By Ryan Woo and Casey Hall BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing upgraded its hot weather warning on Friday to “red”, the highest in its colour-coded alert system, as many parts of the Chinese capital roasted in temperatures up to 40 degrees Celsius (104 F). The official temperature, measured in Beijing’s southern suburbs, hit 40 degrees C just…
By Lisa Baertlein and Bianca Flowers (Reuters) – Workers at aerospace supplier Spirit AeroSystems were the latest U.S. union employees to reject a contract their leaders negotiated with their employer, joining freight railroad employees, airline pilots and others who are growing more fed up with stagnant pay, high healthcare costs, scanty sick time and uncertain…
By Joseph Ax and Steve Gorman (Reuters) -A deep-sea submersible carrying five people on a voyage to the century-old wreck of the Titanic was found in pieces from a “catastrophic implosion” that killed everyone aboard, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Thursday, ending a multinational five-day search for the vessel. A robotic diving vehicle deployed…
(Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday said the European Union’s latest proposal for a trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur made reaching an agreement impossible as it included a “threat” to Brazil. The Brazilian leader was referring to the EU’s addendum to the deal attaching sustainability and climate change commitments…
By Brad Brooks and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The first fatal accident aboard a deep-sea tourist submersible is certain to raise calls for additional safety regulations, but industry experts say any new measures may be impossible to enforce given the international nature of the business. Moreover, they say the tragedy of the Titan submersible that…
LONDON/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Euro zone business growth stalled this month as a manufacturing recession deepened and a previously resilient services sector barely grew, leaving the European Central Bank in a policy dilemma as it presses ahead with rate hikes to fight inflation. HCOB’s flash Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) for the 20 nations sharing the euro…
By Napat Wesshasartar BANGKOK (Reuters) – Climate change might have stimulated a plankton bloom that caused thousands of dead fish to wash up along a 3- to 4-kilometre stretch of beach in Thailand’s southern Chumphon province, an expert said. Thon Thamrongnawasawat, deputy dean of the Faculty of Fisheries at Kasetsart University, attributed the fish deaths…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jeffrey Epstein’s victims have formally asked a U.S. judge to preliminarily approve JPMorgan Chase’s $290 million settlement to resolve claims that the largest U.S. bank turned a blind eye to the disgraced financier’s sexual abuses. Lawyers for the victims said in a Thursday night filing in Manhattan federal…
(Reuters) -Former U.S. Representative Will Hurd on Thursday announced he would run for president, joining a growing list of Republicans seeking to unseat Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election. Here are some of the candidates in both the Democratic and Republican parties. REPUBLICAN PARTY DONALD TRUMP Trump, 77, announced his election campaign…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s armed forces have halted a Russian offensive towards the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman in the east of the country, and are advancing in the south, a senior Ukrainian defence official said on Friday. “We had very fierce battles in the Kupiansk and Lyman directions, but our soldiers stopped the enemy…
