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(Adds full name of acting minister in paragraph 2) By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – The Taliban administration will encourage self-sufficiency and wants international trade and investment, the acting commerce minister said, as Afghanistan faces isolation and suspension of some humanitarian operations over restrictions on women. “We will start a national self-sufficiency programme, we …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s antitrust regulator said it would impose a 2.85 billion won ($2.2 million) fine on Tesla Inc for failing to tell its customers about the shorter driving range of its electric vehicles (EVs) in low temperatures. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said that Tesla had exaggerated the “driving ranges of …

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(This Jan. 2 story has been refiled to change wording in the second paragraph and remove repeated word in the final paragraph) By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – Actor Jeremy Renner, who played Hawkeye in the Marvel “Avengers” movies, was in critical but stable condition in a Nevada hospital on Monday, a day after suffering a …

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By Soo-hyang Choi and Trevor Hunnicutt SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States is not discussing joint nuclear exercises with South Korea, President Joe Biden said on Monday, contradicting remarks by his South Korean counterpart as tensions flare with North Korea. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol had said that Seoul and Washington are discussing possible joint exercises …

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