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Late actor Paul Walker’s vehicles garner $2.33 million at Arizona auction

January 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arizona, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, AUCTION, Celebrities, Film, Living / Lifestyle, PAUL, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Picture available, United States, US, WALKER

PHOENIX (Reuters) – Twenty-one vehicles owned by the late actor Paul Walker, who starred in the popular “Fast and Furious”

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Australian government to aid tourism industry as bushfires recede

January 19, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Disasters / Accidents, Fires, Floods, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Precipitation, Tourism / Travel, US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian government said on Sunday it will financially aid the country’s tourism sector that’s been badly

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Weinstein jury seated after prosecutors accuse defense of excluding white women

January 18, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Crime, Film, General News, HARVEY, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, JURY, Living / Lifestyle, Media and Publishing (TRBC), New York City, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Picture available, US, WEINSTEIN, Women

(Reuters) – Lawyers in Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape trial finished selecting 12 jurors on Friday to decide the former

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Floods, road closures in Australia as storms lash some bushfire-hit regions

January 18, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, Disasters / Accidents, Environment, Fires, General News, Government / Politics, Graphics, Major News, Nature / Wildlife, Picture available, Pictures, Pollution, Precipitation, Property and Casualty Insurance (TRBC), US, Video, Weather Markets / Weather, Wildfires / Forest Fires

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Thunderstorms lashed parts of Australia’s east coast early on Saturday, causing road closures and flash flooding, but

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Recording Academy puts chief executive on leave days ahead of Grammys

January 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Company Management Issues, Content produced in Bangalore, DUGAN, ENTERTAINMENT, Leisure Products (TRBC), Living / Lifestyle, Music, RECORDINGACADEMY, United States, US, USA

FILE PHOTO – The Recording Academy CEO Deborah Dugan announces nominations for the 2020 Grammy Awards at a news conference

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Brazil’s tribes stride into digital age to defend their culture, forests

January 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, BRAZIL, Climate Politics, DIGITAL, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Environment, Government / Politics, INDIGENOUS, Internet / World Wide Web, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Nature / Wildlife, Pictures, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, South America / Central America, US, Video

XINGU INDIGENOUS PARK, Brazil (Reuters) – In the 1980’s Brazil’s first indigenous Congressman, Xavante chief Juruna, went around with a

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Weinstein seeks last minute New York trial delay, change of location

January 16, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Crime, Film, General News, HARVEY, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Living / Lifestyle, Media and Publishing (TRBC), New York City, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Picture available, US, WEINSTEIN, Women

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former film producer Harvey Weinstein on Wednesday asked a New York state appeals court to delay

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Rising sea levels threaten sovereign credit ratings: Moody’s

January 16, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, ASEAN Countries, Asia / Pacific, Bahamas, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Egypt, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Fiji, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), Maldives, Middle East, MOODY, National Government Debt, Philippines, S, SINGAPORE, South America / Central America, SOVEREIGN, Sri Lanka, Suriname, US, VIETNAM

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Economic shocks stemming from rising sea levels pose a long-term risk to the sovereign credit ratings of

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‘For Sama’ directors hope Oscar nod will shine spotlight on Syria

January 15, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, AWARDS, England, Europe, Film, FOR, General News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Middle East, Military Conflicts, OSCARS, SAMA, Syria, United Kingdom, United States, US, Video

LONDON (Reuters) – Filmmakers Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts are hoping the Oscar nomination for their documentary “For Sama” will

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Australia softens climate change rhetoric as bushfires, and voters, rage

January 15, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Australia, BUSHFIRES, Climate Politics, Coal, Company News, Environment, fired Power Stations, Government / Politics, INDIA, POLITICS, Pollution, US, Wildfires / Forest Fires

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Three years ago, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, then Treasurer, brandished a lump of coal in parliament

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