All posts published in May 2017
FILE PHOTO: A cashier displays the new 2000 Indian rupee banknotes inside a bank in Jammu, November 15, 2016. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/File photo India’s inflation likely cooled in April due to lower food prices, but the pullback may not give the Reserve Bank of I... More »
The Hong Kong-listed shares of AAC Technologies, an acoustic component supplier for Apple Inc, plunged as much as 14 percent on Thursday, after research firm Gotham City accused it of “dubious accounting” practices. More »
People exit the AIG building in New York’s financial district March 19, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid American International Group (AIG.N) is planning to name Brian Duperreault as its new chief executive, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. More »
A new Boeing 737MAX sits parked under a canopy at Boeing Field after coming off the production line in Seattle, Washington, May 9, 2017. Picture taken May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Redmond Boeing Co (BA.N) said on Wednesday it had temporarily halted test flights ... More »
China is seriously concerned by the United States keeping it on an intellectual property watch list, the commerce ministry said on Thursday. More »
David Beckham poses at the European premiere of ”King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” in London, Britain May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay David Beckham has received some scathing reviews in the British press for his cameo in the film “King Arthur: Legend of the... More »
Traders gather at the post where Snap Inc. is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Snap Inc shares plunged on Wednesday after the owner of Snapchat reported slowing user growth and... More »
LA 2024 Chairman Casey Wasserman speaks next to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on the Lakers home court at the Staples Center during a news conference following a day of meetings with members of the International Olympic Committee Evaluation Commission for th... More »
People walk in front of the HCL Technologies Ltd office at Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi April 17, 2013. REUTERS/Mansi Thapliyal HCL Technologies Ltd (HCLT.NS), India’s fourth-biggest software services firm, reported a better-than-expected 28 percent ri... More »
FILE PHOTO – The 21st Century Fox logo is seen outside the News Corporation headquarters in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on April 29, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Twenty-First Century Fox Inc (FOXA.O), the television and film company controlled by Ru... More »
FILE PHOTO: Dollar banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo The dollar edged lower after notching an eight week high against the yen on Thursday in Asian trade, while the New Zealand dolla... More »
FILE PHOTO: Logos of Tencent are displayed at a news conference in Hong Kong, China March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu/File Photo Struggling to seal deals in the United States as regulatory scrutiny tightens, Chinese companies looking to invest in promising te... More »
Recording artist Barry Manilow performs during his ”One Last Time! Tour” at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California April 14, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni Veteran singer Barry Manilow said coming out publicly about being gay was a “beautiful experience,” as h... More »
FILE PHOTO: Mexican singer Luis Miguel performs during the International Song Festival in Vina del Mar city, about 121 km (75 miles) northwest of Santiago, February 22, 2012. REUTERS/Eliseo Fernandez/File Photo Luis Miguel, the balladeer known as “El Sol de Me... More »
FILE PHOTO: A combination photo shows U.S. President Donald Trump (L) in the House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., on February 28, 2017 and FBI Director James Comey in Washington U.S. on July 7, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool, Gary Cameron/File Photo... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The anger behind Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tue... More »
FILE PHOTO: The logo of messaging app Snapchat is seen at a booth at TechFair LA, a technology job fair, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Snap Inc (SNAP.N) has many similarities with archrivals Facebook Inc (FB.O) and ... More »
China is testing the ability for future astronauts to stay on the moon for extended periods, as Beijing accelerates its space program and looks to put people on the surface of the moon within the next two decades. More »
May 7, 2017- Wilmington, NC, USA- Dustin Johnson hits out of the third fairway during the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship golf tournament at Eagle Point Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports Sterling play has been a challenge for... More »
By Andrew M. Seaman(Reuters Health) – Americans need to do more than stop reaching for the salt shaker if they want to cut back on the amount of sod More »
FILE PHOTO: Defense Intelligence Agency director U.S. Army Lt. General Michael Flynn testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on ‘Worldwide Threats’ in Washington February 4, 2014. REUTERS/Gary Cameron/File Photo The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee... More »
Robert Lighthizer testifies before a Senate Finance Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. trade representative on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Republican U.S. Senators John McCain and Ben Sasse sai... More »
Electronic trading houses Citadel Securities and XTX have joined top global banks in signing up to blockchain currency settlement venture Cobalt, they said on Thursday, in what could be one of the first large-scale financial market uses of the technology. More »
