EU summit exposes rifts as leaders struggle for breakthroughs on fuel, budgetThe European Union's 27 leaders are meeting as they race to negotiate deals before next year's French presidential election, with a far-right anti-EU politician leading the polls.Courthouse News Service3d agoWhole story →PlanetEconomyeu summit
Brazil approves end of six-day workweekSenators backed the constitutional amendment cutting the standard workweek from 44 to 40 hours and guaranteeing two paid days off, handing Brazil's president a major win 11 days ahead of elections.Courthouse News Service4d agoWhole story →Economybrazil labor law change
EPA sued over lack of standards for pesticide pollutionAtrazine is commonly used on corn, sugarcane and sorghum, and has been linked to birth defects, cancer and fertility problems.Courthouse News Service4d agoWhole story →FoodPlanetepa pesticide lawsuit
