By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk is set to unveil its prototype humanoid robots at an event on Sept. 30, hoping to expand beyond self-driving cars that have not yet become reality despite his repeated promises. While robot…
Stellantis to make swift decision on energy autonomy plan
TURIN, Italy (Reuters) – Carmaker Stellantis aims to take a decision by the end of the month on a plan to make its plants more self-sufficient in terms of their energy requirements, Chief Executive Carlos Tavares told a news conference on Tuesday. Opti…
Cryptoverse: After Merge, ether heads for a $20 billion Shanghai splurge
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – The Merge came, saw and conquered. Not that you’d guess from crypto prices. The Ethereum blockchain’s mega-upgrade finally went live on Sept. 15, moving it to a less energy-intensive “proof of stake…
On first international trip, UK’s Truss pledges Ukraine support
By Toby Melville NEW YORK (Reuters) -Britain’s Liz Truss will use her first international trip as prime minister to promise billions of pounds of more support for Ukraine next year, her office said on Tuesday ahead of Truss’ speech at the United Nation…
About 250,000 attended Queen Elizabeth’s lying-in-state, UK minister says
LONDON (Reuters) – Some 250,000 mourners attended Queen Elizabeth’s lying-in-state at Westminster Hall in London, Britain’s culture minister Michelle Donelan said on Tuesday. “It’s approximately around the 250,000 mark. We’re just crunching those final…
Powerful earthquake hits Mexico on fateful anniversary, killing at least 2
By Daina Beth Solomon, Kylie Madry and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least two people, damaging buildings, knocking out power an…
Hurricane Fiona slams Turks and Caicos as Category 3 storm
By Ivelisse Rivera and Ezequiel Abiu Lopez SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico/SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) -Hurricane Fiona bore down on Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a powerful Category 3 storm, slamming the Caribbean archipelago with heavy…
Pub group Fuller warns of rising energy costs
(Reuters) – Fuller, Smith & Turner warned on Tuesday that the global energy crisis would significantly raise its expected full-year costs for gas and electricity. “We are conscious that consumers face increasingly challenging times ahead,” said Chief E…
Oil prices steady as prospect of Fed hikes may curb fuel demand
By Isabel Kua SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, after rising in the previous session, on concerns that interest rate hikes in the United States to tame inflation will curb economic growth and fuel demand in the world’s bi…
Net zero investor group members set more short-term emissions targets
By Juliette Portala (Reuters) – The Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) said on Tuesday that nearly two thirds of its members had set short-term goals to cut portfolio emissions in line with capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius as “the clock…