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Sri Lanka shows off giant natural blue sapphire
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday put on show what they said was the world's largest natural corundum blue sapphire, weighing 310 kilograms, which was found in a gem pit about three...
Dec 12, 2021
Garth Dennis of reggae band Black Uhuru dies at 72
By Kate Chappell KINGSTON (Reuters) - Garth Dennis, a musician who helped pioneer an electronic and echo-driven style of reggae in the 1980s as a leader of the band Black Uhuru, has died, according to...
Dec 11, 2021
White House respects jury decision to convict Jussie Smollett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House on Friday said it respected the jury's decision to convict actor Jussie Smollett, one-time star of the TV drama "Empire," of staging a hate crime against himself...
Dec 10, 2021
Can’t shake this: Taylor Swift to face copyright lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop superstar Taylor Swift must face a lawsuit from songwriters who claim the Grammy-winning singer copied their lyrics in her 2014 hit single "Shake It Off," a California judg...
Dec 10, 2021
Michael Nesmith of American rock band The Monkees dead at 78 – Variety
(Reuters) - Musician Michael Nesmith, who gained fame as a member of the American rock band The Monkees, died on Friday of natural causes at the age of 78, Variety reported. (Reporting by Tyler Cliffo...
Dec 10, 2021
France to lift lid on secret archives detailing bloody Algeria war
By Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) - France announced on Friday that it will soon open to the public the most highly classified parts of its national archives about the Algerian war of independence,...
Dec 10, 2021
This little piggie became a giant sow – but her owner still loves her
By Leonardo Benassatto SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Rosangela dos Santos Lara went to market and bought a little piggie as a pet, but then it grew and grew and grew. Now aged three, Lilica the sow weighs in ...
Dec 10, 2021
More than 100 homes burned by forest fire on the Chilean island of Chiloe
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - More than a hundred homes were burned by a forest fire that spread to the town of Castro on the tourist island of Chiloe, off southern Chile, local officials said on Friday. The f...
Dec 10, 2021
Biden to make first late-night show appearance on “Tonight” -host
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden plans to make his first late-night television show appearance since taking office on "The Tonight Show," on Friday, host Jimmy Fallon said. Biden makes ...
Dec 10, 2021
Cheetah cubs threatened by pet trade, global warming in Somaliland
By Katharine Houreld NAIROBI (Reuters) - The two starving cheetah cubs squeak and tug at their string leashes in the white dust of Somaliland as a government vet pushes needles through the fluffy fur ...
Dec 10, 2021
