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TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp aims to introduce 10 new battery electric vehicle models by 2026, a senior executive said on Friday, as the Japanese automaker looks to catch up in electric vehicles. Hiroki Nakajima, the company’s chief technology officer, made the remark at a briefing about the automaker’s strategy under new CEO Koji Sato. (Reporting by Daniel Leussink and Maki Shiraki; Editing by David Dolan) Brought to you […]

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. economy likely continued to churn out jobs at a brisk clip in March even though the labor market is losing its luster as Federal Reserve interest rate hikes dampen demand. The Labor Department’s closely watched employment report on Friday, which is also expected to show the unemployment rate unchanged at 3.6% and moderate wage gains last month, is likely to be welcomed […]

By Henriette Chacar and Nidal al-Mughrabi JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) -Israel’s military hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, in retaliation for rocket attacks it blamed on the Islamist group Hamas, as tensions following police raids this week on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem threatened to spiral out of control. Loud blasts rocked different areas of Gaza, as Israel said its jets hit targets including tunnels and weapons manufacturing sites […]

(Reuters) – Tesla Inc has slashed prices of its electric vehicles in the United States, its website showed on Thursday, doubling down on a discount drive against the backdrop of a weakening economy. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – Seven civilians were reported killed by Ukrainian artillery strikes in Russian-controlled areas as the battle for Bakhmut, the devastated eastern city that has become a symbol of Kyiv’s defiance of Russia, raged with no end in sight. FIGHTING * The head of Russia’s private Wagner militia said Ukrainian forces were not abandoning Bakhmut but that, even if they did, he would need more support from the regular Russian […]

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all hypotheses remained on the table, more than three years after the virus first emerged. “Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that,” said Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in response to a question about the origin of the […]

BEIJING (Reuters) -Douyin, the Chinese counterpart of TikTok, and internet giant Tencent have agreed to explore the joint promotion of short and long videos, in a thawing of frosty relations that has often been marked by lawsuits and public spats. Douyin, which like TikTok is owned by ByteDance, said in a statement it is now authorised to use Tencent Video content and rules about how secondary content can be generated […]

By Joyce Lee and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday it would make a “meaningful” cut to chip production, following the lead of smaller rivals, as it grapples with a sharp global downturn in semiconductor demand that has sent prices plummeting. The unusual output cut by the world’s biggest memory chipmaker – with no previous announcement recalled by Samsung officials and analysts – came […]

GENEVA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization chief pressed China on Thursday to share its information about the origins of COVID-19, saying that until that happened all hypotheses remained on the table, more than three years after the virus first emerged. “Without full access to the information that China has, you cannot say this or that,” said Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in response to a question about the origin of the […]