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US to send 300 additional troops to Middle EastSteff Chávez in ChicagoBrigadier General Patrick Ryder © APThe US has announced it will send a further 300 troops from domestic bases to the Middle East to support those already deployed in the region.“These additional troops will provide capabilities and explosive ordnance disposal communications and other support enablers for forces already in the region,” Pentagon spokesperson Brigadier General Patrick Ryder said on Tuesday.He did not specify where in the Middle East the additional troops will be, but said they would not go to Israel. The troops “are intended to support regional deterrence…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Renault is seen at the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France, June 15, 2023. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo By Mathieu Rosemain, Silvia Aloisi and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – Weaker electric vehicle (EV) demand, increased competition from China and market volatility are complicating French carmaker Renault (EPA:)’s plans to list its EV business Ampere, four people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Renault aims to extract more value from Ampere through an initial public offering (IPO) but is unlikely to go ahead…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The logo of car manufacturer Tesla is seen at a dealership in London, Britain, May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo By Dan Levine and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – Tesla (NASDAQ:) on Tuesday won the first U.S. trial over allegations that its Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several other similar lawsuits across the country. The jury verdict represents Tesla’s second big win this year, in which juries have declined to find that its software was defective. Tesla has been testing and rolling out its Autopilot…

© Reuters. A view of the Phillips 66 Company’s Los Angeles Refinery (foreground), which processes domestic & imported crude oil into gasoline, aviation and diesel fuels, and storage tanks for refined petroleum products at the Kinder Morgan Carson Terminal (backgroun By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. field production of rose to a new monthly record in August at 13.05 million barrels per day, the Energy Information Administration said on Tuesday. Output rose 0.7% in August from the month prior, the data showed. The previous monthly high was in November 2019, when production reached 13.0 million bpd. The monthly…

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© Reuters. NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Brooklyn man and two Montreal residents were charged on Tuesday in New York over an alleged scheme to violate U.S. sanctions by exporting millions of dollars of technology to Russia, including equipment supporting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Salimdzhon Nasriddinov, 52; Nikolay Goltsev, 37, and Kristina Puzyreva, 32, were each charged with smuggling, conspiracy to violate sanctions and wire fraud conspiracy. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Brooklyn said Nasriddinov, a Russian-Tajikistan national, was arrested in Brooklyn, while Goltsev and Puzyreva, both Russian-Canadian nationals, were arrested at a Manhattan hotel during a trip to…

Biden Allies Fear a Third-Party Threat CNN Political Briefing The number of third-party candidates in the 2024 presidential election is growing. And while independent candidates traditionally haven’t gained enough votes to win, this year, strategists say they could have significant impact, including siphoning votes in an already tight race. CNN’s Political Director David Chalian talks with Matt Bennett, the executive vice president for public affairs at Third Way, and a vocal opponent of third-party efforts in the 2024 race. Bennet explains why he’s been so outspoken against a nonprofit group called No Labels, which is actively seeking ballot access to potentially run…

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Prioritizing financial goals is one of the hardest things in personal finance. Should you pay off all of your debt before investing? Should you save for a home or a child’s education? How much should you save for emergencies? BROOKLYN, NEW YORK – JANUARY 28: Patrons at the Littleneck Outpost restaurant use their laptop … [+] computers in the Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York January 28, 2020. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)Getty Images The challenge with these questions is twofold. First, they don’t have just one right answer. There are a range of reasonable answers. And what’s reasonable for…

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.What did Hamas hope to achieve by its attack on Israel of October 7? The answer was surely to set the region aflame. More narrowly, it was to provoke the response we see, with inevitable consequences for Israel’s global reputation and the prospects for peace in the region. The strategy, in other words, is to make martyrs of the people of Gaza in a greater cause. Alas, it is working.The way this unfolds will have implications for human lives, the regional balance…