(Reuters) -United States Steel said on Friday a fatal blast that killed two and injured 10 others at its Clairton Coke Works plant near Pittsburgh happened when flushing a gas valve, ahead of scheduled maintenance. “Pressure built inside the valve, leading to valve failure and coke oven gas filling the area and ultimately exploding when …
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BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro said on Friday he met with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent earlier this week, as he lobbies for sanctions against officials involved in the trial of his father, former President Jair Bolsonaro. The meeting took place on Wednesday, he said in a post on X, the same day Bessent …
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By Jonathan Stempel and Bhargav Acharya (Reuters) -The U.S. government said on Friday it sued California to stop the state from enforcing stringent emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks that President Donald Trump recently declared void. In complaints filed this week in two federal courts, the U.S. Department of Justice said federal law preempts the California …
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By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Josh Hawley launched a probe into Facebook parent Meta Platforms’ artificial intelligence policies on Friday, demanding documents on rules that had allowed its artificial intelligence chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.” Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress have expressed alarm over the rules …
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By Suzanne McGee and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s criticism of Goldman Sachs’ research on tariff risks could prompt some analysts to water down their research, investors and academics said, an outcome that could leave investors with less reliable information. The reams of research that banks such as Goldman produce are …
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Russia continued attacking Ukraine ahead of a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, but its attempt to demonstrate power by launching a new assault in the east failed. “On the day of the negotiations, they also kill people. And that says a lot,” Zelenskiy said …
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By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) -A five-judge panel of Brazil’s Supreme Court will kick off on September 2 the trial of former President Jair Bolsonaro, accused of plotting a coup after his electoral defeat, a court document showed on Friday. The head of the panel, Justice Cristiano Zanin, scheduled court sessions for September 2-12, according …
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(In paragraph 7, removes reference to Corning’s Hemlock Semiconductor subsidiary, which produces the company’s polysilicon but not wafers) (Reuters) -U.S. solar company T1 Energy and specialty glass maker Corning have reached a deal that will establish a fully domestic solar supply chain, connecting polysilicon, wafers, cells, and panels manufactured in the United States, they said …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The collapse on Friday of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of pollution and left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal during the Trump administration. A three-year global push to …
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By Cassandra Garrison TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) -On a scorching afternoon in the rural heartland outside Mexico’s southern city of Tapachula near the Guatemala border, rancher Julio Herrera calls his herd back from an afternoon of grazing. “Gate! Gate!” he hollers as the cows turn the corner from the pasture and trot instinctively to their corral. …
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