(Reuters) -Netflix on Tuesday said it has laid off about 150 people, mostly in the United States, as the streaming service company faces slowing growth. The layoffs represent approximately 2% of the company’s workforce in the United States and Canada. …
Canadians not preoccupied with constitutional change, PM says as Prince Charles, Camilla start tour
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Steve Scherer TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadians are not preoccupied with constitutional change, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters as Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla kicked off their Canadian tour in the e…
U.S. traffic deaths in 2021 jump to highest number since 2005
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915, regulators said on Tuesday in a preliminary estimate, marking the highest number killed on American roads in a single-year since 2005. The yearly increase is…
Shares rebound, Treasury yields rise on stronger data
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global equity markets rallied and Treasury yields rose on Tuesday, as solid U.S. retail sales in April suggested economic growth might strengthen, as did an easing of China’s lockdowns to contain the COVID-19 pandem…
U.S. Democrats unveil bill to address baby formula shortage
By Chris Gallagher WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a bill to provide $28 million in emergency funds to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help it respond to a nationwide shortage of infant formula and strengthen su…
U.S. launches program to capture, analyze evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department on Tuesday announced the launch of a new program to capture and analyze evidence of war crimes and other atrocities allegedly perpetrated by Russia in Ukraine, as Washington seeks to …
U.S. says use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral up 315%
By Ahmed Aboulenein WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Use of Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid has jumped 315% over the past four weeks, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Tuesday, as health officials try to address unex…
Fetterman wins Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Senate nod from hospital
By Jarrett Renshaw and Joseph Ax PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) -Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman won the state’s Democratic primary on Tuesday in a critical U.S. Senate race, Edison Research projected, despite having been hospitalized since Fri…
Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory slipping from reach
By Tom Balmforth and Jonathan Landay KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Even as the Kremlin prepares to take full control of the ruins of Mariupol city, it faces the growing prospect of defeat in its bid to conquer all of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas becaus…
Yellen calls on U.S. allies to step up funding for Ukraine
By David Lawder BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for U.S. allies to step up financial support for Ukraine on Tuesday, saying that funds announced so far would not be sufficient for the country’s short-term needs as it bat…