June 2023
South Korea export downturn slows, trade balance swings to surplus
By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s export downturn slowed in June, with auto exports extending robust rises and…
China new home prices edge down in June for second consecutive month
BEIJING (Reuters) – New home prices in China edged down in June from the previous month, marking a second straight…
Half of Americans face stifling heat, poor air quality
By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) – Half of the U.S. population was urged on Friday to take precautions when they…
Disney accused in lawsuit of ‘systematically’ paying women less than men in California
(Reuters) – Walt Disney has been accused of systematically underpaying women in California in a lawsuit that alleges the company’s…
State Department review of 2021 Afghanistan evacuation critical of Biden, Trump
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. State Department report on Friday criticized the handling of the 2021 evacuation from…
US chicken producers ordered to face price-fixing claims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday said Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods and several other…
Venezuela bars leading opposition candidate Machado from holding office
By Mayela Armas and Vivian Sequera CARACAS (Reuters) -Maria Corina Machado, one of the favorites to win the Venezuelan opposition’s…
Bolsonaro barred from holding public office in Brazil until 2030
By Ricardo Brito and Gabriel Araujo BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career was in tatters on…
Moms for Liberty emerges as a force in the 2024 U.S. presidential election
By Jarrett Renshaw and James Oliphant PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Top rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Friday addressed the…
CIA director called Kremlin to assure US had no role in aborted mutiny- US newspapers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – CIA Director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week’s aborted mutiny in Russia…