How to get high rates to work for you
By Chris Taylor (Reuters) – There is no doubt that higher interest rates are hard on a many people –…
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Elton John gives evidence by videolink at Kevin Spacey’s London trial
By Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) – Singer Elton John appeared by videolink in a London court on Monday to give…
Actress and singer Jane Birkin dies, France loses an ‘icon’
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) -British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in…
Summer-tested Phoenix braves relentless wave of extreme heat
By Sharon Bernstein, Rachel Nostrant and Rich McKay (Reuters) -Michael Shields has serviced swimming pools in the Phoenix area for…
Canada’s ‘Hollywood North’ hurt by twin strikes in US
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Divya Rajagopal (Reuters) – Rare twin strikes by Hollywood actors and film and television writers…
Drag queens compete for top prize in Nicaragua pageant
MANAGUA (Reuters) – In a packed bar in Nicaragua’s capital, Managua, on Friday night, more than 1,000 people gathered to…
She’s 47, anorexic and wants help dying. Canada will soon allow it
By Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Lisa Pauli wants to die. The 47-year-old has wrestled with the eating disorder…
Black Mirror: Actors and Hollywood battle over AI digital doubles
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) -Like a plot from the anthology television series “Black Mirror,” the Screen Actors Guild says it…
‘Pay up!:’ Hollywood actors, writers team on picket lines
By Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Striking Hollywood actors joined film and television writers on picket lines…
Brazilian school awarded UNESCO stamp for efforts to protect the ocean
By Sergio Queiroz RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) – A group of Brazilian school children gleefully remove pieces of plastic and…