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India amends power policy draft to halt new coal-fired capacity – sources

By Sarita Chaganti Singh and Sudarshan Varadhan NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) -India plans to stop building new coal-fired power plants, apart from those already in the pipeline, by removing a key clause from the final draft of its National Electricity Policy (NEP), in a major boost to fight climate change, sources said. The draft, if approved …

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Heavy fighting in Khartoum; Sudan’s children caught in conflict, UN says

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Noureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Fierce fighting persisted in Sudan on Thursday despite a truce agreement as U.S. intelligence said rival forces were trying to gain the upper hand ahead of possible negotiations and the U.N. warned of the violence’s devastating toll on children. Despite multiple ceasefire declarations, the two sides appeared …

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Trump asks federal court to take over NY hush money criminal case

By Karen Freifeld and Luc Cohen (Reuters) -Lawyers for Donald Trump on Thursday asked the federal court in Manhattan to take over a state criminal case charging him with falsifying business records over a hush money payment to a porn star before his victory in the 2016 presidential election. His lawyers argued that the …

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Russia’s war on Ukraine latest: Russian drones attack Kyiv again

(Reuters) – Russian drones attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday evening, the fourth assault in as many days subjecting residents to spasms of gunfire and explosions, and at least one drone was shot down. FIGHTING * Russia said the United States was behind a purported drone attack on the Kremlin on Wednesday night aiming …

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Jury convicts Proud Boys members of seditious conspiracy in US Capitol attack

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A jury on Thursday convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys militia group including its former leader Enrique Tarrio of seditious conspiracy, finding they plotted to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed bid to block Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s election victory. …

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Tunisia facing unprecedented migration crisis as bodies wash ashore

By Tarek Amara SFAX, Tunisia (Reuters) – Bodies of drowned migrants wash up most days on Tunisian beaches, lie unclaimed in hospital corridors and fill morgues, evidence of a surge in people seeking to cross the Mediterranean that has been accelerated by a government crackdown. Coastguard patrols return to the port of Sfax crammed with …

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Stocks fall, dollar rises as investors eye weakening economy

By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – A global measure of stocks fell for the fourth consecutive day while the dollar gained some ground as the European Central Bank raised rates on Thursday and signalled the need for more tightening a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve also raised rates. U.S. Treasury yields were lower …

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Taiwan says F-16 deliveries delayed, working to minimise damage

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Thursday that the delivery of 66 advanced new F-16Vs from the United States has been delayed due to supply chain disruptions and the ministry was working to minimise the damage and “make up deficiencies”. The United States in 2019 approved an $8 billion sale of Lockheed …

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US Senate repeals solar panel tariff suspension, Biden expected to veto

By Nichola Groom and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal President Joe Biden’s suspension of tariffs on solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, a measure aimed at supporting the small domestic manufacturing industry. Biden has vowed to veto the legislation, which passed the House of Representatives last …

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UK reviews AI models as rapid growth fuels safety concerns

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s competition regulator said on Thursday it would start examining the impact of artificial intelligence on consumers, businesses and the economy and whether new controls were needed on technologies such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. While research on AI has been going on for years, the sudden popularity of generative AI applications …

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