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Nickel-rich Indonesia pitches EV battery plant plan to Elon Musk
Indonesia’s top investment official said Monday that the government has proposed to Tesla CEO Elon Musk the construction of an electric vehicle battery plant in the nickel-rich country. The official spoke after Musk met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo while attending a water conference on the island of Bali. Indonesia is keen to build up industries to exploit is rich natural resources, which include the world’s largest nickel reserves.
Reuters
Kirin's electric spoon leaps from Ig Noble infamy to the dinner table
Japanese drinks giant Kirin Holdings will start selling an electrified spoon that researchers claim can promote healthier eating by enhancing salty tastes without extra sodium. Monday's product launch marks the first commercialisation of technology that last year won an Ig Nobel Prize, which honours unusual and whimsical research. Kirin will sell just 200 of its Electric Salt Spoons online for 19,800 yen ($127) this month and a limited run at a Japanese retailer in June, but is hoping for 1 million users globally within five years.
AFP
London court set to rule on Julian Assange extradition
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could find out on Monday whether he has won a reprieve in his last-ditch legal battle to avoid extradition from Britain to the United States.If he loses, he could be swiftly extradited after a five-year legal battle that has pitted Washington and London against free-speech campaigners.
Associated Press
The Latest | Trump's criminal trial set to enter final stretch as cross-examination of Cohen resumes
Donald Trump's hush money trial is entering its final stretch as the prosecution's star witness Michael Cohen returns to the stand on Monday. Cohen placed Trump directly at the center of the alleged scheme to stifle negative stories to fend off damage to his White House bid. Among other things, Cohen told jurors that Trump promised to reimburse him for the money he fronted and was constantly updated about efforts to silence women who alleged sexual encounters with him.
Reuters
Trump has the chance to testify at hush money trial - if he so chooses
For weeks, Donald Trump has sat silently in a New York courtroom while former employees and associates have testified in his criminal hush money trial. It is unclear whether Trump will take the witness stand. Though he said before the trial began that he planned to testify, his lawyer Todd Blanche told the judge last week that he was not sure whether he would do so.
Reuters
Analysis-US refiners reward shareholders with big returns despite softer Q1 profits
Major U.S. fuel makers returned billions in capital to shareholders in the first quarter and boosted share repurchase programs, even as refining margins softened from recent records and utilization rates fell. Three of the biggest U.S. independent oil refiners - Marathon Petroleum, Phillips 66, and Valero Energy - earned combined adjusted profits of $2.93 billion and returned $5.5 billion to shareholders through stock repurchases and dividends in the first quarter, according to Reuters calculations. Refiners are tapping into their exiting cash to pay for buybacks and capital returns to shareholders, said Matthew Blair, managing director at TPH&Co. Many companies are carrying excess cash because spending on growth projects has been limited, he said.
Reuters
Microsoft to unveil AI devices and features ahead of developer conference
Microsoft plans to announce several pieces of hardware and software related to consumer devices on Monday at an event at its Redmond, Washington, campus. The Windows maker is expected to reveal a new version of its Surface Pro tablet and Surface Laptop that feature Qualcomm chips based on Arm Holdings' architecture. After Intel's processors dominated the personal computer market for decades, Qualcomm and other makers of lower-power Arm components have tried to compete in the Windows-PC market.
AFP
Iran mourns president Raisi's death in helicopter crash
Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi was confirmed dead on Monday after search and rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region, sparking mourning in the Islamic republic.- Fog and rain - Iranian authorities first raised the alarm on Sunday afternoon when they lost contact with Raisi's helicopter as it flew through a fog-shrouded mountain area of the Jolfa region of East Azerbaijan province.
CNN
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister confirmed dead in helicopter crash
Ultraconservative Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was killed Sunday, along with his foreign minister, in a helicopter crash in Iran’s remote northwest, injecting fresh uncertainty as the country’s hardline clerical establishment navigates rising regional tensions and domestic discontent.
