All posts published in July 2017
Commuters are reflected on an advertisement of Reliance Industries’ Jio telecoms unit, at a bus stop in Mumbai, India, February 21, 2017. India’s Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd [RELIB.UL], which is looking into reports of a major leak of user data, has filed a poli... More »
Britain Formula One – F1 – British Grand Prix 2016 – Silverstone, England – 10/7/16 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton celebrates with his team after winning the race Lewis Hamilton will head to Silverstone for this weekend’s British Grand Prix with the circuit as much ... More »
British surgeon David Nott trains Palestinian doctors in Gaza City July 10, 2017. Picture taken July 10, 2017. Mughrabi More »
FILE PHOTO: Headphones are seen in front of a logo of online music streaming service Spotify, February 18, 2014 Spotify has reached a licensing deal with a second major label, Sony Music Entertainment, according to media reports, setting the stage for a U.S. s... More »
Indonesia’s Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati speaks during the International Tax Conference in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2017. Indonesia will sharply lift its tax collection and work with other nations to develop new rules to tackle the “aggressive” t... More »
FILE PHOTO: A robotic arm fills a glass with Bavarian Weiss beer at the booth of German company Kuka at the world’s biggest industrial fair, “Hannover Fair”, in Hanover, Germany April 24, 2017. Germany has approved rules to make it easier to block the sale of ... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Faraday Future FF 91 electric car takes off across the stage in an exhibition of speed during an unveiling event at CES in Las Vegas, Nevada January 3, 2017. Startup Faraday Future said it would move production of its planned luxury electric SUV ... More »
Razer Inc, a gaming hardware maker backed by Intel Corp and Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, plans to go public toward the end of October in an IPO that will value the company at up to $5 billion, a person familiar with the deal said on Wednesday. More »
The logo of Toshiba Corp is seen behind cherry blossoms at the company’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan April 11, 2017. Crisis-hit Toshiba Corp has regained access to a crucial $6 billion credit line after stumping up shares in its chip unit as collateral but it... More »
FILE PHOTO – The logo of Australian casino giant Crown Resorts Ltd adorns the hotel and casino complex in Melbourne, Australia, June 13, 2017. China released 10 employees of Australian casino operator Crown Resorts Ltd on Wednesday, the first of 16 who were de... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a working session at the G20 leaders summit in Hamburg, Germany July 8, 2017. The following statements were posted to the verified Twitter accounts of U.S. President Donald Trump, @realDonaldTrump and @POTUS. The opi... More »
Republican Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, asked the U.S. administration on Tuesday how the Russian lawyer who met President Donald Trump’s son in New York in June 2016 was allowed to enter the United States. More »
FILE PHOTO: Donald Trump Jr. stands onstage with his father Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump after Trump’s debate against Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, U.S. September 26, 2016. Senator Dianne ... More »
Donald Trump kisses his son Donald, Jr. at a campaign event at Regents University in Virginia Beach, Virginia February 24, 2016. President Donald Trump called his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., a “high-quality person” on Tuesday after disclosures about the latt... More »
Part of an email conversation between Donald Trump Jr and publicist Rob Goldstone is seen in a Twitter message posted by Trump Jr. on July 11, 2017. @DonaldJTrumpJR/Handout via REUTERS President Donald Trump’s eldest son eagerly agreed last year to meet a woma... More »
The Sauber Formula One team appointed Frederic Vasseur as their new boss on Wednesday, with the former Renault team principal set to join after the weekend’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone. More »
Tennis – Wimbledon – London, Britain – July 11, 2017 Great Britain’s Andy Murray during a practice session The rain is expected to ease off in time for men’s quarter-final action at Wimbledon on Wednesday but even if it does not defending champion Andy Murray ... More »
Tennis – BNP Paribas WTA Finals – Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore Sports Hub – 26/10/15 Taiwan’s Hao-Ching Chan and Yung-Jan Chan (L) celebrate winning the doubles match Action Images via Reuters / Jeremy Lee Livepic Taiwan’s tennis playing sisters Chan Yu... More »
FILE PHOTO: An employee pumps petrol into a car at a petrol station in Hanoi, Vietnam December 20, 2016. Oil rose above $48 a barrel on Wednesday in response to a fall in U.S. fuel inventories and a cut in the U.S. government’s forecast for crude output next y... More »
Paralympic athlete Abdullah Hayayei has died while preparing for the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have confirmed. More »
