Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Subscribe now.
|
|
|
|
|
Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a press conference at Downing Street in London, Britain, April 1, 2026. Frank Augstein/Pool via REUTERS
|
|
|
|
|
- Many American car buyers are gravitating toward hybrid vehicles to offset the recent surge in gas prices from the Iran war, according to fresh industry sales data and dealers. US hybrid sales rose 37% in the two months since the Middle East conflict began.
- A series of well-timed market bets on falling oil prices totalling as much as $7 billion during March and April spread across multiple exchanges and types of fuel and derivatives just before major Iranian policy announcements by Trump, according to traders, market experts and Reuters analysis of exchange data.
- A US trade court dealt another blow to Trump's tariff strategy, ruling that his latest 10% temporary global duties are unjustified under a 1970s trade law, but blocked the levies only for two private importers and the State of Washington.
- Nintendo and Sony both flagged the impact from surging memory prices on their games businesses, as the artificial intelligence boom constrains chip supply and deepens disruptions across the tech sector.
- Cloudflare said it would cut about 20% of its workforce as the company restructures operations around the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence tools, and forecast second-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations.
|
|
|
|
|
An assembly line moves solar panels through manufacturing at First Solar in Perrysburg. REUTERS/Megan Jelinger/ File Photo
|
Top solar companies, banks and insurers have stopped doing business with at least a half dozen recently built US panel factories because of uncertainty over whether their ties to China could disqualify them from clean-energy subsidies, according to industry executives and documents reviewed by Reuters.
The shift, driven by new Trump administration policies, jeopardizes more than a third of US solar capacity in factories initially built by Chinese firms. Details of how the policy uncertainty is driving installers and insurers away from US solar factories with China ties have not been previously reported.
|
|
|
|
A drone view shows artists working on a giant sand portrait of David Attenborough to mark his 100th birthday, Morecambe, Britain, May 6, 2026. REUTERS/Phil Noble
|
David Attenborough said he had been "completely overwhelmed" by birthday greetings as he turned 100 in a worldwide outpouring of affection for the British wildlife broadcaster after decades of trailblazing work.
After more than 70 years of film-making, Attenborough's instantly recognizable voice is synonymous with the story of nature. He is still at the vanguard of efforts to protect the environment and has produced some of his most influential work in recent years.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? Forward this newsletter to them. They can also sign up here. Want to stop receiving this email? Unsubscribe here. To manage which newsletters you're signed up for, click here. This email includes limited tracking for Reuters to understand whether you’ve engaged with its contents. For more information on how we process your personal information and your rights, please see our Privacy Statement. Terms & Conditions |
|
| |
© 2026 Thomson Reuters. All rights reserved.
3 Times Square, New York, NY 10036 |
|
|
|
|
|
