WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA Director William Burns on Thursday announced the appointment of the former head of the U.S. Navy’s sexual assault prevention program as part of a new effort to improve how the premier U.S. spy agency deals with sexual assault and harassment allegations. The moves follow a U.S. Senate intelligence committee letter in…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever. Asian markets look poised to end the week on a nervous note on Friday, after soft U.S. and Chinese data stoked worries about the global economy and ensured a jittery day on world markets on Thursday. The main…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A debt limit meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and top lawmakers that had been scheduled for Friday has been postponed, and the leaders agreed to meet early next week, a White House spokesperson said on Thursday. Aides from both sides have started to discuss ways…
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co pilots’ union said on Thursday its members had approved a strike mandate by an overwhelming majority ahead of the busy summer travel season. The Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA), which represents 10,000 pilots of the Dallas-based carrier, said 98% of its members participated in the vote and 99% voted in…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras reported a 14.4% decline in first-quarter net profit, hit by lower oil prices, the firm said in a statement on Wednesday, a result that nevertheless landed ahead of analysts’ expectations. Petrobras reported net profit of 38.16 billion reais ($7.63 billion) during the January to March, while analysts…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -United Airlines pilots want higher pay than their counterparts at Delta Air Lines and at least similar improvements in work-life balance in their new contract, the head of their union said. Garth Thompson, in an interview late on Wednesday, told Reuters that any proposal that falls short of those…
By Steve Holland, Michael Martina and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met China’s top diplomat this week and both sides recognized the need to move beyond an alleged spy balloon incident that caused a pause in relations between the superpowers, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. The White House…
(Reuters) – U.S. adolescents made fewer weekly emergency department (ED) visits for mental health conditions in Fall 2022 compared to a year earlier, researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on Thursday. By late 2022, pandemic restrictions had been loosened or lifted and adolescents had generally returned to schools, with better…
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp on Friday will defend its $69 billion planned acquisition of “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard Inc, in a private antitrust lawsuit in San Francisco federal court brought by video gamers who claim the deal will harm industry competition and should be stopped. At the hearing, U.S. District…
By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -The head of Brazil’s electoral authority, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, delivered a stern warning to the world’s top tech companies on Wednesday, saying he would not let them undermine Brazil’s democracy. Moraes’ comments – which included the assertion that global tech giants “believe no jurisdiction in the world…
