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'No cash?' Bank of England Governor unable to find wallet

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney appeared unable to find his wallet on Thursday while attending a central bank event to promote public understanding of economics. When everyone in the room was asked to take out a purse or wallet, as an example of something that represented the economy, Carney hunted in several pockets before drawing a blank. ?No cash, Carney?? television host and conference moderator Ranvir Singh said jokingly to the central bank governor. Earlier, the Canadian-born Carne
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Google, Facebook join news organizations in 'Trust Project'

The Google logo can be seen at one of its office buildings in Irvine, California, US, August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files WASHINGTON: Google, Facebook, and other tech firms joined global news organizations Thursday in an initiative aimed at identifying "trustworthy" news sources, in the latest effort to combat online misinformation. Microsoft and Twitter also agreed to participate in the "Trust Project" with some 75 news organisations to tag news stories which meet standards for ethics an
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Comcast, Verizon approached Twenty-First Century Fox to buy some assets

Comcast Corp and Verizon Communications Inc have both expressed interest in acquiring a significant part of Twenty-First Century Fox Inc?s assets, two people familiar with the situation told Reuters on Thursday. News of their interest broke even as the Justice Department was, according to a source, preparing a lawsuit to block AT&T Inc, the largest pay-TV provider in the United States, from buying Time Warner Inc for $85.4 billion. This raised questions about the US government?s willingness
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Spanish police make Europe's 'biggest' tobacco seizure

Smoked cigarettes can be seen in an ashtray in Centreville, Virginia, April 18, 2016. AFP/Paul J. Richards/Files MADRID: Spanish police said Thursday they had seized 250 tonnes of contraband tobacco leaves worth 40 million euros ($47 million) in the biggest such haul in Europe. They arrested four members of a family during the operation in October in Caceres in western Spain, a spokesman for the Guardia Civil said. "It is the biggest seizure of tobacco leaves in Europe," the Guardia Civil sai
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OSCE watchdog slams US, Russia for 'foreign agent' media laws

Journalists watch Russian President Vladimir Putin on a big screen during his annual news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 20, 2012. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/Files VIENNA: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) media watchdog said on Thursday moves by the United States and Russia to force some foreign media to register as ?foreign agents? were unacceptable and dangerous. Russia?s lower house of parliament this week approved a law allowing Moscow to force foreign m
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe, coup chief meet with smiles and handshakes

President Robert Mugabe poses with General Constantino Chiwenga at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 16, 2017. ZIMPAPERS/Joseph Nyadzayo/Handout via REUTERS  HARARE: A smiling President Robert Mugabe was pictured shaking hands with Zimbabwe?s military chief a day after the army seized power, throwing confusion over predictions that the 93-year-old?s nearly four-decade rule had come to an end. Mugabe unexpectedly drove from his lavish ?Blue Roof? Harare compound in Harare, where he had
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New Orleans abuzz over Serena Williams wedding

Star wattage abounded in New Orleans on Thursday as A-list celebrities gathered for the wedding of tennis superstar Serena Williams and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Despite the media frenzy, the happy couple released few details of their ceremony. But unnamed sources told People magazine and the Daily Mail that some 250 guests were invited to the festivities at the southern US city's Contemporary Arts Center. Legendary Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, reality TV star Kim Karda
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SpaceX poised to launch secretive Zuma mission

An exterior of the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, US, May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files MIAMI: SpaceX is poised to launch on Thursday a secretive payload known as Zuma for the US government, though the nature of the mission and the agency behind it remain a mystery. The launch atop a Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled from Cape Canaveral, Florida sometime between 8 and 10 PM (0100-0300 GMT Friday). SpaceX and the Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment about the natu
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Nadal wins damages of 12,000 euros over doping slur

World number one Rafael Nadal was awarded 12,000 euros damages on Thursday after a French court found in his favour over comments made by the country?s former Sports Minister. Nadal announced last year he would sue Roselyne Bachelot after she made comments in a television interview suggesting he had taken performance-enhancing drugs in 2012. The Spaniard, who ended his season on Monday after losing to David Goffin at the ATP Finals, has vigorously denied any wrongdoing and said he would donate
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Firing near Hassan Square, two brothers injured

KARACHI: At least two brothers were reported injured near Hassan Square area of Karachi after dacoits opened fire during an attempted robbery in the wee hours of Friday. According to eyewitnesses, the car met an accident before the firing incident occurred. The passenger opened fire on dacoits while resisting the attempted robbery, said an eyewitness. The injured were identified as brothers Ismail and Sohail. Both the injured were shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. Police are further i
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Study shows video games could cut dementia risk in seniors

MIAMI: Could playing video games help keep the brain agile as we age? A new study suggests older adults who practice specific computer training exercises that test how fast they respond to visual stimuli could face a 29 percent lower chance of developing dementia, results deemed encouraging by experts even as more work is needed to confirm the link. The randomized clinical trial involving more than 2,800 people study was funded by the US National Institutes of Health and used a specific brain
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Lebanese president hopes Hariri visit to France will end crisis

Cars pass next to a poster depicting Former Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/Files  BEIRUT/PARIS: Lebanon?s president said on Thursday he hoped the crisis over Saad al-Hariri?s resignation as prime minister would end soon, with Hariri due to leave Saudi Arabia for France this weekend. Hariri quit in a broadcast from Saudi Arabia on November 4, railing against Riyadh?s bitter foe Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah. The shock resigna
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Momentum builds in US for disclaimers on internet election ads

A 3D-printed Facebook logo is displayed in front of the Russian flag, October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration  US regulators on Thursday kicked off a process that could result in mandatory disclaimers on election ads that appear on social media, a reaction to anonymous, Russia-linked ads on sites such as Facebook ahead of the 2016 US elections. The Federal Election Commission voted 5-0 to begin drafting rules that would impose disclaimers. The commission previously declined to requi
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Coldplay tops $500 million on third richest tour ever

