Europeans scramble to save Iran deal after Trump reneges
WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - Dismayed European allies sought to salvage the international nuclear pact with Iran on Wednesday after President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the landmark accord, while Tehran poured scorn on the U.S. leader. “The deal is...
Katy Perry and Taylor Swift put end to their bad blood
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Katy Perry sent Taylor Swift a real olive branch on Tuesday, appearing to end a long-running feud between two of pop music’s biggest stars. A combination photo shows singers Taylor Swift (L) and Katy Perry (R) in Beverly Hills and in Inglewood,...
Bardem and Cruz walk the red carpet to open Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (Reuters) - Spanish film royalty, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, walked the red carpet to open the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday with their film “Everybody Knows”, written and directed by Iranian double-Oscar winner Asghar Farhadi. Farhadi strode up...
Trump complains of biased courts, but they often support his policies
NEW YORK (Reuters) - In a March speech at a Washington, D.C. law school, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions slammed “activist” federal judges for blocking some of President Donald Trump’s key initiatives, voicing again a favorite grievance of the administration and...
New York state attorney general resigns after report he abused women
(Reuters) - New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned on Monday after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine. Governor Andrew Cuomo had called for Schneiderman’s resignation within hours of...
Goddesses, angels and a pope rock Catholic-inspired Met Gala
(Reuters) - Katy Perry came as an archangel, Rihanna dressed like the pope, and Kim Kardashian was a golden goddess for New York’s Met Gala on Monday on a night of high fashion inspired by religion. Bejeweled crosses, veils and halo-inspired headdresses ruled on the...
Trump push for conservative judges intensifies, to Democrats’ dismay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As President Donald Trump pursues his goal of making the federal judiciary more conservative, his fellow Republicans who control the Senate are poised to confirm another batch of his picks for influential U.S. appeals courts to the dismay of...
Republicans in key election races turn down volume on Trump’s tax cuts
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Right after Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed their income tax overhaul in December, delivering tax cuts to businesses and most American taxpayers, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was buoyant. Surrounded by jubilant fellow...
Meghan Markle has new role to master: British royal protocol
THORNBURY, England (Reuters) - From curtsying to Queen Elizabeth to calling her “Your Majesty”, U.S. actress Meghan Markle will have to learn her royal lines when she marries Prince Harry and joins the ranks of the British monarchy. Meghan Markle, the fiancee of...
British royal family releases first official photographs of Prince Louis
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s royal family released the first two official photographs of newly born Prince Louis on Sunday, one of which shows him being held by his sister Princess Charlotte, aged three. Britain's Princess Charlotte and her brother Prince Louis are...