All posts published in May 2017
Ted Livingston, founder and CEO of Kik Messenger, speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt event in Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Dreyfuss More »
An undated photo from the Facebook account of Olivia Campbell, identified in media reports as one of the victims of the blast at the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester May 22, 2017. Olivia Campbell via Facebook/Handout via REUTERS The following are short prof... More »
Messages and floral tributes left for the victims of the attack on Manchester Arena lie around the statue in St Ann’s Square in central Manchester, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Super Police scrambled to close down a network around the Manchester suicide bomber wi... More »
FILE PHOTO – Nigeria’s Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu addresses a news conference after a meeting of OPEC oil ministers in Vienna, Austria, December 4, 2015. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader/File Photo Nigerian Oil Minister Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu said on Thursday ... More »
Venezuela’s Oil Minister Nelson Martinez talks to journalists after a meeting in Vienna, Austria May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Venezuela is considering several options to repay its debts, the oil minister said on Thursday, after a deep recession and lo... More »
Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi speaks during a media conference with Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih (not pictured) in Baghdad, Iraq, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar Ali al-Luaibi said on Thursday that extending t... More »
Africa’s third-biggest oil producer, Equatorial Guinea, has been accepted as a new member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), a source close to the country’s oil minister told a Reuters on Thursday. More »
Kuwaiti Oil Minister Essam al-Marzouq said on Thursday he did not expect OPEC oil producers to discuss any deepening of their oil output reduction target at a meeting where extending the length of the deal is on the agenda. More »
OPEC President, Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih, and OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo talk to journalists before the beginning of a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Vienna, Austria, May 25, 2017.... More »
The sign of a Best Buy store in Pasadena, California U.S., February 28, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Best Buy Co Inc, the No. 1 U.S. electronics retailer, reported an unexpected rise in first-quarter comparable sales on Thursday, helped by demand for gaming and... More »
A supplied image of the launch and maiden flight of a battery-powered, 3-D printed rocket built by Rocket Lab, a Silicon Valley-funded space launch company, at New Zealand’s remote Mahia Peninsula, May 25, 2017. Rocket Lab/Handout via REUTERS Rocket Lab, a Sil... More »
Chinese Go player Ke Jie puts a stone against Google’s artificial intelligence program AlphaGo during their second match at the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer Google’s artificial intelligence program, Alp... More »
FILE PHOTO:Tennis – ATP World Tour Final’s – 02 Arena, London – 24/11/09 General view of court inside the O2 Arena Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Scott Heavey The season-ending ATP World Tour Finals will remain in London until 2020, the men’s governing body... More »
FILE PHOTO: Tennis – ATP – Rome Open – Novak Djokovic of Serbia v Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina – Rome, Italy – 19/5/17 – Djokovic returns the ball. REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini Novak Djokovic’s decision to work with American great Andre Agassi at the Frenc... More »
FILE PHOTO: A product of Lenovo is displayed during a news conference on the company’s annual results in Hong Kong May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip/File Photo China’s Lenovo Group Ltd (0992.HK), the world’s largest personal computer (PC) maker, reported a retur... 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 »
Mats Wilander of Sweden (L) and Andy Murray of Britain joke during an exhibition match held a day before the start of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris May 26, 2012. REUTERS/Nir Elias With its quicksilver conditions, quain... More »
Newly named Ford Motor Company president and CEO James Hackett answers questions from the media during a press conference at Ford Motor World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, U.S., May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook James Hackett spent the last year plottin... 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 »
Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg waves as he arrives on stage during the annual Facebook F8 developers conference in San Jose, California, U.S., April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam One of Harvard University’s most famous dropouts, Facebook Inc founder ... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania visit the Sistine Chapel after a private audience with Pope Francis at the Vatican, May 24, 2017. Osservatore Romano/Handout via REUTERS After a warm welcome in the Middle East and a “fantastic” visit with the p... More »
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Remo Casilli President Donald Trump’s businesses say it would be “impractical” to require customers representing foreig... More »
Near gale force winds could delay the start of the America’s Cup in Bermuda, with gusts above the limits allowed by its rules forecast for Friday afternoon when racing between some of the world’s top sailors is due to begin. More »
An Indian athlete has been slapped with a provisional suspension after vials of the banned metabolic modulator meldonium were found in his hostel room, the country’s top anti-doping official said on Thursday. More »
FILE PHOTO – Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yang Yuanqing attends a news conference on the company’s annual results in Hong Kong May 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip Lenovo Group (0992.HK) chairman and chief executive Yang Yuanqing told Reuters on Thursday the company’s C... More »
