Category Archives: National
Jacinda Ardern to step down as New Zealand prime minister
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday made a shock announcement she had "no more in the tank" to continue leading the country and would step down no later than ea...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses the Lowy Institute in Sydney, Australia, July 7, 2022. Dean Lewins/Pool via REUTERS
U.S. hits debt ceiling amid standoff between Republicans and Democrats
UPDATED 11:41 A.M. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government hit its $31.4 trillion borrowing limit on Thursday, amid a standoff between the Republican-controlled House of Representatives and Presiden...
Jan 19, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) departs after a Republican conference meeting on Capitol in Washington, U.S. January 10, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Party City files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
(Reuters) -Party City Holdco Inc filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, making it the latest casualty in the U.S. retail industry as persistently high inflation takes a toll on consume...
Jan 18, 2023 FILE PHOTO: A Party City store sign in seen in Encinitas, California March 9, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS LOGO)/File Photo
Microsoft to shed 10,000 jobs as recession worries cloud tech sector
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said it would eliminate 10,000 jobs and take a $1.2 billion charge to earnings, as its cloud-computing customers reassess their spending and ...
Jan 18, 2023 The logo of Microsoft is seen outside their offices in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv, Israel December 27, 2022. REUTERS/Rami Amichay
Southwest Airlines pilot union calls for strike authorization vote
(Reuters) -Southwest Airlines Co's pilot union has called for a strike authorization vote, weeks after a tech meltdown at the carrier left tens of thousands of passengers stranded across the United St...
Jan 18, 2023 Passengers check in for a Southwest Airlines flight at Orlando International Airport in Orlando, Florida, U.S., October 11, 2021 . REUTERS/Joe Skipper
Davos 2023-Ukraine's Zelenskiy says tank supplies should come quicker
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the World Economic Forum on Wednesday that Western supplies of tanks and air defence units should come more quickly and be delivered faste...
Jan 18, 2023 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses the World Economic Forum (WEF) via video link, in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
U.S. retail sales post biggest drop in a year; inflation retreating
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell by the most in a year in December, pulled down by declines in purchases of motor vehicles and a range of other goods, putting consumer spending and the ov...
Jan 18, 2023 People ride escalator at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City, U.S., December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
Updated: Ukrainian interior minister killed in helicopter crash near Kyiv
Updated 8:50 a.m. BROVARY, Ukraine (Reuters) -Fourteen people including Ukraine's interior minister and a child were killed when a helicopter crashed in fog near a nursery outside Kyiv on Wednesday, i...
Jan 18, 2023 A view shows the site where a helicopter falls on civil infrastructure buildings, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the town of Brovary, outside Kyiv, Ukraine, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Twitter's laid-off workers cannot pursue claims via class-action lawsuit-judge
(Reuters) -Twitter Inc has secured a ruling allowing the social media company to force several laid-off workers suing over their termination to pursue their claims via individual arbitration than a cl...
Jan 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo is seen outside the offices in New York City, U.S., November 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid//File Photo
White House accuses Republicans of hypocrisy on Biden documents
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House said on Tuesday it would respond in "good faith" to inquiries from lawmakers about the improper storage of classified documents at President Joe Biden's home and ...
Jan 17, 2023 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden arrives on Marine One for a weekend trip to his home in Wilmington at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, U.S., June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Al Drago/File Photo
