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Man arrested after Sri Lankan cops find bullets & parliamentary passes in house search

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Police are carrying out ongoing searches in the wake of the devastating suicide bomb attacks at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing over 350 people. Read Full Article at RT.com Read More

Café that charged a ‘man tax’ and gave women priority seating is going out of business

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Handsome Her will close its doors after just two years of business amid criticism over its “man tax.” (Handsome...

Secretary Wilson, Gen. Goldfein: Air Force must be bigger, more ready and more lethal

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If the past 20 years of war have shown us anything, it’s that American airpower is indispensable. In every...

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SoftBank invests $125 million in Alphabet venture to put cellphone antennas in the sky

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A SoftBank Corp business seeking to find a way to fly cellphone antennas high in... Read More

Nokia reports surprise first quarter loss, sees pressure in second half

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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia reported a surprise quarterly loss on Thursday, citing hard competition... Read More

Neo-Nazi’s Facebook account left active

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Facebook is investigating after the account of a neo-Nazi who planned to kill an MP remained active despite the... Read More

Huawei: Why UK is at odds with its cyber-allies

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After months of uncertainty, the UK appears set to allow Huawei’s telecoms equipment to be part of the country’s... Read More

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UPDATE 1-UK regulator blocks Sainsbury’s $9.4 bln Asda takeover

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FILE PHOTO: Shopping bags from Asda and Sainsbury’s are seen in Manchester, Britain April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/illustration LONDON... Read More

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares slip; German, Korean data hurt risk appetite

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped to three-week lows on Thursday as a surprise deterioration in German and South... Read More

UPDATE 1-Climate-change protesters target London Stock Exchange and Canary Wharf

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A protester glues her hand to a train during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain April 25, 2019.... Read More

Oxy faces a heavyweight in Anadarko Prize Fight

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By Liam Denning on 4/24/2019 WASHINGTON (Bloomberg Opinion) — Anadarko Petroleum’s executives will be big winners in bidding war.... Read More

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Royal Bank of Scotland CEO McEwan resigns after more than five years

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LONDON (Reuters) – Royal Bank of Scotland plc is searching for a new chief executive after Ross McEwan resigned, signaling a fresh start as it heads for full private ownership after a state bailout. FILE PHOTO: Royal Bank of... Read More

Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank merger talks are expected to fail: source

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FILE PHOTO: Outside view of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Photo...

Panasonic may upgrade Japan plant to make advanced Tesla batteries: source

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FILE PHOTO: Panasonic Corp’s logo is pictured at Panasonic Center in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 2, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO...

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Unseen Clockwork Orange ‘sequel’ by Anthony Burgess unearthed

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A previously unseen manuscript for a follow-up to writer Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange has been unearthed in... Read More

Meet Lazarus, the Malawian musician destroying myths about albinism

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From the crowded streets of Lilongwe, a busker named Lazarus Chigwandali has risen to challenge the myths and superstitions... Read More

Dallas TV star Ken Kercheval dies aged 83

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Ken Kercheval, an actor who played oil tycoon Cliff Barnes on the popular soap opera Dallas, has died at... Read More

Charity ‘Sunshine’ Tillemann-Dick: Opera singer with transplanted lungs dies

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Charity “Sunshine” Tillemann-Dick, a venerated American opera singer who survived two double lung transplants, has died at age 35.... Read More

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Popular homeopathy clinic returns to Norwich with new GP at the helm

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Press Release A charitable clinic offering affordable homeopathy to the people of Norfolk is set to reopen this week... Read More

Sunny Portugal: A gateway to Europe’s medical pot market

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CANTANHEDE, Portugal (Reuters) – Famous for its roasted suckling pig and wines, the Portuguese city of Cantanhede now hosts... Read More

Trump says he is holding big Pharma accountable in opioid fight

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ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump touted progress in the fight against opioid abuse on Wednesday and promised... Read More

No sedentary screen time for babies, WHO says

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Babies and toddlers should not be left to passively watch TV or other screens, according to new World Health... Read More

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Australian robbery suspect uses unusual disguise during heist: cops

CCTV footage showed a man rob a gas station in Australia with a reusable shopping bag over his head, police said. (Queensland Police Department) At least he reuses his bags! An armed robber in Queensland, Australia, raised eyebrows after he appeared to give up on a blue reusable bag he was using to [...]

