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GM employee’s racial bias lawsuit is revived over NY plant where nooses were displayed
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Motors was ordered by a federal appeals court on Thursday to defend against claims by a Black safety supervisor, who said she endured years of racism a...
Sep 07, 2023
COP28 needs to show action not words for business, finance leaders
By Simon Jessop, Susanna Twidale and Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Less talk and more action on decarbonising the energy system should be the main focus of world leaders at the next round of c...
Sep 07, 2023
GM offers 10% wage hike in UAW contract talks
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -General Motors said Thursday it has offered workers a 10% wage hike and two additional 3% annual lump sum payments over four years in its offer to the United Auto Worker...
Sep 07, 2023
UK records hottest day of the year so far – Met Office
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain recorded its hottest day of the year so far on Thursday, the country's national weather service said, with provisional data showing a high of 32.6 degrees Celsius (90.7 degr...
Sep 07, 2023
Belgium toasts its beer riches with new visitor centre
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium is promoting its centuries of beer-making and 430 breweries with a new visitor centre in Brussels that recounts the history of Belgian production and ...
Sep 07, 2023
Walmart cuts starting pay for some new hires – WSJ
(Reuters) - Walmart is paying some new store workers less than it would have three months ago, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. According to documents reviewed by the Journal, the retail ...
Sep 07, 2023
Ex-FTX executive Salame due in U.S. court for expected guilty plea
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ryan Salame, the former co-CEO of cryptocurrency exchange FTX's Bahamian subsidiary, is due for a "proceeding of interest" in Manhattan federal court on Thursday, fede...
Sep 07, 2023
Shunning global summits, Xi visits flood-stricken area in northeast China
BEIJING (Reuters) - Eschewing face-time with foreign leaders at global summits this week, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday visited the homes of villagers in a rural part of northeast China bat...
Sep 07, 2023
Italy delays regional plan to limit diesel cars after protests
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's government postponed on Thursday a plan by one of the country's most polluted regions to ban old diesel vehicles from towns and cities during working hours, an initiative that...
Sep 07, 2023
Migrants not just numbers, Italian director says in Venice film
By Hanna Rantala VENICE (Reuters) - With migrant arrivals once again surging in Italy, director Matteo Garrone has brought a film to Venice showing the perilous journey from Africa to Europe through t...
Sep 07, 2023
