By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Thursday said Papa John’s International cannot force a Louisville, Kentucky, pizza delivery driver to arbitrate a claim that he was underpaid by invoking an arbitration agreement he said he never saw. In a 3-0 decision, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati said…
By Fedja Grulovic ATHENS (Reuters) -Wildfires across Greece slowly abated on Thursday after razing swathes of forest and dozens of homes in the past days, but temperatures rose, threatening new outbreaks in tinderbox conditions. With temperatures expected to hit 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in the coming days, the Culture Ministry said all archaeological…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has acknowledged that the carrier’s pilots are shunning promotion to the captain’s chair, hurting its flight capacity in the fourth quarter, confirming what Reuters reported earlier this week. Multiple pilots at United told Reuters that senior first officers have been avoiding promotion to…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats on Thursday advanced a bill that would mandate a binding ethics code for the Supreme Court after revelations that some conservative justices failed to disclose luxury trips and real estate transactions, though Republican opposition means it has little chance of becoming law. The Democratic-led Senate Judiciary Committee…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK -A former director of Venezuelan military intelligence pleaded not guilty on Thursday to U.S. drug trafficking charges, after a more than 10-year effort by the Department of Justice to bring him to U.S. soil. Hugo Carvajal, 63, arrived in the United states on Wednesday after being extradited from Spain. He…
By Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -Newmont missed second-quarter profit estimates on lower production and higher costs, sending shares of the world’s largest gold miner down on Thursday. Since early June, Newmont’s operations at Penasquito mine in Mexico has remained suspended in response to a labor strike notice, hurting output. Newmont last month told Reuters it declared…
(Reuters) – A group led by blockchain investors Matthew Roszak and Peter Vessenes are nearing a $125 million deal for cryptocurrency-focused media firm CoinDesk, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. CoinDesk is currently owned by crypto conglomerate Digital Currency Group (DCG), which bought it in 2016. Any sale…
By Moira Warburton and Josephine Walker WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives said on Thursday he did not promise Donald Trump that he would pass a measure aimed at expunging the former president’s two impeachments. “There’s no deal,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told NBC following a report by the Politico…
By Khushi Mandowara and Pratik Jain (Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories on Thursday beat quarterly profit expectations as a rebound in surgical procedure volumes drove demand for medical devices despite high inflation-driven costs, sending shares up by nearly 4%. Demand for medical devices and non-COVID-19 testing is expected to rise this year, as older adults in particular…
BEIJING (Reuters) – China and the United States agreed to maintain close communications after climate envoys from both countries met in Beijing, China’s environment ministry said on Thursday. China’s climate envoy Xie Zhenhua and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry discussed policy measures and progress on actions both countries have taken to address climate change, the…
