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☆ Judge in New York fraud trial threatens Trump with 'possible imprisonment' for violating gag order
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The judge in Trump's fraud trial angrily noted a "blatant violation" of his gag order banning attacks on his legal staff. An offending post remained on Trump's campaign site after the order; the defense called it "truly inadvertent." "Donald Trump is still responsible for the large machine," of his campaign, Engoron said, adding, "even if it is a large machine." Donald Trump violated a NY judge's gag order with this post, only taken down yesterday, state officials alleged. Then he asked Trump's attorneys "why this Blatant violation of the gag order should not result in serious financial penalties holding the defendant in contempt and possible imprisonment."

Persons: Donald Trump, —, Donald Trump's, Arthur Engoron's, Engoron, Trump, Allison Greenfield, York Sen, Chuck Schumer, Greenfield, Trump's, Christopher Kise, Kise Organizations: Service, Trump, Truth Locations: York, New

☆ US Veto at UN to Shield Israel Could Weaken Its Ukraine Rallying Cry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +6 min

In 2017 and 2018, the United States - under then-President Donald Trump - cast two vetoes to shield its ally Israel, complicating a U.S. campaign to reform the U.N. Human Rights Council. "The wider world will see an equivalence between this veto by the U.S. and Russia's behavior over Ukraine. Israel has since pounded Gaza from the air and imposed a complete siege on the enclave. "We cannot choose to call on the U.N. Charter's principles to protect Ukraine and ignore it for Palestine," the diplomat said. "You have been preaching and lecturing us for decades, especially Western countries, about human rights and international law," he said.

Persons: Michelle Nichols UNITED, Donald Trump, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Biden, Blinken, Nate Evans, U.N, Richard Gowan, Israel, Louis Charbonneau, Jeffrey Feltman, Vassily Nebenzia, Libya's U.N, Taher El, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller Organizations: Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Reuters, United Nations, Hamas, . Security, Human Rights, Washington, U.S, General Assembly, Crisis, Islamist, Brookings Institution Locations: Ukraine, Washington, Gaza, Israel, West, Russia, China, United States, U.S, New York, Moscow, Beijing, Africa, Asia, Europe, Palestine, African, Arab, Russian, Brazil, United

☆ US veto at UN to shield Israel could weaken its Ukraine rallying cry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Donald Trump, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Joe Biden, Antony Blinken, Biden, Blinken, Nate Evans, U.N, Richard Gowan, Israel, Louis Charbonneau, Jeffrey Feltman, Vassily Nebenzia, Libya's U.N, Taher El, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller Organizations: United Nations Security Council, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, United Nations, Hamas, . Security, Human Rights, Washington, U.S, General Assembly, Crisis, Islamist, Brookings Institution, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.N, New York, U.S, Ukraine, Washington, Gaza, West, Russia, China, United States, Moscow, Beijing, Africa, Asia, Europe, Palestine, African, Arab, Russian, Brazil, United

The judge presiding over the civil fraud trial of Donald J. Trump fined the former president $5,000 on Friday for violating the terms of a gag order imposed this month. The judge, Arthur F. Engoron, had barred Mr. Trump from attacking his court staff after the former president posted a picture on social media of Justice Engoron’s law clerk, Allison Greenfield, with Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader. Mr. Trump labeled Ms. Greenfield “Schumer’s girlfriend” and said she was “running this case against me.”A spokeswoman for Mr. Schumer this month called the social media post “ridiculous, absurd, and false,” adding that the senator did not know Ms. Greenfield. Mr. Trump’s post was removed from his social media platform, Truth Social, on Oct. 3, the day Justice Engoron imposed the gag order. But a copy of the post remained visible on his campaign website — though it appears to have escaped the attention of Justice Engoron until this week.

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Judge Arthur Engoron said the website’s retention of the post was a “blatant violation" of his Oct. 3 order requiring Trump to immediately delete the offending message. “I’ll take this under advisement," Engoron said after Kise explained the mechanics of how Trump’s post was able to remain online. The judge ordered Trump to delete the post, which he did, and warned of “serious sanctions” for violations. Before Trump deleted the post from his Truth Social platform, as ordered, his campaign copied the message into an email blast to supporters. That email, with the subject line “ICYMI," was automatically archived on Trump’s website, Kise said.

