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South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co and Kia Corp said on Monday they are not in talks with Apple Inc on developing autonomous vehicles, sending their shares tumbling.

As the trading frenzy in GameStop Corp shares and other social media favorites recedes, investors are eyeing signs of potential market stress that could weigh on broader stock performance in coming weeks.

(Corrects name of party to Progressive Party in third paragraph) BRASILIA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Brazil’s Senate on Monday chose a lawmaker endorsed by President Jair Bolsonaro to head the upper chamber, giving the far-right leader a base among center-right politicians with whom he had once vowed never to ally. Senator Rodrigo Pacheco won a two-year leadership term by a vote of 57-21. Another new Bolsonaro ally, Arthur Lira of the right-wing Progressive Party, is expected to win the speakership o...

French-Italian chipmaker STMicroelectronics said on Thursday it planned to increase investments in 2021 to meet higher demand, especially in automotive and microcontroller segments, and forecast first-quarter sales to jump by almost a third year-on-year. Chip makers have...

Buyers of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States are expected to cancel up to five cargoes for loading in March, half the volumes that were cancelled in February, trade sources said on Thursday.

By Reuters Staff (Refiles to correct paragraph 13 description of remarks) BANGKOK, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Thailand’s government defended its coronavirus vaccine strategy on Tuesday against opposition criticism that it is too reliant on a company owned by King Maha Vajiralongkorn. The attack by banned opposition politician Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit came as Thailand battles its biggest rise in infections and after months of youth-led protests that brought a rare challenge to the monarchy. Criti...

Billionaire businessman and founder of TD Ameritrade Joe Ricketts is launching a new national outlet to deliver news “without opinion or bias,” a spokesperson said on Tuesday.

By Reuters Staff (Corrects to add dropped word “above” in first paragraph) PARIS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - France’s average daily number of new COVID-19 infections hit a six-and-a-half week high of 18,270 on Monday, while the number of people being treated in intensive care units for the disease rose above 2,800 for the first time in a month. Unlike Britain or Germany, France’s government has so far stopped short of imposing a third national lockdown, but a nationwide curfew was moved earlier...

* West must act, not just talk on Navalny - Khodorkovsky * Navalny could end up with 10 years in prison - Khodorkovsky (Adds quotes) LONDON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a former oil tycoon who fell foul of the Kremlin, said on Monday the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was an attempt by President Vladimir Putin to show he is still “top dog” in Russia. Khodorkovsky said the West should act rather than talk if it wanted to have any influence on the 68-year-old president a...

(Adds dropped word ‘way’ in first paragraph) LONDON, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Mealworms may soon find their way into Europe’s pasta bowls and dinner dishes, after becoming the first insect approved in the region as a human food. Wednesday’s decision by the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) paves the way for the yellow grubs to be used whole and dried in curries and other recipes and as a flour to make biscuits, pasta and bread. Despite their name, mealworms are beetle larvae rather than worm...