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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, wi...
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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 does...
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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...
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'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 dra...
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'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 rege...
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National Sports
MLB roundup: Phillies' Aaron Nola blanks Mets
Aaron Nola retired the first 15 batters he faced on his way to a dominant four-hitter, leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a...
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Basketball-Clark ready to shake off disappointing debut defeat
By Amy Tennery UNCASVILLE, Connecticut (Reuters) - Caitlin Clark is ready to put her WNBA debut in the rear view mirror, afte...
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Boxing-Ring announcer quits after backlash to wrong winner call
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The American ring announcer who called out the wrong winner after a women's WBA title fight in Australia l...
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Basketball-Sun cool Fever in Clark's WNBA debut
By Amy Tennery UNCASVILLE, Conn. (Reuters) - The Connecticut Sun dimmed the spotlight on Caitlin Clark in her Women's Nationa...
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Thunder set to push Mavericks to brink of elimination
Top-seeded and playing like it again, the Oklahoma City Thunder have stacked the odds in their favor as they head into Game 5...
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World
Blinken says Israel needs a clear and concrete plan for Gaza's future
By Simon Lewis KYIV (Reuters) - Israel needs a clear and concrete plan for the future of Gaza where it faces the potential fo...
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Russian strikes injure at least 17 in Ukraine's south
(Reuters) - Russian airstrikes on Ukraine's southern cities of Mykolaiv and Kherson injured at least 17 people, local officia...
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India grants citizenship to first batch of 14 refugees under controversial law
By Sakshi Dayal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India granted citizenship on Wednesday to a first batch of 14 people under a controvers...
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Estonia parliament backs using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine reparations
By Andrius Sytas TALLINN (Reuters) - Estonia's parliament has approved a proposal allowing the use of frozen Russian assets t...
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Who is 'The Fly', the French gangster on the run after a prison van assault?
PARIS (Reuters) - Hundreds of police are scouring northern France for Mohamed Amra, a fugitive known as "The Fly" w...
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Business
Brazil's central bank fully committed to 3% inflation target, governor says
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Wednesday that the monetary authority is committ...
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Netflix nears deal for NFL games, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Netflix is finalizing a deal to buy exclusive rights to stream two National Football League (NFL) games on Christm...
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Exclusive-Bank of America banker who died had sought to leave, citing long hours, recruiter says
By Milana Vinn NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 35-year-old Bank of America investment banker who died from a blood clot earlier this...
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Canadian home sales fell 1.7% in April, CREA data shows
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian home sales declined 1.7% in April from March, and were up 10.1% on an annual basis, data from the...
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BlackRock executive pay wins only narrow support from shareholders
(Reuters) - Asset manager BlackRock on Wednesday said only about 58% of advisory votes cast at its annual meeting supported t...
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Politics
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 Re...
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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...
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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 Trum...
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US House Republican Carol Miller defeats primary challenger, Edison projects
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republican Carol Miller in a Tuesday primary defeated a challenger who had pleaded guilty t...
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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 congressio...
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Health
WHO prequalifies new dengue vaccine
(Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday that it had prequalified Takeda Pharmaceuticals' dengue vac...
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Imperial Brands CEO: U.S. menthol cigarette ban likely years away
LONDON (Reuters) - The outcome of moves to ban menthol cigarettes in the United States remains uncertain but implementation w...
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Getinge limits sale of heart devices in the US after FDA warning
(Reuters) - Sweden's Getinge will limit sales of some of its heart products in the U.S., the medical equipment maker said lat...
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Roche says FDA approves HPV self-test in US
BERLIN (Reuters) - Swiss drugmaker Roche on Wednesday said the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its human p...
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Taiwan says WHO should let it attend all its meetings
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu called on the World Health Organization on Wednesday to allow the island...
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Science
Blue Origin to resume space tourist flights after near 2-year pause
(Reuters) - Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin will resume flights to space on Sunday, ending a near two-year pause of crewed oper...
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Boeing Starliner's crew debut delayed again over spacecraft issue
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing's first Starliner mission carrying humans to space was delayed to May 21 over ...
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For elephants, like people, greetings are a complicated affair
By Will Dunham (Reuters) - People greet each other in a variety of ways. They might say "hello," "guten tag,&q...
May 13, 2024
New breast cancer genes found in women of African ancestry, may improve risk assessment
By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) - Twelve breast cancer genes identified in women of African ancestry in a large study published on M...
May 13, 2024
Musk sees fourth flight of SpaceX's Starship in 3-5 weeks
(Reuters) -SpaceX's Starship rocket, a futuristic vehicle designed to eventually carry astronauts to the moon and beyond, wil...
May 11, 2024
Technology
AI could bring 50 billion euro benefit to Italian companies, Accenture study shows
ROME (Reuters) - Italian companies could increase the added value they create by about 50 billion euros ($54.30 billion) by 2...
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Veon teams up with partners to bridge online 'AI language gap'
(Reuters) - Telecom company Veon, mobile operator Beeline Kazakhstan, the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the GSMA lobby ...
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Cerebras Systems, Aleph Alpha to supply AI to German military
By Max A. Cherney (Reuters) - Silicon Valley firm Cerebras Systems on Wednesday said it will supply a supercomputing system t...
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Wallet recovery firms buzz as locked-out crypto investors panic in bitcoin boom
By Ankika Biswas and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) - The recent surge in bitcoin prices has the phones at crypto wallet recovery...
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SK Innovation considering sale of battery materials unit SKIET, paper reports
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's SK Innovation is considering selling its subsidiary SK IE Technology (SKIET) to restructure i...
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Entertainment
Netflix nears deal for NFL games, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) -Netflix is finalizing a deal to buy exclusive rights to stream two National Football League (NFL) games on Christm...
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Gayle King, Kate Upton model for 60th Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Journalist Gayle King, plus-sized model Hunter McGrady and returning stars Chrissy Teigen and Kate Up...
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Sony rethinking its bid for Paramount, CNBC reports
(Reuters) - Sony Pictures is rethinking its bid for Paramount Global, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources, sending the s...
19h ago
Factbox-Cannes 2024: Who are the jury members presided by Greta Gerwig?
CANNES (Reuters) - Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d'Or, the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, is being on the jur...
May 14, 2024
Director Mohammad Rasoulof flees Iran ahead of Cannes premiere
CANNES (Reuters) - Mohammad Rasoulof, a celebrated Iranian director whose latest film is competing in the Cannes Film Festiva...
May 13, 2024