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By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – There has been plenty of excitement in recent decades about planets detected orbiting various stars beyond our solar system. But planets provide an incomplete picture of the complex framework that exists around stars, leaving out components like the belts of rocky and icy debris orbiting our sun. Scientists on Monday unveiled observations by the James Webb Space Telescope showing new details about such features […]

By Ted Hesson and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration and Texas state government are surging personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border to prepare for a possible increase in illegal immigration when COVID-19 restrictions known as Title 42 are set to end on Thursday. Hundreds of specialized investigative agents and air marshals from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are being pulled from day-to-day duties to help with border […]

By Ted Hesson and Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration and Texas state government are surging personnel to the U.S.-Mexico border to prepare for a possible increase in illegal immigration when COVID-19 restrictions known as Title 42 are set to end on Thursday. Hundreds of specialized investigative agents and air marshals from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are being pulled from day-to-day duties to help with border […]

By Shreyashi Sanyal, Shristi Achar A and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) – U.S. stocks paused on Monday after a strong rally in the prior session as investors shift focus to a key inflation reading later this week. For most of the day, stocks struggled for direction amid disappointing earnings from Tyson Foods and Catalent and a short-lived rebound in regional banks. Shares of Catalent Inc tumbled as the contract drug manufacturer […]

By Shreyashi Sanyal, Shristi Achar A and Carolina Mandl (Reuters) – U.S. stocks paused on Monday after a strong rally in the prior session as investors shift focus to a key inflation reading later this week. For most of the day, stocks struggled for direction amid disappointing earnings from Tyson Foods and Catalent and a short-lived rebound in regional banks. Shares of Catalent Inc tumbled as the contract drug manufacturer […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of seven U.S. senators on Monday questioned Tesla’s use of forced arbitration clauses in employee and consumer contracts, arguing that they prevent bringing discrimination claims and consumer safety complaints to court. The letter led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, to CEO Elon Musk cited numerous incidents of racial and sexual harassment as well as complaints about Tesla’s vehicles and its Full Self-Driving Beta software. […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of seven U.S. senators on Monday questioned Tesla’s use of forced arbitration clauses in employee and consumer contracts, arguing that they prevent bringing discrimination claims and consumer safety complaints to court. The letter led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat, to CEO Elon Musk cited numerous incidents of racial and sexual harassment as well as complaints about Tesla’s vehicles and its Full Self-Driving Beta software. […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudanese are pinning their hopes on talks in Saudi Arabia between envoys of warring factions to end bloodshed that has killed hundreds and triggered a mass exodus, but there is no sign lasting relief will come anytime soon. There has been no word on the progress of the talks which began on Saturday between the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Saudi Red […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudanese are pinning their hopes on talks in Saudi Arabia between envoys of warring factions to end bloodshed that has killed hundreds and triggered a mass exodus, but there is no sign lasting relief will come anytime soon. There has been no word on the progress of the talks which began on Saturday between the army and the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the Saudi Red […]