(Reuters) – Sphere Entertainment said on Monday it was launching Sphere Studios in Hollywood to create immersive film content for its entertainment venue, Sphere, in Las Vegas. The live entertainment and media firm said filmmakers would work with Hollywood directors and producers at Sphere Studios to create multi-sensory films that would appear exclusively in Sphere…
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India has imposed a limit on the amount of wheat stocks traders can hold in an effort to bring down prices, food secretary Sanjeev Chopra told reporters on Monday. The world’s second biggest wheat producer will also provide 1.5 million tonnes of wheat to bulk consumers such as flour millers, as part…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said he would like to see Tunisia present a revised reform plan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), adding that it is clear Tunisia needs additional assistance. “We very much would welcome the Tunisian government presenting a revised reform plan to the IMF and for…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has asked Mexico to review whether workers at a denim garment factory in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes are being denied the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Monday. U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the request regarding a garment…
By Erikas Mwisi Kambale BENI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -More than 45 civilians were killed in a militia attack on a camp for displaced people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province early on Monday, the United Nation’s peacekeeping mission said. The Cooperative for the Development of the Congo (CODECO) group, one of…
By Emilio Parodi, Elvira Pollina and Alvise Armellini MILAN (Reuters) -Silvio Berlusconi, the billionaire media mogul and former Italian prime minister who transformed the nation’s politics with polarising policies and often alarmed his allies with his brazen remarks, died on Monday aged 86. Berlusconi, Italy’s longest-serving premier who counted Russian President Vladimir Putin as a…
MILAN (Reuters) – Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy’s largest media company and led AC Milan to international soccer glory before transforming the political landscape, died aged 86. Here are some reactions to the news of his death: GIORGIA MELONI, ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER “Silvio Berlusconi was above all a…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday said he told Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador last week any decision to reinstate the country’s air safety rating would not be based on politics. “The rating as I emphasized to the president is a safety decision. It’s independent of any economic,…
By Karen Freifeld (Reuters) -The Biden administration on Monday added 43 entities to an export control list, including Frontier Services Group Ltd, a security and aviation company previously run by Erik Prince, for training Chinese military pilots and other activities that threaten U.S. national security. The Test Flying Academy of South Africa, a flight school…
(This June 10 story has been corrected to say that Pete Buttigieg is the first openly LGBTQ U.S. Cabinet secretary confirmed by lawmakers, in paragraph 3) By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday hosted the largest Pride celebration in White House history, calling for new measures to protect the rights…
