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By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court has delivered the latest in a series of rulings undercutting organized labor, with some legal experts predicting that the decision will make unions that engage in strikes more vulnerable to lawsuits while others see a more modest impact. An 8-1 ruling on Thursday authored by conservative Justice Amy Coney Barrett made it easier for companies to sue over strikes that […]

By Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Another two members of the far-right Oath Keepers militant group are set to be sentenced on Friday for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. Prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta to sentence Joseph Hackett to 12 years in prison and David Moerschel to 10 years. Mehta since […]

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal Reserve officials, whose hike, skip or pause messaging on interest rates has become a high-stakes word puzzle for investors, seem ready to end the U.S. central bank’s run of 10 straight rate increases later this month while leaving the door open to a future rise in borrowing costs. But after weeks in which Fed policymakers tried hard to keep their options open – […]

By Pap Saine and Edward McAllister BANJUL (Reuters) -Gambia has hired a U.S. law firm to explore legal action after a government-backed investigation found that contaminated medicines from India were “very likely” to have caused the deaths of children last year, the justice minister told Reuters. At least 70 children in Gambia, most under 5 years old, died from acute kidney injury between June and October. Local doctors suspected cough […]

By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -American Airlines’ plan to grow revenue by relying more heavily on alliance partners to ferry passengers in uncompetitive markets while bulking up flights to U.S. Sunbelt states has been called into question by a U.S. court ruling blocking a key tie-up. A U.S. federal judge last month ordered the company to end its alliance with JetBlue Airways Corp, saying the partnership “substantially” diminished competition in […]

(Reuters) -The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said that two people were killed and two others injured on Friday after Ukraine shelled a town near the border, while officials in nearby regions reported overnight drone attacks. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram that shelling had struck a section of road in the town of Maslova Pristan, some 15 kilometres (9 miles) from Ukraine’s northern Kharkiv region, and that shell fragments […]

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – Prominent Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir was abducted late on Thursday night in the southern city of Karachi, his wife said, prompting widespread outcry in the country. No law enforcement agency has confirmed that Nasir is in their custody, but his abduction comes as the country is mired in a fresh bout of political turmoil. Mansha Pasha, Nasir’s wife, said […]

By Jonathan Landay and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Friday will offer to abide by the nuclear weapons limits set in the New START treaty until its 2026 expiration if Russia does the same, in order to bolster global security, two senior administration officials said. U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan will make the offer in a speech to the Arms Control Association, the oldest U.S. […]

By Fergal Smith TORONTO (Reuters) – Greater Toronto Area (GTA) home prices increased in May from April and sales rose sharply, adding to evidence that the housing market has turned a corner after being buffeted by higher borrowing costs. The average price of a GTA home rose to nearly C$1.2 million ($892,193) in May, up 3.7% from April, Toronto Regional Real Estate Board (TRREB) data showed on Friday. It was […]