WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three of the largest U.S. poultry processors have agreed to settle claims by the Justice Department over their alleged longstanding effort to share information about workers in order to drive down compensation.Cargill, Sanderson F…
Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka will restrict fuel imports for the next 12 months because of a severe shortage of foreign exchange, its energy minister said on Monday, as the island nation’s new government seeks to find a way out of …
Exodus of Ukrainian workers hits Europe’s emerging economies
(Makes clear open vacancies are in Poland not company, in paragraph 37 comments from Trenkwalder Poland) By Fanny Brodersen, Anna Koper and Michael Kahn GORZOW WIELKOPOLSKI, Poland (Reuters) -Construction sites, factory assembly lines and warehouses ac…
Athletics-U.S. complete historic medal haul on record-setting final day
EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) – Armand Duplantis brought down the curtain on the World Championships in stunning fashion on Sunday, breaking his own pole vault world record in the final act of the 10-day track and field meet in Eugene. After the United States…
U.S. Capitol attack probe to push forward with new witnesses, Cheney says
By James Oliphant and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The panel probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol plans to push its investigation further in the coming weeks, interviewing additional members of Donald Trump’s cabinet and his c…
Exclusive-Sherman, Kennedy to visit Solomons, where fathers fought and U.S. now vies with China
By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy plan next month to visit the Solomon Islands, where their fathers fought in World War Two and the…
Pope arrives in Canada on tour of ‘penance’ for indigenous abuse
By Philip Pullella and Anna Mehler Paperny EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) -Pope Francis landed in Canada on Sunday to kick off a five-day trip that will center around his apology on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church for the abuse that indigenous childre…
Thousands evacuated as California’s Oak Fire grows quickly
(Corrects last paragraph to say the worst wildfire season was in 2020, not “last year”) By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Fueled by extreme heat and tinder dry forests and underbrush, a wildfire just west of Yosemite National Park spread overnight, quickly turn…
U.S. economy slowing, but recession not inevitable, Yellen says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that U.S. economic growth is slowing and she acknowledged the risk of a recession, but she said a downturn was not inevitable. Yellen, speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said st…
France’s Eutelsat close to deal for UK satellite operator OneWeb -sources
By Elizabeth Piper and Mathieu Rosemain LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) -French satellite company Eutelsat is poised to buy British rival OneWeb in a deal that could be announced as early as Monday, two sources close to the negotiations said on Sunday. OneWeb w…