June 2019

In China, a Reuters Partner Blocks Articles on the Tiananmen Square Massacre

Technology /

Just as Bloomberg News makes money from Bloomberg terminals, Refinitiv’s bread and butter is Eikon, not the Reuters news articles it includes on the platform. On its website, Refinitiv bills Eikon as a digital product that allows users to “turbocharge your analysis of the financial markets with the ultimate set of tools.” A Blackstone spokesman […]

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Joshua promoter says rematch with Ruiz Jr will happen

Sports /

Anthony Joshua’s promoter says a rematch will take place between the British fighter and new world heavyweight champion Andy Ruiz Jr. Eddie Hearn says on Twitter that the contracted rematch clause was triggered Tuesday following talks with Joshua, his management team and his trainer, Rob McCracken. Hearn says “the fight will take place in (November

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White House Tells 2 More Witnesses, Including Hope Hicks, Not to Cooperate With Congress

Politics /

WASHINGTON — The White House on Tuesday instructed two more former aides to President Trump not to cooperate with subpoenas from House lawmakers investigating possible obstruction of justice, maintaining its position that Congress has no right to information turned over previously to the special counsel. Representative Jerrold Nadler of New York, the Judiciary Committee chairman

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Gérard Depardieu rape investigation dropped by French prosecutors

Entertainment /

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Gérard Depardieu at last year’s Paris Book Fair French prosecutors have dropped an investigation into rape allegations made against actor Gérard Depardieu. The 70-year-old had always denied the accusations, made by a young French actress last year. The prosecutor’s office said the investigators were not able to stand up

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Trump Administration Announces New Restrictions on Travel to Cuba

Travel /

The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed new restrictions on Americans going to Cuba, banning the most common way Americans travel to the island. The United States will not permit group educational and cultural trips known as “people to people” trips to the island, the Treasury Department said in a statement. Those trips have been used

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Air Travel Workers Seek to Capitalize on Newfound Clout

Finance /

When President Trump announced a deal to end the government shutdown in January, hours after the Federal Aviation Administration briefly stopped flights into La Guardia Airport amid a shortage of air traffic controllers, many concluded that workers’ impact on travel had led the White House to retreat. “I think it’s really obvious to all aviation

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