Exclusive: US to send depleted-uranium munitions to Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
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Gasoline, diesel vehicles dominate India's auto market, EVs lag (www.reuters.com)
Sweden’s Embracer weighs options for Borderlands maker Gearbox Entertainment (www.reuters.com)
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Spanish police arrest man for touching reporter's bottom while live on air (www.reuters.com)
Conservatives hope Supreme Court defangs US consumer watchdog (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is currently pursuing nearly two dozen lawsuits accusing prominent defendants including Fifth Third Bank (FITB.O), TransUnion (TRU.N) and Moneygram of financial misconduct. But the watchdog’s future may be in peril thanks to a case now before the U.S. Supreme Court....
Shutdown risk looms as US Congress faces spending, impeachment brawl (www.reuters.com)
The House and the Democratic-controlled Senate are due to be in session for about 12 days before funding expires on Sept. 30, leaving little time to agree on a package of 12 appropriations bills that can pass each chamber and win Democratic President Joe Biden’s signature....
Colombian President proposes Latin American alliance to transform 'war on drugs' (www.reuters.com)
US caver who became trapped 1,000 metres deep in Turkey is moved halfway to surface (www.reuters.com)
Google reaches tentative settlement in US Play Store lawsuit (www.reuters.com)
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Spain's soccer chief Luis Rubiales quits in kiss scandal (www.reuters.com)
Rubiales announced his resignation in a statement in which he said his position had become untenable, with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) later confirming he had sent a resignation letter to acting president Pedro Rocha....
Australia Indigenous referendum set to fail as support dips, poll shows (www.reuters.com)
Since Australian independence in 1901, only eight of the 44 proposals for constitutional change have been approved....
Iran, US on verge of prisoner swap under Qatar-mediated deal (www.reuters.com)
When $6 billion of unfrozen Iranian funds are wired to banks in Qatar as early as next week, it will trigger a carefully choreographed sequence that will see as many as five detained U.S. dual nationals leave Iran and a similar number of Iranian prisoners held in the U.S. fly home, according to eight Iranian and other sources...
Myanmar receives first shipment of Russia's Su-30 fighter jets - RIA (www.reuters.com)
Meta Platforms must face medical privacy class action (www.reuters.com)
Meta Platforms must face medical privacy class action::A U.S. federal judge said Meta Platforms must face a lawsuit claiming that it violated the medical privacy of patients who were treated by hospitals and other healthcare providers that used its Meta Pixel tracking tool.
Finland's Marin, once the world's youngest premier, steps down as party leader (www.reuters.com)
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Cuba arrests 17 for trafficking young men to fight for Russia in Ukraine (www.reuters.com)
Demand for uranium for reactors seen jumping 28% by 2030 (www.reuters.com)
Nuclear capacity is expected to rise by 14% by 2030 and surge by 76% to 686 GWe by 2040, the report said...
Morocco survivors seek aid as quake toll of 2,000 seen likely to rise (www.reuters.com)
Survivors of Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades struggled to find food and water on Sunday as the search for the missing continued in hard-to-reach villages and the death toll of more than 2,000 seemed likely to rise further....
In U.S.-China AI contest, the race is on to deploy killer robots (www.reuters.com)
Alongside Sydney Harbour, engineers are working on a submarine that will be powered by artificial intelligence and will have no human crew. The project is being driven by a contest between the U.S., its allies and China to develop AI-controlled weapons that will operate autonomously, including warships and fighter jets. The...
US solar power capacity to expand by record 32 gigawatts in 2023, report says (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of production capacity this year, up 53% on new capacity in 2022 and helped by investment incentives under the Inflation Reduction Act, a report published on Thursday showed....
Powerful earthquake in Morocco kills more than 600 people (www.reuters.com)
The magnitude 7.2 quake struck in Morocco’s High Atlas mountains late on Friday night. A local official said most deaths were in mountain areas that were hard to reach. State media said 632 people had been killed and another 329 injured, citing an updated initial toll from the Interior Ministry....
Powerful earthquake kills 'at least' 296 in Morocco, govt says (www.reuters.com)
California moves closer to historic caste discrimination ban (www.reuters.com)
California moved closer to becoming the first U.S. state to ban caste discrimination after a bill to outlaw the practise passed the California Assembly late on Monday....