Musician Chris Martin of Coldplay performs at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, US, October 5, 2017. AFP/Getty Images North America/Kevin Winter/Files  NEW YORK: Coldplay generated more than $500 million on the rockers' just completed global tour, the band's promoters said Thursday, making it the third highest-grossing in history. The English band played the 114th and final show of its A Head Full of Dreams tour Wednesday night in Buenos Aires, completing a haul of $523 million in ticket
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Megacities get smart but concerns that leaving girls behind

Demonstrators participate in the #MeToo Survivors' March ? in response to several high-profile sexual harassment scandals ? in Los Angeles, California, US, November 12, 2017. AFP/David McNew/Getty Images/Files  LONDON: Megacities of the future will boast high-speed rail, superfast broadband, and green energy systems ? but experts on Thursday said they were failing to leave space for one thing: girls. Proposed by leaders worldwide, so-called Smart Cities are being built to cater for a growing
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Malta activists mark month since journalist's murder

Daphne Caruana Galizia ? the Maltese investigative journalist who was killed in a car bombing ? is seen standing in front of the Libyan Embassy, Valletta, Malta, April 6, 2011. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi/Files  VALLETTA: Activists in Malta marked on Thursday the assassination a month ago of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, stepping up their calls for the country's prime minister to hunt down her killers. "He who does not want to know is a fool. He who does not do anything is a coward. He wh
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Ex-Trump lawyer to defend AT&T-Time Warner merger

Signage for an AT&T store is seen in New York October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files WASHINGTON: AT&T Inc said it had hired media lawyer Daniel Petrocelli, whose clients have included US President Donald Trump, to defend its acquisition of media and entertainment company Time Warner Inc if the government sues to block the deal. Petrocelli, a partner at O?Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, will be lead trial counsel for both companies if the case ends up before a judge, a sp
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Venezuela's ex-prosecutor wants Maduro tried at the Hague

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro attends an event with supporters in Caracas, Venezuela, November 15, 2017. Miraflores Palace/Handout via REUTERS  CARACAS: Venezuela?s sacked former chief prosecutor on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court to capture and try President Nicolas Maduro and other top officials for crimes against humanity over murders by police and military officers. Luisa Ortega ? who broke with Maduro this year after working closely with the ruling Socialist Party
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'Very disappointed' UN chief urges Saudis to lift Yemen blockade

Antonio Guterres ? then the High Commissioner for Refugees ? pauses during a news conference for the launch of the Global Humanitarian Appeal 2016 at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, December 7, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "very much disappointed" that the Saudi-led coalition is refusing to lift its blockade of Yemen and has written directly to Riyadh's representative, his spokesman said Thursday.
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US House of Representatives approves tax overhaul, fight shifts to Senate

US President Donald Trump departs the US Capitol after meeting with House Republicans ahead of their vote on the 'Tax Cuts and Jobs Act' in Washington, US, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein WASHINGTON: Republican US lawmakers on Thursday took an important step toward the biggest tax code overhaul since the 1980s as the House of Representatives approved a broad package of tax cuts sought by President Donald Trump. The tax debate now moves to the US Senate, where that chamber?s separ
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Artist royalties jump to record but group cites obstacles

Creators' royalties jumped to a record last year on the back of the growth of music streaming, a global body reported Wednesday, but it said compensation from YouTube remained too low. Writers of music, television, film and other content took in 9.2 million euros last year, a jump of six percent from a year earlier, said the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, a Paris-based body known by its French acronym CISAC. Fueling the growth was music, with digital royalti
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Art project lights up iconic 85-year-old Dutch dyke

The 'Gates of Light' (Icoon Afsluitdijk) ? an art project made by Studio Roosegaarde to highlight the key functions of the Afsluitdijk (Enclosure Dam) during renovation work ? illuminates the dam near Kornwerderzand, The Netherlands, November 16, 2017. AFP/ANP/Olaf Kraak1 AFLSUITDIJK: Dutch artists unveiled a design and light show Thursday to highlight one of the country's landmark engineering projects, built more than 80 years ago as part of The Netherlands' famed sea defences. As daylight f
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From Black Eyed Peas star to cancer survivor: Taboo tells all

Jimmy Gomez, better known as the rapper Taboo from The Black Eyed Peas, had money, fame and a multi-platinum career when a strange back pain brought his world crashing down. The six-time Grammy winner went to the doctor and got a gut-wrenching diagnosis: he had testicular cancer. He had more than 100 million record sales to his name and a string of worldwide dance hits like "I Gotta Feeling" and "Where Is the Love?", but it meant nothing in the face of cancer's cruel reality, he told AFP in an
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Saudi-led coalition rescues French journalists in Yemen: Arab media

A security guard looks at a damaged car during a visit by human rights activists to a community hall that was struck by an airstrike, Sanaa, Yemen, October 16, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi/Files  DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition rescued two French journalists on Thursday who had gone missing in an area of Yemen held by the Iran-aligned Houthi group, Saudi-owned al-Arabiya television reported. The channel said the two women had been ?kidnapped? by the Houthis on November 2 while travelling w
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US prepared to talk on removing Sudan terror tag: diplomat

US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan (L) meets with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour (unseen) at the foreign ministry headquarters in the capital Khartoum, Sudan, November 16, 2017. AFP/Ebrahim Hamid  KHARTOUM: The United States is prepared to hold talks on removing Sudan from its blacklist of "state sponsors of terrorism", a senior US official said here on Thursday. Sudan, meanwhile, said it was ready to cut ties with North Korea in a sign of goodwill towards Washington. US
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