Month: January 2020

DHAKA (Reuters) – Rohingya refugees reacted with surprise and joy on Wednesday to the news that Bangladesh would provide formal education to their children, two and a half years after they were forced to flee Myanmar. Yasmin, a Rohingya girl who was expelled from Leda High School for being a Rohingya, helps her younger sister

(Reuters) – Concerns over how the spreading coronavirus outbreak will impact growth in the U.S. and abroad is hitting stocks and pushing investors into haven assets. Many worry that a potentially sizeable drop in Chinese markets — due to open Monday after being shut since Jan 23 —will weigh on stocks around the globe. MARKET

FILE PHOTO: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director doctor Robert Redfield speaks about the public health response to the outbreak of the coronavirus during a news conference at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in Washington, U.S., January 28, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Voisard. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Friday declared a

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States, Japan and others tightened travel curbs to virus-hit China on Friday while businesses struggled with supply problems from an epidemic that has infected nearly 10,000 people and been declared a global emergency. Russia, Britain and Italy all reported their first two cases, Rome declaring its own national emergency as

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Tech and internet titans were the first to reach $1 trillion in stock market value, but the next U.S. companies that could do so are better known for their plastic. FILE PHOTO: Visa credit cards are seen in this picture illustration taken June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev/Illustration Soaring stock prices are

Jan 30 (Reuters) – Golfers got the chance to honour Kobe Bryant at the Phoenix Open’s iconic par-three 16th hole on Thursday, with Justin Thomas and Tony Finau among those donning jerseys bearing the basketball great’s number. Bryant died along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others when the helicopter they were travelling in

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s government predicted that economic growth will pick up to between 6% and 6.5% in the fiscal year beginning April 1, after falling to more than a decade-low this financial year. FILE PHOTO: A man reads a newspaper as he waits for public transport at a bus stop in Mumbai, India,

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Virat Kohli inflicted more Super Overs misery on New Zealand as he helped India to a second successive victory in sudden death to win the fourth Twenty20 international in Wellington on Friday. New Zealand have lost four limited overs matches in Super Overs in the last six months, including the one-day World

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – Virat Kohli inflicted more Super Overs misery on New Zealand as he helped India to a second successive victory in sudden death to win the fourth Twenty20 international in Wellington on Friday. New Zealand have lost four limited overs matches in Super Overs in the last six months, including the one-day World

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A onetime aspiring actress who prosecutors say maintained a relationship with Harvey Weinstein after he raped her because she felt “trapped” is expected to testify against the former Hollywood producer at his Manhattan criminal trial on Friday. Film producer Harvey Weinstein and his legal team leave the New York Criminal Court

LAGOS, Nigeria (Reuters) – Frustrated by one of the world’s highest rates of sexual assault, poor law enforcement and tribal taboos that keep people quiet about gender violence, some Nigerian women are breaking with tradition to take self-defence classes. Adeola Olamide, a 35-year-old mother of three, hits a boxing bag during her first self defense

EL ROSARIO, Mexico (Reuters) – Surrounded by the millions of monarch butterflies that Mexican environmental activist Homero Gomez fought to protect until his mysterious death, relatives and friends paid tribute to him on Thursday. People react during the funeral service of environmental activist Homero Gomez, who fought to protect the famed monarch butterfly and was

A tourists from an Air China flight from Beijing wears a protective mask as he sits at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, France, January 26, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan on Friday halted flights to and from China with immediate effect, a civil aviation official said, as the death toll from a

A labourer carries a sack of sugar to load it onto a supply truck at a market area in Kolkata, January 25, 2019. REUTRS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/Files Pune, India (Reuters) – India’s sugar production could fall nearly 18% in 2019/20 as a drought followed by floods is expected to curtail output in the country’s second-biggest producing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats appeared to have fallen short on Thursday in their bid to garner the votes needed to call witnesses in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, clearing the way for his likely acquittal as early as this weekend. Democrats have worked to get at least four Republicans to support the effort, but their

(Reuters) – Altria Group Inc (MO.N) took another $4 billion charge on its investment in Juul Labs Inc and said it had reworked its deal terms with the embattled e-cigarette maker, which is facing increased regulatory scrutiny amid a backlash against vaping. The Marlboro maker in the United States said on Thursday the fourth-quarter charge

(Reuters) – Electronic Arts Inc (EA.O) forecast fourth-quarter adjusted revenue below analysts’ estimates, weighed down by the delayed launch of its basketball title “NBA Live”, while its “Apex Legends” battles “Fortnite” and “PUBG” to attract young gamers. FILE PHOTO: The Electronic Arts Inc., logo is displayed on a screen during a PlayStation 4 Pro launch

(Reuters) – Graeme McDowell birdied his final three holes in difficult conditions to grab a share of the lead alongside Gavin Green after the opening round of the Saudi International in King Abdullah Economic City on Thursday. January 12, 2020; Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; Graeme McDowell reacts after missing his putt on the 18th hole during

BERLIN (Reuters) – German health officials said on Thursday they had identified the country’s fifth case of the coronavirus in an employee working at the same firm as the other four infected individuals in the southern state of Bavaria. “This concerns an employee at the company in Starnberg at which the other four known cases

HARARE (Reuters) – Brendan Taylor struck a fluent half-century as Zimbabwe moved into a strong position on day four of the second and final test against Sri Lanka, but are in danger of running out of time to force a victory after rain interrupted their charge. Zimbabwe were 241 for seven at the premature close,

Soccer Football – Copa del Rey – Round of 16 – FC Barcelona v Leganes – Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain – January 30, 2020 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi scores their third goal REUTERS/Albert Gea MADRID (Reuters) – A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona eased past Leganes 5-0 on Thursday to reach the Copa del Rey quarter-finals. Leganes, second-bottom

NEW YORK (Reuters) – An actress-turned-costume designer told jurors in the Weinstein rape trial on Wednesday the former Hollywood producer promised her a movie deal if she had three-way sex with him and his assistant. Dawn Dunning is questioned by Assistant District Attorney Meghan Hast during film producer Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial at New

An employee poses as she views a sales catalogue next to ‘Portrait de Marjorie Ferry’ by Tamara de Lempecka ahead of Impressionist, Modernist and Surreal sales at Christie’s auction house, London, Britain, January 30, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON (Reuters) – Tamara de Lempicka’s “Portrait de Marjorie Ferry” is expected to fetch up to 12 million