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☆ Trump dodges jail in New York gag order violation, but gets hit with a $5,000 fine for 'inadvertent' posting
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The judge in Donald Trump's New York civil fraud trial had threatened 'possible imprisonment' over Trump's violation of a gag order. The offending Trump post attacked the judge's law clerk and had remained on his campaign website after Trump removed it from social media. AdvertisementAdvertisementDonald Trump won't go to jail for violating a New York gag order, the judge in his civil fraud trial ruled Friday. The fine is Trump's penalty for violating an October 3 gag order banning him from attacks on the judge's legal staff online or in spoken statements. But the judge asked Trump's attorneys "why this blatant violation of the gag order should not result in serious financial penalties holding the defendant in contempt and possible imprisonment."

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"We requested China to allow us to be a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and Belt and Road Initiative... (and) are discussing technical issues today," acting Commerce Minister Haji Nooruddin Azizi told Reuters in an interview a day after the Belt and Road Forum ended in Beijing. The Pakistan "economic corridor" refers to the huge flagship section of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Afghanistan's neighbour. Asked about the MCC talks, Azizi said discussions had been delayed because the mine was near a historical site, but they were still ongoing. Afghanistan and 34 other countries agreed to work together on the digital economy and green development on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum on Wednesday. Additional reporting by Ahmad Masih Noori and Charlotte Greenfield in Kabul; editing by Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Trump trial tantrum: "No!" a Trump lawyer sniped after an AG lawyer demanded, "Be more respectful!"
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tempers flared Thursday during a heated sidebar discussion at Trump's fraud trial in New York. AdvertisementAdvertisementAttorney tempers flared Thursday at the Trump civil fraud trial in New York, where a quiet sidebar discussion erupted into cross-accusations of rudeness and disrespectfulness. a lawyer for state Attorney General Letitia James could be heard telling Donald Trump's lead lawyer, Christopher Kise. Kise, the former president's lawyer, kicked off the sidebar by protesting that such a search would potentially derail the trial, the sources said. On Wednesday, lawyers for both sides raised their voices during a heated dispute over a former Trump property appraiser's testimony.

Persons: —, Letitia James, Donald Trump's, Christopher Kise, Colleen Faherty, Arthur Engoron, Kise, Allison Greenfield, Michael Cohen, Faherty, Trump Organizations: Service, Trump, Manhattan, New, Trump Organization, AG Locations: New York

☆ Trump trial tantrum: "Be more respectful!" an AG lawyer shouted, to which a Trump lawyer sniped, "No."
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tempers flared Thursday during a heated sidebar discussion at Trump's fraud trial in New York. AdvertisementAdvertisementAttorney tempers flared Thursday at the Trump civil fraud trial in New York, where a quiet sidebar discussion erupted into cross-accusations of rudeness and disrespectfulness. a lawyer for state Attorney General Letitia James could be heard telling Donald Trump's lead lawyer, Christopher Kise. In the letter, the state accused the Trump Organization of failing to turn over emails concerning Trump's triplex apartment. Kise, the former president's lawyer, kicked off the sidebar by protesting that such a search would potentially derail the trial, the sources said.

Persons: —, Letitia James, Donald Trump's, Christopher Kise, Colleen Faherty, Arthur Engoron, Kise, Allison Greenfield, Michael Cohen, Faherty Organizations: Service, Trump, Manhattan, New, Trump Organization, AG Locations: New York

CNN —The United States has vetoed a draft resolution at the UN Security Council which called for a humanitarian pause in besieged Gaza – sparking more criticism of political paralysis in the powerful global body. The international community should engineer “humanitarian pauses” in the fighting to allow for aid delivery, it said. In New York, several members of the Security Council expressed disappointment and frustration over the failure of a joint statement on the importance of aid and civilian protection. The Security Council “missed an opportunity,” French representative Nicolas de Rivière told press after the vote. Russia last week proposed another resolution calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza that also failed to pass.

