By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -About 155,000 federal workers in Canada walked off the job on Wednesday after failing to reach a deal for higher wages and work-from-home guarantees, a strike that affects a range of public services from tax returns to passport renewals. The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) union…
By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) – About 155,000 federal workers in Canada walked off the job on Wednesday after failing to reach a deal for higher wages and work-from-home guarantees, a strike that affects a range of public services from tax returns to passport renewals. The contract negotiations cover two main groups of employees: 120,000…
By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) -The Boys Scouts of America said on Wednesday it had emerged from bankruptcy after battling back appeals over its $2.46 billion settlement of decades of sexual abuse claims. The Boy Scouts’ three-year Chapter 11 bankruptcy case resulted in the largest sexual abuse settlement fund in U.S. history and resolves claims by…
By Mimosa Spencer PARIS (Reuters) -L’Oreal reported a 13% rise in first-quarter sales, beating expectations thanks to strong business in the United States and Europe as shoppers shrugged off rising prices, but has yet to benefit from the end of COVID-19 curbs in China. Sales of the French cosmetics group, which sells brands ranging from…
KYIV (Reuters) – Russian forces are stepping up their use of heavy artillery and air strikes in the devastated eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces said on Tuesday. Fighting in and around Bakhmut has for months been the epicentre of the war in Ukraine. “Currently, the enemy is increasing the…
By Manya Saini and Tatiana Bautzer (Reuters) – Morgan Stanley’s profit beat expectations as wealth management revenue climbed in the first quarter, offsetting slumps in investment banking and trading revenue. The bank earned $1.70 per share, beating analysts’ average estimate of $1.62 per share, according to Refinitiv data. Its stock edged 0.5% higher to $90.34 in…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with a convicted stalker’s claim that thousands of unwanted Facebook messages he sent to a female musician in Colorado were protected speech in a case testing the limits of the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment safeguards. In arguments in the case, the justices…
(Reuters) -Lawyers for Tyre Nichols’ family filed a $550 million federal lawsuit against the city of Memphis on Wednesday, seeking damages in the beating death in January of the 29-year-old Black man at the hands of police, attorney Ben Crump said. The lawsuit and the massive award that the family is seeking are meant to…
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Snap Inc on Wednesday said its artificial intelligence chatbot will now be able to respond to users’ messages with a fully AI-generated image, as the owner of photo messaging app Snapchat deepens its work in AI technology. The announcement came at Snap’s annual Partner Summit. The company aims to use the…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines Holdings Inc on Wednesday said macroeconomic risks have increased following turmoil in the banking industry last month that led to a sharp, brief drop in business travel demand. CEO Scott Kirby said while the company “feels good” about its full-year profit outlook, it stands ready to…
