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☆ Starbucks union claims dozens of stores aren't allowed to decorate for Pride
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Starbucks Workers United said Tuesday that dozens of the coffee chain's U.S. stores aren't allowing employees to decorate for Pride month. A Starbucks spokesperson told CNBC that the company's security and safety manual provides broad guidance for stores around decorations. Some Massachusetts workers were told that there weren't enough labor hours to schedule partners to decorate, the union said. And managers told employees in Maryland that some people didn't feel represented by the "umbrella of pride," according to the labor group. Oklahoma Starbucks workers were also prohibited from hanging Pride flags in store windows.

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"There is an increasing need for Korea and Japan to cooperate in this time of a polycrisis, with North Korean nuclear and missile threats escalating and global supply chains being disrupted," Yoon said. Yoon's visit also comes as North Korea has been raising tensions in the region weapons test, including the latest launch of two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea off its east coast on Tuesday. South Korea, the United States and Japan must further strengthen security cooperation to deter North Korea, Yoon said, adding that he expected GSOMIA, an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, to be "invigorated" as the two countries restore trust. South Korea has been conditionally maintaining the pact, which is intended to help the two countries share information on North Korea's missile and nuclear activities. Yoon denounced North Korea for focusing on its "reckless" weapons programmes when the country's food shortages have "grown worse" and said South Korea "will never acknowledge North Korea as a nuclear state under any circumstances."

☆ China's Xi calls for early resolution of Iran nuclear issue
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/7] Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, China, February 14, 2023. Iran's President Website/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERSBEIJING, Feb 14 (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called for the early and proper resolution of the Iran nuclear issue while expressing his support for the Islamic Republic in safeguarding its rights and interests, according to Chinese state media. China will continue to "participate constructively" in talks to resume negotiations on implementing the Iran nuclear agreement, Xi told Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi in talks in Beijing. In September, the United States imposed new sanctions on companies involved in Iran oil exports, including five based in China. Washington said it would continue enforcing sanctions on Iran's oil and petrochemical sales so long as Tehran continues to accelerate its nuclear program.

☆ China to make substantial changes to COVID policy soon- former govt expert
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Zeng Guang, a former chief epidemiologist at the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention who has remained outspoken on China's COVID fight, said that the conditions for China opening up were "accumulating", citing new vaccines and progress the country had made in antiviral drug research. He has previously urged against using excessive measures to fight COVID that risk exhausting people, and in March said that China would look for a route to "flexible and controllable opening up". read moreWhile most of the world has largely done away with virus curbs, China has resolutely stuck to a zero-tolerance approach that reacts to even single cases with lockdowns and mass testing. China reported 3,871 new locally transmitted cases for Thursday, its highest since early May. Reporting by Beijing and Shanghai Newsrooms; Editing by Alex Richardson and Edmund KlamannOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ China to make 'substantial' COVID policy changes soon - ex-govt expert
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

"The situation is changing now and China's 'dynamic zero' will also undergo major changes. Substantive changes will happen soon," he said, according to the recording of the session, which was titled "China's Exit Strategy from Zero-Covid". Chinese health authorities will hold a press conference on Saturday on COVID-19 prevention, according to a notice that said officials from the the National Bureau of Disease Control and Prevention would attend. LOCKDOWNS AND PROTESTSZeng was part of a top team at China's National Health Commission when the virus started to spread from the central Chinese city of Wuhan to other parts of China in 2020. On Wednesday, the country's National Health Commission said the nation should unwaveringly stick to zero-COVID.

☆ China's daily local COVID cases hit 3,200 for Nov 2, highest since Aug. 17
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SHANGHAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - China recorded 3,200 daily local COVID-19 cases for Nov. 2, the highest in two and a half months, of which 531 were symptomatic and 2,669 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Thursday. It was the first time local daily cases have exceeded 3,000 since Aug. 17. The capital Beijing reported 28 symptomatic and three asymptomatic local cases on Wednesday, compared with 28 symptomatic and four asymptomatic cases the previous day, local government data showed. Financial hub Shanghai reported one symptomatic and two asymptomatic cases on Wednesday, compared with one symptomatic and no asymptomatic cases a day before, the local health authority reported. Guangzhou, also in the south, reported 50 new locally transmitted symptomatic and 323 asymptomatic cases, compared with 73 symptomatic and 253 asymptomatic cases a day before, authorities in the city of nearly 19 million people said.

☆ China striving to control new COVID outbreaks - commission
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BEIJING, Nov 2 (Reuters) - China is striving to control the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 infections in the shortest possible time, the health commission said on Wednesday in its first comments since the 20th Communist Party Congress as cases rise across major cities. China should unwaveringly stick to its dynamic zero-COVID policy, the National Health Commission said. China, which has repeatedly said it would not waver from its policy on COVID even as mass lockdowns and curbs hurt the economy, recorded almost 3,000 cases on Tuesday. Major economic hubs like Zhengzhou and Guangzhou are experiencing outbreaks and several other cities have enforced strict curbs and mass testing affecting millions. "China should unwaveringly stick to the general guideline of preventing inbound COVID cases and domestic resurgence, as well as its dynamic zero-COVID policy, and strive to stem sudden COVID outbreaks in the shortest time with the lowest costs," the health authority said.

☆ Big Chinese banks pledge enhanced support for economy as Xi sounds call for growth
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BEIJING, Oct 17 (Reuters) - China's six largest state-owned banks vowed they will enhance support to the slowing economy, in response to President Xi Jinping's call for a high-quality economic growth at the opening of a critical Communist Party Congress. Their pledges of support came after Xi opened the once-in-five-year party Congress in Beijing with a speech on Sunday morning in which he said China would aim for high-quality economic growth and will unwaveringly support the private economy. The world's second-largest economy narrowly avoided contracting in the second quarter, weighed by widespread COVID-19 lockdowns and the slumping property sector. During the third quarter, banks ramped up credit support to property industry, infrastructure sector and small- and midsized businesses. China's big state-owned banks are usually the quickest to respond to the government's policy directions.

☆ Xi says China will unwaveringly support private economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BEIJING, Oct 16 (Reuters) - China will unwaveringly support the private economy and let the market play decisive role in resource allocation, President Xi Jinping said in a speech on Sunday at the opening of the once-in-five-year Communist Party Congress in Beijing. China will aim for high-quality economic growth and the next five years will be crucial for building a modern socialist power, Xi said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Yew Lun Tian, Writing by Kevin Yao; Editing by William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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