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Elon Musk had twins last year with one of his top executives, Insider says
Date: July 7, 2022
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his brain-chip startup Neuralink, had twins in November 2021, Insider reported. In April, Musk and Zilis filed a petition to change the name of the twins to “have their father’s last name” and contain their mother’s last name as part...
Exclusive-WTO faces new battle over COVID tests, drugs
Date: July 7, 2022
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) – Less than a month after a hard-won deal was reached on a partial waiver of intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, a fresh battle may be looming at the World Trade Organization over extending the waiver to treatments and tests. The June deal includes an agreement to debate waiving...
Exclusive-United Arab Emirates set to run Kabul airport in deal with Taliban, sources say
Date: July 7, 2022
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -The Taliban and the United Arab Emirates are poised to strike a deal for the Gulf nation to run Kabul airport and several others in Afghanistan that could be announced within weeks, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. The Taliban, whose government remains an international pariah without formal recognition,...
Cricket-Edgbaston to deploy undercover spotters after racism claims during India test
Date: July 7, 2022
(Reuters) -Warwickshire will deploy undercover spotters for the second Twenty20 between England and India at Edgbaston after allegations of racist behaviour among members of the crowd during the fifth test this week, the county said on Thursday. A number of supporters said on Twitter they had been targeted by racist abuse from other fans at...
Bye bye Boris: UK PM Johnson bows out with regrets but no apologies
Date: July 7, 2022
By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Boris Johnson emerged to cheers from loyal lawmakers, his staff and wife but any sign of support from allies arranged around him for his resignation speech was soon drowned out by loud boos from outside the gates of his Downing Street office. After he started speaking, protester Steve Bray...
Explainer-Why a French plan to take full control of EDF is no cure-all
Date: July 7, 2022
By Silvia Aloisi and Forrest Crellin PARIS (Reuters) – The French state has said it will fully nationalise EDF, the debt-laden utility that runs the nation’s nuclear power plants and which the government has so far struggled to restructure. It has not said whether it will buy out minority shareholders on the market or take...