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Nissan to Trim Production at US Plant, Cites Chip Shortage
Nissan Motor Co's U.S. arm said on Wednesday, Nov. 9 that supply chain issues will force it to trim production this month at its Canton, Mississippi, assembly plant. The Japanese automaker said it will cut...
Hubble Telescope Reveals Huge Star Explosion in Stunning Detail
WASHINGTON — About 11.5 billion years ago, a distant star roughly 530 times larger than our sun died in a cataclysmic explosion that blew its outer layers of gas into the surrounding cosmos, a supernova...
UK to Announce U.S. Gas Deal After Climate Change Summit -Telegraph
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is poised to announce a major natural gas deal with the United States after the COP27 climate change summit, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Monday. Britain hopes the United States...
Grid Operator Tells Ukrainians to Brace for More Blackouts
KYIV - Ukraine's grid operator told consumers to brace for more blackouts in Kyiv and other regions on Monday as it seeks to reduce the strain on energy infrastructure damaged by Russian missile and drone...
China Reopening Hopes Keep Dollar on Guard
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE - The dollar was kept on the back foot on Tuesday by strength in the Chinese yuan and other currencies sensitive to China's growth as markets clung to hopes that China's...
Japan Household Spending Extends Growth in September on Economic Reopening
By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO - Japanese households ramped up spending in September from a year earlier to mark a four-month growth streak, as shoppers enjoyed their first summer without coronavirus curbs since before the pandemic....
UK Slave Bosses May Be ‘Personally Liable’ for Exploitation of Workers
By Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation. LONDON — Modern slavery civil suits in Britain got more personal with a high court ruling on Monday that the bosses of trafficked workers - not just the companies...
US Lays Claim to $1 Billion in Bitcoin Stolen From Silk Road
The United States is seeking a forfeiture order for more than $1 billion in Bitcoin that was stolen from the Silk Road online marketplace in 2012, federal prosecutors in Manhattan said on Monday. In the...
Elon Musk Recommends Voting for Republicans in US Midterm Elections
Twitter Inc owner Elon Musk, the world's richest person, on Monday recommended that voters pick Republican candidates for the U.S. Congress in Tuesday's midterm election. "To independent-minded voters: Shared power curbs the worst excesses of...
China’s Trade Unexpectedly Shrinks as COVID Curbs, Global Slowdown Jolt Demand
By Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING - China's exports and imports unexpectedly contracted in October, the first simultaneous slump since May 2020, as a perfect storm of COVID curbs at home and global recession...
Ethiopian and Tigray Forces Launch Hotline as New Peace Talks Begin
By Hereward Holland and Tommy Wilkes NAIROBI -The Ethiopian government and Tigrayan forces have established a telephone hotline to help maintain a ceasefire struck last week, and both sides met in Kenya on Monday for...
No-Boom, No-Bust Economy Dogs Democrats in U.S. Midterm Elections
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON - Household cash is near record levels in the United States, and consumers are using it to pack restaurants and airplanes and buy new cars. Jobs are there for the taking....