[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Clad in a sparkling ball gown and tuxedo, the stars of the latest film to premiere in London’s Leicester Square walked the red carpet in a rather unusual manner – on four legs. The stars in question were a group of sheep who feature in a new eight-hour, dialogue-free film “Baa
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[ad_1] “Sono riconoscente a Malta per aver accolto la sua quota di migranti prevista dal programma di ricollocamento europeo. E’ avvenuto con altri paesi, ma non con tutti, l’Unione ancora ha bisogno di fare molta strada per acquisire il senso della solidarietà e del comune impegno, in particolare sul fronte dell’immigrazione” ha dichiarato il presidente
[ad_1] BRIGHTON, England (Reuters) – Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn told Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday to step aside and make way for the Labour party to lead Britain’s Brexit talks, saying his leftist ideas were now the “political mainstream”. After taking the stage at his party’s annual conference to a standing ovation and chants
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England under Governor Mark Carney has made a habit of signalling higher interest rates without delivering them. Most economists polled by Reuters last week said they thought the BoE will soon follow through on Carney’s most recent signal that a first rate hike since 2007 is nearing, probably
[ad_1] ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Thousands of Turkish volunteers are ready to fight in Kirkuk and other Iraqi cities to defend the country’s Turkmen population, the head of Turkey’s nationalist opposition said on Wednesday. Devlet Bahceli said the minority Turkmen, who have close ethnic ties to Turkey, would not be abandoned in Kirkuk. The city, home
[ad_1] “Per continuare a poter usufruire pienamente delle immense risorse che ci mette a disposizione la tecnologia dell’informazione, e per poter accedere a tutti gli sviluppi che le nuove tecnologie ci promettono, dobbiamo necessariamente dedicare attenzione e risorse alla sicurezza dell’ambiente cibernetico. Il mondo ‘virtuale’ è popolato da fatti reali e concreti che toccano la
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Puerto Rico faces a lengthy and complicated power restoration process after Hurricane Maria last week left the island’s 3.4 million residents without electricity, according to a group of top U.S. electric company executives. The CEO-led Electricity Subsector Coordinating Council (ESCC) said in a release late on Tuesday that damage assessments must be
[ad_1] “L’obbligo vaccinale per l’accesso alla scuola dell’infanzia va applicato già quest’anno” ha dichiarato il Consiglio di Stato in risposta a un quesito del presidente della Regione Veneto Luca Zaia, in merito all’applicazione del decreto Lorenzin “Già a decorrere dall’anno scolastico in corso, trova applicazione la regola secondo cui, per accedere ai servizi educativi per
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – “Game of Thrones” actors Kit Harrington and Rose Leslie, who enjoyed an on-screen romance in the HBO television hit series, announced their engagement in Britain’s Times newspaper on Wednesday. Harrington, who plays Jon Snow in the fantasy drama, met Leslie, who played Ygritte, in 2011 while filming the second season of
[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – The French government said on Wednesday that combining the rail operations of Germany’s Siemens AG (SIEGn.DE) with Alstom would preserve “strategic interests” amid fears over job cuts. The agreement is an industrial win for French President Emmanuel Macron, who on Tuesday proposed sweeping reforms for Europe, including deeper trade cooperation. But
[ad_1] QINGDAO, China (Reuters) – China will cancel about a third of its iron ore mining licenses, mostly belonging to small polluting mines as part of Beijing’s efforts to improve air quality, a mining association official said on Wednesday. Over 1,000 mining rights will be eliminated under China’s campaign against pollution, Lei Pingxi, chief engineer
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will call on Wednesday for slashing tax rates on businesses and the wealthy as part of a new tax plan that is likely to offer few details about how to pay for the cuts without expanding the federal deficit. Hammered out over months of talks among Trump
[ad_1] di BEATRICE GALLUZZO – Arrivederci Ius Soli, ci rivediamo (forse) durante la prossima legislatura. Al termine della direzione nazionale di Ap il ministro degli Esteri Angelino Alfano è stato chiaro: il partito non voterà la legge, negando di fatto quei 24 voti vitali a Palazzo Madama affinchè il testo possa essere approvato.“Una cosa giusta
[ad_1] SEPANG, Malaysia (Reuters) – Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton was handed a lucky break in Singapore but the Mercedes driver can take little more than the heat and humidity for granted in Malaysia this weekend. The Briton needs no reminding of just how fickle fortune can be as he returns to the steamy
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Uber told a British employment appeal tribunal on Wednesday its drivers were self-employed, not workers entitled to a range of benefits, less than a week after it heard it would lose its London license. The U.S. ride-hailing service has faced regulatory and legal setbacks around the world amid opposition from traditional
