By Harshit Verma (Reuters) -India’s fuel demand slipped in January after hitting a nine-month peak in December, hit by lower mobility due to cold weather in parts of the country and a slowdown in industrial activity. Consumption of fuel, a proxy for oil demand, was about 4.6% lower than the previous month at 18.7 million …
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By Humeyra Pamuk, Yew Lun Tian and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – The United States held briefings in Washington and Beijing with foreign diplomats from 40 nations about the Chinese spy balloon that Washington shot down on Saturday for spying over U.S. territory, a senior administration official and diplomats said on Tuesday. U.S. Deputy Secretary …
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By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks ended down on Wednesday, paring most of the previous session’s strong gains, with tech-focused shares leading the way lower. Alphabet Inc was the biggest drag on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. Its shares sank 7.7% after its new AI chatbot Bard delivered an incorrect answer in …
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By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -A Texas man accused of targeting Latinos during a 2019 massacre of 23 people at an El Paso Walmart store pleaded guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crimes, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office prosecuting the case. Patrick Crusius, 24, changed his plea to guilty during a hearing …
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By Steve Holland and Trevor Hunnicutt DEFOREST, Wis. (Reuters) -Fresh off a State of the Union speech to Congress that challenged opposition Republicans to help unite the country, President Joe Biden embarked on a tour of U.S. states crucial to his expected 2024 re-election bid. In Wisconsin, the Democratic president told workers at a union …
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By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank Bhardwaj MUMBAI/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India is considering extending a ban on wheat exports as the world’s second-biggest producer seeks to replenish state reserves and bring down domestic prices, government sources said. The current ban was scheduled to be reviewed in April and top government officials from food, farm and trade …
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(Reuters) -Istanbul’s stock exchange operator suspended trading until Feb. 15 and cancelled all Wednesday’s trades in the wake of devastating earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday. The tremors rocked Turkey and Syria in the early hours of Monday, with hundreds of buildings collapsing and the combined death toll across both countries climbing above …
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By Stephanie van den Berg, Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer THE HAGUE (Reuters) -International prosecutors said they had found “strong indications” Russian President Vladimir Putin approved the use in Ukraine of a Russian missile system which shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) over the east of the country in 2014. However, evidence of …
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By Jayshree P Upadhyay MUMBAI (Reuters) -India’s market regulator on Wednesday proposed that bondholders should have the right to object to related party transactions proposed by companies, which have listed high value debt securities. The regulator has asked for comments till Feb. 22. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said the proposal will …
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By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed and Laura Matthews NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden put taxes and corporate stock buybacks squarely in investors’ focus during Tuesday night’s State of the Union address as part of his push to restructure the world’s largest economy to be less favorable to the very wealthy. Biden, who earlier last …
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