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'Hundreds' likely affected by Chinese virus: researchers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 11:39 AM

LONDON, United Kingdom - The number of people infected by a mystery SARS-like virus that has killed two people in China is likely hundreds more than officially reported, researchers have said.   Read more »

US ex-congressman jailed 2 years for insider trading

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 10:45 AM

NEW YORK, United States - Former US lawmaker Chris Collins, President Donald Trump's first supporter in Congress, was sentenced Friday to more than two years in jail for his role in an insider trading scheme. Read more »

NBA: Suns trio scores 80 points in win over Knicks

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jan 17 01:27 PM

Devin Booker scored 29 points, and the Phoenix Suns seized control in the third quarter and pulled away for a 121-98 rout of the host New York Knicks on Thursday night. Read more »

Peacock, NBC’s streaming service, will have free option, ‘The Office’

Tiffany Hsu and Edmund Lee, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 17 12:06 PM

Despite taking its name from one of the flashiest animals on the planet, NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming service is at risk of blending in with the flock. Read more »

Trump’s next trade fight could be with Europe

Ana Swanson and Jack Ewing, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 17 08:51 AM

In remarks in Washington on Thursday morning, Phil Hogan, the new European trade commissioner, gave a frank assessment of an important trading relationship that had grown troubled on many fronts. Read more »

Putin forever? 6 takeaways from Russia's power shake-up

Anton Troianovski, The New York Times
Updated as of Jan 16 05:02 PM

The spate of moves offers some clues about Vladimir Putin’s plans and priorities, but also raises questions about what may lie ahead for the Russian president. Here are answers to some of them. Read more »

Eyewitness to horror: New York museum opens exhibit of art by Holocaust victims

Barbara Goldberg, Reuters
Posted at Jan 16 12:15 PM

"Rendering Witness: Holocaust-Era Art as Testimony," which opens this week at the lower Manhattan museum, comes at a time when U.S. anti-Semitic hate crimes have spiked and memories of the horrors of the Holocaust are fading. Read more »

A Maine paper mill's unexpected savior: China

Ellen Barry, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 16 09:37 AM

The most startling thing about Zhang was her promise that Nine Dragons would operate the mill for 100 years, long enough to employ Edwards’ children and grandchildren. Read more »

US-China trade deal: What’s in (and out) the agreement

Peter Eavis and Alan Rappeport, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 16 09:13 AM

The agreement signed Wednesday includes some victories for Trump: China has committed to buy an additional $200 billion of American goods and services by 2021 and crack down on business practices that the Trump administration has criticized. But text of the accord does not provide enough information to determine how it will work in practice. Read more »

Trump tried to kill anti-bribery law, new book alleges

Jeanna Smialek, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 16 08:15 AM

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump wanted to strike down a law that prohibits companies from bribing foreign officials, calling the ban “so unfair” to American companies, two Washington Post reporters recount in a new book. Read more »

NBA: Giannis scores 37 as Bucks finish sweep of Knicks

Field Level Media via Reuters
Posted at Jan 15 11:51 AM

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 37 points in just 21 minutes Tuesday night for the host Milwaukee Bucks, who concluded their season-long dominance of the New York Knicks by cruising to a 128-102 victory. Read more »

Little Women's Greta Gerwig isn't as outraged as Twitter about directing snub

Nicole Sperling, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 15 09:17 AM

In between eating breakfast, bouncing her teething 10-month old baby in her arms and fielding text messages from her “Little Women” group chat, Greta Gerwig stepped away from the madness Monday to talk about the six nominations for her second feature film.  Read more »

Who Is Yusaku Maezawa, the Japanese billionaire seeking a 'special woman' for space — and life?

Elizabeth Paton, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 15 08:55 AM

Fashion billionaire Yusaku Maezawa recently posted an online advertisement for a wing woman to accompany him on the first SpaceX flight around the moon — and through life. Read more »

A Taal homecoming: 'Everything’s gone in the blink of an eye'

Jason Gutierrez, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 15 08:49 AM

Among the first challenges survivors faced as they sloshed ashore from a motorized canoe was the 2 feet of ash. Hundreds of dead, ash-coated tilapia bobbed in the gentle current, injecting the smell of rotting fish into the sulfur-scented air. Read more »

Climate crisis to reshape finance: BlackRock CEO

Andrew Ross Sorkin, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 15 08:41 AM

BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager with nearly $7 trillion in investments, and this move will fundamentally shift its investing policy — and could reshape how corporate America does business and put pressure on other large money managers to follow suit. Read more »

Grindr, Tinder spread personal details, study says

Natasha Singer and Aaron Krolik, The New York Times
Posted at Jan 14 04:01 PM

Grindr, the world’s most popular gay dating app, transmitted user-tracking codes and the app’s name to more than a dozen companies, essentially tagging individuals with their sexual orientation, according to the report, which was released Tuesday by the Norwegian Consumer Council, a government-funded nonprofit organization in Oslo. Read more »

Model Gigi Hadid called as potential Weinstein juror

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 04:46 AM

American model Gigi Hadid appeared as a potential juror in disgraced movie producer Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial on Monday, adding a fresh celebrity twist to the high-profile proceedings.   Read more »

NBA: Knicks overcome 14-point deficit, cool off Heat

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 09:39 AM

The Knicks rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to post a 124-121 win over the visiting Miami Heat. Read more »

NBA: Ingram, Pelicans stroll past Knicks

Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 12:20 PM

Brandon Ingram continued his hot play by scoring a game-high 28 points Friday night for the visiting New Orleans Pelicans, who pulled away in the second half for a 123-111 win over the New York Knicks.   Read more »

Florence Pugh's true Hollywood fairy tale

Reggie Ugwu, The New York Times
Updated as of Jan 10 09:08 PM

With three breakout roles in 2019 — including “Little Women,” “Midsommar” and “Fighting With My Family,” a sleeper hit in which she portrayed a working-class British girl who becomes a WWE star — Florence Pugh has quickly ascended from virtual anonymity to her current status as one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation. Read more »