Life expectancy for young HIV-positive adults has risen by 10 years in the United States and Europe thanks to improvements in AIDS drugs known as antiretroviral therapy, researchers said on Thursday. More »
A trader points up at a display on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange August 20, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Health insurer Aetna Inc (AET.N) said on Wednesday it will exit the 2018 Obamacare individual insurance market in Delaware and Nebraska – the ... More »
President Donald Trump will nominate former congressman Mark Green to head the U.S. Agency for International Development, the White House said in a statement on Wednesday. More »
FILE PHOTO: Illinois Gov-elect Bruce Rauner speaks to the media after a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and other Governor-elects from seven U.S. states at the White House in Washington December 5, 2014. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo An Illinois bi... More »
Britain Rugby Union – Harlequins v Wasps – Aviva Premiership – Twickenham Stoop – 28/4/17 Jimmy Gopperth of Wasps kicks a penalty Mandatory Credit: Action Images / Henry Browne Livepic Wasps fly-half Jimmy Gopperth was named the Player’s Player of the Year by ... More »
A view of the Merck & Co. campus in Linden, New Jersey March 9, 2009, after Merck & Co Inc said it would acquire Schering-Plough Corp in $41.1 billion deal, widening Merck’s pipeline and diversifying its portfolio of medicines. REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky Merck & ... More »
A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, in a file photo. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a resolution to revoke an Obama-era rule to limit methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lan... More »
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at his news conference at the Russian Embassy in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas Russia’s top diplomat met President Donald Trump on Wednesday and praised the U.S. administration as problem solv... More »
FILE PHOTO: Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York, arrives at Trump Tower in New York City, U.S. January 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday that the state will allow testing of autonomous vehicles on public roads, p... More »
FILE PHOTO: The Pfizer logo is seen at their world headquarters in New York April 28, 2014. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday it reached an agreement with Sangamo Therapeutics Inc for rights to its gene therapy program... More »
Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid European and emerging markets equities are more attractive than U.S. equities, and volatility in stock marke... More »
Vermont lawmakers on Wednesday approved a measure to legalize recreational use of marijuana, which if not vetoed by the governor would make the state the ninth to legalize the drug and the first to do so by legislation rather than ballot initiative. More »
Oct 2, 2016- Chaska, MN, USA- Sergio Garcia of Spain reacts to a putt on the 15th green during the single matches in 41st Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports / Reuters Masters champion Sergio Garcia enjo... More »
William ‘Bill’ Ackman, CEO and Portfolio Manager of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Bayliss More »
By Lisa RapaportLittle kids who have a consistent bedtime routine and limited screen time may get better at regulating their emotions, a recent study More »
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey caused barely a ripple on the glassy surface of equity markets, but more than 100 years ... More »
Makan Delrahim, who was chosen by President Donald Trump to be the top U.S. antitrust regulator, said on Wednesday that he would maintain independence from the White House in enforcing antitrust law. More »
President Donald Trump’s dismissal of Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey has raised questions about the future of the agency’s probe into Russian attempts to sway the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion with Trump’s campaign.... More »
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) – Many patients with peripheral artery disease, a common cause of chronic disability and mobility limitations in the More »
FILE PHOTO: Shayanna Jenkins, fiancee of former NFL player Aaron Hernandez, listens during the murder trial for Hernandez at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Massachusetts, April 15, 2015. REUTERS/Dominick Reuter The fiancée of former New Engla... More »
A woman wears a jersey reading ‘Therapeutic Marijuana’ during a rally against drug trafficking and in favor of the legalization of self-cultivation of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes in Santiago, Chile, April 20, 2017. Picture taken April 20,... More »
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Not even a week after the Trump administration and Congress rekindled opt... More »
May 6, 2017- Louisville , KY, USA- Always Dreaming gets a bath from jockey John Velazquez after winning the 2017 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Mandatory Credit: Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports (The Sports Xchange) – Kentucky Derby winner Always Dreaming took ... More »
FIFA’s former chief ethics investigator, Cornel Borbely speaks to media during a press conference ahead of the 67th FIFA Congress in Manama Bahrain, May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed Ousted FIFA Ethics investigator Cornel Borbely said on Wednesday his com... More »
Tennis – ATP 1000 Masters – Madrid Open – Fabio Fognini of Italy v Rafael Nadal of Spain – Madrid, Spain – 10/5/17 – Nadal celebrates at the end of the match. REUTERS/Susana Vera Defending champion Novak Djokovic and home favorite Rafa Nadal were made to work ... More »
