All posts published in December 2016
Saudi King Salman (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 18, 2016. Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS Saudi Arabia and the United States on Sunday played down media reports that Washington had decided to limit mi... More »
Reince Priebus reacts during a general session at the Republican National Committee Spring Meeting at the Diplomat Resort in Hollywood, Florida, U.S. on April 22, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming White House chief of... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a USA Thank You Tour event in Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S., December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson The U.S. Electoral College is expected on Monday to officially select Republican Donald Trump as the next presid... More »
By Shereen LehmanPreschoolers whose natural preference is for going to bed and waking up on the late side are more likely than their early-bird peers More »
By Ronnie CohenBefore scheduling a bikini wax, or shaving down there, consider the results of a new study.Men and women who trimmed or remove More »
Two U.S. lawmakers are questioning whether Heritage Pharmaceuticals misled them in response to a 2014 congressional inquiry about the rising price a common antibiotic, after 20 U.S. states this week accused the company of price fixing. More »
By Andrew M. SeamanMelanoma survivors may want to enlist partners to help search their bodies for suspicious looking moles, according to new researc More »
Dr. Henry Heimlich (L), the 96-year-old Cincinnati surgeon credited with inventing the life-saving technique named for him, poses with Patty Ris, 87, who he saved this week from choking on a hamburger, at the Deupree House seniors’ home in Cincinatti, Ohio, U.... More »
Malaysia confirmed an eighth Zika virus case on Sunday, involving a 67-year-old man who first showed symptoms in late November. More »
Indian generic drugmaker Laurus Labs Ltd’s shares rose as much as 16.36 percent on their market debut on Monday after the company’s initial public offering raised $196.6 million. More »
Hungarian pharmaceuticals firm Richter has withdrawn its marketing application for one of its biosimilar drugs from the European Medicines Agency in anticipation of a possible negative assessment, the company said on Monday. More »
About 30,000 turkeys and ducks were culled in Germany over the weekend after bird flu was found on two farms, authorities said on Monday. More »
German biotech firm Medigene said it is drawing more interest from prospective alliance partners for its technology to boost the immune response to cancer after its deal with U.S. peer Bluebird Bio. More »
Unicredit bank logo is seen on a banner downtown Milan, Italy, May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Italy’s UniCredit (CRDI.MI) expects to boost its best-quality capital ratio by around 78 basis points after agreeing to sell its asset manager arm Pioneer I... More »
The Amundi company logo is seen at their headquarters in Paris, France, October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer French fund management company Amundi (AMUN.PA) is to buy asset manager Pioneer from Italian bank UniCredit (CRDI.MI) for 3.55 billion euros ($3.7... More »
Emblems of German luxury car maker BMW are pictured in a box at the BMW factory in Dingolfing near Munich November 15, 2006. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo Daimler’s (DAIGn.DE) Mercedes-Benz is on track to overtake rival BMW (BMWG.DE) to take the title of t... More »
A flag with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) logo is seen before a news conference at OPEC’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader Goldman Sachs said the formal agreement by non-OPEC oil produc... More »
Heavy machineries are seen next to a subway train at a construction site in Tokyo, Japan, March 13, 2016. REUTERS/Yuya Shino Japan’s October core machinery orders rose for the first time in three months to beat expectations, government data showed – a tentativ... More »
Employers work at a construction site for an offshore oil platform in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, December 1, 2016. Picture taken December 1, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer China should set an economic growth target of around 6.5 percent for 2017, although it i... More »
People set off fireworks on a road leading to the Presidential Blue House during a protest calling for South Korean President Park Geun-hye to step down in central Seoul, South Korea, December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji S&P Global Ratings said on Monday tha... More »
A gas station attendant pumps fuel into a customer’s car at PetroChina’s petrol station in Beijing, China, March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Oil prices jumped to their highest levels in a year and a half on Monday after OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed ... More »
An employee holds a gas pump at a petrol station in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 8, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Oil prices shot to their highest levels since mid-2015 on Monday after OPEC and other producers reached their first deal since 2001 to jointly reduc... More »