Tennis – Wimbledon – London, Britain – July 10, 2017 Switzerland’s Roger Federer in action during his fourth round match against Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov Former Wimbledon champion Lleyton Hewitt believes Switzerland’s Roger Federer and world number one Andy ... More »
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Wednesday in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian medical officials said, and the Israeli military said its troops had opened fire after coming under attack. More »
FILE PHOTO: Shaybah oilfield complex is seen at night in the Rub’ al-Khali desert, Saudi Arabia, November 14, 2007. Saudi Arabia will cut crude oil shipments to its customers in August by more than 600,000 barrels per day to balance the rise in domestic consum... More »
Mongolian-born grand sumo champion Yokozuna Kakuryu performs the New Year’s ring-entering rite at the annual celebration for the New Year at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, January 7, 2016. Mongolian yokozuna Kakuryu pulled out of the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournamen... More »
Badminton – Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships – Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham – 11/3/16 Japan’s Kento Momota during the quarter finals of the men’s singles Action Images via Reuters / Andrew Boyers Livepic Japanese shuttler Kento Momota has qualif... More »
United States Boxing – Staples Center Los Angeles – July 11, 2017 Boxer Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor square off. Undefeated boxer Floyd Mayweather and mixed martial arts champion Conor McGregor traded barbs during a lively pr... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of SK Hynix is seen at its headquarters in Seongnam, South Korea, April 25, 2016. SK Hynix Inc said on Wednesday it does not plan to abandon its aim to gain equity in Toshiba Corp’s $18 billion chip unit – an assertion that is likely to lo... More »
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Apple logo is seen in front of a displayed cyber code in this illustration taken March 22, 2016. Apple Inc on Wednesday said it is setting up its first data center in China, in partnership with a local internet services company, to com... More »
China’s program to vaccinate poultry against the H7N9 strain of bird flu will be carried out nationwide from this autumn, the country’s agriculture ministry said on Monday. More »
The logo of Toshiba is seen as a shareholder arrives at Toshiba’s extraordinary shareholders meeting in Chiba, Japan March 30, 2017. Toshiba Corp (6502.T) is in talks with Western Digital Corp (WDC.O) and Taiwan’s Foxconn, as well as with an already preferred ... More »
Senate Majority Leader Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) attends a new conference following party policy lunch meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 11, 2017. U.S. Senate Republicans said Tuesday they will seek to bring their healthcare overhaul to... More »
NASA’s Juno spacecraft in orbit above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is seen in this undated handout illustration obtained by Reuters July 11, 2017. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Handout via REUTERS A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Jupiter began transmitting data and images on ... More »
Two former Insys Therapeutics Inc sales representatives including the wife of its ex-chief executive pleaded guilty on Tuesday to engaging in schemes to pay kickbacks to medical practitioners to prescribe a drug containing the opioid fentanyl. More »
Shia LaBeouf was arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and public intoxication early on July 8, 2017 after he became unruly in downtown Savannah, Georgia. Chatham County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS Videos released by Savannah, Georgia, police on T... More »
The Netflix logo is pictured on a television in this illustration photograph taken in Encinitas, California, U.S., January 18, 2017. More than one-fifth of young adults who stream shows like “Game of Thrones” or “Stranger Things” borrow passwords from people w... More »
FILE PHOTO – Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) walks after Senate Republicans unveiled their version of legislation that would replace Obamacare on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 22, 2017. Republicans lawmakers on Tuesday started trying to kill a brand-new U.S... More »
A photo taken by Expedition 46 flight engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA) aboard the International Space Station shows Italy, the Alps, and the Mediterranean on January, 25, 2016. Small satellites used for observing conditions on the earth ar... More »
CVS Health Corp has paid $5 million to resolve allegations that pharmacies it operates in California failed to keep and maintain accurate records of prescription drugs, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. More »
By Carolyn Crist(Reuters Health) – Nearly 37 percent of Americans have advanced directives for end-of-life care if they become seriously ill or unabl More »
Russia and Curacao, two of Colombia’s biggest beef buyers, have suspended shipments from the Andean nation after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, Colombian officials said on Tuesday. More »
