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LIMA (Reuters) -Peru’s security forces committed alarming human rights violations during anti-government protests last December, a regional human rights body said on Wednesday, adding that the response to demonstrators could be classified as a massacre. More than 60 people died in clashes with police and soldiers in protests that broke out following the ouster of then-President Pedro Castillo. “There were grave episodes of use of excessive force,” the Inter-American Commission […]

By Philbert Girinema KIGALI (Reuters) -Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 129 people in Rwanda and six in Uganda, authorities said on Wednesday, as rescuers hunted survivors trapped in homes. In chaotic scenes after weeks of rain in the region, one video clip posted by the state-owned Rwanda Broadcasting Agency showed muddy water gushing down an inundated road and destroying houses. “We woke up at […]

By Philbert Girinema KIGALI (Reuters) -Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rain have killed at least 129 people in Rwanda and six in Uganda, authorities said on Wednesday, as rescuers hunted survivors trapped in homes. In chaotic scenes after weeks of rain in the region, one video clip posted by the state-owned Rwanda Broadcasting Agency showed muddy water gushing down an inundated road and destroying houses. “We woke up at […]

(Reuters) -U.S. shale oil producers Marathon Oil Corp and APA Corp on Wednesday topped Wall Street’s first-quarter profit estimates on strong crude prices and demand. Shares of APA rose 2% in extended trade on a pledge to reduce spending on new production this year, while Marathon fell 3% after promising to retain its output and spending plans. Global energy markets have been volatile during the first quarter, falling nearly 20% […]

ROME (Reuters) -Goals by striker Felipe Anderson and midfielder Toma Basic earned Lazio a 2-0 home win over Sassuolo in Serie A on Wednesday, sending Maurizio Sarri’s side back to second place and delaying runaway leaders Napoli’s title celebrations. Lazio were under pressure following Juventus’ 2-1 victory over Lecce earlier but are back above them with a one-point lead on 64. A draw or a loss against Sassuolo would have […]

By Noel Randewich and Medha Singh (Reuters) -Shares of U.S. regional lenders collapsed in extended trade on Wednesday, with PacWest Bancorp losing over half its value after reports the California bank is exploring strategic options, including a sale. PacWest sank 60% and Western Alliance Bancorp tumbled 33% as the U.S. regional banking crisis that started two months ago reverberated across the U.S. financial system. Zion Bancorporation , Comerica and First […]

(Reuters) – A new 300-megawatt (MW) Con Edison Rainey-to-Corona transmission line, which can power 240,000 average-sized homes in New York City’s Queens borough, has been energized, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday. The six-mile-long (10 km-long) line is part of the Reliable Clean City projects that will add 900 MW of transmission capacity across the city by 2025, retiring several fossil-fuel power plants used during peak demand hours […]

By Kiana Wilburg GEORGETOWN (Reuters) – An Exxon Mobil unit is in breach of insurance obligations for its first offshore oil project in Guyana in part due to errors by the environmental regulator, a Guyanese court ruling released on Wednesday showed. Exxon “engaged in a disingenuous attempt” to dilute its obligations under its environmental permit for Liza One, the project that inaugurated the country’s oil production in 2019, High Court […]

By Stephen Nellis, Josh Ye and Jane Lanhee Lee (Reuters) -U.S. microchip export controls imposed last year to freeze China’s development of supercomputers used to develop nuclear weapons and artificial-intelligence systems like ChatGPT are having only minimal effects on China’s tech sector. The rules restricted shipments of Nvidia Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc chips that have become the global technology industry’s standard for developing chatbots and other AI systems. […]