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By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – The Trump administration has made it harder for employees of fast-food restaurants or other big franchises to sue corporations when individual franchise owners violate wage … Read More

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling that revived a $1.68 billion lawsuit against Iran’s central bank by families … Read More

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday decided not to “Free the Nipple,” refusing to hear an appeal by three women fined by a city in … Read More

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian government committed A$50 million ($34.58 million) to an emergency wildlife recovery program on Monday, calling the bushfires crisis engulfing the country “an … Read More

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Public support for Prime Minister Scott Morrison has slumped to its lowest levels amid widespread anger over his government’s handling of Australia’s bushfire crisis, … Read More

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – Catalan separatist leaders Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comin took their seats in the European Parliament on Monday, vowing to force their secessionist cause onto Europe’s agenda … Read More

(Reuters) – The number of Democratic presidential candidates https://tmsnrt.rs/2UhJ7WE seeking their party’s nomination to oppose Republican U.S. President Donald Trump in the November 2020 election dropped to 12 on Mondaywhen … Read More

HONG KONG (Reuters) – The global head of Human Rights Watch said he was denied entry on Sunday to Hong Kong, where he was scheduled to launch the organization’s latest … Read More

By Karen Lema and Enrico Dela Cruz MANILA (Reuters) – Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city … Read More

By Rory Carroll MALIBU, Calif. (Reuters) – Major League Baseball’s best and Hollywood’s brightest teamed up to raise money for families affected by wildfires, mass shootings and other tragedies in … Read More