FILE PHOTO – Apr 2, 2016- Key Biscayne, FL, USA- Victoria Azarenka celebrates after her match against Svetlana Kuznetsova (not pictured) in the women’s singles final of the Miami Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center. Azarenka won 6-3, 6-2. Mandatory Credit: Geof... More »
FILE PHOTO – Sept 3, 2016- New York, NY, USA- Laura Siegemund of Germany hits to Venus Williams of the USA on day six of the 2016 U.S. Open tennis tournament at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports Stu... More »
Montana Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte greets voters while campaigning for a special election in Missoula, Montana, U.S. May 24, 2017 in this still image from video. REUTERS/Justin Mitchell Montana Republican congressional candidate Greg Gia... More »
A still image taken from video shows Montana Republican congressional candidate Greg Gianforte speaking to voters while campaigning for a special election in Missoula, Montana, U.S. May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Justin Mitchell Montana Republican congressional candida... More »
FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer – FC Barcelona v Eibar – Spanish Liga Santander – Nou Camp, Barcelona, Spain – 21/5/17 Barcelona’s Lionel Messi looks dejected after the match Reuters / Albert Gea La Liga club Barcelona have expressed their support for Argentine st... More »
FILE PHOTO: A hooded man holds a laptop computer as blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration A newly found flaw in widely used networking software leaves ten... More »
The logo of Infosys is pictured inside the company’s headquarters in Bengaluru, April 13, 2017. REUTERS/Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Files Infosys Ltd, the India-based computer services giant, on Wednesday touted its new strategy to hire and train 10,000 American wor... More »
File Photo: Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, then-incoming White House national security adviser, speaks at the U.S. Institute of Peace ”2017 Passing the Baton” conference in Washington, U.S., January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo Senior Russian... More »
An electronic patients chart is shown on the wall to a hospital room in San Diego, California April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake A bill passed by U.S. House Republicans would cause 23 million people to lose healthcare coverage by 2026 while de-stabilizing heal... More »
Carrie Fisher poses for cameras as she arrives at the European Premiere of Star Wars, The Force Awakens in Leicester Square, London, December 16, 2015. REUTERS/Paul Hackett Late actress Carrie Fisher was supposed to be the leading force of the ninth film in th... More »
70th Cannes Film Festival – Photocall for the TV series ‘Top of the Lake : China Girl’ presented as part of 70th Anniversary Events – Cannes, France. 23/05/2017. Director Jane Campion poses with cast member Elisabeth Moss. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Jane Campion, ... More »
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to Reuters during an interview in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the U.S. Senate, says he could live without the drama surrounding President Don... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Facebook logo is displayed on the company’s website in Bordeaux, France, February 1, 2017. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo Facebook Inc (FB.O) has signed deals with millennial-focused news and entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN,... More »
FILE PHOTO – Ariana Grande performs at Z100’s Jingle Ball in Manhattan, New York, U.S., December 9, 2016. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/Files Roy 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 »
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discusses the Trump administration’s budget plan during the Peterson Foundation’s 2017 Fiscal Summit in Washington, U.S., May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jim Bourg The U.S. Treasury is reviewing licenses for Boeing Co and Airbus to... More »
A Wells Fargo logo is seen in New York City, U.S. January 10, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith Wells Fargo Advisors (WFC.N) will launch a new share class of mutual funds next month as part of its plan to comply with the new U.S. Labor Department regulation that s... More »
U.S. First lady Melania Trump (L) walks with Amelie Derbaudrenghien, partner of Belgian’s Prime Minister Charles Michel, at the Brussels Airport in Brussels, Belgium, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay As her reality TV star husband meets many of his Western a... More »
The Hotel Santa Isabel is seen in Old Havana, Cuba May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer U.S. online travel services company Expedia (EXPE.O) said on Tuesday it had started offering online booking for hotels in Communist-run Cuba, hoping to capitalize on a boom in to... More »
With every step down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, Chinese social media star Lili Xu reckons she is getting ever closer to her dream of a career in the movies. More »
The logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche is seen outside their headquarters in Basel, January 30, 2014. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich/File Photo A person in Germany treated with Roche Holding AG’s new multiple sclerosis drug Ocrevus has been diagnosed with an oft... More »
Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones performs during Desert Trip music festival at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California U.S., October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has undergone surgery for a small lesion on his lung, but is... More »
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to Reuters during an interview in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday he does not yet know how Republicans will amass the vote... More »
By Lisa RapaportAn experimental foot-temperature monitoring system might one day be able to detect when diabetic patients are developing foot ulcers, More »
