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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Tuesday designated Marcel Ciolacu, the leader of the ruling coalition Social Democrat Party, as prime minister, part of a rotating premiership deal meant to ensure political stability. The leftist Social Democrats and the centre-right Liberals formed a grand coalition government in late 2021 together with a junior partner, the ethnic Hungarian UDMR, and agreed that the two main parties will rotate premiers. […]

By Andrew Osborn LONDON (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Tuesday that Russian tactical nuclear weapons would be physically deployed on the territory of Belarus “in several days” and that he had the facilities to host longer-range missiles too if ever needed. Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Russia, which will retain control of the tactical nuclear weapons, would start deploying them in close ally Belarus […]

By Makiko Yamazaki and Maki Shiraki TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota faces an unprecedented challenge at its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, with some pension funds voting against Chairman Akio Toyoda on governance issues, while seeking more disclosures on the Japanese automaker’s climate lobbying. The world’s top car maker has become a target in recent years for activists and green investors, who say it has been slow to roll out battery […]

By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota will introduce high-performance, solid-state batteries and other technologies to improve the driving range and cut costs of future electric vehicles (EVs), the automaker said on Tuesday, a strategic pivot that sent its shares higher. The Japanese giant’s technology roadmap, covering aspects as varied as next-generation battery development and a radical redesign of factories, amounted to the automaker’s fullest disclosure of its plan to compete […]

By Steven Grattan ITAJAI, Brazil (Reuters) – Last November, just hours before a social gathering for Haitian immigrants in the town of Itajai in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, event organizer Andrea Muller received a chilling message. “Cancel the Haiti exhibition or we will commit a massacre,” read the subject line of the email, seen by Reuters. “Santa Catarina is a land of WHITE PEOPLE, FOR WHITE PEOPLE,” […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Childhood immunisation rates began to recover last year in the world’s poorest countries after being badly hit by COVID-19 disruptions, according to the global vaccine alliance Gavi. Last year, 80% of children got their diptheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine, known as DTP3, according to early data from Gavi. That compares to 78% in 2020 and 77% in 2021. Before the pandemic hit, coverage rates had […]

By Sumit Khanna and Rajendra Jadhav AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI (Reuters) -Four boys drowned in rough seas off the western Indian financial hub of Mumbai on Tuesday as India and Pakistan began evacuating people from coastal areas, two days before a cyclone is expected to make landfall. Classified as a very severe cyclonic storm, Biparjoy is expected to land around Thursday evening between Mandvi in India’s Gujarat province and Karachi in southern Pakistan. […]

By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday is expected to reveal new details about an AI “superchip” that analysts believe will be a strong challenger to Nvidia Corp, whose chips dominate the fast-growing artificial intelligence market. AMD Chief Executive Lisa Su will give a keynote address at an event in San Francisco on the company’s strategy in the data center and AI markets. Analysts expect fresh details […]

By Steven Grattan ITAJAI, Brazil (Reuters) – Last November, just hours before a social gathering for Haitian immigrants in the town of Itajai in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, event organizer Andrea Muller received a chilling message. “Cancel the Haiti exhibition or we will commit a massacre,” read the subject line of the email, seen by Reuters. “Santa Catarina is a land of WHITE PEOPLE, FOR WHITE PEOPLE,” […]