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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is receiving medical treatment and self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19, the country’s Interior Minister Adan Augusto said Monday in a morning press conference. Augusto said that Lopez Obrador was at the presidential headquarters and that the president had shown cold-like symptoms since Saturday. He denied a media report that the president had suffered a heart attack. On Sunday, local newspaper […]

By Jibran Ahmad PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) -Two explosions rocked a counter-terrorism office in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least eight people, police said, and wounding several others. Provincial police chief Akhtar Hayat said it was not clear yet what caused the explosions in northwestern Swat valley, which was previously long controlled by Islamist militants before they were flushed out in a military operation in 2009. Hayat said there was […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Daimler Truck on Monday said its first-quarter results came in above market expectations, boosted by what it said was strong demand and an increase in unit sales. Preliminary first-quarter adjusted earnings before interest and tax cane in at 1.162 billion euros ($1.28 billion), up 78% year-on-year and also higher than the 976 million euros average analyst estimate provided by the company, Daimler Truck said. ($1 = 0.9056 […]

By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – U.S. political battles over corporate sustainability are turning hotter this spring as aggressive Republican statehouse efforts face increasing pushback from businesses and pension funds looking to account for climate change and protect returns. Dozens of Republican-sponsored bills aim to free fossil fuel companies from climate-driven constraints adopted by some Wall Street firms. Others touch on hot-button environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics like abortion rights […]

(Reuters) – Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts may have the richest contract in National Football League (NFL) history but he said on Monday that money comes second to a Super Bowl ring. Hurts became the highest-paid player ever in the league last week when he agreed to a five-year, $255 million contract extension with the Eagles, after he threw for 22 touchdowns and ran in 13 other scores last season. […]

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Tax-preparation giant H&R Block and Block Inc, the company formerly known as Square, have jointly agreed to dismiss H&R Block’s lawsuit over Block’s name change, according to a Friday filing in Missouri federal court. The companies asked the court to dismiss the case with prejudice, which means it cannot be refiled. The filing did not indicate if there was a settlement. Representatives for the companies […]

By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) – Hatfield’s Ferry Power Station, a Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, stopped producing electricity in 2013. Its closure came in a wave of coal-plant shutdowns triggered by competition from cheaper, cleaner natural gas and incentives in the U.S. Clean Air Act. But the facility’s legacy of smog pollution continued long after it closed. That’s because a loophole in clean-air regulations allowed Hatfield’s Ferry to collect emissions allowances […]

MOSCOW (Reuters) – A letter containing an unknown substance was sent to the French embassy in Moscow, the TASS news agency said on Monday, citing law enforcement. “Employees of the French Embassy received a letter with an unknown substance inside on Monday evening. Law enforcers are currently working at the scene,” TASS quoted a source as saying. The French foreign ministry had no immediate comment on the report. Earlier in […]

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Monday upheld a federal court’s order that could force Apple Inc to change payment practices in its App Store. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a 2021 order in an antitrust case brought by “Fortnite” creator Epic Games that could require Apple to allow developers to provide links and buttons for third-party in-app payment options and thereby avoid […]