STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – (This July 6 story has been refiled to say that Sweden government is considering changing the law to allow police to stop Koran burnings in public, not making it illegal to burn the book in public or in private) The Swedish government is examining whether it could change the law to stop…
By Anirban Sen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Cronos Group Inc, the Canadian cannabis producer backed by cigarette maker Altria Group Inc, confirmed on Thursday it is in talks with potential buyers to explore a sale of the company, after Reuters reported on the talks. Cronos is working with a financial adviser to handle expressions of interest…
By Andrew Gray and Sabine Siebold BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO leaders gather in Vilnius next week aiming to overcome divisions on Ukraine’s push for a path to membership and end Turkey’s block on Sweden joining the transatlantic military alliance. With the war in Ukraine still casting a dark shadow over Europe, the summit in the…
By Joe Cash BEIJING (Reuters) -Allegations that the Chinese Communist Party has undue influence within the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank “are without any foundation whatsoever,” Danny Alexander, a vice president, said on Friday, following the fiery resignation of a senior employee. Bob Pickard, the AIIB’s former chief of communications said in June that he had…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -The National Labor Relations Board on Thursday sued Starbucks over the coffee chain’s refusal to rehire 33 workers as it reorganized three downtown Seattle stores, including its flagship store in Pike Place Market. In a petition filed in Seattle federal court, the agency called Starbucks’ plan to reorganize the…
By Jake Spring SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The world recorded its hottest day ever on Thursday, breaking previous highs set on Monday and Tuesday as global average temperatures continue to climb, according to data from the U.S. National Centers on Environmental Prediction. The global average temperature hit 17.23 degrees Celsius (63.01 Fahrenheit) on Thursday, according…
(This July 6 story has been corrected to fix the court where filing was made in paragraphs 1-3) (Reuters) – The Biden administration on Thursday asked a federal judge to put on hold his earlier order barring some government agencies and officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies about moderating their content. In…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jamie Dimon and Jes Staley do not agree on who to blame for JPMorgan Chase’s relationship with former client Jeffrey Epstein, but agree that a shareholder lawsuit over their alleged failure to police the disgraced financier should be thrown out. Lawyers for Dimon, the bank’s chief executive, and…
By Robert Muller PRAGUE (Reuters) -The head of NATO said on Friday the military alliance would unite at a summit next week on how to bring Kyiv closer to joining, while Ukraine’s president drummed up support for its membership bid on a tour of several NATO states. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited the Czech Republic and…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden said a report on Friday showing continued, but slowing, job growth is “Bidenomics in action” and a sign of a sustainable economic expansion. “We are seeing stable and steady growth,” Biden said in a statement. “That’s Bidenomics – growing the economy by creating jobs, lowering costs for hardworking…
