23+ hour, 28+ min ago   (238+ words) PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) – France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva has said it “regrets” criticising the United States over human rights in a social ​media post that triggered a diplomatic dispute which ‌has delayed the arrival of a new…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (473+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 10 (Reuters) – A Hong Kong court convicted Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, on Thursday of attempting to block a reporter from becoming the head of a press union, but cleared it of unlawfully firing…...

5+ day, 25+ min ago   (71+ words) 102.7 WBOW Paris firefighters battle RV fire Tuesday evening PARIS, Ill (WTWO/WAWV) — Tuesday afternoon, the Paris Fire Department, along with the Paris Community Fire Protection District and Horizon EMS, battled a fully engulfed RV fire. According to a social media…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (458+ words) VENICE, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Venice Film Festival contender “Primetime” explores the blurred boundary between journalism and entertainment, its creators said on Saturday, drawing inspiration from the television world of NBC’s “To Catch a Predator”. Robert Pattinson stars in the film, ​which is…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (149+ words) 102.7 WBOW Greenland foreign minister says dialogue with US to resolve situation is ongoing COPENHAGEN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Greenland’s Foreign Minister Mute Egede said on Wednesday ​that negotiations with the United States over the Arctic island’s future were ongoing, but declined to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (230+ words) HONG KONG, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Shares of online fast-fashion retailer Shein fell more than 5% on Wednesday, a day after ​a lacklustre debut session following a ‌long-awaited initial public offering. The stock tumbled as much as 10% on Tuesday but recovered to close…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (222+ words) PARIS, Sept 2 (Reuters) – This summer’s successive heatwaves could shave 0.1 percentage points off French economic growth on average this year, ​the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday. The ‌ministry, however, stressed this was just a mere estimate at this stage and not…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (361+ words) By David Shepardson and Stephen Nellis WASHINGTON, Sept 1 (Reuters) – Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to “Lake America” on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive ​order renaming the lake. The move…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (145+ words) BERLIN, Sept 2 (Reuters) – German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Wednesday that ​the European Union will ‌work on imposing further sanctions on Russian individuals in the coming weeks. “The EU has imposed extensive ‌sanctions ​on Russia, but ⁠we will certainly…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (550+ words) By Sahana, Bajracharya, Saurabh Sharma and Navesh Chitrakar KATHMANDU, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Hopes of finding more survivors among the thousands still missing in Nepal were fading, authorities said on Wednesday, a week after a glacier collapse in the Himalayas unleashed flash…...