Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Canada's annual inflation rate dips to 3.1% in June
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada's annual inflation rate in June dipped to 3.1% from a year-over-year increase of 3.6% in May, in part due to downward pressure from the prices of clothing and vegetables, Stat...
Jul 28, 2021
Coach owner Tapestry set to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
(Reuters) - Coach handbag maker Tapestry Inc said on Wednesday it is raising the minimum wage for U.S. employees to $15 per hour starting in September, the latest company to push incentives to lure pe...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. goods trade deficit widens; inventories rise
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. trade deficit in goods increased in June as imports continued to rise amid strong economic activity, suggesting trade likely remained a drag on growth ...
Jul 28, 2021
Taliban attacks on civilians deeply troubling, says Blinken
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Attacks by the Taliban on civilians as U.S. troops pull out of Afghanistan are deeply troubling, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday, warning that if the fighters...
Jul 28, 2021
Analysis-Apple, AMD navigate chip shortage with focus on profitable products
By Stephen Nellis and Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) - The global chip shortage has grounded major automotive factories to a halt but pushed technology giants to become more flexible by diverting existing s...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Water polo-U.S. women suffer first Olympic defeat in 13 years
By Sam Nussey (Reuters) - Reigning world champions the United States lost 10-9 to Hungary at the Tatsumi Water Polo Centre on Wednesday - their first defeat at the Olympics since 2008 and ending the l...
Jul 28, 2021
Hope of finding survivors of blast in German industrial park fades
DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) -The operator of a German industrial park that was rocked by an explosion on Tuesday dampened hopes of finding more survivors in the debris and warned residents near the...
Jul 28, 2021
Olympics-Equestrian-Germany strike gold and silver in individual dressage
By Shadia Nasralla TOKYO (Reuters) -Germany cemented their domination of equestrian dressage on Wednesday, as Jessica von Bredow-Werndl won individual Olympic gold and her team mate Isabell Werth took...
Jul 28, 2021
Thailand builds COVID-19 hospital in Bangkok airport amid surge in cases
By Juarawee Kittisilpa and Artorn Pookasook BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai volunteers on Wednesday turned a cargo warehouse at Bangkok's Don Muang Airport into a 1,800-bed field hospital for COVID-19 patien...
Jul 28, 2021
Kremlin says Biden is wrong to say that Russia only has nuclear weapons and oil
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Wednesday that U.S. President Joe Biden's assessment of Russia as only having nuclear weapons and oil was wide of the mark and betrayed a lack of knowledge about ...
Jul 28, 2021
