Starbucks earnings top estimates, but same-store sales decline for fourth straight quarter
Starbucks said its same-store sales fell 4%, fueled by a 6% decline in visits to its stores.
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Italy’s Meloni says she is under investigation for release of Libyan official
Italy released Osama Elmasry Njeem on a technicality after he was arrested on a warrant from the International Criminal Court accusing him of war crimes.
JetBlue shares tumble 25% after disappointing outlook
The airline is in the middle of a plan to reduce costs by culling unprofitable routes and drumming up revenue with higher-priced seats.
Rwanda, the West’s ‘Donor Darling,’ Seizes an Opportunity in Congo
A conflict that has raged for decades reached a flashpoint this week when rebels backed by Rwanda marched on a key Congolese city in a bid to occupy territory and exploit minerals.
Australia news live: inflation figures to give interest rates clue; verdict due in Struhs murder trial
Any sign of prices falling faster will increase clamour for borrowing cost cuts. Follow today’s news live Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Funding boost for uni agriculture programs Four universities have received $1m in funding to run agriculture pilot programs in a bid to attract students to the profession….
Medicaid portals reportedly down after Trump’s federal funding freeze
Lawmakers and state officials say portals inaccessible for one of largest health insurance programs in US Medicaid payment portals are down following the Trump administration’s decision to freeze trillions of dollars in federal funding, an effort by the new president to root out “wokeness” in the federal government, multiple sources have reported. A health insurance…
Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran President Who Fled to Nicaragua, Dies at 65
He was a popular TV journalist when elected as El Salvador’s first modern-day leftist leader in 2009, but he went into exile hounded by corruption charges.
Trump administration faces lawsuit over pause on federal grants and loans
Memo says social security and Medicare are excluded but congressional Democrats express ‘extreme alarm’ US politics live – latest updates Donald Trump has ordered a pause in all grants and loans disbursed by the federal government, potentially upending programs relied upon by millions of Americans while also quickly earning his second presidential administration a lawsuit….
Atlanta’s homelessness non-profits face ‘daunting’ future after federal grant pause
Local advocates dismayed after Trump orders pause on all federal grants while evaluating if programs meet new ideals Jimiyu Evans woke up at 5am, on three hours sleep, full of dread, to see if he could still get into his federal funding account from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). No dice. His…
Canada report on foreign interference: no evidence of ‘traitors’ in parliament
Commission finds democratic institutions ‘robust in the face of foreign interference’ but some MPs behaved ‘naively’ Canada’s democratic institutions are “robust in the face of foreign interference” attempts and there is “no evidence of ‘traitors’” in the country’s parliament, a landmark report into election meddling has found. But the commission’s lead said on Tuesday that…