Swalwell refuses to answer Trump ‘Russian asset’ question despite Mueller report

FILE: Rep. Eric Swalwell speaks during a news conference regarding the separation of immigrant children at the U.S. Capitol. (Alex Edelman/Getty Images) Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., on Wednesday refused to acknowledge that the Mueller Report failed to establish evidence of a criminal conspiracy bet [...]

Blast heard behind court outside Colombo, Sri Lanka

Published time: 25 Apr, 2019 06:31 An explosion took place behind a court not far from Sri Lanka’s largest city, Colombo, four days after the deadly Easter Sunday attacks. No casualties have been reported, a police spokesman told local media. The blast occurred on empty land behind the magistrate co [...]

Panasonic may upgrade Japan plant to make advanced Tesla batteries: source

FILE PHOTO: Panasonic Corp’s logo is pictured at Panasonic Center in Tokyo, Japan, Feb. 2, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp may upgrade one of its battery plants in Japan to produce advanced-format battery cells for Tesla Inc if needed by the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) m [...]

Asian shares slip; German, Korean data hurt risk appetite

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped on Thursday as a surprise deterioration in German and South Korean economic data rekindled fears of slowing global growth, while oil prices pulled back slightly after a sharp run-up earlier in the week. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at an electronic board showing the [...]

Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn to walk free again after posting $4.5 million bail

TOKYO (Reuters) – Former Nissan Motor Chairman Carlos Ghosn was set to walk out of a Japanese detention center for a second time since his arrest last year on financial misconduct charges, after posting the $4.5 million bail set by a Tokyo court on Thursday. FILE PHOTO : Former Nissan Motor Chairman [...]

UPDATE 1-UK regulator blocks Sainsbury’s $9.4 bln Asda takeover

FILE PHOTO: Shopping bags from Asda and Sainsbury’s are seen in Manchester, Britain April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Phil Noble/illustration LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator has blocked Sainsbury’s proposed 7.3 billion pound ($9.4 billion) takeover of Walmart owned Asda – a huge blow to the [...]

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares slip; German, Korean data hurt risk appetite

TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares slipped to three-week lows on Thursday as a surprise deterioration in German and South Korean economic data rekindled fears of slowing global growth, while oil prices pulled back slightly after a sharp run-up earlier in the week. FILE PHOTO: A man looks at an electroni [...]

UPDATE 1-Climate-change protesters target London Stock Exchange and Canary Wharf

A protester glues her hand to a train during the Extinction Rebellion protest in London, Britain April 25, 2019. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez LONDON (Reuters) – Environmental activists glued themselves to the London Stock Exchange and climbed onto the roof of a train at Canary Wharf on the final day of pr [...]

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Fewer Americans seeing crucial Social Security document due to budget cuts

CHICAGO (Reuters) – (The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) FILE PHOTO: A sign is seen on the entrance to a Social Security office in New York City, U.S., July 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo It is one of the most important retirement documents y [...]

Onfido welcomes Kevin Goldsmith as Chief Technology Officer and Thomas Ammirati as Chief Revenue Officer

Former Spotify and ForgeRock execs join Onfido following its recent $50m funding round, as it continues to accelerate into new global markets 18th April 2019, LONDON and SAN FRANCISCO: Global identity verification provider Onfido today announces that Thomas Ammirati and Kevin Goldsmith have joined i [...]

Collapsed hedge fund Columna sues Permira-backed former managers

LONDON (Reuters) – The new managers of Columna Commodities Fund, a Luxembourg hedge fund which went into liquidation in early 2017, have said they are suing its former managers Alter Domus for $56 million in lost assets and fees. Columna, launched in 2013, was a top-performing fund in a stable known [...]

