GENEVA (Reuters) -Inmates who have been held for years in the Guantanamo Bay U.S. detention facility in Cuba are showing signs of “accelerated ageing”, a senior official of the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Friday. “We’re calling on the U.S. administration and Congress to work together to find adequate and sustainable solutions…
By Carman Chew SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalise the country’s lithium industry and create a state-owned company to produce the metal that is a key component of electric vehicle batteries. Boric said future lithium contracts would only be issued as public-private partnerships with state control. Chile holds…
By Alexander Villegas and Ernest Scheyder SANTIAGO (Reuters) -Chile has moved to boost state control over its lithium industry as it seeks to diversify from mining into batteries and other areas, spooking investors in the country’s dominant miners of the white metal, SQM and Albemarle Corp. Chile’s progressive President Gabriel Boric late on Thursday announced…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co bankers continued to have meetings with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein even after the bank decided to close his accounts in 2013, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The banker Justin Nelson had about a half-dozen meetings at Epstein’s townhouse…
By Alexander Villegas and Ernest Scheyder SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country’s lithium industry, the world’s second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment. The shock move in the country with the world’s largest lithium…
By Kylie Madry MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – MG Motor is launching a plug-in hybrid SUV in Mexico, the carmaker said on Thursday, as the market for hybrid and electric vehicles in the Latin American country heats up despite a lack of infrastructure and high costs for locals. The hybrid eHS model is set to hit…
By Anait Miridzhanian and Carien du Plessis JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Ukrainian activist Oleksandra Romantsova this week suggested to South African officials that it would be better for Russian President Vladimir Putin to dial in to this year’s BRICS summit in South Africa rather than attend in person. The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest…
By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentine President Alberto Fernandez will not run in the country’s October general election, the center-left leader announced on Friday, throwing open a race to lead the Peronist coalition at the ballot amid swirling economic crisis. In a video message, Fernandez, who came into office in late 2019, said he…
By Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA (Reuters) – Analysts are divided on whether Colombia’s central bank board will hold the interest rate steady for the first time in 18 months or back one more increase in a tightening cycle meant to fight inflation, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Fifteen of 26 analysts predicted the seven-member board…
By David Stanway SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Volunteers in dozens of countries were set to plant trees, clean up trash and urge governments to do more to combat climate change to mark Earth Day, as scientists warn of more extreme weather and record temperatures this year. The run-up to the 54th annual celebration of the environment,…
