NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) – On paper, American consumers spent last year tightening their belts, and even retail heavyweights stumbled. But sit-down restaurants and some drive-through chains…
Read more Analysis-Restaurants Emerge as Bright Spot for US Job Growth as Consumers Seek TreatsWASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro asked a judge on Thursday to throw out his U.S. drug trafficking case, alleging the U.S. government is…
Read more Maduro Moves to Dismiss US Criminal Case, Citing Dispute Over Legal FeesBy Steve Holland and Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (Reuters) – Chinese AI startup DeepSeek’s latest AI model, set to be released as soon as next week, was…
Read more Exclusive-China’s DeepSeek Trained AI Model on Nvidia’s Best Chip Despite US Ban, Official SaysFeb 23 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will travel to India, Australia, and Japan, from February 26 to March 7, the Canadian government said on Monday.…
Read more Canada’s Carney to Visit India, Australia, and JapanBy Trevor Stynes and Amy Tennery MILAN, Feb 22 (Reuters) – The United States ended a nearly half-century wait for Olympic men’s ice hockey gold with a 2-1…
Read more Olympics-Ice Hockey-US Claim Long-Awaited Gold by Beating Canada in Overtime ThrillerFeb 22 (Reuters) – United States negotiators are ready to hold another round of talks with Iran on Friday in Geneva if they receive a detailed Iranian proposal…
Read more U.S.-Iran Talks Expected Friday if Iran Sends Nuclear Proposal Soon, Axios ReportsWASHINGTON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday told a briefing he would sign an order to impose a 10% global tariff under Section 122…
Read more Trump Says He Will Sign Order Imposing a 10% Global TariffLONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Britain expects its privileged trading position with the United States to continue after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s sweeping…
Read more UK Expects Continued Favourable Trade With U.S. After Supreme Court RulingFeb 19 (Reuters) – U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s husband has been barred from the department’s headquarters after allegations by at least two female staff members that he…
Read more US Labor Secretary’s Husband Barred From Department Over Sexual Assault Allegations, NYT ReportsWASHINGTON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to ensure an adequate U.S. supply of elemental…
Read more Trump Signs Order on Domestic Herbicide Supply for Defense Purposes, White House SaysNEW YORK, Feb 17 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge threw out on Tuesday a lawsuit against Buffalo Wild Wings that alleged the restaurant and sports bar chain…
Read more US Judge Tosses Buffalo Wild Wings Lawsuit That Has ‘No Meat on Its Bones’Feb 16 (Reuters) – Thomas Pritzker said on Monday he stepped down as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels, acknowledging “terrible judgment” in maintaining contact with convicted sex offender…
Read more Hyatt Executive Chairman Pritzker Steps Down, Cites ‘Terrible Judgment’ in Epstein Ties(Corrects time frame of video release to this week, in paragraph 4 and second bullet point) By Herbert Villarraga, Jana Winter and Jasper Ward TUCSON, Arizona Feb 13…
Read more Masked-Prowler Video Tops Sheriff’s List of Clues to Nancy Guthrie AbductionBEIJING, Feb 13 (Reuters) – China and the United States held an anti-narcotics intelligence exchange meeting from Tuesday to Thursday in the U.S., Chinese state media reported on…
Read more China and US Held Anti-Narcotics Intelligence Meeting, Xinhua ReportsFeb 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked a rule that expanded the amount of information companies have to turn over when seeking…
Read more US Court Blocks Expanded Merger Disclosure RulePARIS, Feb 12 (Reuters) – Hermes CEO Axel Dumas said he resisted multiple attempts by Jeffrey Epstein to meet with him, saying he believed he was a target…
Read more Hermes CEO Says Epstein Was Financial Predator, Believes He Was a ‘Target’By David Jeans and Deepa Seetharaman Feb 11 (Reuters) – The Pentagon is pushing the top AI companies including OpenAI and Anthropic to make their artificial-intelligence tools available…
Read more Exclusive-Pentagon Pushing AI Companies to Expand on Classified Networks, Sources SayFeb 8 (Reuters) – Live Nation executives and lobbyists are in talks with senior officials at the U.S. Department of Justice in a bid to avoid a trial…
Read more Live Nation Executives in Talks With DOJ to Avert Trial, Semafor ReportsBORMIO, Italy, Feb 7 (Reuters) – Switzerland’s Franjo von Allmen produced a stunning run on Stelvio to win the Olympic Alpine skiing men’s downhill on Saturday as illustrious…
Read more Olympics-Alpine Skiing-Switzerland’s Von Allmen Wins Downhill GoldWASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a 33-year-old man with threatening to kill U.S. Vice President JD Vance during his visit…
Read more Ohio Man Charged Over Threat to Kill JD Vance, US Justice Department Says