By Brendan O’Brien CHICAGO (Reuters) – A massive winter storm walloped the central United States with heavy snow, freezing rain and gusty winds on Wednesday, threatening to make travel virtually impossible and possibly knocking out power for millions o…
Biden revives ‘Cancer Moonshot’ plan with goal to lower death rate
By Alexandra Alper and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced plans to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years, part of an effort to revive the “Cancer Moonshot” initiative …
“Anyone but Draghi” – how an Italian presidential bid fell flat
By Gavin Jones, Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Last weekend, for perhaps the first time in his gilded career, Mario Draghi missed out on a promotion. He was the bookmakers’ hot favourite to become president of Italy. He himself made …
A year on, GameStop champion Roaring Kitty is quiet – yet much richer
(Editor’s note: This story contains language in the 4th and 8th paragraphs that some readers may find offensive.) By Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A year ago, office worker Keith Gill shot to global notoriety when his “Roaring Kitty” YouTube pe…
U.S. willing to discuss troop and missile limits with Russia – documents
MADRID (Reuters) – Washington is willing to discuss promising not to deploy ground-launched missiles or combat forces in Ukraine if Russia agrees to do the same, according to confidential documents that the Spanish newspaper El Pais said were Washingto…
Sony lifts forecast as ‘Spider-Man’ propels quarterly profit
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Sony Group Corp raised its full-year profit forecast by 15% on Wednesday after posting estimate-smashing quarterly earnings, propelled by the success of “Spider-Man: No Way Home” which has become the sixth-highes…
U.S. union wants retailers to review wages paid by vendors in ‘human capital’ trend
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – The Teamsters union wants four large U.S. retailers to investigate if companies in their supply chains are underpaying workers, hoping the retailers will use their leverage with vendors to achieve greater protection for those…
Investors urge miners to change ways after damning Rio Tinto workplace report
By Ernest Scheyder, Byron Kaye and Praveen Menon (Reuters) -Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto’s admissions of sexual assault, racism and bullying in an internal report have sparked calls from investors for the entire industry to clean up its act. An 85-…
Panasonic’s Q3 profit slides as material costs rise and appliance sales fall
By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Panasonic Corp on Wednesday posted a larger-than-expected 44% slide in third-quarter operating profit, hit hard by rising costs for raw materials, component shortages and a drop in domestic sales for appliances. Pa…
Olympics-Beijing torch begins COVID-shortened relay
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) – Beijing’s COVID-shortened Olympic torch relay began on Wednesday with basketball great Yao Ming and a Chinese soldier wounded in a bloody 2020 border clash with India among the first to carry the symbolic flame on a …