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to Reuters during an interview in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told Reuters on Wednesday he expects bipartisan support for approval of ... More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid U.S. interest rate futures ended higher on Wednesday as traders scaled back bets on two more rate increases by the end of 2017 following t... More »
GW Pharmaceuticals is set to file its cannabis-derived drug with U.S. regulators imminently, following publication of detailed data on its success in fighting severe childhood epilepsy. More »
Fund managers may show genuine and long-lasting skill, but do more poorly as the good ones are piled with responsibilities. More »
By Carolyn CristAdolescents who have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are much more likely than peers without ADHD to become teenaged parents More »
Andy Murray of Britain attends a promotional event for the upcoming French Open tennis tournament at the financial and business district of La Defense, west of Paris, France, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier Britain’s Andy Murray, who has suffered a dip in... More »
U.S. bank Citi held on to top spot in the foreign exchange industry’s main annual ranking of traders by volume on Wednesday despite losing around 2 percent in market share, results showed. More »
Two former executives of Heritage Pharmaceuticals who pleaded guilty to fixing drug prices in January have agreed to settle with 41 states and territories involved in the probe, the Connecticut attorney general’s office said on Wednesday. More »
Europe’s Schiaparelli spacecraft came very close to a successful landing on Mars last year, but engineers failed to realize how jarring the probe’s parachute descent could be, dooming the touchdown, a report released on Wednesday said. More »
Puma Biotechnology Inc’s experimental breast cancer drug reduces the risk of disease recurrence and should be approved, an advisory committee to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded on Wednesday. More »
70th Cannes Film Festival – Photocall for the film ‘The Beguiled’ in competition – Cannes, France. 24/05/2017. Director Sofia Coppola and cast member Colin Farrell pose. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau Sofia Coppola brought her remake of “The Beguiled” to Cannes on Wed... More »
A man walks out of a branch of Russian Post in Moscow, Russia, May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov Russia’s postal service was hit by Wannacry ransomware last week and some of its computers are still down, three employees in Moscow said, the latest sign of we... More »
A sticker reading ”Bitcoin accepted here” is displayed at the entrance of the Stadthaus town hall in Zug, Switzerland, August 30, 2016. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Digital currency bitcoin hit a fresh record high on Wednesday, surging above $2,400, as demand for cry... More »
Hollywood’s famed TCL Chinese Theater has unveiled a new light show with images from iconic films such as “King Kong” and “Citizen Kane” to mark the theater’s 90th anniversary. More »
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing, China May 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee Germany has made good progress with China on how to introduce quotas aimed at producing more ... More »
Actor Tom Cruise unveils a 75-foot tall sarcophagus to promote the film ”The Mummy” at the Hollywood and Highland gateway in Hollywood, California, May 20, 2017. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon Tom Cruise, still feeling the need for speed, said in an interview that ... More »
A logo of Emaar is seen near the Dubai Mall March 16, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah Emaar Malls will buy a 51 percent stake in e-commerce fashion website Namshi from Global Fashion Group, a firm backed by Rocket Internet, for $151 million, a sign of growing dem... More »
A man photographs a sign in Manchester. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth A Polish couple died in the suicide attack in the English city of Manchester, Poland’s Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski said on Wednesday. More »
FILE PHOTO: NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is seen during a spacewalk during Expedition 50 aboard the International Space Station. NASA/Handout via REUTERS Two U.S. astronauts completed a hastily planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesd... More »
A new digital interactive exhibition in Beijing allows visitors to create their own art and see it immediately reflected in the work being displayed around them. More »
A.M. Best Co affirmed its financial strength rating on American International Group Inc on Tuesday, lifting some uncertainty over the New York-based insurer’s ability to meet its long-term debt obligations, which had unsettled some investors. More »
A man looks at flowers for the victims of the Manchester Arena attack in central Manchester, Britain May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth North America’s major sports leagues have strict safety procedures at their arenas but have urged fans attending games to ... More »
The corporate logo of financial firm Morgan Stanley is pictured on the company’s world headquarters in New York, U.S. April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Morgan Stanley, the biggest U.S. brokerage by head count, told brokers Tuesday that it is standing d... More »
Students of investing will need to start cramming for a new subject: computer science. More »
Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt testifies before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on ‘The Status of the Housing Finance System After Nine Years of Conservatorship’ on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 11, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas The U.... More »
FILE PHOTO: Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney delivers a speech at the International Fintech Conference in London, Britain April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/File Photo Bank of England Governor Mark Carney poked fun at the drinking habits of one of hi... More »
Graduates celebrate receiving a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University during the year’s commencement ceremony in New York in this May 18, 2005 file photo. REUTERS/Chip East/Files Little known private colleges that are already struggling t... More »
