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Starbucks shutting down 16 US stores for safety issues

Starbucks is closing 16 U.S. stores because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors that threaten staff.

 
US inflation reached new 40-year high in June

Surging prices for gas, food and rent catapulted U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June.

Macao to shut all casinos for a week as COVID outbreak widens

Macao will shut almost all businesses, including casinos, for a week starting Monday as a COVID-19 outbreak showed few signs of abating, Macao Daily reported.