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By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. nuclear energy regulator on Tuesday issued a license to Holtec International to build and operate a temporary facility to store nuclear waste from power plants, despite a New Mexico state law that could present a hurdle to the project. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said the license authorizes private company Holtec to store 500 canisters holding nearly 8,700 metric tonnes of spent […]

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte discussed the war in Ukraine on Tuesday with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and said there should be no concessions that affect Ukrainian sovereignty. Lula has been advocating the creation of a group of nations not involved in the war that can broker peace talks to end the conflict and has suggested concessions from both side. Rutte, on a three-day […]

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – An auto trade group warned on Tuesday that aggressive U.S. targets for reductions in vehicle emissions may rely on a too rapid transition to electric vehicles (EVs) and pose significant challenges with manufacturing and supply chains. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed sharp emissions cuts that it estimates would result in 60% of new vehicles by 2030 being electric and 67% by […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against George Santos, the embattled Republican U.S. congressman who has admitted to lying about his resume, but defied calls to step down, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing three sources. Santos is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday in federal court in New York’s Eastern District, where charges have been filed under seal, CNN reported. A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s […]

Major League Baseball and the players’ association finalized their collective bargaining agreement through the 2026 season, 14 months after reaching a memorandum of understanding for a deal that ended a 99-day lockout. The agreement, which expires at 11:59 p.m. EST on Dec. 1, 2026, runs 426 pages, up from 359 in the deal that ended on Dec. 1, 2021. This year’s agreement took nearly twice as long to draft and […]

(Reuters) -U.S. federal prosecutors have filed criminal charges against George Santos, the embattled Republican U.S. congressman who has admitted to lying about his resume but defied calls to step down, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing three sources. Santos is expected to appear as soon as Wednesday in federal court in New York’s Eastern District, where charges have been filed under seal, CNN reported. A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s office […]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazilian private equity firm Treecorp Partners on Tuesday reached a deal to acquire soccer club Coritiba in a deal valued at about 1.3 billion reais ($260 million), the latest in a wave of recent investments in Brazil’s most popular sport. Under the deal, Treecorp will own 90% of the 113-year old club that plays out of Curitiba in Brazil’s southern state of Parana. Of the enterprise […]

By Chavi Mehta (Reuters) -Videogame publisher Electronic Arts Inc beat fourth-quarter booking estimates on Tuesday as gamers stuck with familiar titles such as “FIFA” and “Madden NFL”, sending the company’s shares up about 3% after the bell. Elevated levels of inflation have forced gamers to get picky with the titles they choose to buy, with many returning to their favorite franchises because of tight budgets, a trend that EA and […]

By Jack Queen and Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Donald Trump must pay $5 million in damages for sexually abusing magazine writer E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s and then defaming her by branding her a liar, a jury decided on Tuesday. “Today, the world finally knows the truth,” Carroll said in a statement. “This victory is not just for me but for every woman who has suffered because she […]