Putin is open to talks and diplomacy on Ukraine, Kremlin says

Putin is open to talks and diplomacy on Ukraine, Kremlin says

Putin open to talks on Ukraine Russia will not pull out of Ukraine Kremlin strikes a dovish tone Biden says prepared to speak to Putin with conditions MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin is open to talks on a possible settlement to the conflict in Ukraine and believes in a diplomatic solution, the … Read more

Musk delivers first Tesla truck, but no update on output, pricing

Musk delivers first Tesla truck, but no update on output, pricing

Tesla ships first Semi to PepsiCo five years after unveiling it No details on orders or capacity for electric truck Semi uses existing Tesla motors, to feature new Supercharger Dec 1 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk delivered the company’s first heavy-duty Semi on Thursday to PepsiCo (PEP.O) without offering updated forecasts … Read more

US embassy latest target in spate of letter bombs in Spain

US embassy latest target in spate of letter bombs in Spain

First device sent to prime minister’s office on Nov. 24 Five similar letter bombs received Wednesday and Thursday Ukraine embassy official slightly hurt by one device Another device found at US Embassy in Madrid Defense ministry, arms manufacturer, air base also targeted MADRID, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Bomb disposal experts defused a letter bomb at … Read more

Ukraine says Russia pulls back forces from river towns opposite Kherson

Ukraine says Russia pulls back forces from river towns opposite Kherson

Kyiv: Russia withdraws some troops from Oleshky, nearby towns Ukrainian embassy in Spain hit by letter bomb Heavy trench warfare in east as winter sets in KYIV, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Thursday Russia had pulled some troops from towns on the opposite bank of the Dnipro River from Kherson city, the … Read more

China mourns former leader Jiang Zemin with bouquets, black front pages

China mourns former leader Jiang Zemin with bouquets, black front pages

BEIJING/SHANGHAI, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Chinese newspapers turned their front pages black on Thursday and flags were put at half mast in mourning for the death of former president Jiang Zemin, while well-wishers ugly piles of bouquets outside his childhood home. jiang died in his home city of Shanghai just after noon on Wednesday of … Read more

Sam Bankman-Fried says he ‘didn’t ever try to commit fraud’

Sam Bankman-Fried says he 'didn't ever try to commit fraud'

NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and former CEO of now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX, attempted to distance himself from suggestions of fraud in his first public appearance since his company’s collapse stunned investors and left creditors facing losses totaling billions of dollars. Speaking via video link at the New York Times’ … Read more

Elon Musk expects Neuralink’s brain chip to begin human trials in 6 months

Elon Musk expects Neuralink's brain chip to begin human trials in 6 months

Nov 30 (Reuters) – Elon Musk said on Wednesday he expects a wireless brain chip developed by his company Neuralink to begin human clinical trials in six months, after the company missed earlier timelines set by him. The company is developing brain chip interfaces that it says could enable disabled patients to move and communicate … Read more

US appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to revive student debt plan

US appeals court rejects Biden's bid to revive student debt plan

Nov 30 (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday declined to put on hold a Texas judge’s ruling that said President Joe Biden’s plan to cancel hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan debt was unlawful. The New Orleans-based 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Biden administration’s request to pause a … Read more

US House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as first Black party leader

US House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries as first Black party leader

WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Hakeem Jeffries was unanimously elected on Wednesday to become the Democratic Party’s top leader in the US House of Representatives beginning in January, making him the first Black American to hold such a high-ranking position in Congress. The vote by Jeffries’ fellow Democrats also marked the rise of a younger … Read more

Dow dips ahead of Powell speech; Nasdaq kept afloat by growth stocks

S&P closes at more than two-month high on retail, energy lift

Tesla up as sales in China nearly double in November – data Fed Chair Powell’s speech at 1330 ET (1830 GMT) US private payrolls growth slows in November – ADP Down 0.47%, S&P off 0.13%, Nasdaq up 0.26% Nov 30 (Reuters) – Wall Street was mixed on Wednesday, with the Dow and S&P 500 down … Read more