Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen at the Laboratory of Entomology and Ecology of the Dengue Branch of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 6, 2016. REUTERS/Alvin Baez/File Photo Puerto Rico on Monday declared that... More »
Lance Stroll has been excited about racing on home soil from the moment he was announced as a Formula One driver last year but, as the Canadian Grand Prix approaches, the teenager is focusing on a bigger picture. More »
FILE PHOTO: Lenovo tablets and mobile phones are displayed during a news conference on the company’s annual results in Hong Kong May 23, 2013. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo After a bruising fall from its spot as the world’s third-largest mobile phone maker foll... More »
FILE PHOTO: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, on February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo India has reported cases of the Zika virus, the World Health Organization said, adding that efforts should be mad... More »
A demonstrator shows a picture of President Michel Temer near a burning barricade during a protest against Temer and the latest corruption scandal to hit the country, in Brasilia, Brazil, May 24, 2017. Picture taken May 24, 2017. The sign reads: ‘Out Temer!.’ ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Monaco – 25/05/2017 – Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action during the first free practice session. REUTERS/Max Rossi Lewis Hamilton lapped faster than ever at Monaco as the Mercedes driver and Ferrari’s championship leader ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Monaco Grand Prix – Monaco – 24/05/2017 – A mechanic works on the suspension of Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari inside the pits. REUTERS/Max Rossi Formula One teams have been told to change the rear jack points on their cars for safety reasons af... More »
FILE PHOTO: Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, on February 2, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker/File Photo Studies using gene sequencing equipment to trace the path of Zika through the Americas show the virus arrived a y... More »
FILE PHOTO – Genetically modified male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are pictured at Oxitec factory in Piracicaba, Brazil, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Scientists in Britain plan to harness the Zika virus to try to kill brain tumor cells in experiments ... More »
A man who identified himself as Kim Dong Chul, who previously said he was a naturalised American citizen and was arrested in North Korea in October, attends a news conference in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Cen... More »
Crude oil storage tanks are seen from above at the Cushing oil hub, in Cushing, Oklahoma, March 24, 2016. REUTERS/Nick Oxford/File Photo Oil prices rose on Thursday, with global benchmark Brent crude trading comfortably above $50 a barrel after a fall in U.S. ... More »
The Copa America Centenario trophy, to be awarded to the winning team of the 2016 Copa America, is presented by the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in Bogota, Colombia, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/John Vizcaino The Copa America is likely to be exp... More »
A municipal worker removes the writing ‘doria’ in reference to Sao Paulo’s mayor Joao Doria, tagged by a Brazilian artist, known as Iaco, on Avenida 23 de Maio in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce It took Brazilian artist Iaco one minute to... More »
Apr 23, 2017- Birmingham, AL, USA- Fernando Alonso speaks at a press conference prior to the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. Mandatory Credit: Shanna Lockwood-USA TODAY Sports Double Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso sees ... More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Athletics – Final – Men’s 4 x 100m Relay Final – Olympic Stadium – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 19/08/2016. Mike Rodgers (USA) Justin Gatlin (USA) and Tyson Gay (USA) of USA react as they realise they have been disqualified REUTERS/David Gray W... More »
Brazil’s president Michel Temer gestures during a meeting of the Pension Reform Commission at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino Brazil’s President Michel Temer denied on Thursday that he hosted a meeting in 2010 ... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Avian influenza virus is harvested from a chicken egg as part of a diagnostic process in this undated U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) handout image. REUTERS/Erica Spackman/USDA/Handout via Reuters Global outbreaks of bird flu in poultry h... More »
Football Soccer – Juventus v FC Barcelona – UEFA Champions League Quarter Final First Leg – Juventus Stadium, Turin, Italy – 11/4/17 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi in action with Juventus’ Mario Mandzukic Reuters / Giorgio Perottino Livepic Paulo Dybala upstaged his... More »
FILE PHOTO: A DNA double helix is seen in an undated artist’s illustration released by the National Human Genome Research Institute to Reuters on May 15, 2012. REUTERS/National Human Genome Research Institute/Handout/File Photo Scientists are getting closer to... More »
