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A currency dealer works at a dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, August 25, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register HONG KONG, May 11 (Reuters) – Asian shares squeezed higher on Wednesday from close to two-year lows hit in the previous session while the dollar held […]
A man holding an umbrella looks at an electronic stock quotation board outside a brokerage in Tokyo April 7, 2015. REUTERS/Issei Kato Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register MILAN, May 2 (Reuters) – Shares fell and the dollar held near highs in holiday-thinned trading on Monday, as concerns about economic growth lingered […]
(Nairobi) – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has worsened the food security crisis in many African countries, Human Rights Watch said today. Many countries in East, West, Middle, and Southern Africa rely on Russia and Ukraine for a significant percentage of their wheat, fertilizer, or vegetable oils imports, but the war disrupts global commodity markets and […]
MEXICO CITY, April 22 (Reuters) – Mexican officials are concerned the repeal of a measure adopted under the Trump administration to tighten the U.S. border will encourage a spike in migration and more profits for criminal gangs unless Washington does more to help mitigate the impact. The United States has said it will on May […]
Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is openly trying to curtail Black political power in his state as he redraws its congressional districts to suggestively benefit Republicans. The Florida legislature is meeting this week to consider a proposal from DeSantis that would give Florida Republicans a 20-8 advantage over Democrats in the state’s congressional delegation. That’s […]
F.D.A. field inspectors check imported seafood at the Los Angeles International Airport in 2009. The agency is ramping up inspections again.Credit…Food and Drug Administration The Food and Drug Administration is ratcheting up a wide range of facility inspections that were delayed by travel pauses after the pandemic began. The inspections have long been a crucial […]
At this time of year, Kees Huizunga is normally busy planting wheat, barley and corn on his farm in central Ukraine. But, having lost workers to the frontline, the Dutch national left his grain silos to sound the alarm about the impact of the Russian invasion on global wheat supply. Russia and Ukraine supply almost […]
An electronic stock quotation board is displayed inside a conference hall in Tokyo, Japan November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Stocks rose in choppy trade on Thursday as worries about the economic impact of the Omicron coronavirus variant ebbed but increasing caution […]
When jury selection starts in earnest on Tuesday for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court, many observers might think that they will finally learn the full truth about the crimes of her consort, disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein – and any subsequent cover-ups. On the surface, this conjecture makes sense: Epstein
Starbucks said Wednesday it is raising its U.S. employees’ pay and making other changes to improve working conditions in its stores. The Seattle-based coffee giant said all of its U.S. workers will earn at least $15 — and up to $23 — per hour by next summer. In late January, employees with two or more […]