LONDON (Reuters) – British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone (DC.L) stuck to its forecast for annual profit and said a plan to cope with the challenging mobile phone market was working, but it wasn’t counting on any post-election boost. FILE PHOTO: A sign displays the logo of Dixons Carphone at the company headquarters in London, Britain
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – In Hong Kong, when the tempo of traffic-light signals accelerates to about 800 ticks a minute, visually impaired residents know they can safely cross the road. But over the past six months of unrest, many streets have lost their beat. FILE PHOTO: Joy Luk prepares her megaphone as fellow protesters prepare
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc (DAL.N) sees another annual rise in profit and revenue in 2020 driven by what Chief Executive Ed Bastian called a growing interest in air travel by consumers across the generational spectrum. FILE PHOTO: Delta Air Lines planes are shown parked at their gates at the airport in Salt
JAKARTA (Reuters) – A cave painting found on Indonesia’s island of Sulawesi, depicting human-like figures hunting animals, appears to be the earliest known pictorial record of story-telling, according to a study by a team of Australian and Indonesian researchers. A team of archaeologists and researchers from Indonesia’s National Research Centre for Archaeology and Griffith University,
FILE PHOTO: A sign displays the logo of Dixons Carphone at the company headquarters in London, Britain August 1, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall LONDON (Reuters) – British electricals retailer Dixons Carphone (DC.L) said on Thursday the challenging market for mobile phones meant first-half profits fell by 60%, though it maintained its financial guidance for its full
ROME (Reuters) – A painting by the Austrian artist Gustav Klimt that was stolen in 1997 might have been discovered, hidden in a wall of the Italian gallery where it was taken from, officials said on Wednesday. Italian police stand next to what they say is a masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt “Portrait of
Swiss billionaire and politician Christoph Blocher poses in front of a painting by Ferdinand Hodler “Vue du Leman depuis Chexbres” after after a guided visit for the media of his collection at the Fondation Gianadda in Martigny, Switzerland, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse MARTIGNY, Switzerland (Reuters) – Christoph Blocher’s vast collection of works by Switzerland’s
LONDON/RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Aramco is looking to buy insurance against war and terror attacks after a damaging drone and missile attack on some of its oil facilities in September, two sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Workers are seen at the damaged site of Saudi Aramco oil facility in Khurais, Saudi Arabia, September 20, 2019.
LONDON (Reuters) – In a gesture of unity at what they called a time of political crisis, four British artists broke with tradition by choosing to share the 2019 Turner Prize. The nominees for the country’s most prestigious award for young artists – Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Helen Cammock, Oscar Murillo and Tai Shani – made
BISHKEK (Reuters) – An art exhibition in Kyrgyzstan that featured a woman undressing in front of an audience has been censored by the government, and the head of the gallery has resigned after receiving death threats. The government removed several exhibits deemed provocative from the exhibition devoted to women’s rights, which included a performance in
FILE PHOTO: A man takes a picture of Paul Gaugin’s “Te Bourao II” (The Purao Tree) painting (1897) at Artcurial’s auction house in Paris, France, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/ Christian Hartmann PARIS (Reuters) – A painting by French post-impressionist artist Paul Gauguin fetched 9.5 million euros ($10.5 million) in a Paris auction on Tuesday. “Te
LONDON (Reuters) – They have hosted each other for state visits and dined at the Eiffel Tower, but the once-budding bromance between U.S. President Donald Trump and France’s Emmanuel Macron looks to have turned into a bad date as they traded blows ahead of a NATO summit. U.S. President Donald Trump meets with France’s President
FILE PHOTO: The New York Stock Exchange is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York, September 21, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Monday’s slide in U.S. stocks prompted at least one large investors to load up big on stock options that would guard against a sharper hit to stocks into the
BOSTON (Reuters) – As U.S. corporate jet use approaches pre-financial crisis levels and chief executives take an increasing number of personal trips on the company tab, many investors are being kept in the dark about the true cost of the perk. FILE PHOTO: A Gulfstream 650ER business jet is displayed at the Gulfstream booth at
FILE PHOTO: A letter written by Queen Elizabeth I of England is inspected at Christies auctioneers in London before its sale June26, 2007. The auction of The Albin Schram Collection of Autograph Letters will be held in London in July. REUTERS/James Boardman LONDON (Reuters) – Elizabeth I, one of England’s best-loved monarchs, has been revealed
