Author Archives: Syndicated Content
China's JD.com posts slowest growth ever in '618' shopping event
BEIJING (Reuters) - Total sales by China's e-commerce giant JD.com rose 10.3% over the 18 days to Sunday during the first major shopping festival since a recent COVID-19 outbreak, the firm said, sharp...
Jun 18, 2022
Apple workers at Maryland store vote to unionize, a first for the U.S.
(Reuters) - Apple Inc workers in Maryland voted on Saturday to join a union, becoming the first retail employees of the tech giant to unionize in the United States. More than 100 workers in Towson nea...
Jun 18, 2022
What awaits Macron? Ruling majority, hung parliament, or cohabitation
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron may find himself without a ruling majority during his second term and unable to push through his economic reform agenda with a free ha...
Jun 18, 2022
Macron faces tough battle for control of parliament as France votes
By Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) - France votes on Sunday in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could deprive centrist President Emmanuel Macron of the absolute majority he needs to govern wi...
Jun 18, 2022
Australian power market operator says fire won't worsen energy crisis
SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said a fire that ripped through a New South Wales power station on Saturday will not affect electricity supply, already snarled by an en...
Jun 18, 2022
China reports 159 new COVID cases for June 18 vs 204 day earlier
BEIJING (Reuters) - Mainland China reported 159 new coronavirus cases for June 18, of which 36 were symptomatic and 123 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday. That compared ...
Jun 18, 2022
Golf-U.S. Open co-leader Fitzpatrick feels right at home at Brookline
By Frank Pingue BROOKLINE, Mass. (Reuters) - U.S. Open co-leader Matt Fitzpatrick has tasted success at The Country Club before and feels that experience will serve him well when he goes up against so...
Jun 18, 2022
Mark Shields, longtime U.S. political commentator, dies at 85
By Rich McKay (Reuters) - Mark Shields, a longtime TV political pundit and syndicated columnist in Washington known for his expansive knowledge of U.S. politics, humor and staunch support of liberal D...
Jun 18, 2022
U.S. national security adviser Sullivan tests positive for COVID
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan tested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday, a week before he is due to accompany President Joe Biden to a meeting of the Group of Seven...
Jun 18, 2022
Two actors on Netflix series 'The Chosen One' killed in road accident in Mexico - WSJ
(Reuters) - Two actors from the Netflix's original series "The Chosen One" were killed and six people injured in a road accident on Mexico's Baja California Sur peninsula, the Wall Street Journal repo...
Jun 18, 2022