Brazil’s President Michel Temer listens to questions from the media during LAAD, the biggest military industry expo in Latin America in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 4, 2017. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares Brazil’s President Michel Temer would veto clauses of a bill t... More »
Ecuadorean presidential candidate Lenin Moreno (C) celebrates alongside Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa (L) and his wife Rocio Gonzalez during a national election day in a hotel, in Quito, April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Mariana Bazo Leftist government candidate Len... More »
FILE PHOTO: Maluma performs ”Sin Contrato” during the 2015 Latin Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Already one of the biggest names in Latin music, Colombian pop star Maluma is hoping to cross over to a wider audience ... More »
The Dupont logo is displayed on a board above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S. on December 22, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo DuPont said on Friday it would buy a unit of FMC Corp and sell its cr... More »
FILE PHOTO: A pair of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes are seen during a mating ritual while the female feeds on a blood meal in a 2003 image from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). REUTERS/Centers for Disease Control/James Gathany/Handout via Reuters Researche... More »
Pedestrians walk by the main entrance of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, Argentina, April 18, 2016. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci – RTX2AHAB Latin American governments and companies could soon step up bond sales, seizing on an increased appetite for deals as a reg... More »
Football Soccer – Argentina v Chile – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Antonio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 23/3/17 – Argentina’s Lionel Messi looks on during the match. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci The Argentine FA, lacking proper leadership since 2015 a... More »
Demonstrators hold up signs as they wait outside the Congress for the Senate to pass a law to legalise the medical use of cannabis in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 29, 2017. The sign show a girl named Nayra, who suffers from refractory partial epilepsy and ha... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – – After menopause, women who take estrogen therapy may be less likely to develop severe oral health problems than More »
The logo of Morgan Stanley is seen at an office building in Zurich, Switzerland September 22, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Grupo BTG Pactual SA’s stock is undervalued based on its ability to outperform peer banks in Latin America, where investment-ba... More »
Formula One – F1 – Australian Grand Prix – Melbourne, Australia – 24/03/2017 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain laps the circuit during the first practice session. REUTERS/Jason Reed Three-times world champion Lewis Hamilton dominated practice at the se... More »
High U.S. share prices are pushing Lipper Award-winning equity fund managers into the shares of beaten-down healthcare companies, retailers and emerging-market stocks that they say offer a greater chance for outsized gains. More »
Rising short-term interest rates in the United States are prompting Lipper Award-winning bond fund managers to add emerging-market debt and non-agency backed residential mortgages that they say offer more potential for gains in the year ahead. More »
Football Soccer – Uruguay v Brazil – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Centenario stadium, Montevideo, Uruguay – 23/3/17 – Brazil’s Paulinho celebrates his third goal. REUTERS/Andres Stapff Brazil recovered from conceding an early goal to beat Uruguay 4-1 in Montevi... More »
Football Soccer – Argentina v Chile – World Cup 2018 Qualifiers – Antonio Liberti Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 23/3/17 – Argentina’s Lionel Messi reacts after scoring a penalty goal. REUTERS/Alberto Raggio Lionel Messi converted a penalty as Argentina la... More »
Consumers stand in front of an Oi store, Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms group, in Sao Paulo, Brazil June 24, 2016. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker A new reorganization plan from Brazil’s debt-laden phone carrier Oi SA boosted shares on Thursday, but analysts cont... More »
A man prepares a cigarette mixed with marijuana during Cannatech 2017, an annual global cannabis industry event, in Tel Aviv, Israel March 20, 2017. Picture taken March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Amir Cohen Israel, a leader in marijuana research and health technology, ... More »
Visiona Chief Executive Eduardo Bonini poses for picture before the launch of Brazil’s first defense and strategic satellite communications, in Kourou, French Guiana, March 21, 2017. REUTERS/Brad Haynes Brazil is developing technology to send domestically-made... More »
