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SAN FRANCISCO, (Reuters) – A U.S. jury yesterday found Tesla Inc TSLA.O

PARIS, (Reuters) – Paco Rabanne, the Spanish-born designer best known for his metallic ensembles and space age designs of the 1960s, has died at the age of 88.

(Reuters) – The remains of three rappers reported missing in late January have been discovered in the basement of an abandoned apartment building in Detroit, the victims of a homicide, police said yesterday.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Both houses of India’s parliament were adjourned yesterday amid chaotic scenes as some lawmakers demanded an inquiry following the meltdown of shares in billionaire Gautam Adani’s group companies, which some fear could spark wider financial turmoil.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Both houses of India’s parliament were adjourned today amid chaotic scenes as some lawmakers demanded an inquiry following the meltdown of shares in billionaire Gautam Adani’s group companies, which some fear could spark wider financial turmoil.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns said yesterday that Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambitions toward Taiwan should not be underestimated, despite him likely being sobered by the performance of Russia’s military in Ukraine.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – Adani’s market losses swelled above $100 billion yesterday, sparking worries about a potential systemic impact a day after the Indian group’s flagship firm abandoned its $2.5 billion stock offering.

TEGUCIGALPA, (Reuters) – Honduras and the United Nations launched yesterday a humanitarian aid plan aiming to reach more than 2 million of the Central American country’s most vulnerable people, the groups said.

KYIV, (Reuters) – European Union leaders will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv today, bringing the promise of new sanctions against Russia but disappointing Ukraine’s hope for swift membership to the EU.

SANTIAGO,  (Reuters) – Wildfires have consumed more than 750 hectares (1,853 acres) of forest in Chile, destroying houses and threatening farms and forests as the South American nation faces a summer heatwave across southern and central swathes of the country.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Congress cannot support the $20 billion sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey until Ankara ratifies the NATO memberships of Sweden and Finland, a bipartisan group of senators said yesterday.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Shell SHEL.L delivered a record $40 billion profit in 2022, the energy giant said today, capping a tumultuous year in which a surge in energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine allowed it to hand shareholders unprecedented returns.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, and train drivers walked out over pay in the largest coordinated strike action for a decade yesterday, with unions threatening more disruption as the government digs its heels in over pay demands.

PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – Data analytics company Palantir PLTR.N is “responsible for most of the targeting in Ukraine,” Chief Executive Alex Karp said yesterday, elaborating on the U.S.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Shares in Indian tycoon Gautam Adani’s conglomerate plunged again yesterday as a rout in his companies deepened to $86 billion in the wake of a U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil’s Congress yesterday re-elected the leaders of both chambers who were backed by leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a victory that will help him advance his legislative agenda and curb the influence of his right-wing opponents.

BENGALURU,  (Reuters) – Shares in Indian tycoon Gautam Adani’s conglomerate plunged again today as a rout in his companies deepened to $86 billion in the wake of a U.S.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazil is preparing a task force of armed forces, police and government agencies to expel illegal gold miners who invaded the Yanomami indigenous reservation, officials said yesterday.

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Pope Francis denounced the “poison of greed” driving conflicts in Africa as he began a visit to Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday, saying the rich world had to realise that people were more precious than the minerals in the earth beneath them.

(Reuters) – Actor Alec Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter yesterday for showing a “reckless” disregard for safety that led to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the Western movie “Rust” in New Mexico in 2021, according to court documents.