DUBAI, Feb 3 (Reuters) – Talks with the U.S. should be pursued to secure national interests as long as “threats and unreasonable expectations” are avoided, President Masoud Pezeshkian posted on X on Tuesday. “Taking into account demands from friendly regional countries to respond to the U.S. President’s suggestion for talks, I instructed the foreign minister…
By Maggie Fick, Bhanvi Satija and Mariam Sunny LONDON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – The long-held Wall Street expectation that the global market for obesity drugs would reach $150 billion in the next decade is looking a lot less certain with U.S. prices falling for GLP-1 treatments from Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly and competition heating…
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 – Elon Musk’s SpaceX wants to launch a constellation of 1 million satellites that will orbit Earth and harness the sun to power AI data centers, according to a filing at the Federal Communications Commission. The filing on Friday was posted a day after Reuters exclusively reported SpaceX and Musk’s xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster…
Jan 29 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering a potential merger with Tesla as well as an alternative combination with artificial-intelligence company xAI, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Tesla’s shares were up 3% after the bell following the report. SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead…
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KYIV, Jan 29 (Reuters) – A Russian drone strike killed three people and wounded three more overnight in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the regional governor and emergency services said on Thursday. Two women aged 26 and 50 and a 62-year-old man were killed in the attack, Ukraine’s emergency services said, adding that one private building…
Jan 31 (Reuters) – One person was killed and another injured in drone strikes in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region on Saturday, a senior Tigrayan official and a humanitarian worker said, in another sign of renewed conflict between regional and national forces. Ethiopia’s national army fought fighters from the Tigray People’s Liberation Front for two years…
WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Immigration and Customs Enforcement has ended its enhanced operations in Maine, its Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins said on Thursday, citing a conversation with the head of the Department of Homeland Security. “I can report that Secretary (Kristi) Noem has informed me that ICE has ended its enhanced activities in…
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA, Jan 29 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, asked about reports that U.S. officials had met separatists seeking independence for the province of Alberta, on Thursday said he expected the U.S. administration to respect Canadian sovereignty. The Financial Times said State Department officials had held three meetings with the Alberta…
ISTANBUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) – Turkey’s monthly inflation rate is expected to rise sharply to 4.32% in January, driven by the annual hike in the minimum wage and various new year price adjustments, while the annual rate is seen slowing further, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday. The median estimate of 12 economists sees annual…
