By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) -Ford Motor is calling the majority of its salaried workforce back to the office four days a week, the automaker’s latest effort to boost employee and company performance. “Many of our employees have been in the office three or more days per week for some time now. We believe working …
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By John Revill and Marleen Kaesebier ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland is holding talks with the United States after Washington tried to raise the price of new fighter jets Bern is buying for its air force, the government said on Wednesday. Bern chose Lockheed Martin’s F-35A Lightning II as its next-generation fighter plane in 2021, with a …
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African court prevented Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu from being buried in Johannesburg just before the ceremony was due to be held on Wednesday, following weeks of feuding between his family and the Zambian government. Lungu, who was Zambia’s head of state from 2015 to 2021, died in South Africa on …
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OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday that a review of the country’s plan to order U.S. F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin would be complete by the end of summer. Carney in March ordered a review of the C$19-billion ($13.29 billion) contract for 88 F-35 fighters as Canada was locked in …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has retuned his wardrobe since a disastrous Oval Office meeting with Donald Trump in February, switching his typical khaki military-style tee-shirts and long-sleeved tops for more formal, but still rugged, black suit-style jackets and shirts. The media-savvy leader had wanted to show solidarity with the troops fighting Russia on …
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By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) -There is a chance that much of Iran’s highly enriched uranium survived Israeli and U.S. attacks because it may have been moved by Tehran soon after the first strikes, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi said on Wednesday. Israel repeatedly struck Iranian nuclear facilities during its 12-day war with Tehran, …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to next week’s BRICS summit in Brazil because of an outstanding arrest warrant issued against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said on Wednesday. The ICC issued the warrant in 2023, just over a year after Russia launched its …
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By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) -Pakistan and the U.S. have resolved to conclude trade talks next week, the South Asian nation said on Wednesday after a meeting between its Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. The negotiations, focused on reciprocal tariffs, are part of a broader push to reset economic ties …
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THE HAGUE (Reuters) -Asked if the United States would strike again if Iran rebuilt its nuclear enrichment programme, U.S. President Donald Trump said: “Sure.” (Reporting by Jeff Mason and Bart Meijer; Writing by Makini Brice; Editing by Richard Lough)
By Alasdair Pal MORWELL, Australia (Reuters) -The trial of an Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband’s elderly relatives using toxic mushrooms entered its final stages on Wednesday, with the jury soon to begin its deliberations in a case that has gripped the nation. Erin Patterson, 50, is charged with the murders …
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