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Hidden island uncovered in Antarctica after melting glaciers reveal its shore

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An Antarctic island that was once hidden has been uncovered after glaciers receding due to high temperatures revealed its shore. Polar researchers from the Thwaites Offshore Research (THOR) project saw the island when their ship passed through the area. Thwaites... Read More

Democracy 2020 Digest: Sanders heavy on electability, light on revolution, on eve of SC primary

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COLUMBIA, S.C. – Sen. Bernie Sanders is touting his electability – and is apparently cutting back on his campaign...

Geraldo Rivera blasts ‘scumbag’ critics for ‘exacerbating’ coronavirus fear

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Geraldo Rivera slammed Democrats and members of the media for using the coronavirus outbreak to promote “fear” and hurt President...

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Lyft flags production delays for scooter, bike parts due to coronavirus

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FILE PHOTO: A Lyft Scooter is parked in Washington, U.S., March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Ride hailing... Read More

U.S. moves high-level U.S. meeting on China tech, possible new Huawei curbs to March: sources

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FILE PHOTO: The U.S. flag and a smartphone with the Huawei and 5G network logo are seen on a... Read More

FCC proposes fining U.S. wireless carriers more than $200 mln over consumer location data

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Communications Commission confirmed on Friday it voted to propose fining four major U.S. wireless... Read More

Amazon tells employees to defer all non-essential travel due to coronavirus

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FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August 8, 2018.... Read More

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WRAPUP 3-Cooling consumer spending, inflation put spotlight on Fed amid coronavirus

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending slowed in January and could lose further momentum as the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak,... Read More

U.S. Congress offices advised to set coronavirus contingency operations

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WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – Members of the U.S. House of Representatives on Friday were advised to establish plans... Read More

As stocks plunge on coronavirus, hedge funds can brag: ‘we’re down less!’

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – This week’s stock market plunge on coronavirus worries has given hedge fund managers a rare... Read More

UPDATE 1-Beauty company Coty hires Jimmy Choo boss Denis as CEO

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(Adds analyst comment, background details) Feb 28 (Reuters) – Coty Inc on Friday named Jimmy Choo boss Pierre Denis... Read More

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Oil prices sink to lowest in over a year, biggest weekly drop since 2016

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices slumped for a sixth day in a row on Friday to their lowest in more than a year, causing futures to drop by the most in a week since 2016, as the spread... Read More

S&P 500 drops for seventh day, posts biggest weekly fall since 2008 crisis

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 fell for the seventh straight day on Friday and the benchmark index...

Sanofi to pay $11.9 million to resolve U.S. drug kickback probe

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FILE PHOTO: A Sanofi sign outside the French drugmaker’s Paris headquarters, October 30, 2014. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann//File Photo BOSTON (Reuters)...

Arts

As Coronavirus Escalates, Sotheby’s Relocates Modern and Contemporary Hong Kong Sales to New York

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The Sotheby’s salesroom in New York. PETER FOLEY/EPA-EFE/SHUTTERSTOCK Amid increasingly turbulent conditions in Hong Kong around the spread of... Read More

Sotheby’s to Sell $25M Clyfford Still and Other Major Works from the Collection of Hunk and Moo Anderson

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Clyfford Still,1947-Y-No.1, 1947. Courtesy Sotheby’s. Today Sotheby’s announced that it will sell 26 works of Post-War art from the... Read More

Street Art Sees Solid Results at Artcurial’s Paris Auction

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Artcurial’s Paris Saleroom, February 24, 2020. Artcurial’s Urban and Pop Contemporary auction held in Paris on Sunday saw solid... Read More

The Surreal Illustrations of Micha Huigen

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Micha Huigen’s illustrations dissect and reassemble everyday objects into surreal machines. The artist’s work, both in personal and commissioned... Read More

Lifestyle

Walkout as Polanksi wins ‘best director’ at Césars

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Several actresses have walked out of the César awards ceremony in Paris after Roman Polanski, who was convicted of... Read More

At 97, designer Cardin is still seeking fashion’s next trendsetter

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PARIS (Reuters) – At 97, French couturier Pierre Cardin, who helped give the likes of Jean Paul Gaultier their... Read More

