CANNES (Reuters) – Johnny Depp pushed back at suggestions he was making a comeback with the Cannes Film Festival’s opening movie “Jeanne du Barry” following a high-profile defamation trial a year ago, though he admitted people had “stopped calling” at the time. “I keep wondering about the word comeback, because I didn’t go anywhere,” Depp …
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By Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – A former commander of Russia’s Wagner group who sought asylum in Norway after crossing the Russian-Norwegian border in January said on Wednesday he wanted to return to Russia even though he believed this could pose a risk to his life. Andrei Medvedev, who has previously spoken about his time …
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By Muvija M LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles greeted celebrity ambassadors of his youth charity, including veteran musician Nile Rodgers, along with the charity’s award winners on Wednesday in the first reception at Buckingham Palace since his coronation. Dressed in a crisp, navy blue suit, Charles, who was crowned on May 6 in one …
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By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Netflix Inc’s recently launched ad-supported tier reaches nearly 5 million active users per month, executives said on Wednesday in a pitch that emphasized the breadth of its programming to potential advertisers. The streaming video pioneer launched a $7-per-month option with commercials last November in 12 markets, including the U.S., …
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By Richard Francis (Reuters) -Cisco Systems Inc said on Wednesday a large backlog of products due to supply chain constraints has hit demand for new orders from customers, sending the company’s shares down 4% in extended trading. Cisco’s product orders fell 23% in the third quarter, even as the maker of routers, security services and …
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(This May 16 story has been refiled to correct conversion to ’50 miles’ in paragraph 2) By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is accelerating plans to protect London from flooding caused by a warming climate and rising sea levels, bringing forward its scheme of work to protect the city centre by 15 years. London, …
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By Johann M Cherian and Shashwat Chauhan (Reuters) – London stocks closed lower on Wednesday, with the London Stock Exchange Group falling after an investor consortium sold shares in the market operator and British Land Company and JD Sports Fashion providing downbeat corporate updates. The blue-chip FTSE 100 fell 0.4%, down for the second consecutive …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s government hopes to reach a resolution with the European Union on issues around rules of origin regulations that car manufacturers have concerns about, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman said on Wednesday. Stellantis, the world’s No. 3 carmaker by sales for brands including Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen and Fiat, urged the government to …
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DUBAI (Reuters) – A Dubai court has rejected an appeal by a British citizen charged with defrauding Danish tax authorities and ordered him to pay more than $1 billion to Denmark, according to a court document dated Tuesday and seen by Reuters. A ruling issued by the Dubai Court of Cassation, its highest court, says …
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(Reuters) – Russia’s State Duma on Wednesday approved the first reading of a bill that would put sports bodies in occupied regions of Ukraine under the jurisdiction of its own sporting federations. The draft law would apply to the regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia that Russia claimed as its own territory last year …
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