SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares managed to cling near multi-month peaks on Thursday while bonds eked out a bounce as reports of delays in sealing a preliminary Sino-U.S. trade deal left investors frustrated at the lack of concrete progress. FILE PHOTO: A man talks on the phone inside the Shanghai Stock Exchange building at the
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a flex of establishment muscle, a slew of former Obama administration officials came out on Wednesday to support Joe Biden’s Democratic U.S. presidential bid at a time when he is fighting to maintain his front-runner status. FILE PHOTO: Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a rally
LA MORA, Mexico (Reuters) – The massacre of nine women and children in northern Mexico could test breakaway Mormon families’ attachment to communities that for decades have been a haven for a way of life shunned by the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Soldiers assigned to National Guard keep watch outside the
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Beretta/Sims/Shutterstock; Nina Westervelt/Shutterstock Get ready to party! One of the music industry’s biggest celebrations is gearing up to happen at the end of this month. The American Music Awards will happen just a few days before Thanksgiving on Nov. 24 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. If you weren’t already excited enough, wait
ABC took viewers on an exciting journey Tuesday night with The Little Mermaid Live! The two-hour telecast had 9 million total viewers and a 2.6 rating in the demo, easily leading the night in adults 18-49, 18-34 (2.0 rating), and 25-54 (3.2 rating). The strong lead-in also helped Emergence leap 35% in the demo to
Midway (2019) Synopsis MIDWAY centers on the Battle of Midway, a clash between the American fleet and the Imperial Japanese Navy which marked a pivotal turning point in the Pacific Theater during WWII. Read Full Synopsis
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices slipped on Wednesday after a much larger build in U.S. crude inventories than expected and weak euro zone economic figures that weighed on demand sentiment, reversing gains from the previous three sessions. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S. February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford Brent
(Reuters) – Voters in Kansas City, Missouri, have reversed a decision by city leaders to name a street after slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr, in a contest both sides characterized as being sparked by citizen disenfranchisement, not racial prejudice. FILE PHOTO: Martin Luther King Jr. speaks after meeting with President Lyndon B.
We might be going out on a limb by saying this, but it’s not as hard to come up with gift ideas for women as you might think (or as the frantic Google search that led you here might suggest). If you’re a man who likes living on the edge, you could blindly ransack the
Nia Jax doesn’t feel like herself right now. On Tuesday’s all-new Total Divas, the WWE superstar revealed she was struggling amid a painful health crisis. During last week’s episode, Jax learned that her overwhelming knee pain was due to a missing ACL graft. “I got an MRI on my knee and it turns out that
Season 17’s Knockouts came to a close on NBC’s The Voice on Tuesday night. The top 20 artists who advanced from this round will compete in the Live Playoffs, starting next week. Taylor Swift was once again on hand to help prep singers alongside coaches Blake Shelton, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson and Gwen Stefani. Shelton
10 minutes ago Warning: SPOILERS for Terminator: Dark Fate are in play. If you want to remain unspoiled and haven’t seen the film yet, please back out of this story and come back once you’re current. Throughout the history of the Terminator franchise, John Connor has been a key figure to the survival of humanity,
(Reuters) – U.S. Democrats scored an upset victory in Kentucky on Tuesday over a Republican governor backed by President Donald Trump and seized control of the state legislature in Virginia, where anti-Trump sentiment in the suburbs remained a potent force. The outcomes of Tuesday’s elections in four states, including Mississippi and New Jersey, could offer
SEOUL (Reuters) – Oil prices fell on Wednesday, pulled down by a larger-than-expected build-up in U.S. crude stocks, after gaining for three straight sessions on expectations of an easing of in U.S.-China trade tensions. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S. February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford Brent crude futures LCOc1 were
WELLINGTON (Reuters) – A British backpacker was allegedly strangled to death by a man she met on Tinder, prosecutors told a New Zealand court on Wednesday, in a case that has shocked the Pacific nation. Grace Millane, 22, who was traveling after finishing university, went missing in Auckland on Dec. 1. Police found her body