A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan building in Tokyo, May 22, 2013. REUTERS/Yuya Shino/File Photo The Bank of Japan is likely to give a more upbeat view of the economy at next week’s rate review, sources say, as a pick-up in emerging Asian demand and po... More »
U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. Picture taken November 7. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration The dollar rose to its highest since February against the yen on Monday as U.S. bond yields climbed on the back of expectations ... More »
A container ship is loaded at a terminal in the harbour of Hamburg, Germany September 23, 2012. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo Britain’s decision to leave the European Union, unpredictable U.S. policy under president-elect Donald Trump, and political uncerta... More »
European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici attends a news conference with Portugal’s Finance minister Mario Centeno (not pictured) in Lisbon, Portugal November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante Italy can handle the fallout from ... More »
Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem attends a euro zone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium, November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman Political instability in Italy makes life more difficult for Italy and the whole euro z... More »
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi speaks during a media conference after a referendum on constitutional reform at Chigi palace in Rome, Italy, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced on Monday that he would ... More »
The main entrance of the Monte dei Paschi bank headquarters is seen in Siena, Italy March 13, 2012. REUTERS/Max Rossi/File Photo The European Central Bank has rejected a request by Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI) for more time to raise capital, a s... More »
Elke Koenig, Chair of the Single Resolution Board, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Brussels, Belgium, August 10, 2016. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir The head of the euro zone banking watchdog, the Single Resolution Board (SRB), said on Monday that Italian... More »
FILE PHOTO – South Korea’s new finance minister Yoo Il-ho (C) gets a briefing in front of a car carrier during his visits to a port in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, January 15, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korea’s prime minister is expected to keep incumbent Fin... More »
A Chinese military plane H-6 bomber flies through airspace between Okinawa prefecture’s main island and the smaller ”Miyako island’ in southern Japan, out over the Pacific, in this handout photo taken October 27, 2013 by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and releas... More »
South Korean Prime Minister and the acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn releases a statement to the nation at the Goverment Complex in Seoul, South Korea, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji South Korean Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn will begin getting official br... More »
The Syrian army made major advances in several more east Aleppo districts on Monday, a Syrian military source said, after taking the Sheikh Saeed district in the south of the rebels’ shrinking enclave overnight. More »
Forensic experts search for evidence on a street, next to the Labour ministry building in Athens, Greece, December 12, 2016. Antonis Nikolopoulos/Eurokinissi via REUTERS Greek police found and later detonated an explosive device that had been left outside the ... More »
Rescue members cut a tree that fell on a road after it was uprooted by strong winds in Chennai, India, December 12, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer Authorities in India evacuated tens of thousands of people from low-lying areas and closed schools and colleges on Monday... More »
A Pakistani soldier walks near the wreckage of a Pakistan International Airline (PIA) plane, which crashed a day earlier, in the village of Saddha Batolni near Abbotabad, Pakistan December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) g... More »
The Turkish army has dropped leaflets on the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in Syria urging civilians to seek shelter, as rebels backed by Turkish tanks and warplanes close in on the city. More »
Smoke and flames rise after air strikes on rebel-controlled besieged area of Aleppo, as seen from a government-held side, in Syria December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki The Syrian army and its allies made sweeping advances in Aleppo overnight, subjecting re... More »
New Zealand Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Bill English speaks to members of the media in Wellington, New Zealand, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English was confirmed as the country’s new prime min... More »
FILE PHOTO – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump waves with U.S. Senate Candidate from Louisiana John Kennedy (R) during a ”Thank You USA” tour rally in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Republican John Neely Kennedy, ... More »
