(Reuters) -Starbucks plans to issue “clearer” centralized guidelines for in-store visual displays following a union’s allegations that managers banned Pride-themed decor, the coffee chain said in an internal memo to employees. “We intend to issue clearer centralized guidelines… for in-store visual displays and decorations that will continue to represent inclusivity and our brand,” Starbucks North…
By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A California man suing Johnson & Johnson told jurors on Monday how his life was upended by a cancer diagnosis that he blames on using the company’s baby powder since childhood, as the first trial over the product in nearly two years neared its end. “I just turned into a…
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemalans fed up with persistent graft scandals on Sunday catapulted an unheralded anti-corruption candidate into a run-off for the presidency, raising hopes of a renewed drive to clean up the government after years of frustration. Bernardo Arevalo, an ex-diplomat and son of former president Juan Jose Arevalo, defied poll…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Monday with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni about the brief uprising by Russian mercenaries against the Kremlin and also invited her to visit the White House in July, the White House said in a statement. Biden has spoken with key allies about the events in Russia…
(Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday he let Saturday’s aborted mutiny go on as long as it did to avoid bloodshed, while the Wagner mercenary group boss who led the uprising said he never intended to overthrow the government. Putin’s televised address was his first public comment since Saturday, when he had said…
(Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin on Monday paid tribute to pilots who were killed during the failed weekend mutiny, confirming earlier reports by military bloggers that several planes were shot down by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner militia. Wagner fighters on Saturday took control of the southern city of Rostov-on-Don and its military command centre steering the…
By Sinéad Carew, Sruthi Shankar and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – U.S. stocks closed lower on Monday, as investors were wary of betting on riskier assets before seeing the outcome of Russia’s aborted weekend mutiny. The rebellion by Russian mercenaries raised questions about President Vladimir Putin’s future. While Putin on Monday thanked mercenary fighters and…
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Fox News said on Monday that network veteran Jesse Watters would fill the key prime-time slot left vacant by the exit of top-rated host Tucker Carlson. Carlson left the network in April, less than a week after parent company Fox Corp settled a $787.5 million defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems,…
By Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – A Tesla vehicle that was operating on its Autopilot software crashed into a stationary truck on a highway in Pennsylvania on Friday night, police said, adding to scrutiny of the automaker’s driver assistance system. The Tesla was traveling in the middle lane when it struck the rear end of a…
By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Ukraine’s work with allies to build broad international support for a peace blueprint has made progress but any summit to endorse a document is at least months away, officials said. Senior officials from Ukraine, G7 countries, the European Union and nations such as Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, South Africa…
