By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian militant fighters paraded in Jenin on Wednesday and angry crowds confronted senior Palestinian Authority officials, accusing them of weakness, after one of the largest Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank in years. The two-day operation, which the Israeli military said targeted infrastructure and weapons…
NAIROBI (Reuters) – Kenya will delay re-opening its border with Somalia because of a “wave of attacks” it blames on al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab militants, interior minister Kithure Kindiki said on Wednesday. In May the two governments agreed to reopen within 90 days several border posts including Mandera, Liboi, and Kiunga, which have been closed…
By Anne Kauranen, Johan Ahlander TORNIO, Finland/KARLSKRONA, Sweden (Reuters) -High above a railway bridge spanning a foaming river just outside the Arctic Circle, Finnish construction workers hammer away at a project that will smooth the connections from NATO’s Atlantic coastline in Norway to its new border with Russia. “We will be removing some 1,200 of…
By Bianca Flowers BELVIDERE, Illinois (Reuters) – A shuttered Illinois Jeep assembly plant will be at the center of a power struggle between the United Auto Workers union and Detroit’s automakers as the manufacturers double down on cutting costs to fund an accelerated transition to electric vehicles. When the Stellantis factory in the northern Illinois…
By Andrius Sytas VILNIUS (Reuters) – A mock prison cell imitating one in which prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has spent months of solitary confinement was put on display in Vilnius on Wednesday, ahead of a NATO summit in the Lithuanian capital next week. Oleg Navalny unveiled the display to highlight the case of…
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has removed hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants to a desolate area along the border with Libya, a local rights group and a lawmaker said on Wednesday, with witnesses reporting dozens more put on outbound trains following days of violence. Disturbances between migrants and residents went on for a…
(Reuters) – General Motors on Wednesday reported a 19% rise in second-quarter U.S. auto sales as easing supply chain pressures allowed the automaker to ship more cars and trucks to dealers. GM said second-quarter sales jumped to 691,978 vehicles from 582,401 vehicles a year earlier. (Reporting by Pratyush Thakur in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)
MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis on Wednesday unveiled its new ‘STLA Medium’ vehicle platform, the first of four new electric-centric bases that will underpin all future models made by the world’s fourth largest carmaker by sales. Stellantis, formed at the beginning of 2021 through the merger of Fiat Chrysler and Peugeot maker PSA, sold around 6…
(Reuters) – Chinese auto brands are on track to account for just over 50% of the cars sold in their home market this year thanks to a growing dominance in electric vehicles, consultancy AlixPartners said on Wednesday. It would represent the first time Chinese automakers have controlled a majority share of China’s car market –…
By Ahmad Ghaddar, Alex Lawler and Shadia Nasralla VIENNA (Reuters) – Russia-Saudi oil cooperation is still going strong as part of the OPEC+ alliance, which will do “whatever necessary” to support the market, Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told a conference on Wednesday. OPEC+, a group comprising the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
