SAO PAULO (Reuters) – General Motors Co aims to lead the market for electric vehicles in Mercosur, the South American trade bloc, the company’s top executive for the region said on Monday. “If we are to be (sales) leaders in Mercosur, we have to lead in electrification,” Carlos Zarlenga told an audience at the Congresso […]
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By Libby George LONDON (Reuters) – Angola’s state oil company Sonangol is aiming to slash breakeven costs on new oil production to as low as $20-$30 per barrel and make its contracts more attractive to investors and oil and gas companies, the company’s chief Isabel dos Santos told Reuters. On the sidelines of the FT […]
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ZURICH (Reuters) – The Asian Champions League winners were handed a tough draw for this year’s Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi when they were placed on Monday in the same half as European champions Real Madrid. The AFC champions will meet either Oceania champions Auckland City or Al Jazira in the quarter-finals with the […]
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(Reuters) – The governing body of southern hemisphere rugby has said South African centre Damian de Allende should not have been sent off during the Rugby Championship loss to New Zealand in Cape Town on Saturday. De Allende was shown a red card in the dying minutes of the 25-24 defeat for a late tackle […]
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By Robin Respaut and Nick Brown OROCOVIS, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – At a community center in Orocovis, an isolated agricultural town of 23,000 in the mountains of central Puerto Rico, six oxygen-dependent patients drew breath with the help of the diesel generator powering their equipment. Then the generator sputtered as if it might die. A […]
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By Abhishek Takle SUZUKA, Japan (Reuters) – Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton smashed the Suzuka track record to seize a dominant Japanese Grand Prix pole position on Saturday with Ferrari rival Sebastian Vettel lining up alongside on the front row. The Mercedes driver produced a stunning fastest lap of one minute and 27.319 seconds for […]
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By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said late on Friday it had approved Alphabet Inc’s application to provide emergency cellular service to Puerto Rico through balloons. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has struggled to regain communications services. The FCC said on Friday that 83 percent of cell […]
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Hugh Bronstein SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico (Reuters) – In the Puerto Rican village of San Lorenzo, where Hurricane Maria destroyed the two-lane concrete bridge connecting residents with the outside world, 95-year-old Rosa Maria Torres waits to be rescued. “If they don’t move her out of here, she’s going to die,” Carmen […]
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Hamilton” musical creator Lin-Manuel Miranda on Friday released a new song for hurricane relief charity efforts in Puerto Rico featuring many of the music industry’s biggest Latin stars. Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony, Gloria Estefan, Rita Moreno Luis Fonsi and many others sing on the English- and Spanish-language song “Almost Like Praying.” […]
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By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – New Zealand skipper Kieran Read affirmed his side’s desire to complete a second successive Rugby Championship with a 100 percent record but warned team mates not to underestimate beleaguered hosts South Africa at Newlands on Saturday. The world champions have already won the title for a fifth time […]
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(Reuters) – Rafa Nadal produced an assured display to beat big-serving American John Isner 6-4 7-6(0) at the China Open on Friday and set up a semi-final clash with third seed Grigor Dimitrov. The top-seeded Spaniard eased to his 59th victory of the year, breaking sixth seed Isner at 5-4 and holding his nerve to […]
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By Agnieszka Flak CAPRI, Italy (Reuters) – Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris said on Thursday he has put his interest in investing in Oi SA on hold because of infighting and a lack of decision-making at the debt-laden Brazilian mobile carrier. Sawiris would consider an investment via Orascom TMT Holdings SAE, the carrier he controls, should […]
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