(The Sports Xchange) – San Antonio Spurs star forward Kawhi Leonard expects to play in Game 6 against the Houston Rockets on Thursday night despite a left an More »
FILE PHOTO: Marc Couttet, Head of The Haute Joaillerie Department of Chopard, holds the Palme d’Or award of the upcoming 70th Cannes Film Festival during a photo call in Meyrin, Switzerland May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo Netflix, the U.S. vide... More »
U.S. fund investors charged into international stocks at the fastest pace in nearly two years, betting on a continued fillip for the global economy, Investment Company Institute data for the latest week showed on Wednesday. More »
Formula One – F1 – Hungarian Exhibition Race – Budapest, Hungary – 01/05/17 – Mercedes Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas of Finland waves before the exhibition race. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo Valtteri Bottas can add his name to one of Formula One’s longest sequ... More »
FILE PHOTO: Tourists enjoy a boat trip on the Seine river past the Eiffel Tower on a sunny spring day in Paris, France, May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen Spending half the year in the French countryside seems like a luxurious goal, but Deborah Jacobs, author... More »
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral (C) celebrates with team after the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 Semi-Final 1 at the International Exhibition Centre in Kiev, Ukraine, May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich The Portuguese and Armenian entrants for the 2017 Eurovision so... More »
Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala – Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garcons: Art of the In-Between – Arrivals – New York City, U.S. – 01/05/17 – Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Jay Z’s fortunes jumped 30 percent last year to give him an estima... More »
DHX Media Ltd is buying the entertainment unit of Iconix Brand Group Inc for $345 million, adding the Peanuts comic strip and cartoon character Strawberry Shortcake to its roster of brands that includes “Bob the Builder” and “Teletubbies”. More »
Russian singer Yulia Samoylova performs at a concert during the Victory Day celebrations, marking the 72nd anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, in the port city of Sevastopol, Crimea, May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Pavel Rebrov Russian singer Y... More »
A South African woman seeking advice on Twitter about buying a driver’s license got more than she bargained for on Wednesday when her inquiry caught the eye of police minister and prolific tweeter Fikile Mbalula. More »
A South African woman seeking advice on Twitter about buying a driver’s license got more than she bargained for on Wednesday when her inquiry caught the eye of police minister and prolific tweeter Fikile Mbalula. More »
Messages are seen on plastic containers filled with feces, called ‘Poopootovs’, which is a play on Molotov cocktails, before they are thrown at security forces during protests, in addition to the usual rocks and petrol bombs, in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2017.... More »
Messages are seen on plastic containers filled with feces, called ‘Poopootovs’, which is a play on Molotov cocktails, before they are thrown at security forces during protests, in addition to the usual rocks and petrol bombs, in Caracas, Venezuela May 9, 2017.... More »
FILE PHOTO: A white-gloved worker polishes a Grammy Award before the 51st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles February 8, 2009. REUTERS/Danny Moloshok Music’s biggest night is heading to New York next year after more than a decade in Los Angeles, the organizer... More »
A life recreation of the newly discovered armored dinosaur named Zuul crurivastator from northern Montana seen in this illustration provided by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada, handout photo received May 9, 2017. Illustration by Danielle Dufault/Ro... More »
A view of the exterior of the Nasdaq market site in Times Square after the Nasdaq breached the 6,000 mark for the first time ever on Tuesday, in New York City, NY, U.S. April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Short interest on the Nasdaq rose 0.5 percent in ... More »
Prudential Financial Inc shareholders on Tuesday approved the company’s compensation for executives and sided with directors in rejecting a proposal that would require an independent board chairman. More »
FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett waits to play table tennis during the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting weekend in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/File Photo It has been decades since anyone thought of Warren Buffett’s... More »
A reconstructed apartment interior is pictured inside the newly opened kitsch museum in Bucharest, Romania May 4, 2017. Picture taken on May 4, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS Visitors to Romania who yearn for a taste of communist era kitsch now ha... More »
A reconstructed apartment interior is pictured inside the newly opened kitsch museum in Bucharest, Romania May 4, 2017. Picture taken on May 4, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea via REUTERS Visitors to Romania who yearn for a taste of communist era kitsch now ha... More »
Visitors are silhouetted at The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains at the V&A Museum in London, Britain May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth A new exhibition celebrating the career of Pink Floyd, featuring a raft of memorabilia and tributes to the rock... More »
Data visualiser Hans Hack points to a computer screen showing Aleppo’s destruction projected on a London map, in Berlin, Germany May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch The bullet-riddled, bombed-out buildings of Aleppo may bear little resemblance to London’s gle... More »
