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Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupts, more than 12,000 people evacuated

JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's Ruang volcano erupted on Tuesday, spewing lava as lightning flashes lit up its crater, prompting authorities to raise the alert status and evacuate more than 12,000

Wind farm developer Orsted confident about strategy after Q1 profit rises

By Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Orsted, the world's biggest offshore wind farm developer, reported on Thursday a rise in first-quarter operating profit thanks to higher earnings from its

GSK knew about Zantac cancer risk, attorneys tell jury in first trial

By Diana Novak Jones (Reuters) - U.S. attorneys for a woman who claims her colon cancer was caused by the now discontinued heartburn drug Zantac on Thursday told a jury in Chicago that pharmaceutical

Bird flu outbreak in dairy cows fails to deter US raw milk sellers

By Lisa Baertlein, Julie Steenhuysen and Tom Polansek LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. sellers of raw milk appear undeterred by federal health warnings for consumers to avoid drinking

Oil settles near 7-week lows, focus shifts to economy

By Shariq Khan NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices settled on Thursday near their lowest level in seven-weeks, narrowly mixed and under pressure from weaker global demand, rising inventories and fading

Google consolidates its DeepMind and Research teams amid AI push

(Reuters) - Alphabet-owned Google said on Thursday it would consolidate teams that focus on building artificial intelligence models across its Research and DeepMind divisions in its latest push to

Meta releases early versions of its Llama 3 AI model

By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) -Meta Platforms on Thursday released early versions of its latest large language model, Llama 3, and an image generator that updates pictures in real time while users

US power, tech companies lament snags in meeting AI energy needs

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. electrical systems are not expanding fast enough to meet rapidly growing power needs of technology like Generative AI, prompting data center businesses to

China slaps anti-dumping levy on import of a US chemical amid rising trade tensions

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Friday slapped a levy on imports of an acid from the United States widely used in food, feed, pesticides and medical fields, amid heightened tensions with Washington over

Bitcoin 'halving' has taken place, CoinGecko says

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, on Friday completed its "halving," a phenomenon that happens roughly every four years, according to according to

Bitcoin traders shrug off 'halving' to focus on broader market risks

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin's so-called halving event has had little impact on its price so far, with industry insiders on Monday saying the cryptocurrency's fortunes were more

Bristol Myers signs $380 million CAR-T therapies supply deal with Cellares

(Reuters) -Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb said it has signed a $380 million deal with contract manufacturer Cellares to manufacture its CAR-T cell therapies in the United States, EU and Japan.

Iran says nuclear weapons have no place in its nuclear doctrine

DUBAI (Reuters) - Nuclear weapons have no place in Iran's nuclear doctrine, the country's foreign ministry said on Monday, days after a Revolutionary Guards commander warned that Tehran might change

China sends a probe to get samples from the less-explored far side of the moon

China has launched a lunar probe to land on the far side of the moon and return with samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side

Biden sets new target to protect vast US water sources

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Tuesday set a new goal to protect vast U.S. water sources, from rivers to wetlands, as part of a series of announcements marking Earth Week.

Alzheimer's drug adoption in US slowed by doctors' skepticism

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is facing an unexpected hurdle to widespread use: an

RTX beats estimates on military demand, aviation strength

By Pratyush Thakur and Mike Stone (Reuters) -Aerospace and defense major RTX on Tuesday beat first-quarter earnings estimates, helped by demand for missile defense systems and strength in the

New technology helps US shale oil industry start to rebuild well productivity

By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - Technology advances are making it possible for U.S. shale oil and gas companies to reverse years of productivity declines, but the related requirement to frontload

China's Huawei launches new software brand for intelligent driving

By Qiaoyi Li and Brenda Goh BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese tech company Huawei unveiled on Wednesday a new software brand for intelligent driving, marking its latest push to become a major player in the

E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it

The world is producing more electronic waste than ever — 62 million metric tons in 2022

Over 500 baby sea turtles washed ashore in a big storm off South Africa. Here's the rescue effort

A South African aquarium is stretched beyond capacity after more than 500 baby sea turtles were washed up on beaches by a rare and powerful storm and rescued by members of the public

BlackRock-backed Decarbonization Partners raises $1.4 billion for first fund

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - Climate-focused investor Decarbonization Partners, a tie-up between BlackRock and Singaporean state investment firm Temasek, said on Thursday it had raised a higher-

US probes Tesla recall of 2 million vehicles over Autopilot, citing concerns

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. auto safety regulators said on Friday they have opened an investigation into whether Tesla's recall of more than 2 million vehicles announced in December

UN official says it could take 14 years to clear debris in Gaza

GENEVA (Reuters) - The vast amount of rubble including unexploded ordnance left by Israel's devastating war in the Gaza Strip could take about 14 years to remove, a United Nations official said on

Crypto company Tether invests $200 million in brain-chip maker Blackrock Neurotech

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) - Crypto company Tether has invested $200 million in Blackrock Neurotech, taking a majority stake in the U.S. brain implant company, Tether said in a statement

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