1+ hour, 41+ min ago  (269+ words) TORONTO, July 2 (Reuters) " Canada's manufacturing sector expanded further in June as production and employment rose, but not all was positive for "the sector as intensifying supply shortages helped "lift cost inflation to a near four-year high. The S&P Global…...

1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (950+ words) DUBAI, July 2 " Iran's ruling clerics are preparing days of mass funeral rites for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a show of public devotion to the Islamic Republic and proof that its revolutionary fervor still burns strong. Iran's supreme leader was killed…...

5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (296+ words) WASHINGTON, July 2 (Reuters) " Many Americans will celebrate the country's 250th anniversary on July 4 by grilling food or going to a parade, but a significant "slice doesn't think the holiday is very important at "all, according to a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll....

2+ hour, 36+ min ago  (397+ words) SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 (Reuters) " Microsoft said on Thursday it is creating a new company that will help customers select AI technologies that work for their businesses and generate returns on their "investment. Microsoft Frontier Company, as the new operating entity…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (156+ words) July 2 (Reuters) " Astra Zeneca has entered into a deal worth up to $1. 77 billion with CSPC "Pharmaceutical Group to discover and "develop experimental medicines with the potential to treat kidney diseases, the Chinese drugmaker said on Thursday. CSPC's Hong Kong stock…...

5+ hour, 31+ min ago  (376+ words) BRUSSELS, July 2 (Reuters) " The European Union expressed concern on Thursday about China's new law on ethnic unity which went into effect this week and gives Beijing the legal basis to take action against "people outside its borders. China passed the…...

4+ hour, 51+ min ago  (657+ words) July 2 (Reuters) " By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets The U. S. jobs report will clearly dominate the day ahead for markets, but there's been a hefty pullback in red-hot chip stocks around the world as the second half of the year…...

5+ hour, 1+ min ago  (415+ words) July 2 (Reuters) " Highlights of the fourth day at Wimbledon on Thursday (times GMT): 1224 SAMSONOVA DEFEATS SHNAIDER Last year's quarter-finalist Liudmila Samsonova, ranked 41st in the world, beat 15th seed Diana Shnaider "6-4 4-6 6-2. Samsonova will face 21st seed Marie Bouzkova in "the third round. 1214 FRITZ…...

5+ hour, 16+ min ago  (113+ words) July 2 (Reuters) " Catastrophe and risk modeling firm Verisk said on Thursday "it expects economic losses "from the Venezuelan earthquake to exceed $10 billion. " Two powerful earthquakes struck "north-central "Venezuela near densely "populated areas on "June 24. With the death toll in the…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago  (111+ words) WTVB Lithuania agrees to remove constitutional ban on nuclear weapons July 2 (Reuters) " Lithuania's President Gitanas Nauseda said on "Thursday that parliamentary parties had agreed on a plan to remove a "constitutional provision "prohibiting nuclear "weapons on Lithuanian soil. "The geopolitical…...