By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Membership in the United Auto Workers union fell 3.3% in 2023 to 370,000, its lowest level since 2009, according to a report filed on Friday with the U.S. Labor Department. The UAW is “clear-eyed that our union and many of our industries have been going in the wrong direction for …
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By Sinead Cruise, Jonathan Saul and Carolyn Cohn LONDON (Reuters) -Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse could cost insurers billions of dollars in claims, analysts say, with one putting it at as much as $4 billion, which would make the tragedy a record shipping insurance loss. Six people are still missing after a collision with …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched dozens of rockets at Kiryat Shmona, an Israeli town over the border, early on Wednesday in response to deadly Israeli strikes on the village of Hebbariyeh in southern Lebanon a day earlier. Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have been trading fire across the border since the Israel-Hamas war …
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(Reuters) -Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group surged 17% on Wednesday, extending gains from their stellar Nasdaq debut to the second day, fueled by retail investors including supporters of former President Donald Trump. Shares of Trump-controlled TMTG, which owns his Truth Social social network, have climbed over 30% since they began trading on Wall …
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By Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Climate change and efforts to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence top the agenda for a Commonwealth meeting set for the small Pacific Islands nation of Samoa in October, the grouping’s secretary general said. A voluntary club of 56 nations headed by King Charles, the Commonwealth evolved out …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has been investigating TikTok over allegedly faulty privacy and data security practices, and could decide to bring a lawsuit or settlement in the next few weeks, Politico reported on Tuesday citing people with direct knowledge of the matter. Earlier in March, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted …
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By Steve Holland and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) – White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan held a second day of talks on Tuesday with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant as the U.S. presses its case against Israel launching a ground offensive in Rafah. The White House meeting came a day after Israeli Prime Minister …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, accused by Russia of spying, had his pre-trial detention extended by three months on Tuesday to June 30, a Moscow court said. Gershkovich, his paper and the U.S. government all strongly deny the charges, which carry a sentence of up to 20 years. Friday will mark …
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By Daren Butler and Umit Ozdal ISTANBUL/DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – Many of Turkey’s Kurds are set to put aside party loyalty and back Tayyip Erdogan’s major rival in Istanbul on Sunday, knocking the president’s hopes of winning back the city he once ran, according to pollsters. Pro-Kurdish DEM party voters were pivotal to Mayor Ekrem …
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina forward Angel Di Maria received a threat at his family home on the outskirts of Rosario, domestic media said, amid an intense wave of drug-related violence in the central city from which Lionel Messi also hails. Monday’s message, following a similar threat last year to Argentine captain Messi, came a week …
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