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‘My life stopped’: local people say they lost all in Greece wildfires
By Fedja Grulovic RHODES, Greece (Reuters) - Standing outside the blackened shell of what used to be his restaurant, Dimitris Hajifotis laments a livelihood lost to wildfires raging on the Greek islan...
Jul 25, 2023
Harvard faces federal civil rights probe over legacy admissions
By Julia Harte and Nate Raymond (Reuters) - The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is investigating whether Harvard racially discriminates by favoring applicants with ties to donors a...
Jul 25, 2023
Olympics-Athletes will sleep well without AC in Paris, says IOC president
By Layli Foroudi PARIS (Reuters) - Despite July temperatures in Paris sometimes rising above 40 degrees, the International Olympic Committee president is confident that athletes will sleep comfortably...
Jul 25, 2023
Lower production in Europe hits global steel output
LONDON (Reuters) - Global crude steel production fell 1.1% year on year to 943.9 million metric tons in the first half of 2023 due to lower output in Europe and the Americas, World Steel Association d...
Jul 25, 2023
Exclusive-EU antitrust regulators rejected Meta offer to curb use of ad data, sources say
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Meta Platforms offered to curb the use of competitors' advertising data for its Facebook Marketplace online classified service in an attempt to settle an EU antitrust investigatio...
Jul 25, 2023
Airlines shares hit turbulence on Alaska’s dour forecast, RTX engine problem
(Reuters) - U.S. airlines stocks tumbled on Tuesday as investors were spooked by downbeat forecasts from Alaska Air Group and a warning on jet engines by aerospace giant RTX. Investors have been on th...
Jul 25, 2023
Bank of England forecasts 150 billion pound loss from QE gilt programme
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England forecast on Tuesday that it would make a net loss of just over 150 billion pounds ($193 billion) over the next 10 years as it unwinds its quant...
Jul 25, 2023
GM does a U-turn to save the Chevy Bolt
By Paul Lienert and Joseph White (Reuters) - General Motors CEO Mary Barra has staked billions on a broad lineup of electric vehicles such as the Chevrolet Silverado EV designed from the wheels-up to ...
Jul 25, 2023
Mackinaw man dies in motorsports crash over the weekend in Indiana. Here’s what we know
MOROCCO, Ind. – A Mackinaw man died in a motorsports crash this past weekend in Indiana. The Newton County Sheriff's Office responded to the US 41 Motorplex at around 5:30 P.M. on reports of a f...
Jul 25, 2023
UPS and Teamsters Union reach tentative labor deal
(Reuters) -UPS has reached a tentative five-year labor deal with the Teamsters Union that represents about 340,000 U.S. workers at the parcel delivery firm, the company said, sending its shares up 2.3...
Jul 25, 2023
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