WASHINGTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - The White House defended its new regulations opening up business activity with Cuba on Friday as advancing U.S. interests in the region and empowering the Cuban people, something it said five decades of economic embargo failed to do.
Marc Jacobs transforms the historic Ziegfeld Theater, with models donning sailor suits, sequined dresses and American flag motifs showcasing his spring 2016 collection on the final day of New York Fashion Week. Rough Cut - no reporter narration
Marc Jacobs transforms the historic Ziegfeld Theater, with models donning sailor suits, sequined dresses and American flag motifs showcasing his spring 2016 collection on the final day of New York Fashion Week. Rough Cut - no reporter narration
MARIDI, South Sudan (AP) — An official says the death toll from a fuel tanker explosion in a rural South Sudanese state has reached 183. Commissioner Wilson Thomas Yanga of Maridi County, in the state of Western Equatoria, said Friday that at least 60 more people are unaccounted for. A tanker carrying petrol overturned […]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bringing American chess champion Bobby Fischer's story to the big screen posed a challenge for the filmmakers of "Pawn Sacrifice." How would they make a film about chess visually compelling?
David Cameron is “living on borrowed time” and driving support for independence by alienating people living in Scotland, the country’s First Minister has said.
Britain's youngest MP has two main obsessions: Scottish independence and the Titanic.
Sept 18 (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms cut oil rigs for a third week in a row this week, data showed on Friday, a sign the latest crude price weakness was causing drillers to put on hold plans announced several months ago to return to the well pad.
RALEIGH, N.C. — It sounds like North Carolina Republican legislative leaders are ready to move all 2016 primaries — not just the presidential election — to mid-March.
As we so often discuss in this column, there is a cause and effect. The tactics dictate the outcome. Just when you think there is no way for a smaller team to get past those who have spent a fortune, someone finds a new method.
BOSTON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Florida pension officials said Friday they have voted 21.7 million shares of Bank of America Corp stock "against" bylaw changes that allowed the bank to combine its chairman and chief executive roles.
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WIGGINS -- Abigail Osteen, surrounded by her family Friday, she remembered her mom, slain Gautier resident Amy Prentiss. Osteen recalled a beloved mother, sister and granddaughter who shared with her…
Читать дальше...BRIGHTON, England, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Japan want to put an end to being no more than "a training run" for top tier nations at the Rugby World Cup, starting with Saturday's Pool B match against twice champions South Africa, said coach Eddie Jones.
SINGAPORE, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Formula One world championship leader Lewis Hamilton was unhappy with track changes at the Singapore Grand Prix on Friday as he and his Mercedes team mate Nico Rosberg endured an uncharacteristically tough day in practice.
My friend and fellow meteorologist Frank, who works for AccuWeather in Pennsylvania and his wife Heather were in town, so I asked them to come out for #DinnerOnDave with me. I took them to a family restaurant that’s been in business on Sullivan's Island for 27 years, Sullivan’s.
A refugee family from Damascus has swapped the hell of Syria’s brutal civil war for the comfort and safety of a flat in the Vatican as guests of Pope Francis. The family of four are the first beneficiaries of the Catholic leader’s determination that the Church should take a lead in shaping Europe’s response […]
A storm roiling its way across Florida into the Atlantic Ocean is gaining strength, and forecasters Friday improved the chance of it becoming a tropical system.
DSK Motowheels, today announced the launch of an exclusive showroom for the Italian superbiking brand Benelli in Kochi. The state-of-the-art showroom is situated in a plush locale at Marikar Buildings, 20/7B, Changampuzha Nagar PO, Kalamassery, showcasing the entire range of DSK Benelli superbikes available in India, under the dealership of ‘Marikar Engineers Pvt Ltd’. Located […]
Читать дальше...General Motors agreed to pay $900 million to fend off criminal prosecution over the deadly ignition-switch scandal, striking a deal that brought criticism down on the Justice Department for not bringing charges against...
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Oil trader Andy Hall, a well known market bull, put his fund into the black in August after a late rally in crude helped him stave off a fourth straight monthly loss, performance data from the firm showed on Friday.
Sept 18 (Reuters) - Oil trader Andy Hall, a well known market bull, put his fund into the black in August after a late rally in crude helped him stave off a fourth straight monthly loss, performance data from the firm showed on Friday.
Lindsay Brooks has been promoted to director of sales at St. Jude Farms. Previously, she was an account representative. She has a bachelor’s degree in English, history and sociology from West Virginia University.
SINGAPORE, Sept 18 (Reuters) - American Alexander Rossi made an inauspicious start to his first Formula One grand prix weekend as a race driver when he crashed during Friday's opening practice in Singapore.
ATHENS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - According to most of the two dozen-plus opinion polls published in Greece this month, Sunday's national election contest between Alexis Tsipras' leftist Syriza and Vangelis Meimarakis' conservative New Democracy will go down to the wire.