WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is facing growing calls from within and outside his party to respond to a former aide’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her nearly 30 years ago, an assertion Biden’s campaign has denied. Joe Biden speaks during the Presidential Gun Sense Forum in Des Moines, Iowa,…
Image copyright EPA Image caption Employees of German travel agencies, tour operators and bus companies demonstrate to demand support and rescue funding Germany has taken cautious steps to ease its coronavirus lockdown, allowing small shops to reopen last week.But in a blow to its tourism sector, its warning against worldwide travel has now been extended…
Identity crisis — "If you keep picking at this, it's gonna start bleeding." Jennifer Ouellette - Apr 28, 2020 9:31 pm UTC Janelle Monáe stars in Homecoming season 2, coming soon to Amazon Prime.Janelle Monáe plays an amnesiac woman with a mysterious past who suspects that everyone around her is covering up a dark secret…
FILE PHOTO: The logo of U.S. conglomerate General Electric is seen on the company building in Belfort, France, October 19, 2019. REUTERS/Vincent Kessler(Reuters) - General Electric Co’s (GE.N) industrial businesses took a $1 billion hit to cash flow in the first quarter due to the COVID-19 pandemic as overall revenue fell almost 8%, and the…
Dr Christian Chenay continues to work in a high-risk environment, despite the danger of Covid-19 for someone of his age. France’s oldest doctor is still making weekly trips to a retirement home to provide support, and says his decision to keep working is partly down to France’s shortage of local family doctors.(Photo: Dr Christian Chenay…
Law wants to be free — The state of Georgia licensed the official copy of state law to LexisNexis. Timothy B. Lee - Apr 28, 2020 2:10 am UTC Carl Malamud, founder of Public.Resource.Org.A narrowly divided US Supreme Court on Monday upheld the right to freely share the official law code of Georgia. The state…
LONDON (Reuters) - Another big fall in oil prices dragged hordes of petrocurrencies under on Tuesday but even an HSBC warning of mounting bad credit and a near 80% plunge in BP’s profits could not keep stock markets down for long. FILE PHOTO: The London Stock Exchange Group offices are seen in the City of…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat Trump voters think of his handling of the virus outbreak President Donald Trump has said he "can't imagine why" US hotline calls about disinfectant have risen after he suggested injecting the substance to treat coronavirus.The governors of Michigan and Maryland on Sunday blamed the president for…
transformers sound effects not included — You can stand and work anywhere with this origami laptop stand. Jim Salter - Apr 26, 2020 10:00 pm UTC Enlarge / Although the stand is very light, it's stable once constructed. In this shot, we tried it out with the laptop on sideways.Jim SalterStanding desks are great, but…
LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson returned to work on Monday after recovering from COVID-19 with a warning that it was still too dangerous to relax a stringent lockdown hammering Britain’s economy for fear of a deadly second outbreak. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks outside 10 Downing Street after recovering from the coronavirus…