The U.S. Labor Department will implement its fiduciary rule on June 9 with no further delays, U.S. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta said on Tuesday. More »
Chinese Go player Ke Jie puts a stone against Google’s artificial intelligence program AlphaGo during their first match at the Future of Go Summit in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer A Google artificial intelligence program defea... More »
FILE PHOTO: Michael Ovitz, co-founder of Creative Artists Agency and former Walt Disney Company president arrives for the the annual Allen and Co. media conference Sun Valley, Idaho July 7, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo A former Los Angeles art dealer wh... More »
FILE PHOTO: United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz speaks during a press conference at the FBI’s Boston Field Office held to appeal to the public for help in returning artwork stolen in 1990 from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, Massachusetts March ... More »
Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos attends a eurozone finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir Euro zone finance ministers failed to agree on debt relief for Greece with the International Monetary Fund on Monda... More »
The lower jaw of the 7.175 million year old Graecopithecus freybergi (El Graeco) from Pyrgos Vassilissis, Greece is shown in this handout provided May 19, 2017. Courtesy of Wolfgang Gerber, University of Tübingen/Handout via REUTERS Fossils from Greece and Bul... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump places his hands on a glowing orb as he tours with other leaders the Global Center for Combatting Extremist Ideology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 21, 2017. Saudi TV via Reuters Images of U.S. President Donald Trump placing his hands ... More »
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel address the media after a private meeting in Mexico City, Mexico, May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Monday urged euro zone finance ministers and the International Monetary Fund... More »
Dutch Finance Minister and Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem talks to the media as he arrives at European Union finance ministers meeting in Brussels, Belgium February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir A decision on debt relief for Greece will only be ta... More »
The headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are pictured in Frankfurt, Germany September 8, 2016. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo Discord between the euro zone’s three largest countries is stalling the European Central Bank’s efforts to come up with ... More »
FILE PHOTO:A NASA image shows the International Space Station as it flew over Madagascar, showing three of the five spacecraft docked to the station in this photo taken by the Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of ESA on April 6, 2016 and released on Apri... More »
Goats climb on students during a yoga class with eight students and five goats at Jenness Farm in Nottingham, New Hampshire, U.S., May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brian Snyder Eight people dressed in bright-colored athletic tops and soft pants sat on foam mats and stret... 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 »
Pope Francis leads the Wednesday General Audience in Saint Peter’s square at the Vatican, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Max Rossi Pope Francis praised scientists working on treatments for genetic diseases on Thursday but condemned any use of human embryos in medical r... More »
FILE PHOTO – Bruno Le Maire speaks during an interview February 16, 2017 with Reuters in Paris, France. Bruno Le Maire is named French Finance Minister in Paris, France, May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo New French economy and finance minister Br... More »
FILE PHOTO – Bill Simpson looks inside a fossil of a Tyrannosaurus rex known as ”SUE”, before removing its forelimb to be used for research at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. on October 6, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young/File Photo Scientists have come up ... More »
FILE PHOTO: White House spokesman Sean Spicer holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 21, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo Cardboard cutouts of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer hiding in bushes are popping up all ov... More »
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co on Tuesday unveiled a new computer prototype that it said could handle more data than any similar system in the world. More »
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron listen to national anthems during a ceremony at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch German Chancellor Angela Merkel said she and France’s new president, ... More »
Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers his speech during the welcoming banquet for the Belt and Road Forum at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China May 14, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj Lin Wong More »
An aerial view of uninhabited island of Spratlys in the disputed South China Sea, April 21, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro China and Vietnam will manage and properly control their maritime disputes, avoiding actions to complicate or widen them, so as to maintain... More »
European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen is interviewed by Reuters in St Julian’s, Malta, March 30, 2017. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi The need for an EU-China investment agreement is urgent and would be the easiest way for Chinese President Xi Jinping ... More »
People are reflected in a display (top) showing the current exchange rate between U.S. dollar and Japanese Yen outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Resilient Asian stocks edged up to a two-year high on Monday, shaking o... More »
A man walks in front of the Novokuibyshevsk refinery near the city of Samara, October 28, 2010. REUTERS/Nikolay Korchekov/File Photo Oil prices jumped over 1.5 percent on Monday after the energy ministers of the world’s two biggest producers Saudi Arabia and R... More »
