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By Jarrett Renshaw

(Reuters) - The nation's largest oil trade group, which includes Exxon Mobil and Chevron , will file a federal lawsuit on Thursday seeking to block the Biden administration's efforts to reduce planet-warming emissions from cars and light trucks and encourage electric vehicle manufacturing, the group said.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued new tailpipe emission rules in March that will force the nation's... (continue reading...)

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - A Malaysian footballer who was critically injured after being splashed with acid last month said on he hopes his assailants can be brought to justice swiftly.

In his first public appearance since the May 5 attack, a visibly scarred and emotional Faisal Halim told a press conference that he would focus on his recovery before attempting a return to soccer.

"I don't know if I can return to football or not, I just... (continue reading...)

MILAN (Reuters) - Some of Europe's biggest carmakers fell further on Thursday on concerns over how China will respond to new tariffs the European Commission slapped on imported Chinese electric cars in a bid to combat what they say is excessive subsidies from Beijing.

By 0847 GMT, Europe's auto index fell 2.2% to its lowest in more than four months, while the broader region-wide STOXX 600 was down 0.6%. China exposed Volvo Car was the biggest faller,... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft President Brad Smith will testify before a House of Representatives panel on homeland security on Thursday, fielding questions about the company's security practices after Russian and Chinese hackers breached its systems over the past year.

China-linked hackers stole 60,000 U.S. State Department emails last year by breaking into the tech giant's systems, while a Russian group spied on Microsoft's senior staff emails... (continue reading...)

MOSCOW (Reuters) - New U.S. sanctions that forced Russia's leading exchange to halt dollar and euro trading led to a range of varying prices and spreads as trading moved over-the-counter (OTC) on Thursday, obscuring access to reliable pricing for the Russian currency.

The rouble fell to a one-month low of 91.7455 against the dollar in very low liquidity on the interbank market.

But dollar-rouble futures, which continued trading on... (continue reading...)