Persons: Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Barbara Woodward, Brazil Sergio Franca Danese, “, ”, Nicolas de Rivière, Lana Nusseibah Organizations: CNN, UN Security Council, Hamas, Russia, UN, Security, United, United Arab Emirates Locations: United States, Gaza, Brazil, Israel, Palestinian, British, Egypt, Rafah, New York, Geneva, United Arab, Ukraine, Russia

☆ US vetoes UN Security Council action on Israel, Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

A general view during the voting process at a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., October 16, 2023. The vote on the Brazilian-drafted text was twice delayed in the past couple of days as the United States tries to broker aid access to Gaza. Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the 15-member council after the vote. Washington traditionally shields its ally Israel from any Security Council action. "We're working with Israel, its neighbors, the United Nations and other partners to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

Persons: Andrew Kelly, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Israel, Russia's U.N, Vassily Nebenzia, U.N, Antonio Guterres, Zhang Jun, Michelle Nichols, Howard Goller, Deepa Babington Organizations: United Nations Security Council, REUTERS, UNITED NATIONS, United, United Nations Security, United States, U.S, United Nations, Thomas, Thomson Locations: Israel, U.N, New York, U.S, United States, Palestinian, Gaza, United, Russia, Washington, Russian, Israel's

☆ Netflix is 'running away from the pack' this quarter: Lightshed's Greenfield on streaming space
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNetflix is 'running away from the pack' this quarter: Lightshed's Greenfield on streaming spaceRich Greenfield, Lightshed Partners partner & co-founder, joins 'Fast Money' to talk Netflix earnings, it's big Q3 subscriber beat, streaming competition and more.

Persons: Lightshed's, Rich Greenfield Organizations: Netflix, Lightshed Partners Locations: Lightshed's Greenfield

☆ Live updates: Israel-Hamas war rages as crisis in Gaza deepens
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Tara Subramaniam | Seán Federico O'Murchú | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

"By failing to condemn Hamas, Russia is giving cover to a terrorist group that brutalizes innocent civilians. It is outrageous, it is hypocritical, and it is indefensible," US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in justification to the US' vote. She previously compared the attacks executed by Hamas to the "most heinous atrocities committed by ISIS." "We cannot support a resolution which fails to condemn Hamas’ terror attacks," Ambassador Barbara Woodward, the UK's Permanent Representative to the UN, said in her explanation of vote. Russia’s Ambassador to the UN Vasily Nebenzya claimed the resolution failed to get adopted because of the western bloc's selfish intentions.

Persons: Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Barbara Woodward, Nicolas de Rivière, UN Vasily Nebenzya, Nebenzya Organizations: United Nations Security, ISIS, UN, France's, UN Security Council, Russian, Novosti Locations: Israel, United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, Gaza, Moscow

REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsKABUL, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The Taliban will attend China's Belt and Road Forum next week, a spokesman said on Saturday, underscoring Beijing's growing official ties with the administration, despite its lack of formal recognition by any government. Taliban officials and ministers have at times travelled to regional meetings, mostly those focussed on Afghanistan, but the Belt and Road Forum is among the highest-profile multilateral summits it has been invited to attend. China has been in talks with the Taliban over plans, begun under the previous foreign-backed government, over a possible huge copper mine in eastern Afghanistan. Officials from China, the Taliban and neighbouring Pakistan said in May they would like Belt and Road to include Afghanistan and for the flagship China Pakistan Economic Corridor to be extended across the border to Afghanistan. China has boosted engagement with the Taliban, becoming the first country to appoint an ambassador to Kabul since the Taliban took power, and invested in mining projects.

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☆ Adobe unveils new image generation tools in AI push
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Stephen Nellis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Image-generating technology from firms like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion have threatened Adobe's customer base of creative professionals who use its tools like Photoshop. The new generation of tools announced on Tuesday will include a feature called "Generative Match". Like Adobe's earlier tool, it will allow users to generate an image from a few words of text. "Some amount of photography is going to move to virtual photography, where you're generating from whole cloth. Adobe on Tuesday also rolled out tools that generate vector graphics, which can easily be resized and are commonly used for logos and product labels, as well as tools for generating templates for brochures and other items.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ely Greenfield, Greenfield, Stephen Nellis, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Adobe, Reuters, Thomson Locations: San Jose , California, San Francisco

KARACHI, Pakistan, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Pakistani ecommerce logistics startup Rider, backed by YCombinator, is looking into acquiring BlueEx (UNIV.PSX) the only listed Express Courier Logistics Company in Pakistan, it told Reuters on Thursday. "We are carving out and acquiring the e-commerce logistics business which currently operates under the brand name BlueEx. This is not an acquisition of Universal Network System Limited as a whole," said Salman Allana, founder and CEO of Rider. If the transaction goes through, this will be the first acquisition of a listed company by a startup, and the first major acquisition of a company listed on Pakistan's Growth Enterprise Market (GEM) board at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PAKS.PSX). While Rider has not disclosed the transaction value, it claims the acquisition will make Rider the third largest player in the ecommerce logistics space.

