Britain celebrates the second day of Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, with the highlight a service of thanksgiving attended by senior royals and politicians that the 96-year-old monarch herself will miss due to ongoing mobility issues reut.rs/394904N
Australia's new prime minister joined more than 50 Commonwealth leaders in paying tribute to Queen Elizabeth amid celebrations of her 70 years on the throne reut.rs/3xduoxA
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrive for the National Service of Thanksgiving held at St Paul's Cathedral during the Queen's #PlatinumJubilee celebrations reut.rs/3as0dKs
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EXCLUSIVE: Tesla CEO Elon Musk has a 'super bad feeling' about the economy and wants to cut about 10% of jobs at the electric carmaker, he said in an email to executives seen by @Reutersreut.rs/3mbOhPC@HyunjooJin reports 1/6
The message titled ‘pause all hiring worldwide’ came two days after Musk told employees to return to the workplace or leave the company.
Tesla employed around 100,000 people in the company and its subsidiaries at the end of 2021, according to its annual SEC filing 2/6
Musk has warned in recent weeks about the risks of recession, but his email ordering a hiring freeze and staff cuts was the most direct and high-profile message of its kind from the head of an automaker 3/6
Decoding English from spoken to spelled is a tradition that’s almost 100 years old at the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but how did the language get so convoluted in the first place? tmsnrt.rs/3x8hu4c 1/9🐝
From the moment kids begin to learn to read English, there are clear differences between how words are pronounced and how they are spelled. Those whose first language is English may not realize that this is virtually unique among the major alphabetic languages 2/9
Languages like Italian or Finnish have spelling and pronunciation that line up more readily. English is the collector and assimilator of the world’s words and retains all their color and irregularities. The spelling bee transforms all this craziness into a feature, not a bug 3/9
Queen Elizabeth thanked all those involved in her Platinum Jubilee celebrations ahead of four days of pomp, parties, parades and public holidays to herald her record-breaking 70 years on the British throne reut.rs/3NRzg0O
Jurors have reached a verdict in the defamation claims brought by actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard. The decision will be read in Fairfax County Circuit Court at 3 p.m. ET, a court spokeswoman says reut.rs/3zg1Ept
The jury returns in the Johnny Depp, Amber Heard defamation trial after judge sent them to add damage amounts on verdict form. Watch the verdict live 👉 twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Tesla's Elon Musk asked employees to return to office or leave the company, in an email.
'Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week .... If you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned,' the email read reut.rs/3PUd9c7
Two sources confirmed the authenticity of the email reviewed by @Reuters. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment reut.rs/3PUd9c7
Major tech firms in Silicon Valley do not require workers to return to the office full-time, in the face of resistance from some workers and a resurgence of COVID cases reut.rs/3PUd9c7
A gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting for nearly a decade, prompting President Joe Biden to urge Americans to confront the country's gun lobby and pressure Congress to tighten gun laws reut.rs/38g7rAf 1/6
Salvador Ramos, 18, began his rampage when he shot his grandmother, then crashed his car while fleeing near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas 2/6
The teenager fatally shot at least 21 people before police apparently shot and killed him. His grandmother survived. Ramos acted alone, and his motive was unclear, authorities say 3/6