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By Lisa Richwine and Rollo Ross LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hollywood film and television writers went on strike on Tuesday, shutting down late-night TV shows, and took their demands for higher pay to the doors of major studios in a labor dispute that hinges on how the streaming boom is changing show business. Hundreds of members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) picketed in New York and Los Angeles […]

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the U.S. Trade Representative and State Department to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement provisions from current and future trade deals and to intervene on behalf of Honduras against a U.S. company’s nearly $11 billion claim against the country. In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Trade Representative Katherine Tai seen by Reuters, 33 lawmakers said that […]

By Caleb Davis (Reuters) -A Belarusian journalist who was arrested after being hauled off a Ryanair plane that was forced to land in Minsk almost two years ago was sentenced on Wednesday to eight years in jail on charges of conspiring against the state. Roman Protasevich, 27, was found guilty of a range of offences including organising mass disturbances, inciting acts of terrorism and slandering President Alexander Lukashenko, the Belta […]

(Reuters) – U.S. refiner Phillips 66 beat Wall Street estimate for first-quarter profit on Wednesday, joining rivals in gaining from elevated margins on sustained fuel demand amid tight crude supplies. The Houston-based refiner reported adjusted earnings of $4.21 per share for the three months ended March 31, compared with average analyst estimate of $3.56, according to Refinitiv data. (Reporting by Arunima Kumar in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila) Brought to […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese financial data provider Wind Information Co has blocked some offshore users from accessing certain business and economic data, people with knowledge of the matter said, fuelling concern about information access in the world’s second-largest economy. Wind, one of the biggest Chinese data aggregators, has made part of its data inaccessible for users based outside the Chinese mainland, said six people, who declined to be named as […]

HELSINKI (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy arrived in Finland on Wednesday for talks with Nordic leaders on support for his country’s war with Russia and on its relations with Europe, governments of the region said. Zelenskiy will hold bilateral talks with Finland’s President Sauli Niinisto followed by a news conference before joining a regional summit and a second meeting with media, Niinisto’s office said in a statement. Hundreds of people […]

By Lisandra Paraguassu and Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s federal police on Wednesday raided former President Jair Bolsonaro’s home in Brasilia as part of a probe into a group suspected of adding false vaccine data into the government’s COVID-19 database, two sources familiar with the matter said. Two of Bolsonaro’s closest aides, Mauro Cid and Max Guilherme, have been arrested in the same operation, the sources added. Federal police earlier […]

(Reuters) – CVS Health Corp beat first-quarter profit and revenue estimates on Wednesday, helped by strength in its pharmacy benefit management business. CVS, like other healthcare companies, is on an acquisition spree as it looks to expand beyond its core business by snapping up companies such as primary care provider Oak Street Health and home healthcare service provider Signfiy Health to make up for falling revenue from COVID-related services. CVS […]

By Tanvi Mehta, Chris Thomas, Dhanya Skariachan BENGALURU (Reuters) -Go Airlines (India) Ltd owner Wadia Group is completely committed to the airline and had no plans to exit it, the airline’s chief executive told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday. His comments came a day after the cash-strapped Indian airline filed for bankruptcy, blaming “faulty” Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines for the grounding of about half its fleet. The insolvency […]