Members of the Public Health Surveillance Agency collect sausages to analyse in their laboratory, at a supermarket in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS/Ricardo Moraes Brazil’s federal police and agriculture ministry said late Tuesday that sanitary and corruption... More »
Canada suspended meat imports from two Brazilian plants under investigation in a meatpacking scandal, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Tuesday, becoming the latest buyer to distance itself from the world’s top beef and poultry exporter. More »
Uruguay does not have enough beef export capacity to fill gaps left in the international market by Brazil’s absence caused by an investigation into corruption and the alleged sale of rotten products, a top government official said on Tuesday. More »
Japan’s embassy in Brazil said on Tuesday the country has suspended imports of poultry and other products coming from the 21 Brazilian meat processing plants cited in an ongoing police investigation. More »
Mexico has suspended all meat and poultry imports from Brazil since March 19, the government said Tuesday, dealing another blow to the world’s top beef and poultry exporter amid growing concerns about the quality of those products. More »
FILE PHOTO – The logo of Bridgestone Corp is seen next to its new Playz tyre at the tyre’s unveiling event in Tokyo, Japan, January 8, 2016. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo Japan’s Bridgestone Corp has gone from a rookie Olympic sponsor to a model for fan partic... More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 9/3/17. Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea Last season was the one that got away for Lewis Hamilton and the triple Formula One world champion is not prepar... More »
Team by team prospects for the Formula One season starting in Melbourne on March 26, listed in 2016 championship order. The numbers are those the drivers have selected for the duration of their grand prix careers: More »
The Formula One season starts in Australia on March 26, the first of 20 races. Race times are 1200 GMT unless stated. More »
Formula One has undergone major rule changes, with wider cars and fatter tyres providing a new look and bigger challenge. More »
Brazilian goalkeeper Bruno Fernandes, who was jailed for murdering his ex-girlfriend, trains after signing with the third division champions, Boa Esporte, in Varginha, Minas Gerais state, Brazil, March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Erwin Oliveira The president of a Brazil... More »
FILE PHOTO: Pope Francis waves after delivering his ”Urbi et Orbi” (to the city and the world) message from the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/File Photo Pope Francis has said he is willing t... More »
The snow-covered landscape is reflected in a logo in front of FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann World soccer’s ruling body FIFA, stung by criticism that it overlooks human rights in countries staging its tourname... More »
Football Soccer – Euro 2016 – Germany Training – Stade Camille Fournier, Evian-Les-Bains, France – 6/7/16 – Germany’s coach Joachim Loew during training. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse Picture Supplied by Action Images Germany will kick off 2018 with friendly interna... More »
People walk in front of a store on a commercial street in downtown Sao Paulo December 4, 2014. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Brazil’s annual inflation rate probably fell in February to its lowest level since 2010, easing below 5 percent to approach the government tar... More »
Formula One – F1 – Test session – Barcelona-Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, Spain – 8/3/17. Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas in action. REUTERS/Albert Gea New signing Valtteri Bottas put champions Mercedes on top of the timesheets on Wednesday with the fastest lap s... More »
The final of the Brasil Open was interrupted by rain on Sunday and will recommence on Monday with Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas leading Pablo Cuevas 7-6(3) 3-3. More »
FILE PHOTO: Traffic backs-up going south into Mexico in the border town of San Ysidro, California. September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake Investors are starting to focus on lead due to the large amounts of the metal in batteries used in increasingly popular sto... More »
File Photo: A view is seen from the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO) in Sao Sebastiao do Uatuma in the middle of the Amazon forest in Amazonas State, Brazil, January 10, 2015. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly/File Photo Ancient indigenous peoples had a far more profoun... More »
Bangladesh is to ban the import of the cold-medicine component pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in illicit methamphetamine production, anti-narcotics officials said, after purchases spiked in tandem with a boom in the illegal drug “ya ba”. More »
