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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 […]

(Reuters) – The man accused of shooting and killing eight people at a Texas mall appeared to have embraced white supremacist and neo-Nazi ideologies, multiple media outlets reported on Monday. In social media profiles thought to be linked to the suspect, 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, investigators found posts targeting racial or ethnic minorities, NBC News reported, citing two law enforcement officials. Police killed Garcia, who was wearing tactical gear and carrying […]

(Corrects number of killed in school shooting from six pupils, a teacher and a security guard to eight pupils and a security guard in paragraph 4; no other changes to text) By Aleksandar Vasovic BELGRADE (Reuters) -Tens of thousands of Serbians rallied in the capital Belgrade on Monday, demanding better security, a ban on violent content on TV, and the resignation of key ministers, days after two separate mass shootings. […]

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the opposition on Monday of provoking disorder and siding with terrorists, without providing evidence, in a fiery speech days before close and increasingly fractious elections. Erdogan appeared to suggest his opponents had incited confrontations a day earlier when crowds threw stones at a key opposition figure in the eastern city of Erzurum, a stronghold of the president’s AK Party (AKP). Opinion polls suggest […]

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices rose over 2% on Monday as U.S. recession fears eased and some traders saw crude’s three-week slide on demand worries as overdone. Brent crude settled up $1.71, or 2.3%, at $77.01. U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude also gained $1.82, or 2.6%, to $73.16. A healthy U.S. jobs report for April helped oil to climb by about 4% on Friday even though […]

By Gleb Garanich and Valentyn Ogirenko KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched its biggest swarm of drones for months against Ukraine on Monday, the eve of Russia’s May 9 holiday celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany. Ukraine commemorated the occasion, known as Victory Day, on Monday in a symbolic break with Moscow. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy compared the Ukrainian troops currently fighting Russia with those who had battled the Nazis. Kyiv’s mayor said […]