Persons: Salman Allana, Rider, Allana, Ariba Shahid, Michael Perry Organizations: Express Courier Logistics Company, Reuters, Venture, Universal Network System, Pakistan Stock Exchange, GEM, YCombinator, Global Founders Capital, Flexport, i2i Ventures, Fatima, Ventures, Soma, Rebel Fund, Thomson Locations: KARACHI, Pakistan, Karachi

CNN —The United Nations Security Council has greenlit the deployment of an armed multinational force to Haiti, as the Caribbean nation wrestles with rampant gang violence and political paralysis. United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the United States have also strongly urged the international community to back such a mission. Though approved by the powerful UN Security Council, the force would not formally be under UN control. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, Prime Minister Henry told fellow nations that it was “urgent” that the Security Council approve a military mission to reestablish order. The Security Council has found itself in repeated deadlock in recent years amid deepening geopolitical rivalries.

Persons: Ariel Henry, General Antonio Guterres, Henry, Jean, Junior Joseph, –, Antony Blinken, Washington, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Zhang Jun, Vassily Nebenzia, Jovenel Moise, Maria Isabel Salvador, ” Organizations: CNN, United Nations Security Council, Haitian, United Nations, UN Security Council, UN, Haitian National Police, United Nations General Assembly, Security Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, United States, Russia, China, Kenya, Antigua, Barbuda, Bahamas, Jamaica, Port, New York, UN

☆ UN authorizes Haiti security mission to fight gangs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for help to fight violent gangs that have largely overrun its capital Port-au-Prince. The Security Council also expanded a U.N. arms embargo to include all gangs - a measure China wanted. The response to Haiti's request for help was delayed due to a struggle to find a country willing to lead a security assistance mission. The Security Council stressed an "urgent need" for Haiti to make progress toward "transparent, inclusive, and credible electoral processes and free and fair elections." The security assistance mission, while approved by the U.N. Security Council, is not a United Nations operation.

Persons: Jean Victor Geneus, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Zhang Jun, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Ariel Henry, Jean, Bertrand Aristide, Michelle Nichols, Sarah Morland, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, United Nations Security, Security, U.S, Security Council, . Security, United, Peacekeeping, Monday, Thomson Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, Port, United States, Ecuador, China, Russia, U.S, Kenya, Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, United Nations

☆ UN approves Haiti security mission to fight gangs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Michelle Nichols | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for help to fight violent gangs that have largely overrun its capital Port-au-Prince. The Security Council also expanded a U.N. arms embargo to include all gangs - a measure China wanted. The response to Haiti's request for help was delayed due to a struggle to find a country willing to lead a security assistance mission. The Security Council stressed an "urgent need" for Haiti to make progress toward "transparent, inclusive, and credible electoral processes and free and fair elections." The security assistance mission, while approved by the U.N. Security Council, is not a United Nations operation.

Persons: Jean Victor Geneus, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Zhang Jun, Alfred Mutua, William Ruto, Ruto, Ariel Henry, Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Jean, Bertrand Aristide, Michelle Nichols, Sarah Morland, George Obulutsa, Cynthia Osterman, Andrew Heavens, Alison Williams Organizations: UNITED NATIONS, United Nations Security, Security, Foreign Affairs, Kenyan, U.S, Security Council, . Security, United, Peacekeeping, Monday, Thomson Locations: Haiti, Caribbean, Port, United States, Ecuador, China, Russia, U.S, Kenya, Bahamas, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbuda, East, United Nations, Caracas, Nairobi

☆ Death Toll From Pakistan Blast Rises to 59 as Minister Blames India
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Saleem AhmedQUETTA (Reuters) - The death toll from a large blast at a mosque in Pakistan rose to 59 on Saturday as the government vowed to find the perpetrators and accused India's intelligence agency of being involved. Pakistani officials have long claimed that India sponsors violent groups in Pakistan - claims India has always denied. "Civil, military and all other institutions will jointly strike against the elements involved in the Mastung suicide bombing," interior minister Sarfaraz Bugti told media in Balochistan's capital, Quetta. "RAW is involved in the suicide attack," he added, referring to India's Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) intelligence agency. The Pakistani Taliban (TTP), responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks in Pakistan since the group's formation in 2007, denied responsibility for Friday's blasts.

