By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Warner Bros movie studio will delay the planned November release of a big-budget “Dune” sequel until March, a studio spokesperson said on Thursday, because its stars cannot promote the movie during the Hollywood actors’ strike. The decision deals a blow to cinema chains such as AMC Entertainment, …
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By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -China is looking forward to in-depth discussions with the United States on resolving economic and trade issues when its commerce secretary, Gina Raimondo, visits next week, China’s commerce ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Raimondo is due in Beijing and Shanghai for talks with government officials and U.S. business leaders, marking …
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By Hongji Kim SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean police arrested 16 people on Thursday for entering a building housing the Japanese embassy in Seoul, carrying off and bundling some into a bus after banners were unfurled to protest Tokyo’s release of waste water from its Fukushima plant. The protest came the day Japan began releasing treated …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich had his pre-trial detention extended by three months by a Russian court on Thursday, Interfax reported, on charges of espionage that he denies. The Moscow court extended the detention of the Wall Street Journal reporter to Nov. 30 from Aug. 30. Gershkovich was present at the hearing. Gershkovich was …
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By Christopher Bing and Zeba Siddiqui (Reuters) -The United States on Wednesday indicted Roman Semenov and Roman Storm, two co-founders of the virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, for their involvement with the banned outfit and related laundering of up to $1 billion in criminal proceeds. Storm, a naturalized U.S. citizen who lives in Washington state, …
By Ana Mano and Tom Polansek SAO PAULO/CHICAGO (Reuters) – A coalition of environmental groups is pushing U.S. securities regulators to thwart JBS SA’s New York share listing over concerns about the world’s largest meatpacker’s impact on deforestation, climate change and other issues. The Brazilian company hopes a U.S. listing will attract a broader investor …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration is prepared to provide Venezuela sanctions relief if the country moves to restore democracy, including free elections next year, the White House said on Wednesday. “Should Venezuela take concrete actions toward restoring democracy, leading to free and fair elections, we are prepared to provide corresponding sanctions relief,” a spokesperson …
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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Fifteen Mexicans and one Venezuelan died in a road accident in central Mexico early on Tuesday, officials from Mexico’s INM migration institute said in a statement. The 52 passengers traveling on the bus on Mexico’s Miahuatlan-Coixtlahuaca highway included 10 passengers from Venezuela, the INM said, adding they had appointments to seek legal …
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By Cassandra Garrison and Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Bernardo Arevalo, who won Sunday’s Guatemalan presidential runoff by a landslide, said he wants to work with the U.S. to expand temporary work programs for migrants there, while also increasing investment in his country’s poorest areas to reduce departures. In an interview with Reuters on Tuesday, …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke on Monday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and welcomed the recent release of activist Ahmed Douma and others, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi pardoned prominent activist Douma, along with a number of prisoners, state TV …
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