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BERLIN (Reuters) -Industrial action grounded dozens of flights at two major German airports on Monday as security workers and ground services employees in the capital, Berlin, and in Hamburg held a one-day strike over pay. Berlin-Brandenburg airport cancelled all departures and said some landings would also be affected after the Verdi union called security workers out on strike until midnight (2200 GMT). Roughly 240 flights had been scheduled to take […]

ROME (Reuters) – The Italian authorities will impose stadium bans on 171 Juventus fans found to have chanted racist abuse at Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku during a Coppa Italia semi-final earlier this month, police said on Monday. Lukaku was subjected to abuse during the first leg at Juventus “before, during, and after the penalty” he scored to earn Inter a 1-1 draw, the player’s representatives said. The police did […]

By Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes struggled for direction on Monday as investors awaited results from megacap companies and key data that could shed light on the U.S. economy and shape the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. Major technology and growth companies Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp, Amazon.com Inc and Meta Platforms Inc, which constitute more than 14% of the value of the benchmark S&P 500, […]

By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court, exploring free speech rights in the social media era, on Monday agreed to consider whether the Constitution’s First Amendment bars government officials from blocking their critics on platforms like Facebook and Twitter. The justices took up an appeal by two members of a public school board from the city of Poway in Southern California of a lower court’s ruling in favor […]

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday, distancing itself from comments by its envoy to Paris that triggered an uproar among European capitals. Several EU foreign ministers had said earlier that comments by ambassador Lu Shaye – in which he questioned the sovereignty of Ukraine and other former Soviet states – […]

By Ingrid Melander and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -China respects the status of former Soviet member states as sovereign nations, its foreign ministry said on Monday, distancing itself from comments by its envoy to Paris that triggered an uproar among European capitals. Several EU foreign ministers had said earlier that comments by ambassador Lu Shaye – in which he questioned the sovereignty of Ukraine and other former Soviet states – […]

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuadorean opposition lawmakers and President Guillermo Lasso – or his lawyer – are scheduled to testify this week in impeachment hearings that could see the conservative former banker censured and removed from office. WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT ACCUSED OF? Lasso, who has an antagonistic relationship with lawmakers, is accused of political responsibility for alleged embezzlement connected to an oil shipping contract between public company Flopec and a […]

(Reuters) -Thyssenkrupp Chief Executive Martina Merz, who launched the conglomerate’s largest structural overhaul, is seeking to step down, the German industrial group said on Monday, without providing a reason for the move. Shares in the submarines-to-car parts firm plunged after the announcement and were down 9.2% at 1250 GMT. Thyssenkrupp’s supervisory board decided to recommend Miguel Angel Lopez Borrego, who currently serves as CEO of automotive and industrial supplier Norma […]

GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization said on Monday it had dismissed one of its senior managers for sexual misconduct following an investigation prompted by a complaint by a junior British doctor. “Temo Waqanivalu has been dismissed from WHO following findings of sexual misconduct against him and corresponding disciplinary process,” WHO spokesperson Marcia Poole said in an emailed response to Reuters. Waqanivalu, a Fijian doctor who headed a unit […]