ZHASHKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian Bogdan Senchukov wants to carve his way into the Guinness Records: by making the world’s biggest collection of musical instruments from matchsticks. Ukrainian craftsman Bogdan Senchukov uses safety matches while making a violin at his … Continue reading Ukrainian artist strikes a chord with matchsticks
FILE PHOTO: A worker installs a 17th century copy of the painting Mona Lisa before its auction at Sotheby’s auction house in Paris, France, November 14, 2019. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – A 17th-century copy of Leonardo da Vinci’s … Continue reading Replica of da Vinci’s Mona Lisa sells for 552,500 euros
Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey of The Who attend the unveiling of the founding stone of the new Music Walk of Fame in London, Britain, November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Marissa Davison LONDON (Reuters) – British rock band The Who became the … Continue reading The Who are first honored as London unveils Music Walk of Fame
Bei Bei, the giant panda, is seen for the last time at the Smithsonian National Zoo, before his departure to China, in Washington, U.S., November 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi (Reuters) – After a month of preparations and good-byes, Bei Bei, … Continue reading Bei Bei, Washington’s eligible bachelor panda, set to move to China
ZHASHKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Ukrainian Bogdan Senchukov wants to carve his way into the Guinness Records: by making the world’s biggest collection of musical instruments from matchsticks. Ukrainian craftsman Bogdan Senchukov uses safety matches while making a violin at his … Continue reading Ukrainian artist strikes a chord with matchsticks
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Most people’s basic knowledge of investing is that their portfolio should be a mix of stocks and bonds. FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the trading floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York … Continue reading Your Money: How to up your bond game with ETFs
(Reuters) – In 1990, a bikini-clad Madonna wrapped in a U.S. flag urged MTV viewers to vote in Senate elections as the youth television network partnered with a “Rock the Vote” campaign that mixed pop culture and politics. Thirty years … Continue reading MTV launches 2020 ‘+1thevote’ campaign to mobilize Millennials and Gen Z
HARARE (Reuters) – China accused Zimbabwe on Tuesday of understating its financial help to the southern African nation, after budget figures released last week showed that major ally Beijing ranked poorly on the list of Harare’s foreign donors. Zimbabwe faces … Continue reading China says Zimbabwe is understating financial support
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) – Specialized fund managers who pioneered green investing for decades are missing out on some of the spoils as the sector goes mainstream and large firms move in. FILE PHOTO: Traders work on the floor at … Continue reading Sustainable investors face squeeze as larger firms move in
TRIPOLI/CAIRO (Reuters) – At least ten workers were killed and 35 wounded in an air strike that hit a biscuit factory in Libya on Monday in what a senior U.N official said was a possible war crime. The majority of … Continue reading Air strike hits biscuit factory in Libyan capital, killing 10
A Malian Armed Forces (FAMa) patch worn by a soldier is pictured during the Operation Barkhane in Ndaki, Mali, July 29, 2019. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier BAMAKO (Reuters) – Twenty-four Malian soldiers were killed and 29 wounded in an attack on an … Continue reading Mali army says 24 soldiers, 17 militants killed in attack on northern patrol
DAKAR (Reuters) – Five months before an ambush killed 39 colleagues, local workers at a Canadian-owned gold mine in Burkina Faso pleaded with managers to fly them to the site rather than go by a road that was prone to … Continue reading Mine workers demanded more protection before deadly Burkina Faso attack