Biden says he'll debate Trump twice: 'Make my day'
By Doina Chiacu and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was willing to debate Republican presidential rival Donald Trump twice before the Nov. 5 election but would not take part in the traditional televised ...
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For Cannes film market, conditions ripe for success after early pandemic years
CANNES (Reuters) - All the elements are in place for a successful Cannes film market after several subdued pandemic years, with a record line-up tempting buyers who are counting on a vibrant international market to eclipse weakness in the United St...
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Pink Floyd drummer open to reunion but says no appetite for one
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) - Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason would be open to the idea of a reunion gig but he doesn't see any appetite for one among his feuding, now elderly bandmates, he said on Tuesday. The legendary English rock group...
May 15, 2024
Rap-battling street violinist breaks boundaries in Brazil
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Maria Luiza Kaluzny thought that to become a successful violinist she would need to leave her working-class neighborhood on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil's biggest metropolis, and play classical mus...
May 15, 2024
'Back to Black' brings Amy Winehouse story to big screen
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Sam Taylor-Johnson didn't want her 2024 biographical drama film about the late British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse to be too similar to the 2015 Oscar-winning documentary by A...
May 15, 2024
'Bridgerton' Season 3 dives into friends-to-lovers romance
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton were preparing to film Season 3 of the regency era romance series "Bridgerton," they knew they were going from supporting characters to main characters. And it was sc...
May 15, 2024
Japan starts energy talks to balance supply risks with net zero goal
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's industry ministry kicked off talks on Wednesday to craft the next basic energy plan, a key long-term strategy for the resource-poor country aimed at balancing energy security and decarbonisation to achieve carbon neutralit...
May 15, 2024
Six big moments from Michael Cohen's Trump trial testimony
By Luc Cohen and Jack Queen NEW YORK (Reuters) - Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen testified at the former U.S. president's criminal trial this week, asserting he had Trump's "signoff" to buy a porn star's silence and undergoing a cross-ex...
May 15, 2024
Biden speaks at police memorial in bid to shore up support as unions endorse Trump
By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will address a large gathering of police officers on Wednesday as he tries to prevent rival Donald Trump from capturing high-profile endorsements from their unions in the coming weeks. The speech a...
May 15, 2024
China says 'bullying' tariff hike shows that some in US have lost their minds
BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S. move to raise tariffs on Chinese goods is a case of "typical bullying" and "shows that some people in the United States have reached the point of losing their minds," China's foreign minister said on Wednesday. "The U....
May 15, 2024
Jury may be chosen for US Senator Menendez's corruption trial
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jurors could be seated as soon as Wednesday to determine whether Robert Menendez, New Jersey's senior senator, broke the law in what federal prosecutors called a years-long bribery scheme to benefit Egypt's ...
May 15, 2024
France sees maize area up nearly 10% in shift to spring crops
PARIS (Reuters) - France's grain maize area will jump by nearly 10% this year as farmers shift to spring varieties after heavy rain hit winter crops, the farm ministry forecast on Wednesday. In its first projection on 2024 maize planting, the minis...
May 15, 2024
US senators unveil AI policy roadmap, seek government funding boost
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, called on Wednesday for a big jump in government research funding of artificial intelligence as they debate new legal safeguard...
May 15, 2024
Mona Lisa's mysterious background decrypted by art-loving geologist
By Alex Fraser LECCO, Italy (Reuters) - Over 500 years after Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, an academic believes she has unravelled the mystery about the backdrop to one of the world's most famous works of art. Art historians have long de...
May 15, 2024
More than half of Zimbabwean population will need food aid, cabinet says
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) - More than half of Zimbabwe's population will need food aid this year following a devastating drought that led to widespread crop failure as humanitarian organisations seek funding to save many from hunger, the ...
May 15, 2024
China calls for stepped-up energy-efficiency plans to meet targets
By Colleen Howe BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state planner has ordered provinces to develop energy-efficiency plans for entities accounting for about 70% of consumption and carbon emissions by 2025-end, according to a notice, to meet targets that ha...
May 15, 2024
Algeria to produce 3.7 million cubic meters of desalinated water per day by end of 2024
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria will produce 3.7 million cubic meters per day of desalinated water by the end of 2024, which will cover 42% of the needs of the population estimated at 47 million, the CEO of Algerian Energy Company (AEC) Mohamed Boutabb...
May 15, 2024
Taiwan drag queens bring their glamour to presidential office celebrating RuPaul win
By Ben Blanchard TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind celebrated last month's win on RuPaul's Drag Race by staging a riotous, emotional performance at Taiwan's presidential office on Wednesday in front of President Tsai Ing-wen. Tsa...
May 15, 2024
Indonesia searches for 35 still missing in deadly Sumatra floods
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The search for 35 people who are still missing from flash floods and mud slides in Indonesia's West Sumatra province continued on Wednesday, authorities said, as the death toll from the weekend disaster rose to 58. Heavy rain on...
May 15, 2024
Kenya Red Cross says responding to landslide in area in centre of country
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya Red Cross said personnel are responding to a landslide that left several people unaccounted for in a region in the central part of the country where there has been heavy rain. The landslide occurred in Kimende Escarpment, ...
May 15, 2024
Miniature poodle Sage fetches top prize at Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
By Eduardo Munoz NEW YORK (Reuters) - A miniature poodle named Sage was crowned "Best in Show" on Tuesday at the 148th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, fetching the grand prize in the most prestigious competition among pure-bred canines in ...
May 15, 2024
US Capitol riot's shadow looms over Maryland, West Virginia primaries
By Makini Brice and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than three years have passed since former President Donald Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, trying to overturn his election defeat, but the event will play a ...
May 15, 2024
US State Dept moves $1 billion weapons aid for Israel to congressional review, official says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has moved a $1 billion package of weapons aid for Israel into the congressional review process, two U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The latest weapons package includes tank rounds, mortars and armore...
May 15, 2024
Wing of Trump's plane hit a corporate jet at West Palm Beach airport, source says
(Reuters) - The wing of former U.S. President Donald Trump's plane, a Boeing 757, hit a corporate jet while taxiing at West Palm Beach International Airport on Sunday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. The Trump campaign di...
May 15, 2024
US says Boeing breached 2021 deferred prosecution 737 MAX agreement
(Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department said late on Tuesday that Boeing Co had breached its obligations in a 2021 agreement that shielded the planemaker from criminal prosecution over fatal 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. The Justice Department ...
May 14, 2024