By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) -After a drop in job vacancies, a dip in rental costs and signs of growing consumer caution seemed to show the Federal Reserve’s strict monetary medicine beginning to kick in, a strong September jobs report has …
Jurors resume deliberations in second Alex Jones Sandy Hook defamation trial
By Jack Queen (Reuters) – A Connecticut jury resumed deliberations on Friday in a case to decide how much in damages conspiracy theorist Alex Jones must pay families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming the massacre was …
Biden signs order to implement EU-U.S. data privacy framework
By David Shepardson and Philip Blenkinsop WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order to implement a European Union-United States data transfer framework announced in March that adopts new American intel…
Migrants face tougher times in Meloni’s Italy
By Crispian Balmer ROME (Reuters) – Life is tough for asylum seekers in Italy – most are denied refugee status, barred from legal employment and, polls suggest, face discrimination. Now things look set to get even worse. Fresh from her election victory…
Amid war crisis, Putin turns 70 with a prayer for his health
By Guy Faulconbridge and Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin turned 70 on Friday amid fawning congratulations from subordinates and a plea from Orthodox Patriarch Kirill for all to pray for the health of the longest-serving paramo…
Explainer-Caps and corridors: how can Europe contain gas prices?
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Leaders of European Union countries will debate whether and how to cap gas prices on Friday, after member states increased the pressure on Brussels to limit fuel costs. European Commission President Ursula von der Le…
Republican Ben Sasse suggests he is ready to leave U.S. Senate
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Senator Ben Sasse from Nebraska suggested in a statement and social media post on Thursday that he was likely to leave the U.S. Senate in the near future and join the University of Florida as its pres…
U.N. body rejects debate on China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims in blow to West
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The U.N. rights council on Thursday voted down a Western-led motion to hold a debate about alleged human rights abuses by China against Uyghurs and other Muslims in Xinjiang in a victory for Beijing as it seeks to avoid …
Biden hails IBM’s $20 billion New York manufacturing deal
By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Thursday championed his administration’s push to subsidize U.S. semiconductor chip manufacturing and boost blue-collar jobs at a visit to an IBM Corp facility in …
At least six people stabbed, one fatally, outside Las Vegas casino
(Reuters) – At least six people were stabbed on Thursday, one of them fatally, outside a Las Vegas casino, city police said. The stabbing attack, along a stretch of South Las Vegas Boulevard known as the Strip, was reported shortly before noon local ti…