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FedEx returns to original profit target ahead of holiday peak
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. delivery firm FedEx Corp reinstated its original fiscal 2022 forecast on Thursday, even as persistent labor woes chipped away profits ahead of the peak holiday season when...
Dec 16, 2021
Town in western Serbia scraps plan for lithium mine project
BELGRADE (Reuters) - The authorities in Serbia's western town of Loznica said on Thursday it was scrapping a plan adopted this year to open a lithium mine in the area after opposition from activists, ...
Dec 16, 2021
Workers sue tornado-hit Kentucky candle factory, say they were forced to stay
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -Workers at a Kentucky candle factory that was destroyed by a tornado last week have filed a lawsuit claiming supervisors threatened to fire employees who left work as the...
Dec 16, 2021
BOJ may scale back emergency funding as pandemic strains ease
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan is set to keep monetary policy ultra-loose on Friday but may dial back emergency pandemic-funding, less than 48 hours after the U.S. Federal Reserve...
Dec 16, 2021
Deaths at Travis Scott concert in Houston were accidental, medical examiner says
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The deaths of 10 people at a Houston rap concert in November were accidental, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday. A stampede of fans at rap star Travis Scott's Ast...
Dec 16, 2021
Liquor distribution exec gets six weeks in prison in U.S. college scandal
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) - The chief executive of a liquor distribution company was sentenced on Thursday to six weeks in prison for paying $575,000 to rig her son's college entrance exam and ...
Dec 16, 2021
Deaths at Travis Scott concert in Houston were accidental, medical examiner says
HOUSTON (Reuters) -The deaths of 10 people at a Houston rap concert in November were accidental, the Harris County medical examiner ruled on Thursday. A stampede of fans at rap star Travis Scott's Ast...
Dec 16, 2021
End of an era: Airbus delivers last A380 superjumbo
By Tim Hepher and Fabian Bimmer PARIS/HAMBURG (Reuters) -Airbus delivered the final A380 superjumbo on Thursday, to Dubai's Emirates, marking the end of a 14-year run that gave Europe an instantly rec...
Dec 16, 2021
Haitians celebrate as UNESCO declares ‘joumou’ pumpkin soup cultural heritage
By Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (Reuters) - Haitians on Thursday celebrated U.N. cultural agency UNESCO'S declaration that the country's traditional pumpkin soup known as "sou...
Dec 16, 2021
Prominent Egyptian opposition activist’s phone hacked – watchdog
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The phone of a prominent Egyptian opposition figure in exile was hacked by two separate pieces of government-operated spyware, internet security watchdog Citizen Lab said on Thurs...
Dec 16, 2021
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