U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) talks with reporters before the weekly Republican caucus policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst U.S. Republican Senator John McCain on Sunday urged President-elect Donald... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the USA Thank You Tour event at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo President-elect Donald Trump’s rejection this weekend of U.S. intelligence anal... More »
Former Texas Governor Rick Perry exits after meeting with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., November 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Rick Perry, who proposed eliminating the U.S. Energy Department during his... More »
ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson speaks during the IHS CERAWeek 2015 energy conference in Houston, Texas April 21, 2015. REUTERS/Daniel Kramer/File Photo The central question facing Exxon Mobil Corp Chief Executive Rex Tillerson if he becomes U.S. sec... More »
The U.S. patent agency on Tuesday will hear arguments in a heated dispute over who was first to invent a revolutionary gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. More »
A new robot dubbed Salto, by scientists, for its vertical jumping agility, is shown in Berkeley, California, U.S. November 17, 2016. Courtesy of Stephen McNally/University of California/Handout via Reuters Inspired by the remarkable jumping ability of an Afric... More »
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils his plans to colonize Mars during the International Astronautical Congress in Guadalajara, Mexico, on September 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer By Irene KlotzCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – – Elon Musk’s SpaceX has been forced to delay... More »
Staff at satellite communications company Inmarsat work in front of a screen showing subscribers using their service throughout the world, at their headquarters in London March 25, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Winning/File Photo British satellite company Inmarsat will... More »
A histological thin section of the gorgonopsid lower jaw of a saber-tooth mammal-like beast that prowled Tanzania 255 million years ago, taken near the top of the canine root showing the cluster of small circles, indicative of compound odontoma. Courtesy of Ch... More »
STS-95 crewmember, astronaut and U.S. Senator John Glenn poses for his official NASA photo taken April 14, 1998. Courtesy NASA/Handout via REUTERS John Glenn, who became one of the 20th century’s greatest explorers as the first American to orbit Earth and late... More »
A chunk of amber – fossilized resin – spotted by a Chinese scientist in a market in Myitkyina, Myanmar, last year shows the tip of a preserved dinosaur tail section in this image released by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum in Canada on December 8, 2016. Courtesy... More »
An unmanned H-2B rocket blasted off from Tanegashima island in southern Japan on Friday to send a cargo ship to the International Space Station, a NASA TV broadcast showed. More »
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about counter-terrorism during his visit to MacDill Air Force Base, home to U.S. Central Command and U.S. Special Operations Command, in Tampa, Florida, U.S. December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque U.S. President Barack Obam... More »
The White House said on Friday the intelligence review ordered by President Barack Obama on cyber attacks involving U.S. elections will go beyond the Nov. 8 vote and will include the 2008 election. More »
A Cisco logo is seen at the router in Kiev, Ukraine April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo – RTX2KVEV Arista Networks Inc used rival Cisco Systems Inc’s network device technology in its ethernet switches without permission, a U.S. trade judge ruled o... More »
Hulu, Dish Network Corp’s Sling and other streaming services battling for customers who are ditching cable are working to make new live TV services more personalized for each user, an effort to help viewers navigate a sea of movies, news and television shows. ... More »
A Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) sign is seen outside of a branch in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie Traffic lights don’t just work for drivers, some bank customers obey them on their smartphones too. More »
Telefonica Deutschland said on Sunday its supervisory board has appointed Markus Haas to lead the company from 2017, replacing chief executive Thorsten Dirks who announced in November he was leaving the telecoms firm. More »
A woman shows her phone operating Ant Check, an Alibaba-linked platform, at a cafe in Beijing, China, April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Shirley Feng/File Photo Ma Yiqing, 24, is typical of China’s younger generation – he uses his credit card frequently and borrows from ... More »
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos addresses the Economic Club of New York in New York City, U.S., October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Top executives from Alphabet Inc, Apple Inc and Facebook Inc are among a small group of tech leaders invited to a summit to be held... More »
