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By Gloria Dickie

LONDON (Reuters) -The intense northern hemisphere summer heat that drove wildfires across the Mediterranean, buckled roads in Texas and strained power grids in China last year made it not just the warmest summer on record - but the warmest in some 2,000 years, new research suggests.

The stark finding comes from one of two new studies released on Tuesday, as both global temperatures and climate-warming emissions continue to... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - More than 160 U.S. House lawmakers on Tuesday urged the National Mediation Board (NMB) to take steps to help about 80,000 flight attendants reach new contract deals.

Flight attendants at United Airlines, American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Frontier are among those still working to reach new contract deals.

The bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Representative Melanie Stansbury said flight attendants have been stuck in... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan plans to travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend, a U.S. official said on Tuesday as Israeli tanks pushed deeper into eastern Rafah, stoking fears of additional civilian deaths.

Additional details on his trip were not available.

The visit comes as the United States continues to press Israel to hold off on a major military ground incursion into Rafah, one of... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - Sony Pictures is rethinking its bid for Paramount Global, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources, sending the shares of the U.S. media company down more than 7%.

Sony and Paramount did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.

Reuters reported last week that Paramount was in talks to open its books to a consortium of Sony Pictures and buyout firm Apollo Global Management interested in acquiring the company... (continue reading...)

(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicle (EV) batteries, computer chips and medical products.

Following are reactions to the move.

ESWAR PRASAD, CORNELL UNIVERSITY TRADE POLICY PROFESSOR AND FORMER IMF CHINA DEPARTMENT HEAD

"Despite the modest volume of imports directly affected, these tariffs clearly draw the battle lines for... (continue reading...)