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Tesla hikes price of Model Y over 2% after US alters tax credit rule

The Austin, Texas, electric vehicle company bumped up the price of the Model Y Long Range version by about 2 per cent to USD 54,990 and the Performance version by about 2.7 per cent to USD 57,990

President Biden makes progress on 'unity agenda' outlined in 2022

The president is still pushing for some of those big Democratic goals, like an assault weapons ban, but he's fared better on the unity goals

California won't require COVID vaccine to attend schools

Nearly all of the pandemic restrictions put in place by Newsom have been lifted, and no new ones switch be issued after Feb 28 when the state's coronavirus emergency declaration officially ends

Feds say cyberattack caused outage of 988 suicide helplines in US

The attack occurred on the network for Intrado, the company that provides telecommunications services for the helpline

Tesla's Elon Musk listens while vilified, hailed as tweet trial ends

I had no ill motive, Musk testified. My intent was to do the right thing for all shareholders

13 dead in Chile amid struggle to contain over 150 raging wildfires

As of midday Friday, 151 wildfires were burning throughout Chile, including 65 declared under control. The fires had blazed through more than 14,000 hectares (34,595 acres)

Europe reaches deal for $100 per barrel price cap on Russian diesel

It aims to reduce Russia's income while keeping its diesel flowing to non-Western countries to avoid a global shortage that would send prices and inflation higher

Google, Apple, Amazon give investors reason to fret as Q4 profits drop

Alphabet posted a lower profit and a small revenue increase for last year's fourth quarter

Chinese surveillance balloon spotted over Western US airspace: Pentagon

A senior defense official told Pentagon reporters that the U.S. has very high confidence it is a Chinese high-altitude balloon and it was flying over sensitive sites to collect information

Investors fret on Google, Apple, Amazon's lackluster quarterly performance

Wall Street has its eyes on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial performances.

Mystery balloon discovery over Montana missile fields cancels US-China trip

Pentagon said at midday Friday that a Chinese spy balloon had moved eastward and was over the central United States, and that the US rejected China's claims that it was not being used for surveillance

Elon Musk surprise appearance as high-profile Tesla tweet trial wraps up

A high-profile trial focused on a 2018 tweet about the financing for a Tesla buyout that never happened drew a surprise spectator Friday

China says it is looking into report of spy balloon over US, urges calm

Mao said that politicians and the public should withhold judgment before we have a clear understanding of the facts

China, Hong Kong lose cross-border travel quota, Covid test to drive growth

Travel between Hong Kong and China will no longer require Covid-19 PCR tests nor be held to a daily limit, authorities announced Friday, as both places seek to drive economic growth

ASEAN foreign ministers to meet in Indonesia under shadow of Myanmar crisis

Myanmar belongs to the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations, but the annual ministers' retreat is being held in Jakarta without Myanmar's Foreign Minister Wunna Maung Lwin

Russia-Ukraine war: US to send Kyiv longer-range bombs in latest turnaround

The U.S. will provide ground-launched small diameter bombs as part of a $2.17 billion aid package it is expected to announce Friday, several U.S. officials said

Shell annual profit doubles to record high as war drives up energy costs

Shell also is raising its dividend payout by 15 per cent and buying back $4 billion worth of shares

European Central Bank outpaces US Federal Reserve with half-point hike

ECB officials say decisive action now will prevent inflation from becoming ingrained in wages, prices and people's expectations and force more drastic action later

Bank of England expected to raise interest rates to tame inflation

The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates by as much as half a percentage point Thursday as it seeks to tame the double-digit inflation

Hunter Biden seeks federal probe of Ex-Prez Trump allies over laptop

A lawyer for President Joe Biden's son, Hunter, asked the Justice Department in a letter to investigate close allies of former President Donald Trump and others