A visitor and the logo of Honda Motor Co are reflected on a Honda car at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo January 30, 2009. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Southeast Asian ride-hailing service Grab disclosed on Monday that Japan’s Honda Motor Co had invested ... More »
A sign marks a Fidelity Investments office in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. September 21, 2016. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Fidelity Investments’ $105 billion Contrafund is having a bad three-year run, but you would never know it by looking at its fees. More »
Issues causing slowness on Bloomberg LP’s terminals that began late Thursday morning had been resolved for all users by mid- afternoon, the company said. More »
Short seller Citron Research’s Andrew Left has turned his sights on Express Scripts Holding Co, calling the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) the “culprit behind pharmaceutical price gouging.” More »
A view of the exterior of the Nasdaq market site in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., October 24, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Stock exchange operator Nasdaq (NDAQ.O) will replace Denmark’s main C20 CAP index with a new index of 25 companies to ... More »
Imaging sensor provider E2V Technologies Plc said on Monday that it had agreed on the terms of an all-cash takeover offer from U.S. firm Teledyne Technologies Inc. More »
Principal Global Investors CEO Jim McCaughan poses during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tokyo, Japan, December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Principal Global Investors has upgraded its view on the U.S. economy and equities as it sees higher grow... More »
The Coca-Cola Company President and Chief Operating Officer James Quincey delivers a speech during a presentation in Paris, France, January 19, 2016. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Coca-Cola Co said on Friday that Muhtar Kent would step aside as chief executive next y... More »
A Gabonese man who prosecutors say acted as a “fixer” for a joint-venture involving the hedge fund Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC pleaded guilty on Friday to U.S. charges that he engaged in a foreign bribery scheme. More »
A Wells Fargo branch is seen in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, U.S. on February 10, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo – RTX2TOT5 A private U.S. regulator launched a hotline on Friday to hear from ex-Wells Fargo & Co employees who were fired for all... More »
The Credit Suisse logo is seen at the headquarters in Milan, Italy, March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini/File Photo Credit Suisse on Friday said it would lower investors’ hurdle to redeeming two popular exchange-traded notes, used to bet on the price of o... More »
Investors are paying a price for not finding buyers for popular exchange-traded notes (ETN), used to bet on oil prices, that delisted from U.S. exchanges this week. More »
Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin testifies at a Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness, entitled ”U.S. Human Exploration Goals and Commercial Space Competitiveness,” on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 24, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File ... More »
Actor Sofia Vergara poses at a reception for the re-opening of the Tiffany & Co. store in Beverly Hills, California U.S., October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara is being sued by her two frozen embryos in an unusual lawsuit a... More »
A screenshot of New Zealand man Richard Lee’s passport photo rejection notice, supplied to Reuters December 7, 2016. Richard Lee/Handout via REUTERS A New Zealand man of Asian descent had his passport photograph rejected when facial recognition software mistak... More »
A pinata representing U.S. President-elect Donald Trump as a devil burns during the traditional Burning of the Devil festival, ahead of Christmas in Guatemala City, Guatemala December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria Revelers in Guatemala set ablaze cardboard ... More »
A South African motorcyclist declared dead at the scene of an accident was found alive in a morgue fridge the next day when his family went to identify his body, but he died later in hospital. More »
Russia appears to have snubbed a Japanese attempt at puppy-love diplomacy by declining a gift of a dog for President Vladimir Putin at a summit next week with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. More »
Garth Brooks performs a medley of songs with Trisha Yearwood (not pictured) at the 50th Annual Country Music Association Awards in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., November 2, 2016. REUTERS/Harrison McClary Country star Garth Brooks is in discussions to perform at ... More »
Madonna poses on the red carpet a the Billboard Magazine’s 11th annual Women in Music luncheon in New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Madonna was presented on Friday with Billboard magazine’s Woman of the Year award, but the seven-time ... More »