CBS News
Dali being refloated weeks after collapse of Key Bridge, a milestone in reopening access to the Port of Baltimore. Here's what happens next
The Dali, the 948-foot-long cargo ship stuck in the Patapsco River for weeks since it felled the Francis Scott Key Bridge, was refloated Monday.
AFP
Attack on tourists rocks fledgling Afghanistan tourism sector
An attack claimed by the Islamic State group which killed foreign tourists visiting a market in central Afghanistan has also dealt a blow to the country's nascent tourism sector. The Islamic State group on Sunday claimed the assault on the group of 13 travellers with a Spanish tour agency, believed to be the first against foreign tourists since the Taliban's return to power in 2021.
AFP
South Africa's top court strikes Zuma from ballot
South Africa's top court ruled Monday that graft-tainted former president turned firebrand opposition challenger Jacob Zuma is ineligible to stand for parliament in next week's general election.After a South African general election, the president is chosen by MPs from among their own ranks, so if Zuma is not on the ballot he could not become president, even if his newly-formed party is able to muster enough seats to propose him.
Reuters
Paris vies for Europe's AI crown as key conference beckons
France will this week host tech executives and political figures including former U.S. secretary of state John Kerry, EU industrial chief Thierry Breton and ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt as it looks to assert Paris' role as an AI hub. The "Viva Technology" conference will put French innovators front-and-centre as attendees tackle key questions around artificial intelligence (AI), including its potential impact on upcoming elections and climate change. Paris-based LVMH, the world's largest luxury group, has also thrown its weight behind VivaTech as a founding partner of the event.
Associated Press
Timeline of the Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a key hearing Monday in his decade-and-a-half-long attempt to avoid extradition to the United States on espionage charges. Two judges at London’s High Court will hold a hearing Monday on whether Assange will be allowed to appeal against his extradition order.
CNN
Ill-fated cargo ship Dali will be refloated and hauled from the bridge wreckage site Monday, officials say
As the sun rises on the Port of Baltimore Monday, the cargo ship Dali is set to be moved from the site of its catastrophic collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge – a crucial step toward reopening the key port and reinvigorating the local shipping economy.
Reuters
U.S. regulator ends prelim review of Tesla's Model X over seat belt issues
The regulator said it was closing the investigation in view of the recalls and updates launched by Tesla, adding that it may take additional action in the future, if needed. Tesla filed a safety recall of some vehicles in July 2023 and had last June updated procedures requiring a first-row seat belt to be disconnected from and reconnected to its pretensioner anchor, the NHTSA said. The NHTSA had said in March 2023 it is opening a probe into 50,000 Tesla Model X vehicles after receiving two complaints reporting front seat belt failures in March.
Associated Press
Candidates begin registering in complicated process to select Thailand's new Senate
Thailand on Monday officially began the selection of new senators, a process that has become part of an ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo. Hopeful candidates headed to district offices across the country on the first day of registration to compete for one of the 200 seats in Parliament’s upper house. The power of the Senate — although limited compared to the House of Representatives, which is tasked with law-making responsibilities — was demonstrated dramatically when it blocked the progressive party that won the most seats in last year's election from forming a new government.
CNN
Central Plains eyes back-to-back days of powerful storms, tornadoes and hail
Millions in the Central Plains will be waking up to a second day of severe weather after powerful storms battered parts of the region Sunday with damaging tornadoes, tennis-ball sized hail and strong winds.
Yahoo Finance
Markets brace for Nvidia earnings: What to know this week
A crucial earnings report from AI leader Nvidia greets a stock market that hit new records last week.
AFP
Exiled opposition group says Raisi death 'monumental blow' to Iran
The death of Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash is a major blow to the Islamic republic's clerical leadership, an exiled opposition group said Monday, predicting a succession of crises.Rajavi said that "the curse of mothers and those seeking justice for the executed, along with the damnation of the Iranian people and history, mark the legacy of Ebrahim Raisi, the notorious perpetrator of the 1988 massacre of political prisoners."

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