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder on Tuesday signed legislation making genital mutilation of girls a state felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison, both for doctors who perform the procedure and parents who transport a child to undergo the surgery. More »
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) said on Tuesday it had approved Alaska’s proposal to stabilize its state health insurance exchange by creating a program to cover claims by people with certain high cost conditions. More »
US singer Madonna embraces her adopted son, David Banda ahead of the opening of the Mercy James hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, July 11,2017. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko Madonna was hailed as a “symbol of a motherly spirit” by Malawi President Peter Mutharika after t... More »
Artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg poses with 3-D printed masks created from DNA extracted from cheek swabs and hair clippings she received from formerly imprisoned U.S. Army Private Chelsea Manning while she was in jail, ahead of the August 2, 2017 opening of “A Be... More »
FILE PHOTO – A crane flies an American flag over a construction site in downtown Los Angeles, California October 29, 2014. The U.S. economy is expanding at a 2.6 percent annualized pace in the second quarter based on the latest data on domestic payrolls and wh... More »
The “Planet of the Apes” films highlight the risks of a lack of empathy with people from different cultures, actor Andy Serkis said at the premiere of “War for the Planet of the Apes”, the final film of a recent trilogy spun off from science fiction. More »
FILE PHOTO – Legend Holdings chairman Liu Chuanzhi attends a news conference on the company’s annual results in Hong Kong, China March 30, 2016. China’s Legend Holdings Corp is in talks on a potential investment in Qatari-owned Banque Internationale a Luxembou... More »
An undated handout image of the Pretirement app home screen, showing a countdown clock to retirement. If you knew that buying a daily $4 cup of coffee would delay your retirement and make you work exactly four months, 17 days and 9 hours longer, would that fin... More »
A woman walks past a Lanvin store in Paris, France, January 12, 2017. Lanvin, France’s oldest fashion brand, named on Tuesday Olivier Lapidus as its new artistic director, following the departure of Bouchra Jarrar. More »
A four-day parade of men’s fashion has kicked off in New York, showcasing the 2018 Spring/Summer collections of rising designers, several making their debuts on this closely watched global stage. More »
FILE PHOTO: American rapper Jay-Z performs at Bercy stadium in Paris, October 17, 2013. Roy More »
FILE PHOTO: Actor Tom Hanks arrives for ‘The Circle’ premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, U.S. April 26, 2017. For his work in films reflecting U.S. history such as “Saving Private Ryan,” “Apollo 13” and “Bridge... More »
CIT Bank and Allstate Corp have entered a joint venture to provide loans to middle-market companies across various industries, the bank said in a statement on Monday. More »
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Large investment managers bought $10.969 billion at a 2-year note auction held in June, compared with the $11.397 billion they purchased the previous month, data from the U.S. Treasury Department released on Monday showed. More »
A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit seeking to force a Madrid museum to return an Impressionist masterpiece to the family of a Jewish woman who was compelled to sell it to a Nazi art appraiser for $360 in 1939 so she could flee Germany. More »
Jane Austen once wrote that a large income was the best recipe for happiness. Now a private letter written by the author to her niece could well make someone very happy indeed. More »
Director general of the Bolshoi Theatre Vladimir Urin speaks during a news conference on the postponement of the world premiere of the Nureyev ballet, weeks after its director Kirill Serebrennikov was questioned as a witness in a fraud investigation, at the Bo... More »
A man looks at an installation that uses goldfish in illuminated bowls at the Art Aquarium exhibition in Tokyo, Japan. A Japanese artist has used thousands of fish in illuminated tanks to create a sprawling psychedelic visual art installation, drawing tens of ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Hosain Rahman, CEO and co-founder of Jawbone, speaks during the Samsung keynote with Jawbone products displayed in the background at the International Consumer Electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 2015. REUTERS/Rick Wilking Consum... More »
FILE PHOTO: A Japan Yen note is seen in this illustration photo taken June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration/File Photo The Japanese yen weakened against its main rivals on Monday, lurking below a four-month high against the dollar, as investors looke... More »
Traders work in front of the German share price index, DAX board, at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, July 4, 2017. REUTERS/Staff/Remote European stocks edged higher on Monday, with banks and utilities the strongest sectors, as mergers and acquisition... More »
