By Michel Rose and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron set off a political earthquake on Sunday when he called shock legislative elections for later this month after he was trounced in the European Union vote by Marine Le Pen’s far-right party. Macron’s surprise decision represents a major roll of the dice on…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Sam Brown will try to walk away with his party’s nomination for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in Nevada, one of four states where voters will make their party picks for the November general election. Brown, a former U.S. Army captain backed by Senate Republicans, including Senate Minority…
By Rajesh Kumar Singh EVENDALE, Ohio (Reuters) – GE Aerospace is developing a hybrid electric engine with the hopes it will power next-generation narrow-body jets by the middle of the next decade. While the technology is still being tested, should GE be successful, it could produce hybrid-engine jets – like a Toyota Prius of the…
By Rich McKay (Reuters) – Winds and lightning strikes have sparked and fanned wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this week, including the largest fire in the United States, near the Oregon-Idaho border, which grew rapidly on Friday, fire officials said. The Durkee Fire near Huntington, Oregon, about 100 miles (160 km) north of Boise, Idaho,…
By David Shepardson and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The first U.S. presidential debate between incumbent Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump on June 27 will include two commercial breaks, no props and muted microphones except when recognized to speak, CNN said Saturday. In May, the candidates agreed to face off in two debates…
By Ankika Biswas, Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) -Major U.S. stock indexes closed with modest gains on Wednesday after a choppy trading session, with investors holding their cards close to the vest ahead of a presidential debate and an inflation report closely watched by Federal Reserve policy makers. “We’re in this kind of…
By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Friday that it was “dangerous” for people to question the integrity of the guilty verdict in Donald Trump’s hush money jury trial. In his first public comments since a New York jury on Thursday found Trump guilty on 34 counts over…
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms will discontinue its work-focused Workplace app as the company shifts its focus on building artificial intelligence and metaverse technologies, the Facebook parent said on Tuesday. Workplace will be shuttered starting June 2026 for customers but Meta will continue to use it as its internal messaging board, the company said, adding users…
By Hyunjoo Jin, Ross Kerber and Tom Hals SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Tesla will use Thursday’s strong support for Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package to try to win over a Delaware judge that invalidated his 2018 agreement, the company’s board president said Friday. The long process to reaffirm the largest-ever corporate pay package ended Thursday,…
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) -Global stocks hit record highs on Wednesday, driven by a rally in tech shares that has made AI chipmaker Nvidia the world’s most valuable company, while the dollar stalled as soft U.S. retail sales data suggested rates could fall this year. MSCI’s All-World index was up 0.15% at 805.12, having…
