By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – Two years after screening an internationally acclaimed documentary on the democracy movement in Hong Kong, director Kiwi Chow has been forced to complete a new movie with fresh financing after political concerns scared off some investors. The fears spiked after Hong Kong adopted a new censorship law in…
BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s economy is projected to grow 3.9% this year, up from a previous forecast of 3.6%, helped by private consumption growth and a recovery in tourism, the World Bank said on Wednesday. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy expanded 2.6% in 2022, when its tourism sector began to rebound after broad pandemic-related travel curbs…
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -British-born actor Julian Sands, best known for his role in the Oscar-celebrated film “A Room with a View,” was confirmed dead on Tuesday, five months after he went missing while out for a hike in snow-covered mountains of Southern California. He was 65. Mostly skeletal human remains discovered by…
By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) – One in seven people in the United Kingdom faced hunger last year because they did not have enough money, according to a report published on Wednesday by food bank charity the Trussell Trust. It said this equates to 11.3 million people, more than double the population of Scotland, and…
By Tom Hals WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The Walt Disney Co board did not act negligently when it criticized a sexual identity bill signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Delaware judge ruled on Tuesday, in a case the judge said was improperly directed by a conservative legal group. The ruling by Lori Will of…
By Farouq Suleiman LONDON (Reuters) – A portrait of an unnamed woman by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt sold for 85.3 million pounds ($108.4 million) on Tuesday, setting a new record price for any work of art sold at an auction in Europe, London-based auction house Sotheby’s said. The painting, which had been given a guide…
By Greg Bensinger SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Arguing for the government on Tuesday in its legal fight against Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy game maker Activision Blizzard, Harvard economist Robin Lee struggled at times to plainly demonstrate how the planned deal would hurt gamers. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked a federal judge…
By Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “American Idol” TV show host Ryan Seacrest said on Tuesday he will be the new host of “Wheel of Fortune” beginning in 2024, after Pat Sajak retires and ends his four-decade run on the daily syndicated U.S. game show. “I’m truly humbled to be stepping into the footsteps…
By Dawn Chmielewski, Danielle Broadway and Sachin Ravikumar LOS ANGELES/GLASTONBURY, England (Reuters) – Call it Beyflation. Or maybe Swiftflation. The cost of certain goods is retreating in some places, but that doesn’t include live music. Concert tickets have surged in price, to the point where economists are noticing. Fans are shelling out a fortune for…
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Copenhagen (Reuters) – The European Commission wants all planned regulations requiring fashion companies to produce clothes in a more sustainable way to be in place by 2028, the EU environment commissioner said on Tuesday. The Commission is looking to tackle textile consumption in Europe, which has the fourth highest impact on the…
