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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday welcomed 32 nationals that his government managed to rescue from the Gaza Strip this week following a month of negotiations, receiving them at the Brasilia Air Base after a nearly day-long flight. The Brazilians crossed the Rafah border between Gaza and Egypt on Sunday and were taken to Cairo, where this morning they boarded an Embraer presidential […]

By Steve Gorman and Daniel Trotta LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. investigators have determined as arson a weekend fire that severely damaged an elevated stretch of a major Los Angeles freeway and forced its indefinite closure, state officials said on Monday. The findings came as California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed that the state had recently sued to evict the company that was leasing storage space on state property beneath the Santa […]

BENGALURU (Reuters) – U.S. electric car maker Tesla Inc is on its way to double components imports from India, Indian Trade Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday via a post on social media platform X. (Reporting by Ashna Teresa Britto in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Oil prices inched up on Tuesday after an OPEC report said market fundamentals remained strong and due to concerns supplies might be disrupted as the U.S. cracks down on Russian oil exports. Brent crude futures rose 33 cents, or 0.4%, to $82.85 a barrel by 0113 GMT. U.S. WTI crude futures were also up 33 cents, or 0.4%, at $78.59 a barrel. In its monthly report, the […]

(Corrects paragraph 11 to state that the U.S. plans to buy oil for the reserve, not that it has bought oil, after Dept of Energy corrected its statement) SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices inched up on Tuesday after an OPEC report said market fundamentals remained strong and due to concerns supplies might be disrupted as the U.S. cracks down on Russian oil exports. Brent crude futures rose 33 cents, or 0.4%, […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – At least three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli drone strike in the occupied West Bank early on Tuesday, the Palestinians’ official news agency WAFA reported, citing a hospital in the western city of Tulkarm. Israeli troops shot dead two other Palestinians during earlier clashes in a refugee camp in the city, WAFA reported. (Reporting by Ali Sawafta; Editing by Jacqueline Wong) Brought to you […]

TURIN, Italy (Reuters) -A sluggish Carlos Alcaraz was beaten 6-7(3) 6-3 6-4 by Alexander Zverev on the his debut at the ATP Finals on Monday to continue his end-of-year slump with a third straight defeat. The 20-year-old world number two, who missed last year’s edition of the season-ending championship due to injury, put the blame for his loss squarely on the fast indoor surface at the cavernous Pala Alpitour in […]

(Reuters) – Myanmar’s junta has imposed a curfew in the western city of Sittwe, according to a government document and media reports, amid a surge in fighting on several fronts between the military and ethnic minority insurgent groups. Residents of Sittwe in the western state of Rakhine have been ordered not to leave their homes after 9pm and businesses must close by 8.30pm or face legal action, according to a […]

By Tim Hepher, Alexander Cornwell and Pesha Magid DUBAI (Reuters) -Dubai carriers threw down the gauntlet to emerging regional rivals with more than $50 billion of Boeing jet orders on Monday, as competition intensifies to secure dwindling supplies of long-haul jets and anticipate growth in international travel. Government-owned Emirates and sister airline flyDubai secured 125 Boeing wide-body jets at the opening of the Dubai Airshow, but left Europe’s Airbus waiting […]