Category: Reuters
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Trump to hold rally in swing state Nevada during heatwave By Reuters
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Written by Nathan Lane (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold an outdoor rally in the sweltering city of Las Vegas, Nevada, on Sunday, seeking to rally support in a swing state that he lost twice but which opinion polls indicate is tilting in his favor in the…
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Volvo shifting EV production to Belgium to evade China tariffs, The Times reports By Reuters
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(Reuters) – Volvo Cars has begun moving production of Chinese-made electric cars to Belgium in the hope that the European Union will press ahead with a crackdown on Beijing-backed imports, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday. The newspaper, quoting informed sources in the company, said that Volvo, whose majority shares…
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Haiti’s interim PM stable after hospitalization for ‘slight illness’ By Reuters
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PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – Haiti’s new interim Prime Minister Gary Connell is in stable condition after being hospitalized for an unspecified illness on Saturday afternoon, his office said. Local media reported earlier that Connell (58 years old), who took office just over a week ago, was taken to hospital after suffering…
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Major world economies seeking to stop new private sector coal financing – Reuters
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keni1/iStock via Getty Images Reuters reported this week that some of the world’s major economies want to finalize a plan before this year’s UN COP29 climate summit in November to halt new private sector financing for coal projects. If the draft proposal is approved by The OECD would be the…
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Tennis-Clay queen Swiatek rules again at Roland Garros By Reuters
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By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) – Iga Swiatek produced a powerful display to crush 12th seed Jasmine Paolini on Saturday and win her third consecutive French Open title and the fifth Grand Slam title of her career. Swiatek’s 6-2, 6-1 win, her 21st straight win at her happiest hunting ground,…
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Cineworld plots sale of some UK cinema operations, Sky News reports By Reuters
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(Reuters) – Cineworld is in talks about a potential sale as part of a strategic review that could lead to a comprehensive restructuring of its business, Sky News reported on Saturday, citing unidentified sources. The operator and owner of brands such as Regal, Cinema City, Picturehouse and Planet has appointed…
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Tensions flare on Poland-Belarus border as more migrants arrive By Reuters
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Written by Barbara Erling, Kuba Stizecki, and Kakper Pimple BIALOVIZA, Poland (Reuters) – Dozens of people gathered near a fence along the border with Belarus, surrounded by dense forest, waiting for a chance to climb over it or push aside its slats to head west into Poland. On the other…
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US lawmakers call to add China’s CATL, Gotion to import ban list, WSJ reports By Reuters
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(Reuters) – A group of Republican lawmakers said Chinese battery companies CATL and Gotion High Tech should immediately be added to a U.S. import ban list, alleging their supply chains use forced labor, the Wall Street Journal reported. Lawmakers called for CATL and Gotion, which have ties to Ford (NYSE:)…
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Apollo 8 astronaut Anders, who took ‘Earthrise’ photo, reported dead in plane crash By Reuters
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Written by Steve Gorman and Peter Cooney (Reuters) – Retired astronaut William Anders, one of the first three people to orbit the moon and who captured the “Earthrise” photo during NASA’s Apollo 8 mission, died on Friday when the small plane he was piloting crashed in Washington state, media reported.…
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Sandy Hook families agree to Alex Jones’ bankruptcy liquidation By Reuters
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Written by Dietrich Knuth NEW YORK (Reuters) – Families of Sandy Hook massacre victims declared victory in Alex Jones’ bankruptcy case on Friday, accepting the conspiracy theorist’s proposal to sell his assets, including InfoWars, to pay part of their legal judgments over his lies about the events of 2012. Shooting…
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Tesla objects to $5.6 billion payout for lawyers who voided Musk’s pay By Reuters
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Written by Tom Hales WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – The Wilmington electric car maker (NASDAQ:) said the legal team that invalidated Tesla Inc’s (NASDAQ:) record pay package is entitled to a small portion of the $5.6 billion legal fees they sought because their lawsuit It provided almost no benefit to the…
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Putin suggests moving some major company headquarters outside Moscow By Reuters
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ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the idea of moving the headquarters of major companies to regions outside Moscow deserves attention and called for improving vocational education to help ease the labor shortage. Putin set out a set of ambitions for Russia’s $2 trillion…
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Meme stock world waits with bated breath as ‘Roaring Kitty’ teases livestream By Reuters
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Written by David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Meme stock traders will be glued to their screens on Friday, when Keith Gill, the online influencer and key figure behind the stunning rise in GameStop (NYSE:) shares in 2021, hosts his own conference. First live broadcast on YouTube in three years.…
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Boeing Starliner’s first astronaut crew welcomed aboard space station By Reuters
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Written by Joey Rowlett and Steve Gorman (Reuters) – Boeing Co.’s new Starliner capsule and NASA’s inaugural two-member crew safely docked with the International Space Station on Thursday, in a key test to prove the ship’s airworthiness and increase Boeing’s (NYSE:) competition with Elon Musk. SpaceX. The rendezvous was achieved…
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Unwinding of hugely popular currency trade rocks markets By Reuters
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By Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – A sharp fall in the Mexican currency after a landslide election result rattled foreign exchange markets as far as Hungary and Turkey this week, leaving investors wondering whether the unwinding of the popular “carry trade” will continue. A carry trade involves investors borrowing in…