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Colombian director films quarantine ‘Bathroom’ comedy with mobile phones

May 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, Colombia, CORONAVIRUS, Emerging Market Countries, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Epidemics, Film, HEALTH, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Living / Lifestyle, Pictures, South America / Central America, Telecommunications Services (TRBC), US, Video

BOGOTA (Reuters) – This time there are no lights, cameras, dressing rooms or the hundreds of people who usually crowd

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World’s largest wealth fund blacklists Glencore, other giants over coal use

May 13, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Americas, Asia / Pacific, Banking and Investment Services (TRBC), BRAZIL, Canada, Carbon / Emissions Markets, Central Banks / Central Bank Events, Coal (TRBC), Company News, Content produced in Bangalore, Corporate Events, Credit and Corporate Debt, Crude Oil, Energy (TRBC), Environment, Europe, Funds, Gasoline, General News, Government / Politics, Government Finances, Heating Oil / Gasoil, Hong Kong, Integrated Oil and Gas (TRBC), Major News, Money Markets, Norges Bank, Norway, Oil and Gas Refining and Marketing (TRBC), Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Renewable Energy, South America / Central America, Sovereign Wealth Funds, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), SWF, Switzerland, Tanzania, Textiles / Apparel (Legacy), Textiles and Leather Goods (TRBC), United Kingdom, United States, US

OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1 trillion wealth fund is excluding some of the world’s biggest commodities firms from its portfolio,

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Mexican broadcaster Televisa grapples with steamy soaps in social-distancing era

May 7, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Company News, CORONAVIRUS, Enterprise Reporting, Entertainment Production (TRBC), FOCUS, HEALTH, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Mexico, Picture available, South America / Central America, TELEVISA, US

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Some of the top creative minds at Mexican broadcaster Televisa are puzzling over an unexpected challenge:

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Naomi Campbell – from catwalk queen to chat show host

April 26, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, CAMPBELL, Celebrities, Fashion, Living / Lifestyle, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), NAOMI, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, United States, US, Video

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Coronavirus quarantine has supermodel Naomi Campbell reinventing herself as a talk show host with the new

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Explainer: Could warmer weather help contain the coronavirus?

April 25, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, China (PRC), Company News, CORONAVIRUS, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Environment, Epidemics, Europe, EXPLAINER, G20, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Infectious Diseases, Major News, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Research (TRBC), Public Health, Respiratory Conditions, Science, SEASONALITY, South Korea, Tourism / Travel, United States, US, Video, World Health Organization

(Reuters) – The world is looking for signs that the arrival of warmer weather in the northern hemisphere could slow

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Climate change robs Native American fisherman of his livelihood – and his heritage

April 21, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, Epidemics, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), General News, Government / Politics, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Pictures, Pollution, QUINAULT, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, Science, United States, US

TAHOLAH, Washington (Reuters) – Long before Europeans set foot on this rugged stretch of Pacific coastline, Francis McCrory’s ancestors rowed

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Kept home by COVID-19, U.S. politics goes virtual with digital dance parties and avatars

April 20, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, CORONAVIRUS, Diseases, ELECTION, Elections / Voting, Epidemics, Government / Politics, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Internet / World Wide Web, Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transsexual, Picture available, Pictures, Presidential Elections, Public Health, Respiratory Conditions, Social Media, United States, US, US Government News

(Reuters) – When stay-at-home orders sparked by the coronavirus forced him to find new ways to reach young voters ahead

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Who’s Who of pop culture unites for ‘One World’ coronavirus special

April 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asia / Pacific, Broadcasting (TRBC), Canada, Celebrities, CORONAVIRUS, Epidemics, Europe, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Hong Kong, INDIA, Italy, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Middle East, Music, ONE, Pictures, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, US, Video, WORLD

(Reuters) – Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Oprah Winfrey on Saturday headlined a special

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Covid, Quarantine among names suggested for newborn animals in Colombian zoo

April 12, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Colombia, CORONAVIRUS, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, LATAM, Nature / Wildlife, South America / Central America, United Nations, US, ZOO

SAN ANTONIO DEL TEQUENDAMA, Colombia (Reuters) – A small zoo in central Colombia has called on its social media followers

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Illegal loggers uncowed by coronavirus as deforestation rises in Brazil

April 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, BRAZIL, Climate Politics, Economic Indicators, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Forest and Wood Products (TRBC), General News, Government / Politics, Pictures, Regulation, South America / Central America, US

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest rose in March, government data showed on Friday, indicating that illegal loggers

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