Sept 8 (Reuters) – Following are facts about Venezuela’s mining sector, which is attracting interest from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. CONFUSION OVER RESERVES AND RESOURCES In 2019, then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and Delcy Rodriguez, who is acting president, announced a fi
ADEN, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who launched a wave of attacks on Saudi oil facilities on Tuesday, have become an increasingly disruptive force in the Middle East in recent years, striking Israel, Saudi Arabia and a global shipping route in solidarity with Iran and allied armed groups. The
Sept 8 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it has opened a new office in Bellevue, Washington, to serve as a dedicated engineering location for more than 125 employees focused on AI and cloud transformation. Corporate America has stepped up investments in AI as the fast-growing technology prom
By Dan Catchpole SEATTLE, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Boeing said on Tuesday that it delivered 51 jets in August, a slight dip from the previous month and down from 57 jets a year earlier, as the number of 787 Dreamliners handed to customers declined. • The U.S. planemaker delivered only four 787s, down from
By Michael S. Derby NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. consumers’ outlook for inflation was little changed in August, as households’ worries about the job market and the state of their personal finances mounted, the New York Federal Reserve said in a report on Tuesday. The regional Fed bank’s latest
LONDON, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Some departing flights at major British airports were disrupted on Tuesday after air traffic control provider NATS experienced a technical issue, with Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Stansted among the airports affected by restrictions and delays. “We have identified tha
By Fergal Smith and Allison Lampert TORONTO/MONTREAL Sept 8 (Reuters) – Bombardier shares pared earlier losses on Tuesday after President Donald Trump threatened the Canadian private jet maker’s access to the lucrative U.S. market, which accounts for about half of the company’s sales. Shares slipped
What to know about Canada’s escalating trade war with the US as Carney retaliates with tariffs TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of U.S. goods take effect Tuesday. Prime Minister Mark Carney has rejected U.S. demands he says could hollow out key Canadian industri
Sept 8 (Reuters) – Holtec is targeting a valuation of up to $10.2 billion in its U.S. initial public offering, the nuclear technology company said on Tuesday, as Wall Street kicks off its post-Labor Day dealmaking stretch. The Camden, New Jersey-based company is seeking up to $900 million by offerin
Sept 8 (Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed at open on Tuesday as fresh hostilities in the Middle East pushed oil prices to their highest since late July, while markets await inflation data due later this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 303.8 points, or 0.57%, at the open to
BERLIN (AP) — Police arrested a suspect Tuesday in connection with a series of attacks on power distribution systems across Germany that led to a massive, dayslong search. A 48-year-old man was arrested near a power plant in Weisweiler, in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The man, whose
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysa (AP) — Singapore’s ministers, already among the world’s highest paid, are getting a raise for the first time in 15 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said, explaining the government cannot attract top talent into politics if salaries remain unchanged. Wong told Parliament on T
GENEVA, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz could push small and medium-sized businesses out of global supply chains, increasing economic concentration and weakening the resilience of international trade, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said on Tuesday. • Ri
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary ordered 10 members of Russia’s diplomatic mission in Budapest to leave the country over activities deemed unacceptable, the government said Tuesday, signaling a shift away from the previous administration’s warm relations with Moscow. The Russian ambassador was infor
By Helen Clark DARWIN, Australia, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The developers of Australia’s Beetaloo Basin are bringing in U.S. equipment, money, expertise and – they hope – U.S.-style scale and efficiencies to reduce costs and make the country’s first shale gas project economically viable. The Beetaloo shal
By Shivansh Tiwary Sept 8 (Reuters) – GE Aerospace said on Tuesday it would buy castings supplier Consolidated Precision Products from investment firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners for $11.75 billion, as the aerospace giant seeks to boost in-house manufacturing capacity. Engine makers are r
BANGKOK (AP) — Japan has protested against Chinese controls that will limit its exports of a key chemical used to make computer chips, saying Tuesday that Tokyo is studying the potential impact on Japanese companies. China imposed the curb on imports of dichlorosilane from Japan, saying its exports
BRUSSELS, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday rolled out changes to its online search results in Europe to satisfy EU antitrust regulators, a move which it said will degrade users’ experience and ratchet up costs for European businesses. The changes mark the largest reduction in quality
(Refiled to add a missing “a” letter in paragraph 5) By Mike Dolan Sept 8 (Reuters) – As U.S. markets return from the Labor Day holiday, calm in global markets was broken on Monday and Tuesday after a fresh surge in Japan’s yen to its strongest levels since February. While there’s persistent nervous
CAIRO (AP) — The Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group in Yemen launched a wave of attacks on Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, wounding more than 70 people and igniting fires at oil facilities and utilities in the kingdom, authorities said. The attack was a major escalation in renewed fighting between an import
LONDON (AP) — Britain is set to ban goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in response to an expansion program that is imperiling efforts to establish a Palestinian state, the U.K. government said Tuesday. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband is due to give details in the House of Commons
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government Tuesday that would let users have more control over what they see on their social media feeds. “We’ll require social media platforms to provide us
By Karen Brettell, Chuck Mikolajczak, Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. bond selloff that started with the war with Iran has pushed the 10-year Treasury yield up near 5%, a level it hasn’t held for long in almost two decades. What happens if and w
By Ankur Banerjee and Rocky Swift SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A blistering rally in the Japanese yen ahead of an expected interest rate hike from the Bank of Japan next week is upending the long-established and lucrative carry trade, as investors rethink the path ahead for the volatile currency. E
Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. stock index futures slipped on Tuesday as fresh hostilities in the Middle East sent oil prices to their highest since late July, deepening market gloom ahead of inflation data later this week. The declines follow a roller coaster stretch that saw investors rushing to readjust
BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD expects overseas shipments to exceed 2.5 million vehicles in 2027, two major brokerages said on Tuesday, citing a group meeting with company management. BYD did not immediately respond to a request for comment. • The export target is und
BANGKOK (AP) — World shares and U.S. futures skidded Tuesday as flaring conflict in the Middle East pushed oil prices higher. A wave of Houthi attacks on oil facilities and utilities in Saudi Arabia’s southern region has escalated renewed fighting between an important U.S. ally and Iranian-backed re
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) – The last time Japan’s central bank lifted its main policy rate half a percentage point, prices were so hot the land the Imperial Palace sat on was said to be worth more than the combined real estate of California. That was 1989, the peak of Japan’s asset bub
BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) – China’s car exports stayed robust in August as BYD and other automakers shipped a record number of vehicles overseas, in sharp contrast to a sluggish domestic market where their sales fell for the 11th month in a row. Passenger vehicle exports jumped 77.5% from a year ear
MELBOURNE, Sept 8 (Reuters) – Talks between BHP and unions representing workers at the mining giant’s Port Hedland iron ore operations in Western Australia ended without a deal, with further negotiations scheduled for next week, the parties said on Tuesday. The three unions of the Combined BHP Ports
