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DeSantis to stump in early voting states after rocky presidential launch

By James Oliphant and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ fledgling presidential campaign was looking to push forward on Thursday after a troubled online launch event drew mockery from his rivals and renewed doubts about his viability as a national candidate. DeSantis plans to barnstorm the early nominating states of Iowa, New Hampshire …

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Forty Cannes film festivals viewed through one photographer’s lens

By Rosalba O’Brien (Reuters) – When Eric Gaillard first went to photograph the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, it was a smaller, more intimate affair – the kind of place where you could see the greats from Hollywood’s Golden Age like Lauren Bacall or Ava Gardner wandering alone on the esplanade or having fun on …

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Nepali sherpa with record Everest summits behind him says he’ll keep climbing

By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A Nepali climber who scaled Mount Everest for a record 28th time this week, the most by any mountaineer, said on Thursday he had no immediate plans to hang up his climbing boots. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, who reached the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) summit of the world’s highest mountain on …

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India’s Zee Entertainment posts first loss in 3 years on weak ad demand, higher costs

BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises on Thursday reported its first quarterly loss in three years, as advertisers tightened their marketing budgets and expenses shot up. Zee posted a consolidated net loss of 1.96 billion rupees ($23.7 million) for the fourth quarter ended March 31, against a profit of 1.82 billion rupees a year …

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Jockey India licensee’s Q4 profit slumps on weak demand

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Page Industries Ltd, which licenses innerwear and loungewear brand Jockey International’s products in India, reported a near 60% fall in quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by weak demand as inflation pinched consumers. The company, known for manufacturing and distributing sports and athleisure wear, posted a profit of 783.5 million rupees ($9.5 million) …

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Egypt’s female ‘prisoners of poverty’ struggle with stigma

By Mai Shams El-Din and Farah Saafan CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian women facing jail for falling into debt face social stigma, and if they have been freed from prison struggle to rebuild their lives, NGO workers say, despite support from civil society groups and some state help in securing early releases. The issue has gained …

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Nvidia fuels Wall Street gains; gold falls to two-month low

By Chris Prentice and Marc Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Progress on U.S. debt ceiling talks bolstered global equities and sent gold prices to a two-month low on Thursday, as forecast-smashing revenue from chipmaker Nvidia fueled a rally in AI-related companies. Treasury yields were up and the U.S. dollar climbed to its highest level since mid-March. …

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Nvidia set to be retail favorite after Tesla’s six-month streak

(Reuters) -Nvidia Corp on Thursday was set to break Tesla Inc’s streak of being the most traded stock by retail traders in every session since Nov. 4, according to J.P. Morgan data. Shares of Nvidia jumped 27%, approaching a $1 trillion market value, after the U.S. chip designer projected quarterly revenue more than 50% above …

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As drought withers Tunisian fields, state feels financial pinch

By Jihed Abidellaoui TUNIS (Reuters) – As rains failed, Tunisian farmers watched their crops wither this spring, harvesting early to salvage some as animal feed and piling costs on a state struggling to afford wheat imports with bakeries running out of bread. At his farm just outside Tunis, Hasan Chetoui stood clutching dry sheaves of …

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Russia’s Putin sees prospects of settlement between Azerbaijan, Armenia

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that despite difficulties, he felt Azerbaijan and Armenia were moving towards a settlement to their decades-old conflict over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Putin made his remarks in a televised Kremlin meeting with leaders of both nations. Russia has traditionally been the main power broker between …

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