By Tim Reid and Alexandra Ulmer (Reuters) – Republican presidential rivals Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis appeared at the same event in the 2024 White House race for the first time on Friday, but even a day after Trump faced fresh criminal charges, it was the former president talking down DeSantis rather than the other…
By David Lawder and Jorgelina do Rosario WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Friday it has reached a staff-level agreement with Argentina to unlock about $7.5 billion and complete the fifth and sixth reviews of the struggling country’s $44 billion loan program. The agreement, which still needs IMF Executive Board approval, eases some…
(Corrects spelling of ‘conservative’ in paragraph 8) By Rozanna Latiff KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Malaysia may not go through with a plan to take legal action against Facebook parent Meta Platforms following “positive” engagement with the firm on tackling harmful content on the social media platform, communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said in an interview on Friday….
SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile’s state miner, Codelco, on Friday cut its copper output forecast for 2023 and said it expects more halts in production during the second half of the year, following months of declines. The miner expects to have a yearly production of between 1.31 million-1.35 million metric tons from 1.35 million-1.45 million tons previously…
By Carolina Mandl and Bansari Mayur Kamdar (Reuters) – All three major U.S. indexes ended the week with gains, after a slew of Big Tech earnings, economic data and central bank announcements boosted investor confidence in a soft landing for the U.S. economy. U.S. annual inflation slowed considerably in June, likely pushing the Federal Reserve…
(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Justice could file an antitrust lawsuit against concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment and its unit Ticketmaster by the end of the year, Politico reported on Friday, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. Shares of Live Nation dropped 5% in extended trading on Friday. The company did not respond…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden publicly acknowledged a seventh grandchild for the first time on Friday in a statement to People Magazine. The 4-year-old girl is the child of Biden’s son, Hunter, who settled a years-long court battle over child support in June. “This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter….
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of the Senate’s Democrats are backing the United Auto Workers’ push for higher wages and benefits for workers at Detroit Three automakers’ joint venture battery plants, they said in a letter released on Friday. The 28 senators said the workers are critical to the United States…
By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Tim Scott, the highest-profile Black candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential race, has blasted his rival Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, over the state’s newly adopted Black history curriculum, saying “there’s no silver lining” in slavery. Scott joined a growing chorus of critics of Florida’s new standards that require…
By Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) – Sigma Lithium is working with Bank of America to coordinate talks with parties interested in acquiring it, the chief executive of the miner, which produces the metal used to make electric vehicle batteries, told Reuters on Friday. The deal discussions come amid a supply crunch for lithium. Sigma earlier this…
