UK

Ex-House of Commons leader Leadsom enters race to be next British PM – media

Editorial Bureau May 26, 2019

(Reuters) – Former House of Commons leader Andrea Leadsom will enter the race to be leader of UK’s Conservative party and replace Theresa May as prime minister, British media reported on Saturday, citing a confirmation from Leadsom. (Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru)

UK

Former UK Brexit minister Raab enters battle to be next PM

Editorial Bureau May 26, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – Former Brexit Minister Dominic Raab became the sixth candidate to enter the contest to replace Theresa May as prime minister on Saturday, vowing to fight for a fairer deal on Brexit. “To deliver Brexit successfully will require focus, discipline and resolve,” Raab wrote in an article for the Mail on Sunday newspaper. […]

UK

UK must leave EU on Oct. 31 even without a deal – PM candidate McVey

Editorial Bureau May 26, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain must quit the European Union at the end of October even if that means leaving without a deal, Conservative MP Esther McVey, one of the candidates to succeed Theresa May as prime minister, said on Sunday. “The 31st Oct is the key date and we are coming out then and if […]

UK

Seven up – Contest to replace May as British prime minister gets crowded

Editorial Bureau May 26, 2019

LONDON (Reuters) – The contest to replace Theresa May as British prime minister hotted up on Saturday with seven candidates now throwing their hat into the ring, saying they would succeed where she failed by taking a deeply-divided Britain out of the European Union. May announced on Friday she was quitting over her failure to […]

Entertaintment

Rocky star Stallone says he never expected to make it in movies

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

CANNES, France (Reuters) – Action movie superstar Sylvester Stallone told cinemagoers in Cannes on Friday that he never expected to make it in the film industry due to an accident at birth that caused him to slur his words – now one of his more celebrated trademarks. The U.S. actor, 72, rocketed to fame in […]

Entertaintment

Cannes prize for Brazilian movie sends message of hope, director says

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

France (Reuters) – A Brazilian victory in Cannes has sent a message of hope at a difficult time for the country’s movie industry, director Karim Ainouz said on Friday after winning an award at one of the film festival’s prestigious side competitions. “The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao”, a tale of two sisters and their […]

Entertaintment

‘Off the scale’ excitement for fans as Spice Girls reunion opens

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

(Reuters) – Fans from near and far got what they really really really wanted on Friday night when the ultimate 1990s girl band, the Spice Girls, opened their long awaited reunion tour at last in Dublin. “We have been fans for 20 years at least…but we have only been to see impersonators. This is our […]

Asia

China accuses U.S. officials of misleading public on trade war

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday accused U.S. officials of lying to the public about their trade war, as rising tensions between the world’s two largest economies kept financial markets in a state of unease. Talks to end the trade dispute collapsed earlier this month, with the two sides in a stalemate over U.S. demands […]

Business

United Airlines extends cancellations of Boeing 737 MAX flights into August

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

CHICAGO/SEATTLE (Reuters) – United Airlines said on Friday it is extending by one month its cancellations of Boeing Co 737 MAX flights, through Aug. 3, as the jetliner remains grounded following two fatal crashes. United, which operates 14 737 MAX jets, said the decision would lead to about 40 or 45 daily cancelled flights. The […]

Money

Stocks climb on muted trade hopes, dollar slips

Editorial Bureau May 25, 2019

NEW YORK (Reuters) – World equity markets rebounded on Friday from the previous day’s sharp fall, after U.S. President Donald Trump said complaints against China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd might be resolved within the framework of a Sino-U.S. trade deal. Tensions remained high, with China accusing U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of fabricating