By Essi Lehto HELSINKI (Reuters) -A Finnish court on Friday denied a request for the release of an oil tanker suspected by police of damaging an undersea power line and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea last week. Finland on Dec. 26 seized the Eagle S tanker carrying Russian oil on suspicion that it…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican and Democratic U.S. senators say it is too soon to consider lifting sanctions on Syria following the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, an indication that Washington is unlikely to change its policy any time soon. “We’re all really happy that Assad is gone,” Senator Jim Risch, the top…
By Andreas Rinke and Rachel More BERLIN (Reuters) – Drones were spotted flying over the U.S. air base at Ramstein in Germany in early December, a spokesperson for the U.S. Air Force said on Friday. There were “no impacts to base residents, facilities, or assets,” the spokesperson said. “In concert with host nation authorities, we…
By Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has given Elon Musk until Monday to respond to an offer to resolve a probe into the billionaire’s $44-billion takeover of Twitter in 2022, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The development, which signals the investigation may be nearing a…
By Arsheeya Bajwa and Siddarth S (Reuters) – Broadcom is predicting a massive expansion in demand for chips that power AI – and the market, for now, is buying it all the way. The company’s valuation hit $1 trillion on Friday as its shares surged 21% after CEO Hock Tan said AI could present a…
By Helen Coster NEW YORK (Reuters) -Time magazine named U.S. President-elect Donald Trump its “Person of the Year” on Thursday, citing his deep impact on American politics and the country’s role in the world. “For marshaling a comeback of historic proportions, for driving a once-in-a-generation political realignment, for reshaping the American presidency and altering America’s…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said “anything can happen” when asked about the chances of going to war with Iran during his next term in an interview with Time, coinciding with his being named the magazine’s Person of the Year. “Anything can happen. Anything can happen. It’s a very volatile situation,” Trump said,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that any person or company investing at least $1 billion into the U.S. “will receive fully expedited approvals and permits, including, but in no way limited to, all Environmental approvals.” The statement, posted on his social media platform Truth Social, did not offer further details. Trump’s…
By Tim Reid and Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk spent over a quarter of a billion dollars to help Donald Trump win November’s presidential election, according to new filings, underscoring the influence one of the world’s wealthiest people had on this year’s White House race. The billionaire owner of electric car maker Tesla…
HOUSTON (Reuters) – A U.S. National Labor Relations Board administrative law judge has ruled Exxon Mobil’s 10-month-long lockout of some 600 union workers at a Texas oil refinery during a contract dispute was legal. The judge sided with Exxon in his decision on Nov. 21, finding the 2021 and 2022 lockout was to pressure the…