Takeaways from the 2024 Oscars show

03/11/2024

(Reuters) – Hollywood’s biggest stars gathered on Sunday to celebrate the year’s best accomplishments in film at the annual Academy Awards. Here are some takeaways from the 96th Oscars ceremony. PROTESTERS ON AND OFF THE CARPET As…

In Japan, men made to feel menstrual pain

03/09/2024

TOKYO — Male office workers at a telecoms firm in Tokyo have experienced simulated menstrual pain to help them become more sympathetic toward female colleagues ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday. EXEO Group workers winced at…

UFO sightings mostly ‘ordinary objects’ says Pentagon report

03/09/2024

WASHINGTON — A Pentagon report on UFO sightings said U.S. government investigations since the end of World War Two have found no evidence of extraterrestrial technology and had concluded that most sightings were misidentified ordinary objects and…

Philippines conducts marine patrols to check presence of Chinese research ships

03/04/2024

MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines on Monday deployed a coastguard vessel to carry out a two-week patrol mission in waters north and east of the country to intensify its maritime presence and check on Chinese research vessels…

Philippine ‘library home’ stacked with books to inspire reading

03/04/2024

MANILA (Reuters) – “A good book is easy to find” reads the sign on Hernando Guanlao’s two-storey home located on the outskirts of the Philippines’ main financial district which he has turned into a public library where…

Global oil demand to grow by 1.9 million bpd in 2024

03/01/2024

LONDON (Reuters) -Global oil demand will grow by 1.9 million barrels per day (bpd) this year, according to a prediction by energy research company Wood Mackenzie, a forecast close to the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’…

More than a billion people worldwide are obese, WHO study finds

03/01/2024

LONDON (Reuters) – More than a billion people globally are now considered obese, a condition linked to an increased risk of numerous serious health problems, according to updated estimates from the World Health Organization and an international…

Marcos says he remains firm in defending sovereignty

02/29/2024

SYDNEY  — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said told the Australian parliament on Thursday he would not allow any foreign power to take “one square inch” of the country’s territory, and that Manila was firm in defending…

Good sex is secret to Joe Biden’s long marriage, new book on first lady says

02/26/2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden has joked to aides that the key to a long and lasting marriage is “good sex,” according to a new book about first lady Jill Biden that casts a spotlight on…

Eiffel Tower operator says strike by staff has ended, site to reopen on Sunday

02/25/2024

PARIS (Reuters) – A strike by staff at the Eiffel Tower has ended, the company that runs one of the most visited tourist sites in the world said in a statement on Saturday. The tower will reopen…

Moon lander tipped sideways on lunar surface but ‘alive and well’

02/24/2024

(Reuters) -The moon lander dubbed Odysseus is “alive and well” but resting on its side a day after its white-knuckle touchdown as the first private spacecraft ever to reach the lunar surface, and the first from the…

Nestle, Danone see price hikes slowing after years of sharp increases

02/23/2024

LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -Two of the world’s top consumer goods companies, Danone and Nestle, said on Thursday they will slow price increases in 2024 after two years of hikes that prompted many shoppers to seek cheaper alternatives for…

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