UK’s Prince Harry and Jon Bon Jovi recreate Abbey Road Beatles cover

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and singer Jon Bon Jovi recreated one of the Beatles’ best-known album covers... Read More

Waiter, there’s a fly in my waffle: Belgian researchers try out insect butter

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Dr. Daylan Tzompa Sosa holds a handful of crickets at Ghent University, Belgium February 27, 2020. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir GHENT,... Read More

Health

Coronavirus: Latest patient was first to be infected in UK

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The latest patient diagnosed with the coronavirus in England is the first to catch it in the UK. It... Read More

Lebanon says schools to be closed from Feb. 29-March 8 amid coronavirus: education ministry statement

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FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks walk outside Rafik Hariri hospital, where Lebanon’s first coronavirus case is being quarantined,... Read More

U.S. financial regulators expected to discuss coronavirus Wednesday: sources

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top U.S. regulatory officials are expected to discuss the market and economic implications of a potential... Read More

‘Risk is very high,’ warns WHO, as coronavirus wipes $6 trillion off markets

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GENEVA/BEIJING (Reuters) – The coronavirus spread further on Friday, with cases reported for the first time in six countries... Read More

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Coronavirus panic wipes $6 trillion off world stocks this week

LONDON (Reuters) – Coronavirus panic sent world share markets skidding again on Friday, putting them on course for their worst weekly fall since the 2008 global financial crisis, with almost $6 trillion wiped from their market value so far this week. FILE PHOTO: The London Stock Exchange Group offic [...]

Wall Street set for another big drop as pandemic fears heighten

(Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes were set for another sharp fall at the open on Friday as the rapidly spreading coronavirus outbreak raised the alarm for a possible global recession. Investors are reeling after virus fears wiped nearly $3 trillion off the combined market value of S&P 500 companies [...]

U.S. consumer spending slows in January; income surges

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumer spending rose less than expected in January, a loss of momentum that could be exacerbated by the rapidly spreading coronavirus, which has triggered a sharp stock market sell-off and revived fears of a recession. FILE PHOTO: A vendor counts money at his photograph [...]

Tourist on board coronavirus cruise ship ‘Diamond Princess’ becomes 1st British death from outbreak

A British man who was on board the quarantined cruise ship ‘Diamond Princess’ has died in Japan. It’s the first British death from the illness which is still spreading across the globe. Five other passengers from the vessel have already died from the novel coronavirus, which can cause severe respira [...]

‘I firmly believe in my innocence’: Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang handed EIGHT YEAR ban for breach of anti-doping rules

Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang will miss this summer’s Olympic Games after being banned from the sport for eight years for missing a drug test in 2018, in what was the Chinese swimmer’s second run-in with drug testers. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has co-signed a World Anti-Doping [...]

NFL draft prospect smacked in the face during Scouting Combine ‘gauntlet drill’

The NFL Scouting Combine kicked off in Indianapolis this week, giving prospects across the country a chance to showcase their skills and, for lesser-known players, a chance to make a name for themselves. But one prospect, unfortunately, drew attention for all the wrong reasons when he was smacked in [...]

UPDATE 1-Spirit AeroSystems profit misses on loss tied to 787 jet

(Adds details on the quarter) Feb 28 (Reuters) – Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems reported a lower-than-expected quarterly profit, as it booked a loss related to the 787 Dreamliner program, and said it would not provide a 2020 outlook until the 737 MAX jet is cleared to fly again. Spirit said it r [...]

UPDATE 3-Japan PM triggers uproar with call to close all schools as Hokkaido declares coronavirus emergency

TOKYO (Reuters) – Angry Japanese parents joined bewildered teachers and businesses on Friday in a rush to find new ways to live and work for a month after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s shock call for all schools to close in a bid to stop coronavirus spreading. Elementary school students walk toward th [...]

UPDATE 4-South Korea coronavirus cases surge to 2,337; BTS cancels gigs

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported 571 new coronavirus cases on Friday, its biggest daily increase in infections that takes its total to 2,337, the largest outbreak outside China where the epidemic began late last year. Employees from a disinfection service company sanitize a shopping district i [...]

