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Australia inflation picks up to 6.8% in April, above forecasts
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian consumer prices rose by more than expected in April, driven by a jump in automotive fuel, suggesting sticky inflation would likely keep pressure on the central bank. Data...
May 30, 2023
Athletics-Bolt desperate for impactful role in track and field
By Janina Nuno Rios MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Usain Bolt said he is desperate to play a role in reviving the sport that made him a global superstar but has experienced something of a decline since his r...
May 30, 2023
China’s factory activity falls faster than expected on weak demand
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's factory activity contracted faster than expected in May on weakening demand, heaping pressure on policymakers to shore up a patchy economic recovery. The official manufactur...
May 30, 2023
Australia’s central bank shuns PwC until tax leak scandal ends
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) - The Reserve Bank of Australia will not start any new contracts with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Australia until a scandal over the firm's misuse of confidential go...
May 30, 2023
FedEx says reached tentative deal with pilots of air delivery unit
(Reuters) - FedEx Corp has reached a tentative agreement with pilots of its air delivery unit who had voted in favour of a strike earlier this month seeking higher pay, the company said in a statement...
May 30, 2023
Russia official says Ukraine shells border town for third time in a week
(Reuters) - Ukrainian forces shelled a Russian town close to the border for the third time in a week, damaging buildings and setting vehicles on fire, the governor of the region said on Wednesday. At ...
May 30, 2023
US House committee votes to advance debt ceiling bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bill to suspend the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default advanced on Tuesday when a key House of Representatives committee voted to send it to the f...
May 30, 2023
India poised to deny funding for Vedanta-Foxconn chip venture – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The Indian government is poised to deny crucial funding for Anil Agarwal's chip venture, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, a setback to the billionaire's ambition to build India's 'own S...
May 30, 2023
Young South Koreans drive shift in attitudes to Japan as ties thaw
By Hyonhee Shin, Minwoo Park and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) - Jeong Se-ah feels happy to see Tanaka, a Japanese bar host character from the early 2000s created by a South Korean comedian, because h...
May 30, 2023
Evacuation order issued in Novia Scotia, Canada, after new wildfire -CBC News
(Reuters) - Canadian emergency officials issued a mandatory evacuation order for parts of Bedford, Nova Scotia, after authorities noted a new wildfire and the potential for an ammonia leak in the area...
May 30, 2023
Peoria, IL, USA
65 °F Heavy rain at times
