Новости за 19.08.2020

BERLIN (Reuters) - Lufthansa on Wednesday said it had reached an agreement with pilots union Cockpit on a package of short-term measures to cut costs after Germany's flagship airline

President Trump has criticized his former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief of staff, Miles Taylor, over his endorsement of Joe Biden.

A group of Republican attorneys general released a recording of a 9-1-1 call showing America's law enforcement are helpless in the face of rising political violence.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) recently commemorated the historic events leading up to American women earning the right to vote. In an interview Tuesday, she honored the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage while speaking about her home state's battle for the 19th Amendment.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Standing in front of the rubble of a house destroyed in Beirut's port blast, Henry Loussian brushes off the dust and dirt from fragments of its architecture all but lost among a

President Trump and First Lady Melania cast their votes for Florida's primary elections. On Tuesday, a representative for the first family dropped-off their ballots at a polling place instead of returning them by mail. That's according to the Palm Beach County Elections Office.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - General Motors Co is planning an electric car offensive in China with more than 40% of its new launches in the country over the next five years set to be electric vehicles (EVs),

By Aaron Ross DAKAR (Reuters) - A month after becoming president of Mali in 2013, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita declared that the days of mutinous soldiers undermining the power of government in the capital

(Reuters) - Off-price retailer TJX Cos Inc on Wednesday beat market estimates for quarterly net sales, helped by strong demand for home-improvement products from consumers stuck indoors during

By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Turkey's lira has been driven to record lows on concerns that lower interest rates, depleting FX reserves and a flood of easy credit could pave the way to a second

By Eli Berlzon MASSUA SETTLEMENT, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel’s settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defrauded them of their long-held dream of annexing the occupied West

By Philip Pullella (Reuters) - Rich countries should not hoard a coronavirus vaccine and should only give pandemic-related bailouts to companies committed to protecting the environment, helping the

(Reuters) - U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines Co said on Wednesday it expects cash burn in the third quarter to slow as bookings improve in August from a pandemic-driven grounding of flights

By Richa Naidu CHICAGO (Reuters) - As shoppers raise grocery spending due to the COVID-19 pandemic, plant-based egg startup JUST says it aims to turn an operating profit before the end of next year

By Medha Singh (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Wednesday following solid earnings from retailers Target and Lowe's, a day after the S&P 500 completed its fastest recovery from a

(Reuters) - Target Corp on Wednesday reported its best quarterly comparable sales growth and online revenue that nearly tripled as shoppers lapped up videogames, kitchenware and clothes during

By Steve Scherer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is weighing sweeping changes to the country's social welfare system and a series of economic measures

(Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson said on Wednesday it would buy Momenta Pharmaceuticals Inc for about $6.5 billion in cash to bolster its portfolio of treatments for autoimmune diseases.

(Reuters) - Lowe's Cos Inc blew past analysts' estimates for quarterly same-store sales on Wednesday, as it benefited from a surge in demand for home improvement products from consumers stuck

By Hanna Rantala STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Extravagant musical productions such as "Mamma Mia!"

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's leading Sunni cleric on Wednesday joined calls for early parliamentary elections and an international investigation into the explosion at the Beirut port, which he said

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - AMC Theatres and other cinema chains will fire up projectors in some major U.S. cities this week, offering lower-priced admission, discounted popcorn and new

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.

By James Davey LONDON (Reuters) - Amazon has stepped up its move into Britain's grocery market, expanding its relationship with Morrisons so Prime members have access to the supermarket group's full

ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Trade Organization said on Wednesday its goods trade barometer hit a record low, suggesting global merchandise trade registered a historic fall in the second quarter of