reputed to be from the manger where Jesus was laid after his humble birth arrived in Bethlehem from the Vatican on Saturday, kicking off Christmas season at the town revered as the place of Jesus’ birth. A fragment of a wooden relic, reputed to be from

LONDON (Reuters) – The 28-year-old British man who killed two people in a stabbing spree on London Bridge before police shot him dead had been released from prison after a previous conviction for terrorism offences, prompting recriminations ahead of an election. Wearing a fake suicide vest and wielding knives, Usman Khan went on the rampage

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia declared their first innings closed at 589 for three before the dinner-break on day two of the second test against Pakistan at Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Australia skipper Tim Paine delayed the declaration until after David Warner etched his name into cricket folklore by completing a majestic triple-century, the first at

FILE PHOTO: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during a news conference in Putrajaya, Malaysia, July 15, 2019. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s government will discuss a depreciation of the ringgit that is making imports more expensive and raising living costs, Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on Saturday, addressing one of

MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) – Yes Bank Ltd (YESB.NS) aims to raise up to $2 billion in a massive issue of new shares to institutional investors and wealth managers as it soaks up the impact of bad loans in the country’s crisis-hit shadow banking and real estate sectors. The logo of Yes Bank is pictured on the

Outside view of the Belgian restaurant “65 degres” in Brussels, Belgium November 22, 2019. Picture taken November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels restaurant 65 Degres has become the city’s best-rated eatery, largely thanks to rave reviews of its staff, most of whom have Down Syndrome. The restaurant – part fine-dining establishment, part

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German biotech company Morphosys’ tafasitamab, the group’s most advanced drug which is currently being tested, has sales potential of significantly more than $1 billion a year, its finance chief said in remarks to a magazine. “Analysts estimate sales at between half a billion to $1 billion per year. If further indications are

FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) said on Saturday it had issued a correction notice on a user’s post at the request of the Singapore government, but urged for a

FILE PHOTO: Oct 21, 2019; Chiba, JAPAN; Jason Day reacts after a putt on the 14th green during The Challenge: Japan Skins golf competition at Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Matt Roberts-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo (Reuters) – Australian Jason Day has been forced out of the Presidents Cup with a back injury and

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Secondary-school students and retirees joined forces at a protest in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first of several rallies planned across the China-ruled city a day after police withdrew from a university that had been rocked by a two-week siege. Protesters wear Guy Fawkes masks during an anti-government protest in the

Cricket – New Zealand v England – Second Test – Seddon Park, Hamilton, New Zealand – November 30, 2019 New Zealand’s BJ Watling celebrates his half century REUTERS/Ross Setford WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Daryl Mitchell scored his first test half-century in his debut match as New Zealand continued to thwart England in the second test at

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – David Warner completed a sparkling double-century before being reprieved by another no-ball as Australia punished the hapless Pakistan attack to reach 475 for two at tea on the second day of the second test at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday. Warner was caught in the gully for 226 but was let off

(Reuters) – British actor John Boyega said on Wednesday that he left his copy of the closely-guarded script for the new “Star Wars” movie under his bed, and that it ended up for sale on eBay. Boyega, who plays Stormtrooper turned resistance fighter Finn in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” told U.S. television show

OSLO (Reuters) – The sequel to Walt Disney Co’s 2013 hit animated musical “Frozen” is generating excitement among indigenous Sámi people in northern Europe, whose culture the movie has taken inspiration from. “Frozen 2” debuted in U.S. cinemas on Nov. 22 and is progressively rolling out worldwide. On its debut weekend, it grossed $350 million,

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on Friday that Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio financed fires being set in the Amazon rainforest, without presenting any evidence, the right-wing leader’s latest broadside in casting blame over forest fires that have generated international concern. FILE PHOTO: Leonardo DiCaprio attends the premiere of “Once Upon a

KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban said on Friday they were ready to restart peace talks with the United States, a day after President Donald Trump visited U.S. troops in Afghanistan and said he believed the radical group would agree to a ceasefire. Trump’s surprise Thanksgiving Day visit was his first to Afghanistan since becoming president

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Even though the U.S. stock market continues a record-breaking rally that has sent the benchmark S&P 500 index up nearly 25% for the year, investors appear to be looking elsewhere for better values in the year ahead. World stock funds brought in $8.2 billion in investor inflows over the last two

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Already at risk from rains, flooding and open sewers, slum-dwellers who live by the ocean in the Indian financial capital Mumbai are vulnerable to rising seas caused by global warming and say the government should help them move to safer locations. Thousands of people, mostly migrants from other parts of the country,

A fragment of a wooden relic, reputed to be from Jesus’ manger, is displayed ahead of its transfer to Jesus’ birthplace in Bethlehem for the official launch of Christmas season, in Jerusalem’s Notre Dame, November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Ammar Awad JERUSALEM (Reuters) – A fragment of wood reputed to be from the manger where Jesus was

(Reuters Health) – Bones may age faster in older women who get too little sleep, a U.S. study suggests. Based on data from nearly 11,000 participants in a long-term study, researchers found that postmenopausal women who slept less than five hours a night were more likely to have low bone mass than those who averaged

FILE PHOTO: People pass by an entrance to Google offices in New York, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union (EU) antitrust regulators are seeking details of Google’s data collection practices, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move that could signal yet more regulatory woes for the world’s

Nov 29 (OPTA) - Scores from the European Tour Alfred Dunhill Championship on Thursday -7 Wil Besseling (Netherlands) 65 -6 Keith Horne (South Africa) 66 Pablo Larrazábal (Spain) 66 Garrick Porteous (England) 66 -5 Alejandro Cañizares (Spain) 67 -4 Thomas Aiken (South Africa) 68 David Drysdale (Scotland) 68 Grant Forrest (Scotland) 68 Branden Grace (South