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May 31 (Reuters) – U.S. Labor Department report of job openings and labor turnover, seasonally adjusted. Rates (percent) Apr 2023 Mar 2023 Apr 2022 Job openings (1) 6.1 5.9 (r) 7.2 Hires (2) 3.9 3.9 (r) 4.3 Separations (3) 3.7 3.9 (r) 4.1 Quits (4) 2.4 2.5 3.0 Layoffs and discharges 1.0 1.2 0.9 Levels in thousands Apr 2023 Mar 2023 Apr 2022 Job openings (1) 10,103 9,745 (r) 11,755 […]

(Corrects to describe bill as bipartisan, not Republican) WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will have the votes needed to pass a bipartisan debt ceiling bill later on Wednesday, Representative Tom Emmer, the No. 3 House Republican, said. “We’re going to have the votes tonight. This will pass,” Emmer told CNN in an interview. (This story has been corrected to describe the bill as bipartisan, not Republican, in […]

By Fatos Bytyci LEPOSAVIC, Kosovo (Reuters) – NATO peacekeepers guarded town halls in ethnically divided northern Kosovo for a third day on Wednesday, as unrest prompted the alliance to send additional troops to the area and NATO and the West slammed Kosovo for not having done enough to stave off violence. Following clashes on Monday in Zvecan, a northern town, during which 30 NATO troops and 52 ethnic Serbian protesters […]

By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – From the purchase of surveillance drones and armoured vehicles to providing access to a satellite, fundraiser Serhiy Prytula has helped power Ukraine’s army during Russia’s invasion. Now the comedian-turned-politician’s charitable foundation is setting its sights on the next big battle: post-war reconstruction. “Ukrainian civil society needs to be a part of rebuilding exactly because we can help our state, our government again,” he told […]

By Khalid Abdelaziz JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -Sudan’s army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force on Wednesday over a ceasefire and aid access, a Sudanese diplomatic source said, raising fears the six-week-old conflict will push Africa’s third largest nation deeper into a humanitarian crisis. The negotiations with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which began in early May, had produced a declaration of commitments to protect civilians and two short-term […]

By Biplob Kumar Das and Aditya Kalra BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India unveiled guidelines on Wednesday requiring streaming platforms such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to display prominent warnings about smoking and other forms of tobacco use while airing shows with such scenes. While film and television certification bodies already moderate public content in India, its laws have few provisions to censor content on popular online platforms. The Cigarettes […]

LULEA, Sweden (Reuters) – It was “regrettable” that a possible meeting between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chinese defense minister Li Shangfu did not go ahead, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday. Speaking at a news conference in Sweden, Blinken repeated the importance of regular and open lines of communication with Beijing. “The most dangerous thing is not to communicate,” he added. (Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop, […]

By Dan Peleschuk KYIV (Reuters) – From the purchase of surveillance drones and armoured vehicles to providing access to a satellite, fundraiser Serhiy Prytula has helped power Ukraine’s army during Russia’s invasion. Now the comedian-turned-politician’s charitable foundation is setting its sights on the next big battle: post-war reconstruction. “Ukrainian civil society needs to be a part of rebuilding exactly because we can help our state, our government again,” he told […]

PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron offered a mea culpa to eastern European nations on Wednesday in saying France should have paid more attention to them amid their warnings about a belligerant Russia before its invasion of Ukraine. In a speech in Bratislava, Macron told the GLOBSEC forum there should be no division between “Old Europe” and “New Europe”, referring to enduring divergences between eastern and western European Union […]