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By Allison Lampert MONTREAL (Reuters) -Air Canada pilots eyeing “historic” workplace gains said on Thursday that full bargaining with the carrier was likely to start this summer, before the end of their decade-long contract, according to a letter to union members. North American pilots are pressing for higher salaries and better scheduling after aviators made big gains in a recent deal with Delta Air Lines that delivers a 34% pay […]

TOKYO (Reuters) -SoftBank Group Corp’s shares tumbled 5% in early trade on Friday after the Japanese technology investor reported an annual loss as the value of its portfolio slid. SoftBank reported a net loss of 970 billion yen ($7.18 billion) after a sell-down of its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd helped cushion investment loss at its Vision Fund unit. ($1 = 135.0500 yen) (Reporting by Kiyoshi […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s warring factions early on Friday committed to protect civilians and the movement of humanitarian aid, but did not agree to a ceasefire and remain far apart, U.S. officials said. After a week of talks in the Saudi port of Jeddah, Sudan’s army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) signed a declaration that they would work towards a short-term ceasefire in further discussions, they said. “The two […]

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang is expected to visit Australia in July as diplomatic relations between the two trading partners stabilise, The South China Morning Post reported and an Australia academic said. The visit, which has not been officially announced, would take place in July, citing a source “close to the Chinese government” and an Australian academic, The South China Morning Post reported on Friday. The academic, […]

By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal judge on Thursday rejected an effort to disqualify the law firm defending JPMorgan Chase & Co against a lawsuit by women who claim they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein and that the bank aided in the late financier’s sex trafficking. U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the firm WilmerHale did not have a conflict of interest because it once […]

By Chavi Mehta and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter without naming the person and that he will transition to the role of chief technology officer of the social media platform within the next few weeks. “Excited to announce that I’ve hired a new CEO for X/Twitter. She will be starting in ~6 weeks!,” Musk said in a tweet. […]

By Daniel Trotta and Jorge Garcia SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants from around the world seeking a better life in the United States have instead found themselves trapped in squalid conditions near the Mexican border, tantalizingly close to their destination, and desperate. On the eve of the expiration of Title 42, the COVID-era provision blocking most asylum-seekers from seeking legal entry into the United States, hundreds of migrants […]

By Daniel Trotta and Jorge Garcia SAN DIEGO (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants from around the world seeking a better life in the United States have instead found themselves trapped in squalid conditions near the Mexican border, tantalizingly close to their destination, and desperate. On the eve of the expiration of Title 42, the COVID-era provision blocking most asylum-seekers from seeking legal entry into the United States, hundreds of migrants […]

(Reuters) -Australia’s TechnologyOne Ltd said on Friday its customer-facing software-as-a-service platform was not connected to the internal back-office system that came under cyber attack this week. The software maker said on Wednesday it had detected an unauthorised third-party access to its internal Microsoft 365 back office system, making the company the latest target in the wave of cyber attacks that has plagued multiple firms since last year. The company reaffirmed […]