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Mercedes declined Lutnick's bid to move to US, CEO tells The Pioneer
Date: January 28, 2026
FRANKFURT, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick tried to persuade Mercedes-Benz boss Ola Kaellenius a year ago to move the German carmaker's headquarters to the United States,...
Rwanda seeks arbitration over cancellation of asylum deal with UK
Date: January 28, 2026
Jan 28 (Reuters) - Rwanda said late on Tuesday that it had filed an arbitration case against Britain over a cancelled asylum deal, which British Prime Minister Keir Starmer scrapped in 2024. Under the...
Thai parties tap nationalist mood as Cambodia clashes roil rural voters
Date: January 28, 2026
KANTHARALAK, Thailand, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Thai lawmaker Phumin Leethiraprasert has switched party allegiances in his re-election campaign for a February 8 poll, aiming to show voters he can make tough...
SpaceX weighs June 2026 IPO at $1.5 trillion valuation, FT says
Date: January 28, 2026
Jan 28 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is weighing a mid-June 2026 initial public offering, aiming to raise as much as $50 billion at a valuation of roughly $1.5 trillion, the Financial Times reported,...
Explainer-The $250 million ASML 'printer' behind Nvidia's chips
Date: January 28, 2026
AMSTERDAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - ASML has become Europe's most valuable company thanks to its dominance in making lithography systems, huge "chip printing" machines that cost $250 million each and are...
Analysis-A year into Trump presidency, 'pivot to China' gathers pace
Date: January 28, 2026
By Liz Lee, Samuel Shen and Sumeet Chatterjee BEIJING/HONG KONG, Jan 28 (Reuters) - When U.S. President Donald Trump took office a year ago with an "America First" agenda, many saw trouble for China's...