The Pacific Palisades neighborhood of west Los Angeles. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona |
- The US Supreme Court cleared the way for Donald Trump to be sentenced today for his conviction on criminal charges involving hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels, with two conservative justices joining the three liberal members in a 5-4 decision.
- Elon Musk urged Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany during a broadcast with the party's leader on X. Berlin Correspondent Thomas Escritt joins the Reuters World News podcast with insights on Musk's growing ambition to sway European politics.
- The US House of Representatives voted to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister over Israel's campaign in Gaza.
- The security chief of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, under investigation for blocking Yoon's arrest, resigned and said any further efforts to detain the ex-leader must avoid bloodshed.
- The world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists said, as climate change pushes the planet's temperature to levels never before experienced by modern humans.
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- Global stocks were under pressure ahead of a US jobs report later on that could exacerbate or ease the sell-off in the global bond market, while the pound headed for a fourth daily drop after British debt yields soared to 16-year highs.
- Hyundai said it would introduce the cheapest compact electric car in Japan, while Tesla launched a redesigned Model Y in Asia. You can sign up for the Reuters Auto File newsletter for the latest news, trends and innovations in the industry.
- Airbus delivered 766 jets in 2024 and looked certain to maintain leadership of the jetmaking industry for a sixth year as arch-rival Boeing recovers cautiously from a prolonged internal crisis, company data showed.
- TSMC, the world's largest contract chipmaker, reported fourth-quarter revenue that easily beat market forecasts and hit its own expectations as it reaped the benefit of artificial intelligence demand.
- BlackRock said it will leave the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, the latest Wall Street firm to depart an environmentally focused investor group under pressure from Republican politicians.
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Jimmy Carter remembered for a life that rose above politics |
James Earl Carter IV touches his grandfather's casket. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz |
Joe Biden eulogized the 39th president at his state funeral, saying Jimmy Carter's life was the "story of a man who never let the tides of politics divert him from his mission to serve and shape the world." Trump shook hands with his estranged former vice president Mike Pence, as current and former administrations gathered at the Washington National Cathedral. |
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A robot made by France-based Pollen Robotics. |
Some walk, others flirt. Meet the humanoid robots at CES, the technology trade show in Las Vegas. |
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