LONDON (Reuters) – The pursuit of perfection in tennis has proved beyond all but one player in the modern era, Germany’s Steffi Graf. FILE PHOTO: Germany’s Steffi Graf and her husband Andre Agassi of the U.S. are pictured during their mixed doubles exhibition tennis match against Czech Republic’s Jiri Novak and Jana Novotna in Prague
Month: June 2020
(Reuters) – State investigators in both California and Washington are examining Amazon’s business practices, two newspapers reported, citing people familiar with the matter. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen in Lauwin-Planque, northern France, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol The inquiries focus at least in part on how Amazon treats sellers in its online
BEIJING (Reuters) – A district of Beijing was on a “wartime” footing and the capital banned tourism on Saturday after a cluster of novel coronavirus infections centred around a major wholesale market sparked fears of a new wave of COVID-19. People are wearing face masks inside the Jingshen seafood market which has been closed for
FILE PHOTO: A logo of CVS Health is displayed on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shortly after the opening bell in New York, U.S., December 5, 2017. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (Reuters) – Drugstore chain CVS Health Corp (CVS.N) joined Walmart Inc (WMT.N) in announcing it will stop keeping beauty and
(Reuters) – The top U.S. infectious disease official on Friday cautioned that the “blips” of rising coronavirus hospitalizations being reported by some states could get out of control if robust contact tracing regimes are not put in place. As restrictions on economic activity are lifted, the United States was bound to see increased infections, Anthony
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he would shift the date of an Oklahoma rally from June 19th, the date of the “Juneteenth” holiday, to June 20th out of respect for a day commemorating the end of U.S. slavery. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is applauded as he attends a
(Reuters) – Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on Friday unveiled what he called a “blueprint” for enabling energy extraction, mining, grazing and logging in federal forests by speeding up environmental reviews and permitting. FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue holds a U.S. flag-themed face mask while speaking about the nation?s food supply chain during
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his speech to the Global Vaccine Summit (GAVI) via Zoom from the White Room of 10 Downing Street in London, Britain June 4, 2020. Andrew Parsons/10 Downing Street via REUTERS (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing a cabinet backlash over plans to suspend Sunday
CAMDEN, N.J. (Reuters) – Zsakhiem James, a police captain in Camden, New Jersey – once considered the most dangerous city in the United States – sees every encounter with a resident as an opportunity to build “social currency” to prevent or solve a future crime. Police Lieutenant Commander Zsakhiem James speaks with local pharmacy manager
FILE PHOTO: Tencent Music Entertainment celebrates the company’s IPO at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., December 12, 2018. REUTERS/Bryan R Smith/File Photo (Reuters) – China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group on Friday reported a 5.2% passive stake in Class A shares of Warner Music Group Corp, about a week after the
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Chicago brokers and traders worry the novel coronavirus will kill more of the city’s once famous shout-and-gesture trading pits. FILE PHOTO: Men enter the CME Group offices in New York, U.S., October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid CME Group (CME.O), which owns the Chicago Board of Trade, said this week that most of
Gay married couple Dawid Mycek (35) and Jakub Kwiecinski (38), who were featured in an advert for Durex condoms along with straight couples, embrace as they pose for a photograph in Hel, Poland June 11, 2020. Picture taken June 11, 2020. REUTERS/Matej Leskovsek WARSAW (Reuters) – For Jakub Kwiecinski, a ban by Poland’s public broadcaster
FILE PHOTO – A view of an empty hall at Beirut’s international airport as Lebanon temporarily shuts down the airport, after declaring a medical state of emergency as part of the preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beirut, Lebanon March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon will re-open Beirut
NEW YORK (Reuters) – ABC Television’s long-running dating competition show “The Bachelor” said on Friday that North Carolina native Matt James will become the show’s first black contestant its 25-season history. “We know we have a responsibility to make sure the love stories we’re seeing onscreen are representative of the world we live in, and
FILE PHOTO: Oscar statuettes are displayed at the “Meet the Oscars” exhibit in New York February 25, 2010. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The organization that hands out the Academy Awards said Friday it would form a group to develop diversity and inclusion guidelines that filmmakers will have to meet in order for
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Former world number one Jelena Jankovic is still unsure whether she would resume her tennis career after playing for the first time in nearly three years at fellow Serb Novak Djokovic’s charity tournament on Friday. Tennis – Adria Tour – Novak Tennis Centre, Belgrade, Serbia – June 12, 2020 Serbia’s Novak Djokovic
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