By Nora Eckert DETROIT (Reuters) -Chrysler-parent Stellantis is laying off as many as 2,450 factory workers from its Warren Truck assembly plant outside of Detroit as the automaker ends production of the Ram 1500 Classic truck. The layoffs will be effective as early as Oct. 8, the company said, as the plant moves from a […]
Canada union says rail strike could start on Aug 22 if no deal reached
OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Canadian Teamsters union, which is negotiating a contract with the country’s two largest rail companies, said on Friday a work stoppage could start on Aug. 22 if a deal is not reached. “The Teamsters will provide 72 hours advance notice in the event of any strike action,” it said in a statement. […]
Russian in prisoner swap ends US hack-and-trade conviction appeal
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A Russian businessman released as part of last week’s prisoner swap between Russia and the West is dropping his appeal of his U.S. conviction for engaging in a hack-and-trade scheme, after being informed that any further litigation could jeopardize the commutation of his sentence, his lawyer said on Friday. Vladislav […]
Israeli strike kills senior Hamas figure in south Lebanon
BEIRUT (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on a car deep inside Lebanon killed a senior figure from Palestinian armed group Hamas on Friday evening, a Hamas source and two other security sources told Reuters. The strike, on the southern edges of the Lebanese port city of Sidon some 60 kilometres (nearly 40 miles) from the […]