By Gabriel Araujo GAVIAO PEIXOTO, Brazil (Reuters) – Electric aircraft maker Eve has showcased for the first time the full-scale prototype of its “flying taxi,” achieving a milestone as the company aims to obtain certification and enter service in 2026. Eve, controlled by Embraer, rolled out its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft prototype…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission has told at least two of the eight firms that have applied to launch the first U.S. exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tied to the price of ether that their products can begin trading on Tuesday. The new products from BlackRock VanEck and six others will begin trading Tuesday…
By Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Thirty congressional Democrats have publicly called on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid after the 81-year-old incumbent’s halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump. They represent more than one in ten Democrats in Congress, where Biden’s party controls 213 seats in the House of Representatives and…
By Martin Coulter, James Pearson LONDON (Reuters) -A global tech failure disrupted operations across multiple industries on Friday, halting flights and upending everything from banking to healthcare systems. WHAT HAPPENED? CrowdStrike, a U.S. cybersecurity company with a market value of about $83 billion, is among the most popular in the world, counting more than 20,000…
By Tim Reid MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – For four nights at Donald Trump’s nominating convention in Milwaukee, a roster of speakers attempted to give one of the most divisive politicians in recent U.S. history a makeover, describing him as a loving and caring family man whose near-assassination at a rally on Saturday had changed him. Early…
(Reuters) – The United States “will do what is necessary” to see that the Philippines is able to resupply a ship on the Second Thomas Shoal that Manila uses to reinforce its claims to the atoll, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Friday. Sullivan said the U.S. would prefer that the Philippines…
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Senator Bob Menendez was convicted on Tuesday at his corruption trial by a jury in Manhattan federal court, completing the once-powerful New Jersey Democrat’s dramatic downfall. The jury deliberated for more than 12 hours over three days before reaching a verdict in a trial that had taken nine…
By Zeba Siddiqui SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – If Alphabet’s Google is successful in its effort to buy cloud security company Wiz, it would bolster its cloud security offerings for large organisations, a hotspot for hackers, and help it take on cloud rivals Amazon.com and Microsoft, experts said. Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire Wiz,…
(Reuters) -Spirit Airlines on Tuesday cut its revenue outlook for the second quarter, citing lower-than-expected non-ticket revenue, sending its shares down more than 6% in extended trading. The company now projects quarterly revenue to be $1.28 billion, compared with its earlier estimate of between $1.32 billion and $1.34 billion, the ultra-low-cost carrier said in a…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States received intelligence from a human source in recent weeks about an Iranian plot to try to assassinate former President Donald Trump, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing people briefed on the matter. CNN reported that there was no indication that the 20-year-old suspect in the shooting of Trump on Saturday was…