FILE PHOTO: Logo of Saudi Aramco is seen at the 20th Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference (MOES 2017) in Manama, Bahrain, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo The world might be heading for an oil supply shortage following a steep drop in in... More »
FILE PHOTO: A general view of Reliance Jio headquarters is seen on the outskirts of Mumbai, India, June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Clara Ferreira Marques/File Photo India’s Reliance Jio said on Monday it was investigating claims that personal data of over 100 million of... More »
The logo of Qatar Petroleum is seen at its headquartes in Doha, Qatar, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer Total is well placed to take a lead role in helping Qatar expand output from the world’s largest gas field, largely thanks to its involvement in the Iranian s... More »
A worker walks past oil pipes at a refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province March 23, 2012. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo Oil prices recovered some losses on Monday after a 3 percent fall in the previous session, but markets remain under pressure from high drilling act... More »
A virtual reality head set is on display following an Oculus event in San Francisco, California June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook Inc, is temporarily cutting the price of its hardware, as the industry... More »
Tennis – Wimbledon – London, Britain – July 9, 2017 Great Britain’s Andy Murray with coach Ivan Lendl during a practice session REUTERS/Tony O’Brien Eight-time grand slam champion Ivan Lendl says it is the ability to deal with distractions and overcome obstacl... More »
Firefighters tackle a fire at Camden Market in north London, Britain, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay More than 70 firefighters have brought a fire under control at London’s Camden market after a blaze broke out at a building at the popular tourist attract... More »
FILE PHOTO: A containership at a loading terminal is seen in the port of Hamburg, Germany, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo German exports rose more strongly than expected in May, outpacing a solid increase in imports and widening the trade s... More »
FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Roche’s logo is seen at their headquarters in Basel, Switzerland January 28, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Roche’s bid to muscle in on Shire’s share of the $11 billion hemophilia drug market took a new, contentious turn thi... More »
FILE PHOTO: Turkey’s Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci makes a speech in Cologne, Germany, March 5, 2017. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay Austria has barred Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci from entering the country to attend an event marking the anniversary of l... More »
A runner falls in front of a pack of bulls during the fourth running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in Pamplona, northern Spain, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera Two people suffered minor injuries but none were gored on Monday on the fourth day of t... More »
FILE PHOTO: The container ship COSCO Development is seen as its became the largest vessel in dimension and capacity to transit the Expanded Panama Canal at Agua Clara locks, on the outskirts of Colon City, Panama May 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Lemos COSCO Shippin... More »
FILE PHOTO: Sunac China Holdings Ltd logo is seen during a exhibition in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, May 25, 2015. Picture taken May 25, 2015. China Daily/via REUTERS/File Photo Dalian Wanda Group said it would sell Chinese tourism projects and hotels ... More »
May 21, 2017- New York City, NY, USA- Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout (27) heads out on his rbi double during the third inning against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Anthony Gruppuso-USA TODAY Sports Los Angeles Angels slugger ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Austrian Grand Prix 2017 – Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria – July 9, 2017 Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel celebrates his second place on the podium after the race Reuters/Dominic Ebenbichler Ferrari have told Sebastian Vettel he just has to sig... More »
People shout slogans as Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu (not pictured) walks on the final stage of his 25-day long protest, dubbed “Justice March”, against the detention of the party’s lawmaker Enis Berberoglu... More »
People ride motorcycles past the National Assembly of Cambodia, in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 10, 2017. REUTERS/Samrang Pring Cambodia’s parliament on Monday amended the law to ban people from associating with anyone convicted of a criminal offense, a ... More »
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor Haruhiko Kuroda attends a news conference at the BOJ headquarters in Tokyo, Japan June 16, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai The Bank of Japan offered its most optimistic view of the country’s regional economies in more than a decade on sol... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as walks on the South Lawn of the White House upon his return to Washington, U.S., from the G20 Summit in Hamburg, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber sec... More »
