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PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus raised a production goal for wide-body A350 jets and reaffirmed financial and delivery targets for 2023 as it posted higher underlying third-quarter profit on Wednesday, with sharply higher jet income dampened by charges in satellites. The world’s largest planemaker said it was aiming to return to pre-COVID levels of 10 A350 jets a month in 2026, up from a previous goal of nine a month by […]

PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus raised a production goal for wide-body A350 jets and reaffirmed financial and delivery targets for 2023 as it posted higher underlying third-quarter profit on Wednesday, with sharply higher jet income dampened by charges in satellites. The world’s largest planemaker said it was aiming to return to pre-COVID levels of 10 A350 jets a month in 2026, up from a previous goal of nine a month by […]

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Wednesday that its move to expel hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans was a response to the unwillingness of the Taliban-led administration to act against militants using Afghanistan to carry out attacks in Pakistan. Last month, Pakistan set a Nov. 1 start date for the expulsion of all undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghans. It cited security reasons, brushing off calls to reconsider […]

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan said on Wednesday that its move to expel hundreds of thousands of undocumented Afghans was a response to the unwillingness of the Taliban-led administration to act against militants using Afghanistan to carry out attacks in Pakistan. Last month, Pakistan set a Nov. 1 start date for the expulsion of all undocumented immigrants, including hundreds of thousands of Afghans. It cited security reasons, brushing off calls to reconsider […]

By Tim McLaughlin (Reuters) -Carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. liquefied natural gas facilities have jumped to 18 million tons per year, up 81% since 2019, adding a volume of greenhouse gas to the atmosphere equivalent to that produced by several big coal plants, according to United States government data. They could more than double to 45 million tons per year by the end of the decade as new facilities, encouraged […]

(Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York in an interview by video link on Wednesday. Following are excerpts of his comments. EU MEMBERSHIP BID “Today is a successful day … Reforms are also fighting – with an old system. Of course, we need it to become a member of the EU, but first of all we do it for us, we need it.” […]

(Reuters) – Renault on Wednesday announced the official launch of its new electric vehicle business, Ampere, unveiling its new logo as a standalone business and the full lineup for its executive team ahead of a planned stock market listing. Ampere said the effective date for its carve-out was on Nov. 1 and confirmed the business will be led by Renault’s chief executive, Luca de Meo, with Luciano Biondo as head […]

By Nathan Layne and James Oliphant (Reuters) -Donald Trump, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, will stage a rally outside Miami on Wednesday to court Hispanic voters seen as important to 2024 electoral victory as his party rivals gather to debate again without him. The rally in the Cuban American stronghold of Hialeah is aimed in part at boosting Trump’s support among Hispanics in Florida, campaign spokesman Steven Cheung […]

By Harshita Mary Varghese (Reuters) -Roblox beat quarterly bookings estimates as in-game spending jumped and summer break drove more users to its online gaming platform for titles including “Adopt Me!” and “Murder Mystery 2”, sending its shares over 17% higher on Wednesday. The results are the latest sign that spending was holding up well on videogames in an uncertain economy, after Electronic Arts raised its annual forecast last week. Roblox […]