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Keira Knightley braves a doomsday Christmas in ‘Silent Night’
By Lisa Keddie (Reuters) - Keira Knightley stars in not-so-feelgood Christmas movie "Silent Night", about a group of friends getting together for the holiday and blissfully ignoring a looming doomsday...
Sep 17, 2021
Somalia’s president berates Djibouti for detaining his security adviser
MOGADISHU (Reuters) -Somalia's President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed on Friday accused neighbouring Djibouti of illegally detaining his national security adviser, a criticism which appeared linked to a ...
Sep 17, 2021
U.S. sanctions several Hong Kong-based Chinese entities over Iran -website
(Corrects to clarify sanctions) WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States issued Iran-related sanctions targeting several Hong Kong-based Chinese entities, according to a notice posted on the U.S. Depa...
Sep 17, 2021
U.S. money market funds see biggest weekly outflow in nine months -Lipper
(Reuters) - U.S. money market funds faced big outflows in the week to Sept. 15 as risk sentiment improved on eased fears over high inflation and an early tapering of stimulus measures by the U.S. cent...
Sep 17, 2021
Tennis – Wrist injury forces Pliskova out of Ostrava tournament
(Reuters) - World number three Karolina Pliskova has pulled out of next week's WTA 500 event in Ostrava due to a wrist injury, the tournament organisers said on Friday. "Unfortunately, Karolina Plisko...
Sep 17, 2021
Soviet chess legend sues Netflix for ‘sexist’ line in Queen’s Gambit show
TBILISI (Reuters) - The world's first female chess grandmaster, Nona Gaprindashvili, has filed a $5 million defamation lawsuit against Netflix over a line in its "The Queen's Gambit" series which her ...
Sep 17, 2021
Blinken says U.S. to help foster Israel’s ties with Arab states
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will help foster Israel's growing ties with Bahrain, Morocco and the United Arab Emirates as well as Sudan and Kosovo while encouraging other countries to norm...
Sep 17, 2021
Bad for business: World Bank China rigging scandal rattles investors
By Tom Arnold and Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Economists at investment funds expressed dismay on Friday at revelations that World Bank leaders put "undue pressure" on staff to boost China's ranking ...
Sep 17, 2021
Council of Europe to start infringement proceedings against Turkey if philantropist not released
By Ali Kucukgocmen ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Council of Europe said on Friday it would begin infringement proceedings against member state Turkey in November if philanthropist Osman Kavala is not relea...
Sep 17, 2021
EasyJet shareholder Stelios Haji-Ioannou shuns rights issue -source
LONDON (Reuters) - EasyJet's biggest shareholder, the family of founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has decided not to participate in the British airline's 1.2 billion pound rights issue and has sold its ri...
Sep 17, 2021
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