BANGKOK (Reuters) – Catriona Gray from the Philippines was crowned Miss Universe on Monday, the fourth time the Southeast Asian country has won the international beauty pageant. Miss Philippines Catriona Gray waves after being crowned Miss Universe during the final round of the Miss Universe pageant in Bangkok, Thailand, December 17, 2018. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha Gray,
Month: December 2018
A young man smokes an electronic cigarette in this picture illustration taken September 14, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Illustration (Reuters) – The percentage of high school seniors who used e-cigarettes in the last 30 days nearly doubled to 20.9 percent from last year, results of a survey released by the National Institute on Drug Abuse showed on
FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Capitol building is seen at sunrise on the day of the U.S. midterm elections as voters go to the polls across the country to elect 33 U.S. senators and all 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The
FILE PHOTO – Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir walks with officials as he leaves the African Union (AU) summit in Nouakchott, Mauritania, July 2, 2018. Ludovic Marin/Pool via Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arrived in the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the first such visit by an Arab leader since the start of
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A number of institutional investors in ExxonMobil Corp (XOM.N) have said they will file a shareholder resolution which calls on the world’s largest oil company to set targets for lowering its greenhouse gas emissions. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Exxon Mobil Corporation is shown on a monitor above the floor of
Actor Garcelle Beauvais attends the world premiere for the movie “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 1, 2018. REUTERS/Monica Almeida LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is the new box office king, collecting a solid $35.4 million during its first three days of release. That’s hardly the biggest opening
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The U.S. government is going ahead with sharply higher catch limits next year for West Coast groundfish, citing a rebound in bottom-dwelling stocks once so depleted by over-fishing that commercial harvests were virtually halted 20 years ago. A Pacific Ocean perch, a species of West Coast groundfish, is shown in this
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government is not preparing for a second referendum on Brexit, ministers said on Sunday, sticking to the script that Prime Minister Theresa May’s deal could still pass through parliament with a few changes. Demonstrators waving flags stand outside the Houses of Parliament, in central London, Britain December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Eddie Keogh
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – The Pineda family trudged northward for more than a month with a caravan of Central American migrants who are now stuck at the U.S. border. But they were on the run in Honduras much longer than that due to fears of political persecution. FILE PHOTO: A cameraman is seen amidst tear
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Matthew Whitaker flew to Dallas last week to deliver his latest speech since U.S. President Donald Trump installed him as acting attorney general, an appointment embroiled in criticism and court challenges. FILE PHOTO: Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker speaks to state and local law enforcement on efforts to combat violent crime and
KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Fractious climate change talks in Poland showed the limits of international action to limit global warming in a polarized world, putting the onus on individual governments, cities and communities to stop temperatures rising. COP24 President Michal Kurtyka speaks during a final session of the COP24 U.N. Climate Change Conference 2018 in
COLOMBO (Reuters) – Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s prime minister on Sunday, making a remarkable comeback weeks after being ousted by President Maithripala Sirisena under controversial circumstances. Ranil Wickremesinghe, ousted prime minister in October, takes his oath for the same post before Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena during his swearing-in ceremony in
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Justin Rose failed to reclaim the world number one ranking after a final round meltdown at the Indonesian Masters on Sunday as Thai Poom Saksansin claimed the title for the second time with a three-shot victory. Golf – European Tour – British Masters – Walton Heath Golf Club, Walton-on-the-Hill, Britain – October
DUBAI (Reuters) – Telecommunications operators Saudi Telecom Co 7010.SE (STC), Etihad Etisalat 7020.SE (Mobily) and Zain Saudi Arabia 7030.SE said on Sunday that they had agreed with the government to a change in the calculation of their annual royalty fees. The companies also said they had reached a deal with the government to settle disputed
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks are down only slightly for 2018, but that masks a volatile year for investors. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Trade-related tensions between the United States and China, weakness in
KATOWICE, Poland (Reuters) – Nearly 200 countries overcame political divisions late on Saturday to agree on rules for implementing a landmark global climate deal, but critics say it is not ambitious enough to prevent the dangerous effects of global warming. COP24 President Michal Kurtyka is greeted after adopting the final agreement during a closing session
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