Month: October 2019

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australia’s flag carrier Qantas (QAN.AX) completed on Sunday a nonstop test flight from New York to Sydney, researching how the world’s longest potential commercial airplane journey of nearly 20 hours would impact pilots, crew and passengers. FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen near Qantas Airways, Australia’s national carrier, Boeing 737-800 aircraft on the
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(Reuters) – An ugly war of words broke out among Democrats on Friday, as Representative Tulsi Gabbard responded angrily to broad hints by Hillary Clinton, the party’s 2016 presidential nominee, that Gabbard was being “groomed” to disrupt the 2020 election as a third-party candidate. FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks during the
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(Reuters) – Post-tropical cyclone Nestor made landfall in Florida on Saturday afternoon, bringing tornadoes that downed trees and shredded roofs in Gulf Coast towns and a storm surge that washed over streets. Nestor was downgraded from a tropical storm, its sustained winds decreasing to 45 miles per hour (72 kph) as it reached Florida’s St.
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(Photo: Courtesy of Maggie’s Toronto Sex Workers Action Project) When Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected to a majority government four years ago, sex workers and sex workers’ advocates hoped change was coming. The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (PCEPA), enacted by the Conservatives in 2014, was heavily criticized by advocates and workers for criminalizing
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Cyrano, My Love Synopsis December 1897, Paris. Edmond Rostand has not written anything for two years. In desperation, he offers the great Constant Coquelin a new play, a heroic comedy, in verse, for the holidays. There’s one problem: it is not written yet. Read Full Synopsis
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LONDON (Reuters) – Anti-Brexit protesters on Saturday used a bizarre array of humor to lampoon Britain’s leaders, casting Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s chief adviser as a manipulating devil behind a divorce that was the work of a privileged few. Figures depicting Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his special advisor Dominic Cummings are displayed during
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A HNA Group logo is seen on the building of HNA Plaza in Beijing, China February 9, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s indebted HNA Group has appointed its chairman’s son as president as part of business restructuring at the finance-to-aviation conglomerate, Chinese financial magazine Caixin reported on its website on Saturday. Chen Xiaofeng,
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