Hong Kong May retail sales rise 18.4%, sees support from local consumption
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s May retail sales rose 18.4% from a year earlier in the sixth consecutive month…
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Ready, try to stay steady, go! Men in high heels race at Madrid Pride
MADRID (Reuters) – Dozens of people sporting high heels, most of them men, raced down a cobbled street in the…
DirecTV removes Nexstar’s programming after failing to reach distribution agreement
(Reuters) – DirecTV removed TV station owner Nexstar Media Group’s network and local community programming from its satellite, cable and…
UK’s King Charles to meet Biden at Windsor Castle on July 10 – palace
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s King Charles will meet U.S. President Joe Biden at Windsor Castle on July 10, a spokesperson…
United Airlines CEO aims to avoid flight disruptions ahead of US Fourth of July holiday travel
By Anirudh Saligrama (Reuters) – United Airlines plans to make changes in flight operations to avoid weather-related disruptions ahead of…
Fresh flight disruptions threaten US Fourth of July holiday weekend travel
By Doyinsola Oladipo and Rajesh Kumar Singh NEW YORK (Reuters) -The number of people traveling by air in the United…
Hollywood actors extend contract talks, temporarily averting strike
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood’s actors union and major Hollywood studios agreed on Friday to keep negotiating through…
Pope names Argentine bishop, author of kissing book, to top Vatican post
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) – Pope Francis has named an Argentine theologian and prolific author who decades ago wrote a…
Versatile Oscar-winning American actor Alan Arkin dies at 89
By Will Dunham (Reuters) -Alan Arkin, a versatile and prolific American actor who thrived in both comic and dramatic roles…
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…