Politics Sanders, other U.S. Democratic 2020 candidates back workers in dispute with McDonald'sReuters - By James OliphantWASHINGTON (Reuters) - As a part of a push to increase the minimum wage for American workers, Bernie Sanders, a U.S. senator and Democratic presidential candidate, on Thursday waded into a dispute between
European Union Factbox: Who's who in the great EU jobs huntReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - This weekend's European Parliament election will usher in a major reshuffle of top jobs in EU institutions. These include presidents of the three political bodies -- the executive
Paul Manafort Bank CEO Calk charged in scheme to win a job in Trump administrationReuters - By Sarah N. LynchWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed criminal charges against Federal Savings Bank CEO Stephen Calk accusing him of corruptly approving high-risk loans to President Donald Trump's
Boeing 737 MAX FAA meets with air regulators on fate of Boeing 737 MAXReuters - By David ShepardsonFORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration is meeting with international air regulators Thursday from around the world to assess the status of the grounded Boeing Co 737 MAX and
European Parliament Factbox: Europe votes - Timeline to handoverReuters - By Alastair MacdonaldBRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU citizens will elect a new European Parliament this week, the first step in a process that will change the leadership of major European Union institutions later this year. May 23
Resistance Training Weight-training may help reduce hot flashesReuters - By Anne HardingPostmenopausal women can fight off hot flashes and night sweats by pumping iron, a new clinical trial shows. "Resistance training is already recommended for all women always, but now we can see it may
Business Shipowners see increase in IMO-compliant fuels, but doubts persistReuters - By Ahmad GhaddarAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Shipowners, who are facing one of the biggest changes in the oil industry in decades, are seeing more fuels that will be compliant with new rules on sulfur emissions from ships, some
Angela Merkel YouTuber's rant dents German conservatives' campaignReuters - by Thomas Escritt and Michael NienaberBERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives have been thrown off balance days before Germans vote in European Parliament elections by a 26-year-old's hour-long YouTube polemic, which has
Fernando Alonso Motor racing: McLaren vow to learn from their Indianapolis fiascoReuters - By Alan BaldwinMONACO (Reuters) - McLaren boss Zak Brown shouldered the blame on Thursday for the team's failure to qualify Fernando Alonso for this weekend's Indianapolis 500 and said he would do things very differently
British Steel Clock ticking on efforts to find British Steel buyerReuters - By Maytaal AngelLONDON A(Reuters) - Time is of the essence if the UK authorities are to broker a rescue of British Steel after it collapsed into liquidation, putting 25,000 jobs at risk. British industrialist Sanjeev
Business Russia removed 2 million tonnes of tainted Druzhba oil using rail, sea, storage: sourcesReuters - By Olga Yagova, Gleb Stolyarov and Natalia ChumakovaMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is using rail, storage tanks and ships to remove contaminated oil from an export pipeline, and has so far extracted around 2 million tonnes of the tainted oil - or over a third
The White House White House still wants deal on debt ceiling, funding: officialReuters - by Tim AhmannWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House still wants to reach a deal with Congress to fund the government and raise the nation's debt limit, even though President Donald Trump has said he will not negotiate
Venezuela U.S. tells large traders to stop jet fuel trade with VenezuelaReuters - by Dmitry Zhdannikov and Julia PayneLONDON (Reuters) - The United States told some large trading houses they should stop trading jet fuel with Venezuela or face sanctions, ratcheting up pressure aimed at removing Venezuelan President Nicolas
Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley shareholders vote to approve executive pay, directorReuters - By Elizabeth DiltsNEW YORK (Reuters) - Morgan Stanley said on Tuesday that more than 95 percent of shares voted to approve its executive compensation packages and that all of its directors were elected at the bank's annual
Business GSK to change incentives for sales representativesReuters - by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru(Reuters) - British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Thursday it will change incentives for sales representatives in some countries as it looks to retain talent. The changes mark a cautious return by
Business BlackRock infrastructure chief 'wary' of UK utilities investment riskReuters - by Simon JessopLONDON (Reuters) - The global head of infrastructure investing at BlackRock, the world's biggest asset manager, said he would be "very wary" of investing in UK utilities given the rising threat of nationalization
Kristaps Porzingis Knicks president: Porzingis threatened return to EuropeReutersWhen the Knicks decided to trade injured All-Star Kristaps Porzingis in January, New York was facing trade-me-or-else pressure to make the move. Team president Steve Mills said Wednesday that it wasn't
Berat Albayrak Turkey to boost importers with another $4.9 billion package: AlbayrakReuters - By Ebru TuncayISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's state banks will provide a 30-billion lira ($4.9 billion) financing package to help bail out importing sectors such as manufacturing that were hit hard by last year's currency
Boeing 737 MAX ICAO council holding 'informal briefing' on Boeing 737 MAX: spokesmanReuters - by Allison Lampert in MontrealMONTREAL (Reuters) - The International Civil Aviation Organization council is holding an "informal briefing" on the grounded Boeing Co 737 MAX on Thursday, a spokesman said. Also on Thursday, the U.S.