Drone-maker AeroVironment Inc unveiled a small four-rotor surveillance helicopter on Tuesday that can be carried in a small pouch and launched from the palm of a hand. More »
Keith Meister, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Corvex Management, speaks during the Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Bayliss More »
The inside of a prototype of a drift tube of the new linear accelerator Linac 4, the newest accelerator acquisition since the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is due to feed the CERN accelerator complex with particle beams of higher energy, is pictured durin... More »
Professor Lee Berger holds a cast of the new Homo naledi skull at the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage site near Johannesburg, South Africa. REUTERS/James Oatway Scientists unveiled the first evidence on Tuesday that early humans co-existed in Africa 300,000... More »
A visitor looks at the painting ‘The Turner’ by Albanian artist Zef Shoshi during the ‘Documenta 14’ art exhibition in the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens, Greece, May 9, 2017. REUTERS/Costas Baltas Three women stare down from the gallery wall – ... More »
A man is detained by security after throwing a pie at Qantas CEO Alan Joyce during a speech at a business breakfast at a hotel in Perth, Western Australia, May 9, 2017. AAP/Gregory Roberts/via REUTERS Qantas Airways Ltd Chief Executive Alan Joyce proved he was... More »
Briell Decker, the 65th wife of jailed Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS Church) polygamist prophet leader Warren Jeffs, walks past an outdoor chimney marked with ‘Pray and Obey’ at the compound where he lived for several years, ... More »
Dooagh beach is seen after a storm returned sand to it, 30 years after another storm had stripped all the sand off the beach, on Achill island, County Mayo, Ireland, May 5, 2017. Picture taken May 5, 2017 Sean Molloy/Achill Tourism Via Reuters A beach that was... More »
French President-elect Emmanuel Macron celebrates on the stage May 7, 2017 at his victory rally near the Louvre in Paris, France. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann Germany on Monday reiterated its opposition to the introduction of joint euro zone bonds a day after th... More »
The X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle taxis on the flightline during testing at the Astrotech facility in Titusville, Florida, March 2010. REUTERS/U.S. Air Force The U.S. military’s experimental X-37B space plane landed on Sunday at NASA&rsquo-s Kennedy Space Center ... More »
An artwork attributed to street artist Banksy, depicting a workman chipping away at one of the 12 stars on the flag of the European Union, is seen on a wall in the ferry port of Dover, Britain May 7, 2017. REUTERS/Hannah McKay British street artist Banksy has ... More »
A sign is pictured outside Christie’s auction house in Geneva, Switzerland, December 15, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse As auction powerhouses Christie’s and Sotheby’s gear up for their New York spring sales, hopes are high that a host of major works the likes ... More »
Visitors taste Pisner beer at the Norrebro Bryghus in Hedehusene, Denmark, May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Julie Astrid Thomsen A Danish brewery is drawing on 50,000 liters of urine collected from the largest music festival in Northern Europe in producing a novelty beer ... More »
St. Paul Police Department pose with captured goat named Gordy that was stolen from Indian Mounds Park in Minnesota, U.S. on May 5, 2017. St. Paul Police Department/Handout via REUTERS Call it a ‘kid’-napping. More »
An octogenarian former New Jersey deputy mayor who once thrilled audiences as burlesque star Hope Diamond plans to sparkle again in the role next week at a charity event – though at her age she plans to keep her clothes on. More »
Spanish artist Eugenio Merino poses next to his artwork entitled ‘Picasso died here’, featuring a hyperrealistic figure of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso’s corpse, displayed at the Alliance Francaise (French Alliance) in Malaga, southern Spain May 5, 2017. REUTE... More »
Lion cubs, who were born after a pioneering veterinary procedure that involved a reversed vasectomy of their father, are presented to the media, at Buin Zoo, in the outskirts of Santiago, Chile May 4, 2017. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado Two baby lion cubs were present... More »
India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F09) carrying GSAT-9 communications satellite blasts off from the Satish Dhawan space centre at Sriharikota, India May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer India launched a communications satellite on Friday for its s... More »
Jay Clayton is sworn in to testify at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on his nomination of to be chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. March 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst W... More »
FILE PHOTO – A drop of water falls from a melting piece of ice on Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier near the city of El Calafate, in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz, December 16, 2009. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci Researchers from Harvard University, Princet... More »
A truck drives amongst workings at the De Beers Voorspoed Diamond mine near Kroonstad, South Africa May 3, 2017. Picture taken May 3, 2017. REUTERS/James Oatway Anglo American’s diamond unit De Beers is piloting a project to capture carbon in the rock from whi... More »
FILE PHOTO: Emmanuel Macron, head of the political movement En Marche !, or Onwards !, and candidate for the 2017 presidential election, attends a campaign rally in Paris, France, May 1, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo Germany’s fixation on the idea th... More »
