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Biden, House Speaker McCarthy could speak Sunday on debt limit
By Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy could speak as soon as Sunday in talks over raising the federal $31.4 trillion...
May 20, 2023
G7’s China investment continues even as members ‘de-risk’ – Germany’s Scholz
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - Members of the Group of Seven rich nations will ensure big investments in China continue even as they pare risky exposure to the world's second-largest economy, Germany Ch...
May 20, 2023
Australian PM backs G7 on ‘de-risking’ trade with China
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday that he backed a Group of Seven (G7) joint statement out of Japan stressing the need to ease reliance on trade with China. ...
May 20, 2023
Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman anchor Cannes competitor ‘May December’
CANNES (Reuters) - Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore anchor director Todd Haynes' attempt at a fourth Palme d'Or in the drama "May December," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday n...
May 20, 2023
Cate Blanchett dons habit in Australian director’s conversion tale
By Alicia Powell CANNES (Reuters) - Cate Blanchett, fresh off her Oscar-nominated performance in "Tar", stars as an eccentric nun at a monastery in 1940s Australia that takes in an Indigenous boy with...
May 20, 2023
Transgender Mississippi girl misses graduation after judge’s ruling
By Timothy Gardner (Reuters) - A transgender Mississippi girl declined to participate in high school graduation on Saturday after a U.S. District Judge said the school district could bar her unless sh...
May 20, 2023
Florida’s DeSantis seeks to disqualify judge in Disney case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSant...
May 20, 2023
Martin Amis, British writer of dark comedic novels, dies at 73 – NYT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Martin Amis, a British writer of dark comedic novels, has died at the age of 73, according to the New York Times. His wife, Isabel Fonseca, said the cause was esophageal cancer,...
May 20, 2023
Scorsese’s eagerly awaited ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ premieres at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," one of the most anticipated premieres of this year's Cannes Film Festival, had the red carpet abuzz on Saturday evening as its star-s...
May 20, 2023
Sick of sewage, Britons protest at water companies’ pollution
BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) - Thousands of Britons took to the sea and rivers on Saturday to demand an end to sewage pollution by water companies, highlighting a topic that is likely to be an issue at...
May 20, 2023
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