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Queen Elizabeth thanked for being ‘still in the saddle’ after 70 years
Date: June 3, 2022
By Michael Holden and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) -Horse-loving Queen Elizabeth was thanked for being “in the saddle” for 70 years as head of state at a service on Friday to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, an event she missed due to her “mobility issues”. Other senior members of the royal family joined a congregation of...
Factbox-From Tesla to Peloton, companies slow hiring as economy sputters
Date: June 3, 2022
(Reuters) – Elon Musk spooked investors on Friday with a warning on the economy and plans to cut Tesla’s workforce, joining a growing list of companies that have dialed back hiring amid decades-high inflation and fallout from the Ukraine crisis. The billionaire said he has a “super bad feeling” about the economy and that the...
Carrefour confident on 2022 despite mounting challenges
Date: June 3, 2022
By Dominique Vidalon PARIS (Reuters) – Carrefour is looking at 2022 with confidence as it works on a new strategy that will allow the French retailer to step up digital expansion and be more resilient amid an increasingly uncertain environment, its boss said on Friday. Carrefour, which last year failed to tie up with Canada’s...
UK’s Johnson jeered on arrival at Platinum Jubilee service
Date: June 3, 2022
By Kate Holton and Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was greeted with a chorus of boos and jeers as he arrived at a Service of Thanksgiving for Queen Elizabeth on Friday, in a public reflection of the growing pressure on his leadership. Climbing the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral towards leading...
Exclusive-Ukraine investigates deportation of children to Russia as possible genocide
Date: June 3, 2022
By Anthony Deutsch and Stephanie van den Berg THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Prosecutors investigating war crimes cases in Ukraine are examining allegations of the forcible deportation of children to Russia since the invasion as they seek to build a genocide indictment, the country’s top prosecutor said in an interview. International humanitarian law classifies the forced...
Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region calls for more weapons to defeat Russia
Date: June 3, 2022
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s embattled eastern region of Donetsk will not fall quickly to Russia’s assault, but it needs the world to supply more weapons to keep the offensive at bay, its governor told Reuters on Friday. Russian troops are poised just 15 km (nine miles) north of Sloviansk, the second biggest...