FILE PHOTO: Workers install a portrait due to be sold at auction by Christie’s on November 27 which depicts composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a teenager, painted in January 1770, and attributed to Veronese master Gaimbettino Cignaroli, in Paris, November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – A rare portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(Reuters) – Babe Ruth is poised to hit another home run, only this time on the sports memorabilia market when the bat he used to slug No. 500 nearly a century ago hits the auction block on Wednesday. Babe Ruth’s 500th home run bat is shown before it goes up for auction by SCP Auctions
FILE PHOTO – Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri speaks during a news conference after a meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, south of Baghdad, February 18, 2015. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday warned regional countries of unspecified dire consequences if it is proven
DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri on Saturday warned regional countries of consequences if it is proven that they meddled to stoke recent unrest in Iran. FILE PHOTO: Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri speaks during a news conference after a meeting with Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in Najaf, south
(Reuters) – A 1939 comic book that introduced Marvel characters for the first time sold for a record $1.26 million at auction, Dallas-based auctioneer Heritage Auctions said on Thursday. “Marvel Comics No. 1” features the first appearances of characters including Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. Decades later, Marvel debuted Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and other
FILE PHOTO: A worker installs a 17th century copy of the painting Mona Lisa before its auction at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris, France, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – A 17th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” was sold on Tuesday at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris for 552,500 euros
Carabinieri military policeman looks at artefacts in a display case in Cosenza, Italy, November 18, 2019. CARABINIERI MILITARY POLICE/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS ROME (Reuters) – An international crime gang that ransacked ancient sites in southern Italy and trafficked stolen archaeological goods worth millions of euros has been broken up, police said on Monday. Police
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – As jihadists wreaked ever more havoc in the last two years, mining firms in Burkina Faso rolled out extra security measures, from barracks for government troops protecting them to safe rooms for workers behind barbed wire and mounds. Family members of victims of an ambush on workers near a Canadian-owned mine, react
NAIROBI/JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) – As jihadists wreaked ever more havoc in the last two years, mining firms in Burkina Faso rolled out extra security measures, from barracks for government troops protecting them to safe rooms for workers behind barbed wire and mounds. People are seen near a hospital in Ouagadougou, where some of the wounded were
LONDON (Reuters) – A Banksy mural, covered up by builders’ hoarding and scaffolding for the past few months, will be uncovered on Monday in the heart of London’s Notting Hill area. The work – known variously as the Graffiti Painter, The Painter or Velazquez – shows an artist, thought to be Spanish painter Diego Velazquez,
LONDON (Reuters) – Treasures from the tomb of boy-king Tutankhamun will go on show in London from Saturday as part of what organizers say will be their last world tour before they return to Egypt for good. A woman looks at the objects found in Tutankhamun’s tomb during the media preview of “Tutankhamun: Treasures of
The Getty Fire burns near the Getty Center along the 405 freeway north of Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 28, 2019. REUTERS/ Gene Blevins (Reuters) – A major wildfire burning in Los Angeles near the famed Getty Center art museum was likely sparked by a tree branch falling on power lines in high winds, fire
LONDON/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian oil producer Lukoil and Hungarian energy company MOL are set to sign a settlement deal over contaminated oil during Russian President Putin’s visit to Budapest this week, four industry sources told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Logo of Hungarian oil and gas group MOL at the company’s refinery in Szazhalombatta ,Hungary March 22,2016
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union agreed on Monday to delay Brexit until Jan.31, said the bloc’s chairman, Donald Tusk. FILE PHOTO: An anti-Brexit protester waves an EU flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain, October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo “The EU27 has agreed that it will accept the UK’s request for a Brexit
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union will on Monday “most likely” agree to delay Britain’s departure from the European Union until Jan.31, said a source close to French President Emmanuel Macron who last week prevented the bloc from reaching a decision on the delay. A worker removes a Union Jack flag from a pole outside