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A nodding donkey pumps oil in an oil field in the settlement of Balaxani near Baku, Azerbaijan, October 5, 2017. Picture taken October 5, 2017.

COP29 climate summit host Azerbaijan defends oil and gas investments

Reuters |Updated 21 minutes ago |2 min read

BERLIN (Reuters) - Azerbaijan, host of this year's U.N. climate summit, will defend the right of oil and gas producing nations to invest in the sector, the country's president said on Friday, noting that despite climate targets, fossil fuel ...

Christopher Cash, 29, who has been charged with spying for China, arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court, in London, Britain, April 26, 2024.

Two men accused of being Chinese spies appear in London court

Reuters |Updated 21 minutes ago |2 min read

LONDON (Reuters) - Two men accused of spying for China, including a former researcher for a prominent British lawmaker in the governing Conservative Party, appeared in a London court on Friday. The two, ex-researcher Christopher Cash, 29, and ...

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France, Germany push on with 2040 joint tank project

Reuters |Updated 21 minutes ago |2 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - France and Germany agreed on Friday to move to the next phase of a project to jointly develop a battle tank by 2040, their defence ministers said, as they seek fresh impetus despite reservations and differences on each side.

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Centene raises 2024 profit forecast on strength in commercial plans

Reuters |Updated 23 minutes ago |1 min read

(Reuters) - Centene Corp raised annual profit forecast and beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Friday, helped by higher premiums from its commercial insurance business. The health insurer banks more on commercial plans and ...

Paramedic Jeremy Cooper leaves the Adams County District Court while a jury deliberates in a trial where he and another paramedic are accused in the death of Elijah McClain, an unarmed Black man who died in police custody in 2019 after he was subdued and injected with a sedative, in Brighton, Colorado, U.S., December 22, 2023.

Colorado paramedic to be sentenced in Elijah McClain's death, bringing case to a close

Brad Brooks |Updated 23 minutes ago |3 min read

By Brad Brooks BRIGHTON, Colorado (Reuters) - A Colorado judge on Friday is expected to sentence a paramedic convicted in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, the last defendant to face jail time for the young Black man's death. McClain, 23, died ...

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as Linda McMahon, the outgoing Administrator of the Small Business Administration, sits beside him after announcing her resignation, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., March 29, 2019.

Factbox-Who are the mega-rich donors backing Trump?

Alexandra Ulmer, Jason Lange |Updated 33 minutes ago |4 min read

By Alexandra Ulmer and Jason Lange (Reuters) - A handful of mega-rich donors have emerged as key backers of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, collectively donating more than $50 million to support his candidacy against Democratic ...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he returns from a break in his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York, U.S., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Spencer Platt/Pool via

Former tabloid publisher to face more questions in Trump hush-money trial

Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan |Updated 33 minutes ago |2 min read

By Jack Queen, Jody Godoy and Andy Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker will answer more questions about his efforts to suppress damaging information about Donald Trump during the 2016 election, as the ...

Former US President Donald Trump exits at Manhattan criminal court in New York, US, on Thursday, April 25, 2024.  JEENAH MOON/Pool via

Analysis-Trump election subversion case bogs down as allies' legal woes grow

Andrew Goudsward, Andrew Chung and John Kruzel |Updated 33 minutes ago |4 min read

By Andrew Goudsward, Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump got another break when the U.S. Supreme Court signaled some support for his immunity claim, even as more of his allies faced prosecution for the former ...

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 25, 2024.

Futures climb as Alphabet, Microsoft results lift megacaps

Reuters |Updated 35 minutes ago |3 min read

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures advanced on Friday as megacap growth shares rebounded on the back of robust quarterly results from Alphabet and Microsoft, while investors awaited a key inflation print that could help shape U.S. monetary ...

A drone view shows BYD electric vehicles (EV) before being loaded onto the "BYD Explorer No.1" roll-on, roll-off vehicle carrier for export to Brazil, at the port of Lianyungang in Jiangsu province, China April 25, 2024. China Daily via

Why BYD's EV exports sell for twice the China price

Ben Klayman, Nick Carey |Updated 35 minutes ago |6 min read

By Nick Carey and Ben Klayman LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. and European politicians have raised alarms that their domestic auto industries could be destroyed by a wave of cheap Chinese electric vehicles. But so far, China's top EV maker, BYD, has ...

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