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(This Sept. 3 story has been officially corrected to clarify that comment refers to battery costs, not production costs as a whole, in paragraph 7) MUNICH (Reuters) – The variable costs for producing electric vehicles will remain higher compared to combustion engine models for the foreseeable future, the chief executive of Mercedes-Benz said on Sunday, adding this would continue to fuel intense competition. Ola Kaellenius’s comments come as Mercedes-Benz disclosed […]

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Leaders of the world’s richest and most powerful countries will attend the two-day G20 Summit in India’s capital New Delhi starting September 9. This is the first time India will host such a powerful group of world leaders. The capital has been adorned with ornamental flowers and fountains at traffic roundabouts while public buildings and sidewalks have been given a fresh coat of paint. Security is […]

MANILA (Reuters) – Naval vessels from the Philippines and United States conducted a joint sail through parts of the South China Sea lying within the Southeast Asian nation’s exclusive economic zone, Manila’s military said on Monday. It was the first time the Philippines and Washington have carried out a joint sail in waters west of Palawan island, the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Western Command said. The display of cooperation […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – Premier Li Qiang will lead China’s delegation at a G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, indicating President Xi Jinping would not attend and scuppering chances of a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden there. The Sept. 9-10 summit had been seen as a venue for a possible meeting between Xi and Biden, who has confirmed his attendance in New Delhi, […]

By Jeff Mason REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware (Reuters) – President Joe Biden travels to Philadelphia on Monday to mark U.S. Labor Day in a political battleground state where the White House hopes his emphasis on worker-friendly policies will help propel Biden to another victory in 2024. After visiting Florida on Saturday to survey damage from Hurricane Idalia before going to his home state of Delaware, Biden, a Democrat, plans to speak […]

(In SEPT 3 story, company clarifies that comment refers to battery costs (not production costs as a whole), paragraph 7) MUNICH (Reuters) -The variable costs for producing electric vehicles will remain higher compared to combustion engine models for the foreseeable future, the chief executive of Mercedes-Benz said on Sunday, adding this would continue to fuel intense competition. Ola Kaellenius’s comments come as Mercedes-Benz disclosed more details about its newest electric […]

By Martin Quin Pollard, Laurie Chen and Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Premier Li Qiang will lead China’s delegation at a G20 summit in New Delhi this weekend, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, indicating President Xi Jinping would not attend and scuppering chances of a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden there. The Sept. 9-10 summit had been seen as a venue for a possible meeting between Xi and Biden, […]

By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Monday urged delegates to Africa’s first climate summit to see the crisis as a unique opportunity for the continent to attract large-scale investments. Organisers say they anticipate hundreds of millions of dollars in deals to be announced at the three-day summit in Nairobi, during which they aim to showcase Africa as a destination for climate investment rather than a victim […]

By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – Hundreds more school buildings in England might be crumbling and unsafe, Britain’s education minister said on Monday, after authorities ordered 104 schools to shut buildings with old and weak concrete. The revelations of crumbling school buildings just days before the start of a new term has sparked anger among parents and teachers, and represent a new political headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead […]