By Abhirup Roy, Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A California state court jury on Friday handed Tesla Inc a sweeping win, finding the electric vehicle maker’s Autopilot feature did not fail in what appeared to be the first trial related to a crash involving the partially automated driving software. Tesla has been …
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By Abhirup Roy, Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Jurors in what appears to be the first trial related to a crash involving Tesla’s Autopilot feature told Reuters after the verdict on Friday that the electric-vehicle maker clearly warned that the partially automated driving software was not a self-piloted system, and that …
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By Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – At a summit next week with South Korean leader Yoon Suk Yeol U.S. President Joe Biden will pledge “substantial” steps to underscore the U.S. commitment to deter a North Korean nuclear attack on South Korea, a senior U.S. official said on Friday. “We are working extraordinarily …
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By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sporadic shelling rang out late on Friday in Sudan’s capital even though warring factions announced a truce, while one force said it was willing to allow airports to reopen for the evacuation of foreign nationals. The United Nations, U.S., UK, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea, Sweden and …
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By Kirsty Needham and Praveen Menon SYDNEY (Reuters) -A review of Australia’s defence force warns A$42 billion in overspending on defence projects by the previous government means “difficult decisions and tradeoffs” must be made for new capabilities, according to excerpts shared with the media. Anthony Albanese’s Labor government will on Monday release its response to …
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By Steve Scherer and Victoria Waldersee OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada and Volkswagen on Friday together committed more than C$20 billion ($14.8 billion) for a battery gigafactory in St. Thomas, Ontario, the biggest single investment ever in the country’s electric-vehicle supply chain. Europe’s largest carmaker is investing up to C$7 billion to build the plant, Volkswagen said …
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By Daphne Psaledakis and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military is preparing options to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Sudan, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Friday as the Biden administration weighed whether to pull personnel out of the country’s increasingly unstable capital. “We’ve deployed some forces into theater to ensure that we …
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By Lewis Krauskopf, Sruthi Shankar and Ankika Biswas (Reuters) – Major U.S. stock indexes ended with fractional gains on Friday following mixed earnings results as investors assessed how conflicting economic data might influence interest rates and looked ahead to a massive week of corporate reports. A survey showed U.S. business activity accelerated to an 11-month …
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By Tim Reid, Alexandra Ulmer and Nathan Layne (Reuters) -Current and former Republican Party operatives who have spent years trying to banish Donald Trump from American political life say the former president’s 2024 campaign has begun to gain so much steam that they fear he is by far the favorite to become the party’s presidential …
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By Alexander Villegas and Ernest Scheyder SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Chile’s President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday he would nationalize the country’s lithium industry, the world’s second largest producer of the metal essential in electric vehicle batteries, to boost its economy and protect its environment. The shock move in the country with the world’s largest lithium …
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