WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales rose more than expected in June as consumers bought high-priced items like motor vehicles and went out to dinner, but a resurgence in new COVID cases- 19 is impacting the budding recovery, keeping 32 million Americans unemployed benefits. FILE PHOTO: People line up outside …
Read More »Greta Thunberg: the world must ‘break’ old systems, contracts to face the climate
LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said Thursday that the world needed economic reform to have a chance to beat climate change and that countries should be prepared to break old agreements and contracts to meet green goals. The 17-year-old spoke to Reuters TV after she and other activists …
Read More »US retail sales exceeded expectations; weekly unemployment claims still high
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – US retail sales rose more than expected in June, but a resurgence in new COVID-19 cases is hurting the fledgling recovery, keeping 32 million Americans with profits from unemployment. FILE PHOTO: People line up outside the Kentucky Career Center before it opens to find help with their …
Read More »Seven ships catch fire in Iran’s Bushehr port, agency says
(Reuters) – At least seven ships caught fire in Iran’s Bushehr port, the Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday, in what appears to be the latest in a series of fires and explosions across the country, some of which have affected sensitive sites. No victims have been reported, the agency …
Read More »Democrats see growing donations as they seek the majority of the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Campaign donations are flooding the coffers of Democrats running for the United States Senate, but some Republican incumbents seeking to protect their majority in the Senate have a powerful cash advantage over their contenders to As the electoral battle enters its final months. FILE PHOTO: Then 2020 …
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