Novartis disputes U.S. senators’ report on Cohen contract
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis (NOVN.S) on Friday disputed a report from Democratic U.S. senators that concluded the Swiss drugmaker misled the public about its $1.2 million contract with a former attorney for President Donald Trump. FILE PHOTO: Swiss drugmaker Novartis'...
Judge to weigh new rules as U.S. works to reunite migrant families
(Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday will consider imposing tougher rules on the U.S. government to ensure it reunites as many as 2,000 immigrant children with their parents by July 26. In a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, U.S. Judge Dana...
McQueen thriller ‘Widows’ to open London Film Festival
LONDON (Reuters) - British director Steve McQueen will open his first major feature since “12 Years a Slave” won an Oscar in 2013 when thriller “Widows” kicks off the BFI London Film Festival in October. FILE PHOTO: "12 Years a Slave" director Steve McQueen poses with...
Prince Harry, Elton John to launch coalition against HIV in men
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Prince Harry and music star Elton John are joining forces to launch a “global coalition” focused on treating HIV infections in men, the singer’s AIDS charity said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry greets Elton John after the...
U.S. must convince judge it has reunited migrants under five
(Reuters) - The U.S. government must convince a judge on Thursday that it has complied with a court order for reuniting the youngest migrant children who were separated from their parents by U.S. officials after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. FILE PHOTO:...
All migrant kids under five to be back with parents by Thursday: U.S. official
(Reuters) - All migrant children under age 5 who were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border will have been reunited with their parents by early Thursday morning if they were eligible, a Trump administration official said in a statement on Wednesday. The American Civil...
Lip gloss boss: Kylie Jenner to be youngest self-made billionaire
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Reality TV star Kylie Jenner is on track to become the youngest self-made billionaire in the United States thanks to the booming cosmetics company she launched two years ago, Forbes magazine reported on Wednesday. Jenner, 20, half-sister of...
Tech issues plague U.S. web portal tracking separated children
(Reuters) - In late June, attorney Sebastian Harley tried to log into a U.S. government web portal to check on a Guatemalan child who had been separated from his parent at the border. He got an error message saying there were too many users. “I just couldn’t get in,”...
‘Imagine the joy:’ Father, four-year-old son reunite in U.S. immigration crisis
SAN BENITO, Texas (Reuters) - With tears and smiles, Salvadoran asylum seeker Walter Armando Jimenez Melendez reunited with his 4-year-old son Jeremy on Tuesday after six weeks of anguished separation. “(I went) without knowing where he was - if he was eating, how...
UK’s Harry and Meghan visit Dublin in first trip as married couple
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Prince Harry paid tribute on Tuesday to Britain’s complex and “at times tragic” shared history with Ireland, at the start of a two-day visit to Dublin with his wife Meghan, their first trip abroad since their wedding in May. The pair arrived at...