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After 2017 boycott, Iranian director Farhadi ready for awards season
By Rollo Ross WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (Reuters) - Iranian Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi is prepared to enjoy awards season this time around if his shortlisted film "A Hero" makes it to the ...
Feb 04, 2022
‘Heartbreaking’: Belgians forced to fork out more for their cherished fries
By Bart Biesemans and Johnny Cotton BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgians are having to fork out more for their favourite snack - fries, or fried potato sticks - because of rising energy, commodity and labour...
Feb 04, 2022
Avalanche in Austria near Swiss border kills four, APA says
VIENNA (Reuters) - An avalanche in an area of the Austrian Alps bordering Switzerland has killed four people and a fifth person is missing, news agency APA reported on Friday. The avalanche took place...
Feb 04, 2022
U.S. winter storm leaves hundreds of thousands without power
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - A winter storm that dumped sleet and heavy snow on a wide swath of the central United States this week left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without...
Feb 04, 2022
Winter storm wreaks havoc on central, Northeast U.S.
By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) - A massive winter storm swept across the central and Northeast United States on Thursday where it was delivering heavy snow and ice, making travel treacherous if ...
Feb 03, 2022
Science fiction epic ‘Dune’ leads BAFTA nominations with 11 nods
LONDON (Reuters) - Science fiction epic "Dune", a mammoth adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, led nominations for the British Academy Film Awards on Thursday, securing 11 nods. Dark Western "The...
Feb 03, 2022
Sacrebleu! French brewers use algae to make blue beer
By Ardee Napolitano ROUBAIX, France (Reuters) - A French brewer has started using algae with a naturally-occurring pigment to turn their beer blue. The beer, with the brand name "Line", is the result ...
Feb 03, 2022
BT in exclusive talks with Discovery on sport TV joint-venture
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BT Group said on Thursday it had entered exclusive discussions with Discovery to create a joint venture between BT Sport and pan-European TV network Eurosport. Announcing ...
Feb 03, 2022
Sales of Nintendo Switch top 100 million, surpassing Wii’s lifetime figure
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nintendo Co Ltd sold 18.95 million Switch units in the nine months to the end of December, the company said on Thursday, taking total sales past 100 million uni...
Feb 03, 2022
Olympics-Actor Jackie Chan carries Olympic torch atop Great Wall
By Ryan Woo and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) - The Olympic torch relay began its second day on Thursday atop the Great Wall, with Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and Chinese Olympic medallists among tho...
Feb 02, 2022