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☆ Death toll from Pakistan blast rises to 59 as minister blames India
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Saleem Ahmed | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Rescue workers clear the rubble from a damaged mosque, after a suicide blast in Hangu, Pakistan September 29, 2023. Pakistani officials have long claimed that India sponsors violent groups in Pakistan - claims India has always denied. "Civil, military and all other institutions will jointly strike against the elements involved in the Mastung suicide bombing," interior minister Sarfaraz Bugti told media in Balochistan's capital, Quetta. "RAW is involved in the suicide attack," he added, referring to India's Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) intelligence agency. The Pakistani Taliban (TTP), responsible for some of the bloodiest attacks in Pakistan since the group's formation in 2007, denied responsibility for Friday's blasts.

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☆ Pakistani vocational school helps Afghan women refugees build businesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Mushtaq Ali | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] An Afghan girl attends painting and art class at the Skills Academy for Needy Aspirants (SANA) in Peshawar, Pakistan July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz Acquire Licensing RightsPESHAWAR, Pakistan, Sept 28 (Reuters) - In a small workshop in the bustling northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, a dozen Afghan women sit watching a teacher show them how to make clothes on a sewing machine. Officials say hundreds of thousands of Afghans have travelled to Pakistan since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in 2021. Basheer said that her main focus was expanding operations for Afghan women and she has also included some Pakistani women in the program to boost their opportunities in the conservative area. Once graduating from the three-month course, the women are focused on earning a modest but meaningful income, often starting their own businesses.

Persons: SANA, Fayaz Aziz, Mahra Basheer, Basheer, Fatima, Mushtaq Ali, Charlotte Greenfield, Alexandra Hudson Organizations: Skills Academy, REUTERS, Rights, Taliban, United Nations, Alexandra Hudson Our, Thomson Locations: Afghan, Peshawar, Pakistan, Rights PESHAWAR, Afghanistan, Peshawar –

☆ I looked at the plans for the new city proposed by Silicon Valley elites. They're really terrible.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Right now, California Forever is just a website with some ideology and a handful of hopeful sketches with a faintly socialist-utopian flair. AdvertisementAdvertisementCities of the future of the pastThe California Forever art illustrations show at a place that'll look startlingly familiar. Point is, the garden city remains a dream honored more in the breach — in pitches like the one for California Forever. Just about 60 miles southeast of the California Forever site is a residential development called Mountain House. It's what plans like California Forever look like when brick starts getting laid.

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☆ Peru seeks mining investment revival with pledge to end 'chaos, disorder'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Trucks remain stuck during a roadblock caused due to a demonstration by anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of Peru's President Dina Boluarte, in Condoroma in Cusco region, Peru February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSummaryCompanies Peru mining investment expected to drop 18% this yearMiners push to use contractorsGovernment aims to streamline environmental permittingLIMA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Peru is looking to put the "chaos" of months-long protests earlier this year behind it to revitalize flagging mining investment in the world's no. As a mining conference in the southern Andean region of Arequipa got started this week, Prime Minister Alberto Otarola addressed concerns about political instability and protests that have led to an expected 18% drop in mining investment this year. The last major investment in Peru was Anglo American (AAL.L)'s $5 billion Quellaveco project, which came online last year and has helped buffer production figures. Reuters GraphicsReporting by Marco Aquino; Editing by Adam Jourdan and Sonali PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Copper is critical to energy transition. The world is falling way behind on producing enough
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Bob Woods | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

watch nowIn the meantime, copper customers, in anticipation of shortages, are either delaying clean energy projects or reducing their need for copper, an economic principle known as demand destruction. Among other actions, it would dismantle most of the clean energy projects initiated by the Biden Administration. At that point, the consensus was that there would be a major copper supply response. That's presented the industry with a whole new era of copper demand, Adkerson said. China's economy has slowed, while those in the U.S. and Europe are striving to transition to clean energy.

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