By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval was at 40% in recent days, close to the lowest level of his presidency, with Americans unhappy about his handling of immigration and inflation, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll showed. The three-day poll, which ended on Sunday, showed a marginal increase in Biden’s popularity…
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Homeland Security this week raided a factory and sales office operated by one of the world’s largest solar panel makers, China’s Jinko Solar Holding Co Ltd, the agency said on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Homeland Security Investigations arm of DHS, Mike Meares, said search warrants were…
By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge funds cut their exposure to financial stocks in April after buying discounted equities in the market turmoil that followed the March failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature bank, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. Hedge funds reduced exposure to financial stocks including banks and trading companies by…
By Djaffar Sabiti NYAMUKUBI, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -The death toll from flooding in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo crept higher on Tuesday as aid workers found more bodies among the muddy devastation and wounded residents succumbed to their injuries in an underequipped local clinic. The floods, in a remote, mountainous area of South…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The annual increase in U.S. consumer prices slowed to below 5% in April for the first time in two years, while a key inflation measure monitored by the Federal Reserve subsided, potentially providing cover for the central bank to pause further interest rate hikes next month. Nevertheless, inflation remains…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Private U.S. nuclear fusion company Helion Energy will provide Microsoft with electricity in about five years, the companies said on Wednesday, in the first such deal for the power source that fuels the sun but has been elusive on Earth. Government labs and more than 30 companies are racing to…
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s president on Wednesday blamed “criminals” seeking to harm the tourism sector for a synagogue shooting on the island of Djerba that killed six people in the country’s deadliest attack in years. The attacker, a National Guard member, killed a colleague at a naval installation on Tuesday and drove to…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators are set to approve Microsoft Corp’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision next week, with May 15 as the likeliest date, people familiar with the matter said. The European Commission’s imminent clearance comes nearly three weeks after the UK competition authority blocked the deal, the biggest-ever…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government reported a $176 billion surplus in April, down sharply from a year-ago record as revenues fell, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday as a June 1 deadline for a potential debt ceiling default drew closer. The April surplus, which reflects tax filing season receipts, was down…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will make his first appearance before a Senate panel next week as the U.S. Congress grapples with how best to regulate artificial intelligence as the technology becomes more powerful and widespread. Altman will testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology & the Law on Tuesday on what…
