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US top diplomat urges Israel to make hard choices, work with Palestinians

By Arafat Barbakh, Simon Lewis and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/TEL AVIV/CAIRO (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Israel on Tuesday to make “hard choices” to normalize relations with more of its neighbours, a new appeal to smooth the path to creating a Palestinian state. Blinken, in his fourth visit to the Middle East since …

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Stocks ease, yields inch up ahead of US inflation data, earnings

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global stock indexes mostly dipped and Treasury yields edged higher on Tuesday, with investors bracing for key U.S. inflation data this week and the start of fourth-quarter company earnings. Bitcoin rose, then fell, on confusion late on Tuesday afternoon over whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission had approved …

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Biden administration issues rule that could curb ‘gig’ work, contracting

By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday issued a final rule that will force companies to treat some workers as employees rather than less expensive independent contractors, in a move that has riled business groups and will likely prompt legal challenges. The rule is widely expected to increase labor costs for …

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Judges skeptical of Trump’s immunity claim in election subversion case

By Andrew Goudsward, John Kruzel and Andy Sullivan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday questioned Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from criminal charges for trying to overturn the 2020 election, and the former president threatened to prosecute Joe Biden if he returns to the White House. Trump looked on as his …

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Renault seeks regulatory discipline in India as it plans new investments

By Aditi Shah NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Renault wants India to adhere to its regulatory roadmaps after the French automaker incurred unnecessary engineering costs following New Delhi’s decision to not implement a proposal mandating six airbags in cars, the company’s country head said.     Renault has less than a 2% share of India’s thriving auto market …

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Indian AI startup CEO arrested after body of 4-year-old son found in luggage

BENGALURU (Reuters) – The CEO of an Indian AI startup has been arrested on suspicion that she murdered her four-year-old son after his body was found in her luggage, police said on Tuesday. Suchana Seth, who heads The Mindful AI Lab in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru, was detained in the Chitradurga district of Karnataka …

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