By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Veteran hedge fund manager John Taylor describes one of his favourite Gary Larson cartoons, where one vulture sitting on an animal carcass says to another as more descend: “good friends flying in from all over…thi…
U.S. manufacturing output rises more than expected in September
(Reuters) – Production at U.S. factories rose in September led by output gains in both durable and nondurable goods, indicating the manufacturing sector remains on reasonable footing despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to hamper demand through higher…
Trains, schools affected as French unions call strike amid soaring inflation
By Benoit Van Overstraeten and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) -Regional train traffic in France was cut by about half on Tuesday as several unions called a nationwide strike, seeking to capitalise on anger with decades-high inflation to expand a weeks…
Soccer-Benzema, Putellas win Ballon d’Or awards for best players in the world
By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) -Real Madrid’s France forward Karim Benzema won the 2022 Ballon d’Or award for the best men’s player in the world on Monday, while Barcelona’s Spain midfielder Alexia Putellas won the women’s award for a second time. Be…
U.S. lawmakers want to boost oversight of foreign government broadcast sponsorship
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday introduced legislation to strengthen the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to oversee foreign sponsorships of U.S. broadcast TV and radio programs. De…
Bolsonaro ally running for Sao Paulo governor says campaign event ‘attacked’
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A close ally of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro running for governor of Sao Paulo, Tarcisio Freitas, said a campaign event was “attacked by criminals” on Monday in the Paraisopolis neighborhood of the state capital. Sao Paulo P…
Moscow, Kyiv swap 218 prisoners, including 108 Ukrainian women
KYIV (Reuters) – Moscow and Kyiv on Monday carried out one of the biggest prisoner swaps of the war so far, exchanging a total of 218 detainees, including 108 Ukrainian women, officials from both sides said. Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian preside…
Time for talks is over, French minister says as petrol crisis drags on
By Tassilo Hummel and Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS (Reuters) -The time for talking is over, French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday, as the government ordered more fuel depot staff back to work to try to restore petrol supplies, disrupted by str…
Starbucks sued for accusing unionized workers of assault, kidnapping
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Starbucks Corp was sued on Monday by eight employees at a unionized South Carolina store who said the company falsely accused them of criminal conduct after they demanded a raise from their manager. The workers filed a law…
U.S. security officials worry about homegrown election threats
By Zeba Siddiqui and Christopher Bing SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Domestic disinformation campaigns and homegrown threats to poll workers are emerging as bigger concerns ahead of the Nov. 8 U.S. congressional elections than foreign interferenc…