(Reuters) -German automaker Mercedes-Benz said on Friday its electric vehicles in North America will adopt the Tesla-developed charging technology from 2025 and also get access to more than 12,000 of its Superchargers from next year. The company joins American rivals Ford and General Motors to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) as they try…
By Sakura Murakami and John Geddie TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog said on Friday he had heard that one or two experts behind its report greenlighting Japan’s release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant may have had concerns. “There have been some ideas to the effect that one…
OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund has excluded Power Construction Corp of China from its portfolio and placed London-listed Petrofac under observation. The Norwegian wealth fund, set up in 1996 to save petroleum revenues for future generations, operates under ethical guidelines set by parliament and excludes investments in companies that it says…
(Reuters) – The conflict between military factions in Sudan has caused a surge in cases of rape and the abduction of women and girls, some as young as 12, aid agencies and officials said. Teenage girls are being sexually assaulted and raped by armed combatants in “alarming numbers”, Save the Children said in a statement…
(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited Slovakia on Friday and met his Slovak counterpart Zuzana Caputova, who urged NATO allies to give Ukraine a clearer view on its bid to become a part of the military alliance. Zelenskiy was on the third stop of a tour of several NATO states to drum up support for…
By Ismail Shakil and Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s economy added far more jobs than expected in June, data showed on Friday, a result analysts said probably seals the deal for another Bank of Canada (BoC) interest rate hike next week. Jobs increased by a net 59,900 in June, the most since January and higher…
BEIRUT (Reuters) -One person was killed and three were wounded during a shooting near a mosque in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Friday, a security source said, adding that preliminary information indicated it was sparked by a personal dispute. Lebanon’S state-run National News Agency said the shooting had taken place at the mosque in Bar Elias…
THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The World Court on July 19 and 20 will hear a request by the Netherlands and Canada that it order Syria to cease all acts of torture and arbitrary detention, as part of a case alleging the country has breached a U.N. anti-torture treaty. The hearing at the Peace Palace, the…
(Reuters) – U.S. equity funds witnessed net purchases for a second straight week during the seven days to July 5, as signs of cooling inflation soothed investor worries about more interest rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Investors purchased a net $4.44 billion worth of U.S. equity funds during the week, up from about $2.04…
(Reuters) -The Federal Reserve will likely raise its benchmark interest rate later this month to a 5.25%-5.5% range, traders bet on Friday, even as they priced in a slightly lower chance of any further increase after a government report showed hiring slowed more than expected in June. Traders now see about a 20% chance of…
