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U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner’s appeal rejected by Russian court
KRASNOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner against her nine-year prison sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs. The t...
Oct 25, 2022
U.S. basketball star Griner urges Russian court to reduce her sentence, apologises
KRASNOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner on Tuesday urged Russian appeal judges to reduce her nine-year jail sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs in the form...
Oct 25, 2022
U.S. autonomous vehicle group picks ex-Senate aide as director
By David Shepardson (Reuters) - A group representing self-driving car companies is appointing a former U.S. Senate aide as its new head as the industry works to convince U.S. policymakers to speed the...
Oct 25, 2022
Britain’s Lightsource BP races to hook solar farms to batteries
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) - Lightsource BP aims to rapidly grow battery capacity at its solar farms around the world to reach 4 gigawatts (GW) by 2025 in order to store and supply power at night ...
Oct 25, 2022
Ukraine external financing needs could reach $5 billion a month, IMF’s Georgieva says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ukraine's external financing needs will be around $3 billion a month through 2023 in a best case scenario, but could rise as high as $5 billion if Russian bombing becomes "even ...
Oct 25, 2022
Exclusive-Blackwells launches proxy fights, wants board seats at GNL, Necessity Retail
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackwells Capital has launched two separate proxy fights for board seats at Global Net Lease Inc and Necessity Retail REIT Inc and wants the real estate co...
Oct 25, 2022
Volkswagen: we have never had supply chain shortages like today
BERLIN (Reuters) -Volkswagen is entering into direct purchase agreements in unprecedented areas to tackle the worst supply chain shortages the company has seen, its purchasing chief Murat Askel said a...
Oct 25, 2022
India fines Google $113 million in second antitrust penalty this month
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google was fined 9.36 billion Indian rupees ($113.04 million) on Tuesday as India concluded yet another antitrust probe this month, finding the U.S. tech firm guil...
Oct 25, 2022
Standard Chartered’s Winters says ‘gloom’ over economy arguably overdone
DUBAI (Reuters) - Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters said on Tuesday it was appropriate to be cautious in the current economic conditions, but the pessimism was probably too much. "Of cou...
Oct 25, 2022
Pot producer Canopy sets up holding co for speedy U.S. market entry
(Reuters) - Top Canadian cannabis producer Canopy Growth Corp said on Tuesday it was fast-tracking its entry into the United States by creating a holding company for its interest in U.S. partners Acre...
Oct 25, 2022
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