Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Warner Bros Discovery chief booed at Boston University graduation, videos show
(Reuters) - Warner Bros Discovery chief executive David Zaslav was booed by students after taking the stage at Boston University to accept his honorary degree and give the 2023 commencement speech, am...
May 21, 2023
Tennis-WTA defends late start to Italian Open women’s final
By Shrivathsa Sridhar (Reuters) - The WTA defended the Italian Open's decision to reschedule the women's final between Elena Rybakina and Anhelina Kalinina to 11 p.m (2100 GMT) on a rain-affected Satu...
May 21, 2023
‘Firebrand’ puts spotlight on Henry VIII’s sixth and final wife
CANNES (Reuters) - For Brazilian director Karim Ainouz the prospect of making a film about King Henry VIII's court was particularly exciting, partly because it focuses on Catherine Parr, the wife who ...
May 21, 2023
Greek PM Mitsotakis says has won decisive mandate to govern
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis claimed victory in a parliamentary election on Sunday, saying he had a mandate to form a strong autonomous government. Early official result...
May 21, 2023
Law firms Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling plan merger
(Reuters) -London-based law firm Allen & Overy and New York's Shearman & Sterling plan to merge, they announced on Sunday, in a deal that would create one of the world's largest legal practices with c...
May 21, 2023
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes offshore Northern California region – EMSC
(Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck the offshore Northern California on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake, which stuck offshore Northe...
May 21, 2023
Russia’s Prigozhin says Bakhmut territories captured as promised, will leave zone
(Reuters) - The head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group said on Sunday that his forces had captured all the territory in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut as promised and would leave the conflict ...
May 21, 2023
Jennifer Lawrence-produced Afghan documentary premieres at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - While the world watched Kabul fall and the Taliban surge back to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of U.S. troops, actor Jennifer Lawrence and producer Justine Ciarrocchi were ...
May 21, 2023
‘May December’ director: women pay higher price than men for breaking rules
By Mindy Burrows CANNES (Reuters) - Todd Haynes' new romantic drama "May December" shines a critical spotlight on the way women who break society's rules are held to much stricter standards than badly...
May 21, 2023
Greek conservatives take lead in early election results
ATHENS (Reuters) -Greece's ruling conservative New Democracy party held a decisive lead in a national election on Sunday, early official results showed. New Democracy had a lead of 41.1% of the vote b...
May 21, 2023
