About 75,000 healthcare workers launched a planned three-day strike at Kaiser Permanente facilities across the U.S. on Wednesday, the largest-ever such action in the healthcare sector. Those walking off the job include nurses, medical technicians and other support staff at hundreds of hospitals in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Virginia and Washington D.C. Kaiser said hospitals…
A judge overseeing Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial pounded his fists in frustration with the former U.S. president’s lawyers on Wednesday for what he described as redundant and “ridiculous” cross-examination of a witness. The heated exchange occurred on the third day of trial in a lawsuit by the New York attorney general’s office that threatens…
Donald Trump on Wednesday appealed a judge’s refusal to dismiss New York Attorney General Letitia James’ civil fraud lawsuit against him and his family business, two days after the case went to trial. The appeal to the Appellate Division, a mid-level appeals court, was filed as Trump sat in a Manhattan courtroom, watching an accountant…
The race to replace ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy took shape on Wednesday as Steve Scalise, the chamber’s No.2 Republican, and Jim Jordan, a leading antagonist of Democratic President Joe Biden, said they would seek the post. The two lawmakers could be joined by several other candidates in what could be a lengthy and likely messy battle…
Metalworkers at Brazilian planemaker Embraer’s (EMBR3.SA) Sao Jose dos Campos plant on Tuesday decided to suspend a strike they had started earlier in the day as they campaign for higher wages. Local union Sindmetal said in a statement the strike had been called off after about three hours because workers felt “intimidated by the large number of…
British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday he would love to lower taxes in the run-up to a national election expected next year, but added that any tax cut at the moment would be inflationary. Hunt said that reducing taxes at a fiscal event in November would not be possible even if the government…
Venezuela’s opposition election commission said on Monday it will move forward with its late October primary vote to pick its presidential candidate for next year’s general election, after the country’s national electoral council sought a delay. The South American nation’s beleaguered political opposition will face off against President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialists, who have presided…
Argentina’s markets have a new cause for the wobbles – a presidential election whose outcome is anyone’s guess and could usher in a radical libertarian candidate who investors can’t work out whether they should love or fear. With less than three weeks to the Oct. 22 vote, bonds are sliding and the peso has slumped…
Industrial production in Brazil rose slightly less than expected in August, data from government statistics agency IBGE showed on Tuesday, as the sector struggles to gather speed amid high interest rates. Output was up 0.4% in August from July, IBGE said, recovering part of the losses seen a month earlier but below forecasts as the…
India has asked Canada to reduce its diplomatic staff in the country by more than half, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday, with ties fraying after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau publicly levelled suspicions that Indian agents were involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada. Hardeep Singh Nijjar was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside…
