By Jay Paul and Nathan Layne CHESAPEAKE, Va. (Reuters) -A manager at a Walmart Inc. store in Virginia entered a break room and opened fire on fellow employees before turning the gun on himself, an eyewitness said on Wednesday, leaving a total of seven …
Erdogan says Turkey to attack Kurdish militants with tanks, soldiers
By Huseyin Hayatsever and Daren Butler ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkey will attack militants with tanks and soldiers soon, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, signalling a possible ground offensive against a Kurdish militia in Syria after retaliatory st…
Congress to hold hearing on Ticketmaster problems after Taylor Swift debacle
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. Senate antitrust panel will hold a hearing on the lack of competition in the ticketing industry after Ticketmaster’s problems last week managing the sale of Taylor Swift tickets, Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair …
U.S. Supreme Court clears way for lawmakers to get Trump’s tax returns
By Andrew Chung (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared the release of Donald Trump’s tax returns to a congressional committee, handing a defeat to the Republican former president who had called the Democratic-led panel’s request politica…
New Biden rule allows socially conscious investing by retirement plans
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday reversed restrictions imposed under his predecessor Donald Trump on retirement plans considering environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors such as climate change an…
Wall St climbs on retail, energy lift
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday in light trading volume as a sales forecast by Best Buy dampened concerns high inflation would lead to a dismal holiday shopping season while a bounce in oil prices helped lift en…
Harsh winter looms as Russian attacks hobble Ukraine’s power capacity
By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s government on Tuesday urged people to conserve energy amid relentless Russian strikes that have halved the country’s power capacity, as the United Nations health body warned of a humanitarian disaster in Ukra…
Wall Street slips as concerns rise of stricter China COVID curbs
By Carolina Mandl (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes ended Monday roughly down on fears that China could resume stricter measures to fight COVID-19 after it said it faces its most severe test of the pandemic. Beijing said on Monday it would shut bu…
Tesla safety at centre of South Korean trial over fiery, fatal crash
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – In an upscale Seoul neighbourhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall. The fiery crash killed a prominent lawyer – a close friend of South Korea’s president. Prosecutors have charged the…
Factbox-What’s at stake in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – For the second time in less than two years, a U.S. Senate race in Georgia will go to a runoff, this time between incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock and his Donald Trump-backed challenger Herschel Walker. Unlike the last time, the…