Archrock Announces Quarterly Cash Dividend

HOUSTON, April 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Archrock, Inc. (NYSE: AROC) (“Archrock”) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend of $0.132 per share of common stock, or $0.528 per share on an annualized basis. The dividend will be paid on May 15, 2019 to all stockholders of re [...]

Cenovus reports voting results of election of Directors

CALGARY, Alberta, April 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cenovus Energy Inc. (TSX: CVE) (NYSE: CVE) announced that at its annual meeting of shareholders held on April 24, 2019, each of the 11 nominees proposed as Directors and listed in its Management Information Circular dated March 1, 2019 were elected [...]

Pieridae Energy Announces 2018 Year End Results, Progress Made on Goldboro LNG Project and Board Change

NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR DISSEMINATION IN UNITED STATES CALGARY, Alberta, April 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pieridae Energy Limited (“Pieridae” or the “Corporation”) (PEA – TSXV) released its 2018 financial and operating results today, highlighting the fact it took [...]

SoftBank invests $125 million in Alphabet venture to put cellphone antennas in the sky

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A SoftBank Corp business seeking to find a way to fly cellphone antennas high in the atmosphere to provide internet in underserved areas said on Wednesday it was investing $125 million in an Alphabet Inc spinoff working on the same problem. FILE PHOTO: The logo of SoftBank [...]

Nokia reports surprise first quarter loss, sees pressure in second half

HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finnish telecom network equipment maker Nokia reported a surprise quarterly loss on Thursday, citing hard competition in its core networks business. FILE PHOTO: A Nokia logo is seen at the company’s headquarters in Espoo, Finland, May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins “The slow star [...]

Neo-Nazi’s Facebook account left active

Facebook is investigating after the account of a neo-Nazi who planned to kill an MP remained active despite the company saying it would be deactivated. Last week the social media giant announced a series of far-right Facebook pages would be removed. One of those it named – Jack Renshaw, 23, from Ske [...]

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Press Release A charitable clinic offering affordable homeopathy to the people of Norfolk is set to reopen this week (Thursday 25th April). The clinic, based at The Rowan House Centre in the village of Hethersett, six miles from Norwich, is funded by the British Homeopathic Association (BHA) and ori [...]

Sunny Portugal: A gateway to Europe’s medical pot market

CANTANHEDE, Portugal (Reuters) – Famous for its roasted suckling pig and wines, the Portuguese city of Cantanhede now hosts the country’s first medical cannabis production farm – a budding European hub of efforts to meet growing demand for the flowering herb. A worker smiles as she shows cannabis pl [...]

Trump says he is holding big Pharma accountable in opioid fight

ATLANTA (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump touted progress in the fight against opioid abuse on Wednesday and promised to hold drugmakers accountable for their part in the crisis, a day after his administration brought its first related criminal charges against a major drug distributor and comp [...]

Japan set for average-to-warmer weather in May-July

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan is expected to experience average-to-warmer weather between May and July, the country’s official forecaster said on Wednesday. Eastern Japan, including its most densely populated city Tokyo, has a 30 percent chance of higher-than-average temperatures during the period, the Ja [...]

More than 50 dead in South Africa after heavy rains

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – More than 50 people were killed in southern and eastern parts of South Africa after heavy rains caused flooding and mudslides, authorities said on Wednesday. Rescue workers were digging through collapsed homes and other buildings in coastal areas of KwaZulu-Natal province, w [...]

Philippines’ Duterte says to sail garbage back to Canada

FILE PHOTO: President Rodrigo Duterte speaks after his arrival, from a visit in Israel and Jordan at Davao International airport in Davao City in southern Philippines, September 8, 2018. REUTERS/Lean Daval Jr/File Photo MANILA (Reuters) – Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte berated Canada on Tuesd [...]