By Ismail Shakil and Steve Gorman OTTAWA (Reuters) -Presumed human remains and debris from the tourist submersible crushed to pieces in an undersea implosion that killed all five people aboard were recovered from the ocean bottom and brought ashore to Canada on Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The possible remains and shattered bits of…
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – The 193 member states of the United Nations’ cultural agency are expected to back the United States’ return to the organisation almost five years after then-President Donald Trump withdrew over accusations of anti-Israel bias and mismanagement. The Paris-based agency, founded in the ashes of World War Two to protect…
LONDON (Reuters) – Soaring inflation has hit the finances of the British royals, pushing up expenditure, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday, as it revealed King Charles had ordered the heating in royal homes to be turned down to cut emissions. The annual Sovereign Grant report, which details the royals’ taxpayer-funded spending and income, detailed that…
By Casey Hall SHANGHAI (Reuters) – When tech giant Apple joined China’s livestreaming frenzy, a major driving force of the e-commerce boom in the world’s second biggest economy, it launched without deep discounts or a celebrity host to pull millions of viewers. Yet Apple’s show, hosted by product experts offering tips on making movies with…
By Greg Bensinger and Diane Bartz SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The leaders of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard on Wednesday sought to allay antitrust concerns that a proposed $69 billion merger of the two companies would unlawfully concentrate power, with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella saying that making Activision games exclusive would make “no strategic sense.” The Federal…
By Leah Douglas (Reuters) – Food insecurity is rising in the U.S. as the end of pandemic-era aid and higher food costs strain low-income Americans, according to data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau and two surveys from anti-hunger groups. About 26.5 million Americans reported sometimes or often not having enough to eat…
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Before Hollywood writers walked off the job in early May, Pam Elyea’s prop house History for Hire filled an average of 53 requests per week for everything from period-appropriate cameras and luggage to camping gear and snow globes. Weekly orders this year now average 26…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China agreed to consider expanding commercial flights between the two countries to improve people-to-people contact, the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, Daniel Kritenbrink, said on Wednesday. He told a Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank event in Washington that the countries agreed…
HAVANA (Reuters) – The defense ministers of Cuba and Russia discussed the development of joint “technical military” projects this week at a meeting in Moscow, according to media reports and Russia’s defense ministry, just days after mercenaries marched towards the Russian capital. The longtime political allies – both subject to U.S. sanctions – have sharply…
LONDON (Reuters) – Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey appeared in a London court on Wednesday at the start of his four-week trial on a dozen sex offence charges. Spacey, 63, denies allegations of historic offences committed against four men which are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2013. The charges against Spacey include repeated…
