By Andrea Shalal and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday said he had asked CIA Director William Burns to become a member of his cabinet, elevating one of his closest advisers on national security and foreign policy. “Under his leadership, the CIA is delivering a clear-eyed, long-term approach to our nation’s…
(Reuters) – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on Friday said it is prepared to meet increased electricity demand in California this summer with new energy supply amid an ongoing heat wave The company said it is bringing online new resources like battery energy storage, including an additional 700 megawatts (MW) than it had last…
(Corrects to removes reference to ‘flex’ alert in first paragraph) (Reuters) – The California power grid operator issued an emergency alert from 1930 until 2200 hours on Thursday, urging customers to conserve electricity anticipating high loads and temperatures. Current demand stood at 41,100 megawatts, versus available capacity at 45,170 MW, the California ISO said. (Reporting…
By Kate Abnett and Valerie Volcovici BRUSSELS/BEIJING (Reuters) – Record-breaking heat in China. Wildfires forcing Swiss villages to evacuate. Drought ravaging Spanish crops. As the costs of climate change rack up, a debate is surging among governments: who should pay? The question has been in the spotlight amid this week’s climate talks between the U.S….
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Friday said it will reconsider its recent decision that Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk violated federal labor law by tweeting that employees would lose stock options if they joined a union. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans granted Tesla’s request to…
By Josephine Walker and Joseph Ax (Reuters) -Alabama’s Republican-controlled legislature on Friday passed a new congressional map that increased the number of Black voters in one of the state’s districts, but Democrats said the plan defied a U.S. Supreme Court ruling intended to protect minority voters’ rights. Civil rights groups have already vowed to challenge…
By Shariq Khan BENGALURU (Reuters) -Oil prices rose nearly 2% on Friday to record a fourth consecutive weekly gain, buoyed by growing evidence of supply shortages in the coming months and rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine that could further hit supplies. Brent crude futures rose $1.43, or 1.8%, to settle at $81.07 a barrel,…
By Diane Bartz and Krystal Hu WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) -AI companies including OpenAI, Alphabet and Meta Platforms have made voluntary commitments to the White House to implement measures such as watermarking AI-generated content to help make the technology safer, President Joe Biden announced on Friday. “These commitments are a promising step but we have a…
By Herbert Lash NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global share markets edged lower on Friday as most U.S. megacap stocks slipped, while the dollar soared against the yen after Reuters reported the Bank of Japan is leaning toward keeping its dovish monetary policy next week. Gold prices fell as the dollar rebounded to its highest in more…
By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) -Leaders of a dock workers union in Canada’s Pacific region on Friday backed a tentative contract deal with employers and will soon recommend ratification to members, likely ending a standoff that led to a crippling 13-day strike. On Tuesday, “there will be a stop work meeting … to recommend the…
