By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Here is a timeline of former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll’s civil lawsuit accusing former U.S. President Donald Trump of rape and defamation, which goes to trial on Tuesday. June 2019 – Carroll publishes an excerpt from her memoir, “What Do We Need Men For? A Modest…
By Priyamvada C (Reuters) – U.S. hotel operators are expected to post a rise in first-quarter profit even as they pour in money to lure travelers to make bookings directly through their websites, instead of turning to travel agencies. While bookings have been getting a boost from increased business and leisure travel, the investments hotels…
By Michael Holden and Sam Tobin LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince William settled a phone-hacking claim against Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspaper arm for a “huge sum” after a secret deal struck with Buckingham Palace, the heir’s younger brother Prince Harry said in court documents. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, is suing Murdoch’s News Group…
By Hyunsu Yim (Reuters) -Netflix Inc said on Tuesday it will invest $2.5 billion in South Korea over the next four years to produce Korean TV series, movies and unscripted shows, doubling its investment in the market since 2016. The U.S. streaming service made the announcement after a meeting between South Korean President Yoon Suk…
By Alicia Powell and Danielle Broadway NEW YORK (Reuters) – Months after his departure from “The Daily Show” in late 2022, comedian Trevor Noah won a Webby Award for comedy in the “America’s Door Problem” segment of the late-night talk show, in which he pushes for gun control and criticizes policymakers’ response to mass shootings….
By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Ranika Jaiswal’s family in Varanasi has boasted a string of officials in India’s ruling BJP party over the last four decades. Now she wants a piece of the action. “Three generations of my family, all men, have been with the party. But now it’s changing – as a…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Here are some facts about the civil lawsuit going to trial on Tuesday brought by former Elle magazine advice columnist E. Jean Carroll against former U.S. President Donald Trump, whom she accuses of rape. TRUMP ACCUSED OF RAPE Carroll has accused Trump of having sexually assaulted her in…
By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) – Leading South Korean and U.S. companies announced billions of dollars in investments, joint ventures and other plans on Tuesday, as President Yoon Suk Yeol kicked off a state visit to Washington. Yoon, who calls himself “the No. 1 salesman” for South Korea, has made business deals and “sales diplomacy”…
By Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) – When Pope Francis visited Hungary two years ago, Roma pilgrim Csaba Kovesi, accompanied by a cross blessed by Francis and Pope John Paul II, drove around the country calling on people to travel to Budapest to see him. Now Kovesi is on a repeat mission, driving a pick-up resembling…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Comic actor Richard Lewis, a longtime regular on the HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” says he is under a doctor’s care for Parkinson’s disease but that despite giving up his standup act “everything is cool” as he focuses on writing and acting. Lewis, 75, disclosed his diagnosis in a brief video…