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps reacts as fellow witnesses testify before the House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee about anti-doping policy in international sport, in Washington February 28, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan Michael Phelps urge... More »
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain arrives before Emporio Armani Autumn/Winter 2017 women collection show during Milan’s Fashion Week in Milan, Italy February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton is expecting to f... More »
Economic turnaround in Russia and Brazil may be tempting investors back to BRIC equity funds, with EPFR Global on Friday reporting such funds took in new cash for two weeks in a row for the first time in five months. More »
The company logo for Unilever is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., February 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Unilever (ULVR.L) said the shock of Kraft Heinz’s (KHC.O) opportunistic approach... More »
Emerging market equities have a spring in their step as an upswing in company profits extends a year-long 40 percent rally in the sector and allows investors to look past the threat of a global trade war. More »
The Twitter logo is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Twitter Inc has found a bright spot in Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy, even as... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 27/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates after winning the race. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed A competition to design Lewis Hamilt... More »
FILE PHOTO – Oil and gas tankers sit anchored off the Fos-Lavera oil hub near Marseille, southeastern France, December 12, 2008. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo Oil traders from around the world, including the United States, Britain and Brazil, have tri... More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Artistic Gymnastics – Final – Women’s Individual All-Around Final – Rio Olympic Arena – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 11/08/2016. Alexandra Raisman (USA) of USA (Aly Raisman) competes on the floor during the women’s individual all-around final. ... More »
Top seed Kei Nishikori crashed out of the Rio de Janeiro Open on Tuesday after suffering a 6-4 6-3 first-round loss to Brazil’s Thomaz Bellucci. More »
A taxi drives past a branch of HSBC bank in London, Britain, February 9, 2015. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/File Photo HSBC Holdings (HSBA.L) reported a 62 percent slump in annual pre-tax profit that fell way short of analysts’ estimates as the British bank took h... More »
The re-testing of samples from the 2014 Sochi winter Olympics in Russia to identify any cheats who had competed there will last another five years to 2022, the International Olympic Committee said. More »
Director Ildiko Enyedi receives the Golden Bear for Best Film ‘On Body and Soul’ during the awards ceremony at the 67th Berlinale International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany, February 18, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt A Hungarian love story called “On Body and... More »
Members of Williams Formula One team practice pit stop ahead of the Brazilian F1 Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 12, 2015. REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker Former Ferrari chief aerodynamicist Dirk De Beer is joining Williams on Mar. 1 to head the aero departme... More »
An Uber driver cleans his car as his cell phone shows the queue to pick up passengers departing Guarulhos International Airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce A Brazilian judge ruled that a driver using the Uber ride-hailing app is... More »
Uber drivers sit in their cars as they wait for passengers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, February 13, 2017. REUTERS/Nacho Doce On a Thursday night last September, Uber driver Osvaldo Luis Modolo Filho accepted a ride request from a teenage couple on the eastern edge o... More »
2016 Rio Olympics – Opening Ceremony – Maracana – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 05/08/2016. The Refugee Olympic Athletes’ team arrives for the opening ceremony. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach A refugee team that competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics with 10 athletes from coun... More »
Bolivia’s government on Friday said a Danish tourist had tested positive for yellow fever, its first case in a decade, after he visited a jungle area in the far west of the landlocked Andean country. More »
FILE PHOTO: People queue to buy tickets for the upcoming 67th Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany, February 6, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo A legendary jazz guitarist on the run from the Nazis, a family trapped in a Syri... More »
Economic growth appears to be picking up in the United States, Japan, Germany and France, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said on Wednesday. More »
Park In-bee of South Korea hits off the sixth tee during the first round of the LPGA Canadian Women’s Open golf tournament in Coquitlam, British Columbia August 23, 2012. REUTERS/Andy Clark Olympic champion and seven-times major winner Park In-bee has a relati... More »
