Tesla margins in focus as EV price war kicks into high gear

By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Tesla Inc’s first-quarter margins are anticipated to have hit a more than three-year low as the electric-vehicle maker slashed prices to lure more buyers in the face of rising competition and a weak economy. The world’s most valuable automaker, which commands over half of the U.S. EV market, cut sticker prices…

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Exclusive-G7 coalition to keep Russian oil price cap at $60 per barrel -source

By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Group of Seven (G7) coalition will keep a $60 per barrel price cap on seaborne Russian oil, a coalition official said, despite rising global crude prices and calls by some countries for a lower price cap to restrict Moscow’s revenues. The G7 and Australia made the decision to maintain…

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Argentina battles major dengue outbreak with atomic radiation

By Horacio Soria and Juan Carlos Bustamante BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters their DNA before releasing them into the wild. The South American country has this year recorded over 41,000 cases of the disease transmitted by mosquitoes,…

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Big investors amp up California’s port truck-charging plan

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California’s bustling seaports, dominated by massive container vessels and soaring cranes, may seem an unlikely setting for investors seeking to capitalize on the “green” revolution. But thanks to the state’s plan to phase out by 2035 heavy-duty diesel trucks that haul containers to ships and warehouses, the ports have…

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Rishi Sunak investigated over wife’s interest in UK childcare firm

By Kylie MacLellan and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is being investigated by parliament’s standards watchdog over whether he properly declared his wife’s shareholding in a childcare company which stands to benefit from new government policy. Parliament’s Commissioner for Standards began the investigation over a “declaration of interest” on April 13,…

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US Supreme Court considers Christian mail carrier’s refusal to work Sundays

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An evangelical Christian former mail carrier’s fight with the U.S. Postal Service over his refusal to work on Sundays gives the Supreme Court another chance to widen religious rights but also has led to a debate over whether religious people are more legally deserving than others to weekend days…

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