UK food banks give out record amount as rising living costs drive hardship
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s biggest food bank network said the amount of emergency food parcels it distributed rose 37% to…
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Chile, US miner Albemarle hold talks on lithium nationalization plan
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s state development office Corfo said on Tuesday it met with U.S.-based miner Albemarle to discuss the…
Price hikes boost profits at global consumer giants; will spending last?
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) -Major global brands like McDonald’s, General Motors and Nestle posted steady first-quarter results built…
No dancing, judge tells jury at Ed Sheeran copyright trial
By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -With Ed Sheeran on the witness stand in Manhattan federal court…
Smartmatic defeats patent lawsuit from voting machine rival ES&S
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -Voting technology company Smartmatic USA Corp on Tuesday fended off a patent infringement lawsuit brought by…
US dollar, yen gain as risk appetite sours
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) – The safe-haven dollar and yen rose on Tuesday as market sentiment turned risk-averse…
EU singles out 19 tech giants for online content rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Five Alphabet subsidiaries, two Meta Platforms units, two Microsoft businesses, Twitter and Alibaba’s AliExpress…
U.S. identifies Gulf of Maine area for offshore wind development
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration on Tuesday said it had finalized an area of nearly 10…
‘Too much for him’: Russians react to Biden’s 2024 reelection bid
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Muscovites reacted with indifference to U.S. President Joe Biden’s announcement on Tuesday that he would seek reelection…
NASA chief sees Russians and Americans together on space station through 2030
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Tuesday condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine,…