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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Transportation Department said he would allow an ongoing government probe into Tesla’s advanced driver assistance system to continue. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in October opened an investigation into 2.4 million Tesla vehicles equipped with Full Self-Driving (FSD) software after four …

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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – Palestinians burst into celebration across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at news of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, with some shedding years of joy and others whistling, clapping and chanting “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest). “I am happy, yes, I am crying, but those are tears of joy,” …

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By Stefanie Eschenbacher, Luciana Magalhaes and Simon Jessop SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The world’s largest meatpacker, JBS, became in 2021 the first of its peers to commit to cutting or offsetting all its emissions by 2040, and to ending illegal deforestation across its long supply chain that starts in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.  …

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By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) -An investigation released on Wednesday into U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret 2024 hospitalization found his desire for privacy drove notification failures inside the government, and that he took medication that could have affected his cognitive functions while still in sole command. Austin’s hospitalization due to complications …

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By David Shepardson and Nora Eckert WASHINGTON/DETROIT (Reuters) -Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer warned on Wednesday that potential 25% tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada suggested by President-elect Donald Trump could harm the U.S. auto sector, increase vehicle prices and benefit China. The Democratic governor said in a speech in Detroit that imposing tariffs would …

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By Joey Roulette and Kantaro Komiya ORLANDO, Florida/TOKYO (Reuters) -Two moon landers, one from Japan’s ispace and another from U.S. space firm Firefly, began their journeys into space on Wednesday with SpaceX’s unusual double moonshot launch, underscoring the global rush to examine the lunar surface. Japanese moon exploration company ispace launched its Hakuto-R Mission 2, …

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