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Hamas releases two US hostages ‘for humanitarian reasons’ after Qatari efforts-spokesperson
CAIRO (Reuters) -Hamas' armed wing the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades has released two U.S. hostages - a mother and her daughter - "for humanitarian reasons" in response to Qatari mediation efforts, i...
Oct 20, 2023
Flaring incidents rise in the Permian due to Texas heatwave – Enverus
(Reuters) - Extreme heatwaves in Texas fueled a 22% rise in flaring incidents in the Permian shale basin in the 12 months ended September, analytics firm Enverus said in a note. Satellite data from th...
Oct 20, 2023
US Republican senators ask tech firms about content moderation in Israel-Hamas war
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate panel's Republican lawmakers sent a letter on Friday to tech companies Meta Platforms, Google, TikTok and X, formerly called Twitter, seeking inf...
Oct 20, 2023
Another Trump lawyer reaches plea deal with Georgia prosecutors
By Andrew Goudsward (Reuters) -A second lawyer who represented Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign, Kenneth Chesebro, pleaded guilty on Friday to illegal efforts to reverse the former U.S. presi...
Oct 20, 2023
US banking regulators extend feedback window for contentious capital proposal
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A trio of U.S. banking regulators announced on Friday they were giving the public extra time to digest and provide feedback on a broad proposal to raise bank c...
Oct 20, 2023
Miners race to realise graphite projects as China controls exports
By Nelson Banya and Clara Denina (Reuters) - As China moved to control some exports of key battery mineral graphite on Friday, miners elsewhere face a race against time to bring new projects to fruiti...
Oct 20, 2023
Analysis-China’s graphite curbs will accelerate plans around alternatives
By Nick Carey, Akash Sriram and Ernest Scheyder (Reuters) - China's move on Friday to curb exports of graphite, a key electric vehicle battery material, will only accelerate efforts to develop alterna...
Oct 20, 2023
Volkswagen cuts profit outlook on raw material hedges hit
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Volkswagen on Friday cut its profit outlook for the current year due to negative effects from raw materials hedges at the end of the third quarter, Europe's largest carmaker said....
Oct 20, 2023
GM makes new offer to UAW, sees movement in all key areas
(Reuters) - General Motors said on Friday it had made a "comprehensive offer" to the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in a bid to end the month-long strike. "We have made substantial movement in all ke...
Oct 20, 2023
Fed’s Mester says Fed at or near peak for interest rate target
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said on Friday her outlook for central bank interest rate policy still leans toward another increase...
Oct 20, 2023
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