Cardinal George Pell attends news conference at the Vatican, June 29, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli A top Vatican official charged in his native Australia with historical sex crimes arrived in Sydney on Monday ahead of his first court appearance later this month. More »
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (not pictured) deliver joint statements to the media at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will reshu... More »
People are seen behind an electronic board showing stock prices at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Tokyo, Japan, January 4, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Asian stocks rose on Monday thanks to a robust Wall Street performance at the end of last week, while the... More »
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the skyline and lakefront of Chicago, Illinois, August 14, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young Illinois’ first budget after two years is filled with partial outlines to address its debt-ridden pension system and unpaid bill backlog — signs... More »
Buildings are reflected on the glass windows of the NSE (National Stock Exchange) building in Mumbai, India, December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade Trading was disrupted at India’s National Stock Exchange on Monday morning, after price quotations for indi... More »
A traveler walks past a sign for Royal Jordanian airline at JFK International Airport in New York, U.S., March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Royal Jordanian and Kuwait Airways are the latest Middle East carriers to be exempted from an in-cabin ban on laptops... More »
Shares of Wanda Hotel Development Co Ltd jumped more than 150 percent on Monday after Dalian Wanda Group said it will sell 91 percent of 13 tourism projects, as well as 76 hotels in China to Sunac China for $9.3 billion. More »
FILE PHOTO: Containers from China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) are pictured at a port in Shanghai, China, February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd (601919.SS) has offered to buy Orient Overseas International Ltd (OOIL) (0... More »
A 14-year-old amateur from Thailand won on the Ladies European Tour on Sunday, supplanting Lydia Ko as the youngest champion on the circuit. More »
Tennis – Wimbledon – London, Britain – July 8, 2017 Germany’s Angelique Kerber during her third round match against USA’s Shelby Rogers REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth It is rare that a world number one goes under the radar at Wimbledon and it has been even more strang... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump board Air Force One during their departure back to Washington, at Hamburg International Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria The following statements were posted to the verif... More »
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump speaks with his son Donald Trump Jr. during a news conference in the lobby of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson President Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., agreed to mee... More »
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Washington, U.S. June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Two senior Republican U.S. senators criticized Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday for saying that Russia may have the “right approach” on Syria and for what... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their bilateral meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday backtracked on his push for a cyber security ... More »
Jul 9, 2017- White Sulphur Springs, WV, USA- Xander Schauffele on the 3rd tee during the final round of The Greenbrier Classic golf tournament at The Old White TPC. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports Californian Xander Schauffele, the son of a forme... More »
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson shake hands after delivering a joint statement in Kiev, Ukraine July 9, 2017. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Sunday that Russia must take th... More »
An Alipay logo is seen at a cashier in Shanghai January 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ali Song Silicon Valley startup Stripe has partnered with digital payment providers Alipay and WeChat Pay to enable merchants using its platform globally to accept payments from hundreds... More »
Jul 9, 2017- Bronx, NY, USA- New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge (99) runs to the dugout between innings against the Milwaukee Brewers at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Noah K. Murray-USA TODAY Sports Having already blasted past Joe DiMaggio New York... More »
Jul 9, 2017- Denver, CO, USA- Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Kyle Freeland (31) gestures to the crowd in the ninth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Coors Field. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports (The Sports Xchange) – Kyle Freeland... More »