[ad_1] “A settembre 2017 l’indice del clima di fiducia dei consumatori aumenta in misura consistente, passando da 111,2 a 115,5 e tornando ad allinearsi sui livelli del primo trimestre 2016; anche l’indice composito del clima di fiducia delle imprese sale da 107,1 a 108 confermando la dinamica positiva rilevata nei mesi precedenti” ha dichiarato l’Istat
[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – British police said 11 people had been arrested by counter-terrorism officers on Wednesday as part of an investigation into a banned far-right group. The 11 men were arrested across the country on suspicion of offences including preparing terrorist acts, being members of a banned organisation and possession of terrorism documents as
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – After well-received responses to two major hurricanes that hit the U.S. mainland, President Donald Trump is battling to show Americans he can handle yet another natural disaster – this time in Puerto Rico – despite being caught up in another Twitter war. Caught off guard by the severity of Hurricane Maria’s
[ad_1] SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Fewer babies were born in Singapore last year, according to statistics announced on Wednesday, despite generous government incentives to boost fertility in the city-state. A total of 33,167 Singaporeans were born in 2016, compared to 33,725 in the previous year, the Singapore Department of Statistics said. However, the 2016 births remained
[ad_1] ROMA – Tra i pesci maggiormente consumati sulle tavole di mezzo mondo, vi è sicuramente il salmone. In tutto il pianeta, infatti, è stato calcolato che ogni anno se ne consumano ben tre miliardi. Tra le principali caratteristiche che contribuiscono al suo successo, oltre al tipico gusto, vi è senz’altro il tipico colore rosa-arancio
[ad_1] (Twitter) di MARIAGRAZIA DI RAIMONDO – Nei pressi della città di Kalynivka, nella regione di Vinnytsia in Ucraina, verso le 22 di ieri sera, è scoppiato un incendio all’interno di un grande deposito di munizioni. Sono esplosi proiettili di artiglieria militare e l’autorità ha provveduto alla chiusura della spazio aereo, nel raggio di 50
[ad_1] ROMA – L’aumento esponenziale delle estorsioni sessuali online ha fatto si che diventasse un fenomeno così diffuso tanto da essere indicato con un suo nome specifico: “sextorsion”. Non si contano più, rileva Giovanni D’Agata, presidente dello “Sportello dei Diritti” gli episodi di navigatori della rete che si sono trovati ingenuamente ad essere ricattati dopo
[ad_1] HONG KONG (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Wednesday the U.S. relationship with China was too lopsided and listed market access, protectionism and intellectual property as the biggest problems amid trade tensions between the two countries. Ross said both sides were frank and open, and articulated good points of view during
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Ian Woosnam, a metaphorical giant of the game, used his World Golf Hall of Fame induction on Tuesday to joke about a time he was told he was too small to ever succeed at the sport. “I was once asked by a member of my golf club around the age of 14,
[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – In a rare public feud between large technology companies, Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday its Echo Show devices could no longer play videos from YouTube because the site’s parent, Google, stopped supporting the service. The spat is the latest in Silicon Valley in which competitive tensions stood in the way
[ad_1] (Reuters) – A large fire in an electrical substation shut Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s 227,586-barrel-per-day (bpd) Convent, Louisiana, refinery on Tuesday night, said sources familiar with plant operations. No injuries were reported due to the blaze, which broke out at about 8 p.m. CDT Tuesday (0100 GMT Wednesday), according to a Shell statement posted
[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – The days of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) limiting messages to 140 characters, a signature of the social network since its launch in 2006, may be numbered. Twitter said on Tuesday that it would begin a test with a random sample of users allowing them to send tweets that are as long
[ad_1] (Reuters) – Alabama voters elected conservative firebrand Roy Moore as the Republican nominee for a U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday, dealing a blow to President Donald Trump and other party leaders who had argued that rival Luther Strange was a better bet to advance their priorities in Washington. An outspoken evangelical Christian who has
[ad_1] SHANGHAI (Reuters) – The China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has signed an agreement with the Shenhua Group, China’s biggest coal producer, to promote the development of advanced “traveling wave” reactor technology, the state nuclear giant said. At a ceremony on Tuesday, the two sides signed an investment agreement to promote fourth-generation traveling wave reactors
[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to admit up to 45,000 refugees to the United States in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, a former U.S. official said on Tuesday, a ceiling that would keep admissions to their lowest level in over a decade. The White House settled on the figure after a