By Chris Kirkham and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – Elon Musk told investors in late January that Tesla would roll out “autonomous ride-hailing for money” by June in Austin, Texas — a state where the company faces almost no regulation, raising questions about how much safety and legal risk Tesla is willing to take on as…
By Ashitha Shivaprasad and Daksh Grover (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threats have ignited another gold rush, propelling the safe-haven metal to new heights and bringing the glittering $3,000 milestone into view. Spot gold climbed to a record $2,911.30 a troy ounce on Monday – its seventh record peak to date in…
(Reuters) – NATO-member defense spending may come back into focus as former U.S. President Donald Trump returns to office. Republican Trump, 78, was elected president on Wednesday, defeating Democratic candidate Kamala Harris. He previously served as U.S. president from 2017 to 2021. In congratulating Trump on his election, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that…
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Intel’s upbeat revenue projections on Thursday masked a sore point for the embattled company: chips touted for artificial intelligence have not lived up to sales expectations. The chipmaker scrapped its recent forecast that in 2024 it would sell more than $500 million worth of Gaudi accelerator chips, so called because…
By Anna Voitenko and Dan Peleschuk BUCHA, Ukraine (Reuters) – As Russian troops approached Dniprorudne in their February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the city’s long-term mayor Yevhen Matvieiev could have fled to safety. Instead, he stayed behind to coordinate humanitarian aid and security for its residents as Moscow’s forces occupied the southeastern Ukrainian city. Weeks later…
By Oliver Griffin BOGOTA (Reuters) – Deforestation in Colombia in 2024 is expected to have reached a higher level than during the previous year but is still forecast to be among the lowest levels in more than two decades, Environment Minister Susana Muhamad said on Monday. Deforestation fell by more than a third to just…
By Sourasis Bose (Reuters) -Canada’s Barrick Gold missed Wall Street estimates for third-quarter profit on Thursday, weighed down by higher costs and lower production at its Nevada mines. Total gold output at Nevada Gold Mines fell to 385,000 ounces in the July-to-September quarter, compared with 401,000 ounces in the preceding three months, the company reported…
By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not be able to return. Palestinian health officials said at least 10 people had been killed and several others wounded…
LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s pledge to impose a universal 10% tariff on imports and 60% on Chinese goods is likely only a starting point for negotiations, ratings agency S&P Global said in a note on Thursday. Tariffs are unlikely to be imposed at those levels, but were Trump to follow though, the…
By Yuliia Dysa and Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that members of U.S. President Donald Trump’s team would travel to Ukraine this week, the first such visit at an important diplomatic juncture in the war with Russia. Zelenskiy, who is trying to forge close relations with Trump as the…