Tesla Model 3 Tesla deliveries set to top record in second quarter: Musk emailReuters - By Vibhuti Sharma(Reuters) - Tesla Inc is on course to top its record for quarterly deliveries in the second quarter, beating the 90,700 it sent to customers in the final quarter of last year, according to an email from
Environment Teenage activists demand climate action on eve of global school strikeReuters - By Matthew GreenLONDON (Reuters) - Children, some as young as eight, will walk out of class in cities around the world on Friday in a fresh wave of strikes called by young people who fear adults are sleepwalking toward
BNP Paribas BNP Paribas CEO Bonnafe's board mandate renewed by shareholdersReuters - by Inti Landauro and Matthieu ProtardPARIS (Reuters) - A majority of BNP Paribas shareholders have renewed the mandate of CEO Jean-Laurent Bonnafe to serve as a member of the bank's board. Thursday's vote, in which about 96% of shareholders
Business U.S. new home sales fall more than expected in AprilReuters - Reuters EditorialWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell from near an 11-1/2-year high in April as prices rebounded, but demand for housing remains underpinned by declining mortgage rates and
LGBTQI Teens, superheroes lead charge in LGBTQ Hollywood movie charactersReuters - By Jill SerjeantLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movies like "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Love, Simon" and "Deadpool 2" helped increase the numbers of gay and bisexual characters in Hollywood movies last year. But a study by lesbian,
Vodafone Safaricom, Vodacom plan $13 million purchase of M-Pesa rights from VodafoneReuters - By Duncan MiririNAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's Safaricom will start a joint venture with Vodacom to acquire the intellectual property rights to the popular M-Pesa mobile financial services platform from Britain's Vodafone,
Iran Iran stores more oil on land and at sea as exports slumpReuters - By Jonathan SaulLONDON (Reuters) - Iran's oil storage on land and at sea is on the rise as U.S. sanctions on exports bite and Tehran battles to keep its aging fields operational and crude flowing, according to data and
Politics U.S. Senate committee unveils 2020 defense policy billReuters - By Mike Stone and Patricia ZengerleWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday unveiled a draft $750 billion defense policy bill that would authorize more Lockheed Martin F-35 jets for the United States effectively
Nasser Al-Khelaifi Qatari president of PSG under investigation in France for graft: sourceReuters - By Emmanuel JarryPARIS (Reuters) - The Qatari president of French soccer club Paris Saint-Germain, Nasser al-Khelaifi, is under formal investigation in France for alleged corruption related to Doha's bid to host the athletics
Business Veteran German auto boss joins board of U.S. self-driving software startupReuters - By Tina BellonNEW YORK (Reuters) - A company working to make open-source self-driving software reliable enough to be used in commercially available vehicles said it had hired a former German car boss as it seeks to
Business Oil extends losses, set for worst week in six monthsReuters - By Shadia NasrallaLONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices dropped on Thursday, extending falls from the previous session as trade tensions dampened the demand outlook, putting the main benchmarks on course for their biggest daily
