By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) -Washington state plans to require electric vehicle charging companies to include Tesla’s plug if they want to be part of a state program to electrify highways using federal dollars, an official told Reuters on Thursday. Washington follows the move by Texas to mandate Tesla’s technology, The North American Charging Standard (NACS),…
By James Davey and Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -British supermarket executives rejected allegations they were profiteering through a cost of living crisis on Tuesday, telling lawmakers they had taken a hit to profit by not passing onto consumers the full force of pricing pressures they face. Food prices started rising well over a year ago,…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Tuesday accepted the resignation of the bishop of Knoxville, Tennessee following a Vatican investigation triggered by a rebellion by priests and allegations that the bishop mishandled a sexual abuse investigation. The one-line statement from the Vatican gave no reason for the resignation of Bishop Richard…
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Escalating tensions with farmers may prove a stumbling block for Mexico’s ruling party in next year’s elections, experts said, as resentment builds over low grains prices, a trade conflict with the U.S., and a perceived lack of government support. Elections in June 2024 will not only usher in…
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) employees who were charged with guarding accused sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not search his jail cell as required and failed to check on him for hours before he killed himself in 2019, the U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog said on Tuesday. In…
By Jacqueline Thomsen MIAMI (Reuters) -A lawyer for Donald Trump aide Walt Nauta told a federal judge on Tuesday that he could not yet enter a plea in a case that accuses him of helping the former president hide national security documents because he still does not have local counsel. U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres…
By Aishwarya Nair (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said on Tuesday it will begin layoffs this week, impacting mostly engineering jobs in the U.S. and Canada, as part of the Detroit automaker’s move to exit unprofitable locations and cut headcount. The development comes after the company said in May it expects to take up restructuring…
By Jane Lanhee Lee OAKLAND, California (Reuters) – Artificial intelligence and quantum computing startup SandboxAQ on Tuesday said it has won a U.S. government contract for military cyber security in a deal that includes Microsoft and Deloitte & Touche as subcontractors. The contract is with the Defense Information Systems Agency which provides global communications infrastructure…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Tatiana Bautzer and Julia Harte NEW YORK (Reuters) -Clad in a blue jumpsuit and dangling from the side of a skyscraper 1,200 feet above New York City, billionaire Richard Branson urged viewers on Twitter last week to live life to the fullest and try new things. As the founder of space tourism…
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea criticised on Tuesday the U.S. plan to rejoin the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO as a “sinister” move to use an international organisation for the purpose of “realizing the strategy for hegemony”. The Paris-based U.N. agency announced this month the United States intended to rejoin in July, calling it an “act…
