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WASHINGTON: An international group of labour unions said on Monday (May 18) it has filed a complaint against McDonald's for "systemic sexual harassment" at the fast food chain's restaurants around the world. The complaint, filed at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)'s ...

About 1,000 lucky chickens flew on two chartered cargo planes to a California sanctuary from an Iowa farm that has been euthanizing its flock as the coronavirus outbreak slashes restaurant demand for eggs, an animal rights group said.

BERLIN: France and Germany on Monday (May 18) laid out plans for a 500-billion-euro (US$545 billion) European fund backed by joint EU borrowing to fight the economic fallout from the coronavirus, as the continent pushed ahead towards normality with major landmarks reopening after a two month-hiatus ...

Businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area may open for manufacturing, retail with curbside pickup and warehouse distribution, health directors of five counties that make up most of the region said Monday.

REUTERS: American Express Co employees that are able to work from home should continue to do so for the rest of the year, Chief Executive Officer Steve Squeri said in a video message on LinkedIn as he spoke about a return-to-office plan. "We still don't know exactly when we'll...

OAKLAND, California: Chipmaker Dialog Semiconductor Plc on Monday introduced software to improve the accuracy of wristbands and other Bluetooth-based devices businesses are adopting to enforce social distancing and help trace those who were in contact with people who test positive for coronavirus ...

Amazon's French warehouses are set to reopen on Tuesday with about 30per cent of employees, three union officials said, ending a month-long dispute over whether the e-commerce giant was doing enough to protect workers from the coronavirus pandemic.

J.C. Penney Co Inc plans to trim its store count by 29per cent to about 604, as the U.S. department store chain looks to focus on those more profitable, a regulatory filing showed on Monday, two days after it filed for bankruptcy protection.

Americans increased their visits to supermarkets far more than to Walmart Inc stores as panic-buying peaked in mid-March, a Reuters analysis of foot traffic to retailers in the United States shows.

SINGAPORE: With flights cut and planes grounded, the impact of COVID-19 on commercial aviation has had a knock-on effect on the aerospace industry which supports it. Eighty-five per cent of Singapore’s aerospace industry is involved in maintaining and repairing aircraft, and local companies also ...