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BW Offshore: Fourth quarter and full year results 2019

BW Offshore fourth quarter and full year results 2019 HIGHLIGHTS EBITDA of USD 169.4 million and operating cashflow USD 134.6 million for the quarter EBITDA of USD 709.9 million and operating cashflow USD 608.3 million for the full year Extensions signed for Abo FPSO and FPSO Polvo Gross production [...]

SeaBird Exploration: fourth quarter 2019 report

28 February 2020, Limassol, Cyprus SeaBird is pleased to announce its fourth quarter 2019 report. Summary observations for the quarter Revenues of $7.6 million, up 12% from Q4 2018 Utilization of 42%, down from 58% in Q4 2018 Restructuring charge of $1.2 million and a decommissioning and impairment [...]

BW Offshore: fourth quarter and full year results 2019 – Correction*

Matthew Emmott joins Go Inspire Group

(Leicester, 27 February 2020) Matthew Emmott has joined Go Inspire Group, the UK’s leading marketing and communications performance partner, as Development Director specialising in Automated Communications Solutions. Matthew has spent the previous 15 years at ProCo, latterly as Sales Director, a per [...]

Cornerstone to Acquire Saba

Cornerstone to Acquire Saba Navigation Menu RealWire Limited Delivering Relevance, Releasing Influence Press Release Strategic combination will enhance Cornerstone’s reach and accelerate innovation around how people learn and grow at work London. — Feb. 25, 2020 — Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (NASDAQ: [...]

LINX Cardiff Becomes LINX Wales as Regional Internet Exchange Welcome NGD to the Network

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) confirm expansion plans for their regional Internet exchange in Wales as they build out their network into Next Generation Data’s (NGD) world class data centre near Newport. Currently located in the BT Stadium House facility, LINX Cardiff, the regional Internet ex [...]

Navy arms destroyers with new laser weapons

Enemy drones over the ocean could track and surveil U.S. Navy ships, designate targets for aircraft or maritime attacks, or even fire dangerous weapons themselves at surface ships. This reality is one of many key reasons the Navy has now installed a new counter drone “dazzler” laser weapon aboard on [...]

5 ways to stop annoying robocalls

Americans received about 200 million unwanted calls every day in 2019, according to a recentsurvey. The Federal Communications Commission says unwanted calls are its top consumer complaint, but unfortunately, robocalls continue apace in 2020. Here are five strategies to minimize spam and scam calls [...]

Baidu says first-quarter revenue may tumble as coronavirus takes toll on business, advertising

(Reuters) – Baidu Inc, China’s biggest search engine company, said first-quarter revenue could fall as much as 13% from a year earlier as the coronavirus epidemic puts the brakes on economic activity and advertising. FILE PHOTO: Baidu’s logo is pictured at the 2018 Baidu World conference and exhibit [...]

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Nigeria’s first coronavirus case came on flight via Istanbul, went to Ogun state: Lagos health commission

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s first confirmed coronovirus case entered the country on a Turkish Airlines flight that traveled via Istanbul, the Lagos State Commissioner for Health told a news conference on Friday. The man, who traveled from Milan, Italy, and landed on the evening of Feb. 24, spent the [...]

Iran closes schools as coronavirus death toll rises to 34

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran announced on Friday the closure of all schools for three days from Saturday because of concerns about a coronavirus outbreak that has killed 34 people in the country. The Islamic Republic had already canceled Friday prayers in the capitals of 23 of Iran’s 31 provinces because [...]

Scientists find toxic fungus near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Poison Fire Coral fungus is seen in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, in this undated picture obtained from social media. RAY PALMER /via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A highly poisonous fungus, with toxins that c [...]

Trump administration likely to announce details of biofuels deal by Friday: sources

(Reuters) – The Trump administration is expected to announce by Friday details of a U.S. biofuels policy deal to help farmers angry over waivers granted to refiners exempting them from using corn-based ethanol and other biofuels, four sources familiar with the matter said. The White House has held w [...]