The flag of the Twenty-First Century Fox Inc is seen waving at the company headquarters in the Manhattan borough in New York June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo Rupert Murdoch’s Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O) has struck a preliminary deal to... More »
Host Arnold Schwarzenegger (4th L) and cast members (L-R) Nicole Polizzi, Brooke Burke-Charvet, Tyra Banks, Ricky Williams, and Patrick Knapp Schwarzenegger participate in a panel for ‘The New Celebrity Apprentice’ in Universal City, California, December 9, 20... More »
Cast members pose as they arrive for the gala screening of the film ‘Moonlight’, on the second night of the 60th British Film Institute (BFI) London Film Festival at Embankment Garden Cinema in London, Britain October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Neil Hall Roy More »
Singer Bob Dylan performs during a segment honoring Director Martin Scorsese, recipient of the Music+ Film Award, at the 17th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards in Los Angeles January 12, 2012. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Nobel laureate Bob Dylan sent a ... More »
The cast and crew pose on the red carpet while a ‘Storm Trooper’ walks by as they arrive at the world premiere of the film ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ in Hollywood, California, U.S., December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Roy and Rol... More »
Actors Dwayne Johnson (L) and Auli’i Cravalho (R) pose at the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ”Moana” as a part of AFI Fest in Hollywood, California, U.S., November 14, 2016. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok By Brent LangLOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Disn... More »
Revelers dressed in Santa Claus and other holiday themed outfits take part in the annual SantaCon event in the Brooklyn borough of New York, December 12, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid From Boston to Austin and Chicago to Los Angeles, revelers across the Unite... More »
(L-R) Producer Gary Gilbert, actors Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, director Damien Chazelle, producer Jordan Horowitz and costume designer Mary Zophres pose backstage with their award for Best Picture for ‘La La Land’ during the 22nd Annual Critics’ Choice Award... More »
Heirs to the German Jewish art dealer Alfred Flechtheim on Monday sued the German state of Bavaria, seeking the return of eight paintings by Max Beckmann, Juan Gris and Paul Klee that they said were looted by the Nazis. More »
Blind people touch sculptures during a special exhibition for people with visual disabilities in Prague, Czech Republic, December 5, 2016. REUTERS/David W Cerny An exhibition aimed at blind people has opened in Prague, inviting visitors to touch artwork and en... More »
Artist Helen Marten poses for photographs with her work entitled ‘Brood and Bitter Pass’ after being announced as the winner of the Turner Prize at the Tate Gallery in London, Britain December 5, 2016. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh London-based artist Helen Marten has w... More »
Russian choreographer Boris Eifman’s latest ballet ‘Up and Down’ arrives on the London stage this week, a two-act ballet set to the music of composers George Gershwin and Franz Schubert that chronicles a young psychiatrist’s descent into madness. More »
Director Riccardo Chailly and the cast acknowledges the applause at the end of the Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, opening of the 2015-16 opera season at La Scala opera house in Milan, Italy December 7, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo Milan’s La Scala opera hous... More »
A copy of ‘The Tales of Beedle the Bard’, handwritten and illustrated by Harry Potter author JK Rowling, is displayed at Sotheby’s auction house in London, Britain December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh “Harry Potter” fans will be able to bid for a piece of his... More »
Dec 10, 2016- Toronto, Canada- The Seattle Sounders celebrates with Philip F. Anschutz Trophy after beating Toronto FC in the 2016 MLS Cup at BMO Field. Mandatory Credit: Nick Turchiaro-USA TODAY Sports The Seattle Sounders claimed their first Major League Soc... More »
A page from a 14th century manuscript repatriated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) repatriated to the government of Italy at a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Washington,D.C., is shown December 9... More »
Australian journeyman Sam Brazel prevailed in a tense final hole shoot-out with runnerup Rafa Cabrera Bello to win the Hong Kong Open by a stroke and capture his first European Tour title on Sunday. More »
Formula One – Grand Prix of Europe – Baku, Azerbaijan – 17/6/16 – Mercedes AMG Formula One technical chief Paddy Lowe looks on during the first practice session. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Picture Supplied by Action Images Technical head Paddy Lowe could be about ... More »
Dec 11, 2016- Miami Gardens, FL, USA- Miami Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill (17) scrambles away from Arizona Cardinals outside linebacker Markus Golden (44) during the second half at Hard Rock Stadium. The Miami Dolphins defeat the Arizona Cardinals 26-23.... More »
