Nike plans to cut an undetermined number of jobs and establish a new campus in India as it seeks to accelerate a turnaround following another downcast quarter. The sports giant unveiled the plan as it reported a modest decline in quarterly profits on lower sales. The company projected sales in the current fiscal year would fall […]
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Nach der fehlgeschlagenen Hinrichtung einer US-Todeskandidatin werden Rufe nach Abschaffung der Todesstrafe in den Vereinigten Staaten laut. Nach Amnesty International forderte dies am Donnerstag auch UN-Menschenrechtskommissar Volker Türk. Die verurteilte Mörderin Christa Pike hatte zwei Giftspritzen überlebt und lag nach Angaben ihrer Anwälte in einem lebensbedrohlichen Zustand im Krankenhaus. Türk erklärte im Onlinedienst X, der […]
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Die gewaltsamen Schülerproteste in Frankreich haben am Donnerstag einen heftigen Streit darüber ausgelöst, ob die linkspopulistische Partei La France Insoumise (LFI) hinter der Bewegung steht. Die Regierung berief sich dabei auf Geheimdiensterkenntnisse, die LFI wies den Vorwurf zurück. Bis in die Abendstunden wurden nach Angaben des Innenministeriums 1949 Menschen festgenommen, 305 Polizisten und Gendarmen wurden demnach […]
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Brazil’s electoral court has ordered the takedown of “untrue” social media posts about the country’s patron saint, the latest row at the end of a deeply divisive election campaign that will see President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva snub the main debate on Thursday. US President Donald Trump said he was keeping a close eye […]
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The United States on Thursday told its European allies to help lower global diesel prices by releasing strategic reserves “immediately,” with EU member states due to discuss the crisis on Friday. Reports said the Trump administration wants France and Germany in particular to tap their stockpiles of diesel to try to curb prices sent soaring […]
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G20 trade ministers are at an impasse on countering excess industrial capacity, top US trade official Jamieson Greer said Thursday, an accusation often levied at China which rejects the criticism. His comments came as trade ministers from the Group of 20 major economies met for a second day in the Midwestern US city of Milwaukee. […]
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Bolivia’s US-sanctioned Attorney General Roger Mariaca was arrested on suspicion of money laundering and drug trafficking, with police finding $300,000 in cash smuggled out of his house in an ambulance, the government said Thursday. Mariaca was arrested on Wednesday night in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, two days after the United States blacklisted him […]
Read MoreA Argentina deve prosseguir com seus esforços de estabilização da economia e a favor do crescimento, mas os benefícios precisam alcançar os trabalhadores, declarou a porta-voz do Fundo Monetário Internacional (FMI), Julie Kozack, nesta quinta-feira (1º). Os contatos entre o governo de Javier Milei e o Fundo continuam, e uma recente missão técnica realizou reuniões […]
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Ethiopia and Eritrea broke diplomatic ties on Thursday, accusing each other of stoking internal conflicts as fighting continued in northern Ethiopia. Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of backing a rebel group, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which launched a major assault against government forces last week, raising fears of a return to the devastating 2020-2022 civil war […]
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