By Steve Holland and Julia Edwards Ainsley WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump signed a revised executive order on Monday banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations from traveling to the United States but removing Iraq from the list after his controversial first attempt was blocked in the courts.... Read more

By Rina Chandran PHANGANE, India, March 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A little before 2 pm each day, when residents of Phangane village in India’s Maharashtra state usually take a quick nap in the heat of the day, elderly women in bright pink sarees head towards a colorful hut, clutching... Read more

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (Reuters) – After a turbulent start to his presidency, Donald Trump goes before the U.S. Congress on Tuesday night to give a speech that will be closely watched for details of his plans for the economy and whether he can strike a more conciliatory... Read more

By Stephanie Nebehay and Joseph Sipalan GENEVA/KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (Reuters) – South Korea called for “collective measures” to punish North Korea for using chemical weapons to kill the estranged half-brother of its leader Kim Jong Un, as Malaysia said on Tuesday it would charge two women with murder over... Read more

By Richa Naidu and Nandita Bose Feb 28 (Reuters) – Target Corp shares plunged on Tuesday after executives issued a full-year profit forecast that fell well below analyst estimates and said the retailer would lower prices to compete with deep-discounting rivals. Target at its investor day conference vowed aggressive promotions... Read more

By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Oscar officials on Monday were investigating an embarrassing mix-up over the best picture award, which eventually went to African-American coming-of-age drama “Moonlight,” after a ceremony studded with political jokes and minor mishaps. In a mistake that stunned the Dolby Theatre crowd... Read more

The streets of Toronto’s Gay Village got funky this past weekend. On Feb. 11, Toronto queer collective, RUDE “disrupted” the gay village in the city’s downtown core. Funk and Rhyme, the collective’s second official event, introduced spoken word and funk music to the Glad Day Bookshop – the oldest running... Read more

Countless music venues in Toronto have been announcing their closure recently forcing city councillors to take notice. In the last few weeks that list has been growing at an unnerving rate leaving musicians and fans wondering what’s being done to preserve these spaces. While city council is holding meetings and... Read more

Here are some entertainment news you might have missed from this weekend. Prince back on streaming platforms, two new albums coming. Prince’s early music catalog was made available across all streaming services on Sunday, almost a year after his death, and record label Warner Bros. said it planned to release... Read more

PARIS, Feb. 13 (Reuters) – French presidential front-runner Emmanuel Macron is being targeted by Russian media and internet attacks from within Russia with the goal of helping the election campaigns of his pro-Moscow rivals, his party chief said on Monday. The comments by Richard Ferrand, secretary-general of Macron’s En Marche! (Onwards!)... Read more