James McAvoy in San Diego, California July 11, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni By Brent LangLOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – It was a squeaker, but Universal’s “Split” has edged past Paramount’s “Rings” to narrowly claim victory at t More »
Xiaomi’s Vice President Hugo Barra looks on in front of the company’s logo during a group interview after the launching ceremony of Redmi Note 3 in Hong Kong, China March 21, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip – RTSBEFO Hugo Barra, the most prominent global executive at ... More »
FILE PHOTO – A man walks into the JP Morgan headquarters at Canary Wharf in London May 11, 2012. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez/File Photo Indonesia’s reform-minded finance minister seemed to invoke memories of the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis this week when explain... More »
Brazilian international midfielder Oscar arrives at the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, after agreeing to join China super league football club Shanghai SIPG from Chelsea in Shanghai, China, January 2, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song China will tighten rules ove... More »
Tennis – Pan Pacific Open Women’s Singles Round 2 match – Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan – 21/09/16. Monica Puig of Puerto Rico serves the ball against Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic. REUTERS/Issei Kato Monica Puig would never trade her surprise singles go... More »
Scott Ozawa brushes his teeth with a Beam toothbrush at his home in Belmont, California, U.S. December 18, 2016. Picture taken December 18, 2016. REUTERS/Noah Berger Twice a day, Scott Ozawa’s Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush tells his dental insurer if he brushed... More »
A view of the exterior of the JP Morgan Chase & Co. corporate headquarters in New York City May 20, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files Indonesia has penalized JPMorgan Chase & Co after the investment bank’s research arm recommended a smaller exposure to the countr... More »
Relatives of prisoners gather near riot police at a checkpoint close to the prison where around 60 people were killed in a prison riot in the Amazon jungle city of Manaus, Brazil, January 2, 2017. REUTERS/Michael Dantas Drug gangs sparked a prison riot that ki... More »
A general view of the headquarters of Odebrecht, a large private Brazilian construction firm, in Lima, Peru, February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Janine Costa Peru has demanded a “significant sum” of cash from Brazilian builder Odebrecht before starting talks toward a p... More »
The time for talking is fast approaching as Mercedes start a new year with Formula One waiting for a big announcement about who is going to replace retired world champion Nico Rosberg alongside Lewis Hamilton. More »
Containers are seen at the Mariel port in Artemisa province, Cuba January 5, 2016. REUTERS/Enrique de la Osa Cuba’s economy shrank 0.9 percent this year in tandem with the crisis in key trading partner Venezuela, President Raul Castro told the National Assembl... More »
An ARJ21-700, China’s first domestically produced regional jet, arrives at Shanghai Hongqiao Airport after making its first flight from Chengdu to Shanghai, China June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo New rules governing Chinese airline startups are fueli... More »
Ireland’s former Olympic chief Pat Hickey returned to Dublin on Sunday and said he will continue to fight to clear his name after being charged in Brazil in August over an alleged scheme to sell Olympic tickets illegally. 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 »
A woman looks at a Center for Disease Control (CDC) health advisory sign about the dangers of the Zika virus as she lines up for a security screening at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, U.S., May 23, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri Texas health offic... More »
Brawn GP Formula One driver Jenson Button of Britain waves after qualifying in pole position for the Spanish F1 Grand Prix at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, near Barcelona, May 9, 2009. REUTERS/Dani Cardona/File Photo Jenson Button retired from his last ... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 27/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Formula One driver, Nico Rosberg of Germany celebrates after winning the Formula One 2016 Drivers’ World Championship . REUTERS/Ahmed Jadalla... More »
Formula One – F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – 27/11/2016 – Mercedes’ Formula One driver Nico Rosberg of Germany drives during the race. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Germany’s Nico Rosberg celebrated his first Formu... More »
John Coates speaks during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter Picture Supplied by Action Images Australia’s Olympic chief John Coates has backed calls for an A$50 million ($37.35 million) lottery to boost funding for sport and... More »
