Police Clear Pro-Palestinian Encampment at University of Southern California
May 5 By Rich McKay and Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Los Angeles police cleared a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of Southern California without making arrests on Sunday following turmoil at universities across the United States over the Israel-Hamas war. The intervention at USC followed a…
Madonna Attracts 1.6 Million to Free Concert at Brazil’s Copacabana Beach
May 4 By Leonardo Benessato RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – More than a million people thronged Brazil’s Copacabana beach for a free Madonna concert on Saturday, braving the heat to see the end of her “Celebration” world tour. The sand and oceanfront boulevard around Rio…
Exclusive-Southwest Pilots Face Reduced Hours, Pay Due to Boeing Delivery Delays
May 3 By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines plans to offer its pilots reduced hours and, in effect, monthly pay, two people familiar with the matter said, as it grapples with higher costs and overstaffing due to delays in aircraft deliveries from…
Fresh Chaos, Arrests on US College Campuses as Police Flatten Camp at UCLA
May 2 By Lisa Richwine and Arlene Washington LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Police forcibly removed scores of defiant pro-Palestinian protesters at several colleges on Thursday, including taking down an encampment at UCLA in a jarring scene that underscored the heightened chaos that has erupted at universities…
Most Americans See TikTok as a Chinese Influence Tool, Reuters/Ipsos Poll Finds
May 1 By Jason Lange and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – – A majority of Americans believe that China uses TikTok to shape U.S. public opinion, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted as Washington moves closer to potentially banning the Chinese-owned short-video app. Some 58%…
Binance Crypto Founder Zhao Sentenced to Four Months in Prison
April 30 By Deborah Bloom and Jonathan Stempel SEATTLE (Reuters) -Changpeng Zhao, the former chief executive of Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to violating U.S. laws against money laundering at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Once considered…
Soaring Cocoa Prices Put Spotlight on Hershey, Mondelez Earnings
April 29 By Granth Vanaik (Reuters) – Hershey and Mondelez International investors will be eager to see how the chocolate makers plan to tackle the recent surge in cocoa and sugar prices when they report first quarter results this week. These companies have already been…
Dozens of Tornadoes Strike Oklahoma, Killing at Least Four
April 28 By Rich McKay and Maria Caspani (Reuters) -At least four people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma this weekend after dozens of twisters swept the U.S. Southern Plains, while weather alerts on Sunday put more than 7 million…
As Solar Capacity Grows, Some of America’s Most Productive Farmland Is at Risk
April 27 By P.J. Huffstutter and Christopher Walljasper JASPER COUNTY, INDIANA (Reuters) -Dave Duttlinger’s first thought when he saw a dense band of yellowish-brown dust smearing the sky above his Indiana farm was: I warned them this would happen. About 445 acres of his fields…
Why BYD’s EV Exports Sell for Twice the China Price
April 26 By Nick Carey and Ben Klayman LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. and European politicians have raised alarms that their domestic auto industries could be destroyed by a wave of cheap Chinese electric vehicles. But so far, China’s top EV maker, BYD, has dramatically hiked…
US Births Retreat After Pandemic-Era Growth
April 25 By Amina Niasse NEW YORK (Reuters) – The number of births in the United States fell by 2% in 2023 from the previous year, driven in part by a marked birth rate decline among older teenagers and women aged 20-24, according to a…
US Seeks 3 Years Prison for Binance Founder Zhao
April 24 By Chris Prentice and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors want Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to serve three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to violating laws against money laundering….