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(Reuters) - Ukraine's military said on Thursday it had damaged two ferries in Russian-held Crimea and halted their operations between the peninsula and the Russian mainland.

A Russia-appointed official in Crimea, Nikolai Lukashenko, had earlier acknowledged the strike in the port of Kerch, saying debris from downed Ukrainian missiles had damaged the vessels and operations on the ferry line had been suspended.

Ukraine's General Staff, in a... (continue reading...)

PARIS (Reuters) - Renault said it would link up with a Chinese engineering company to develop future Twingo cars priced below 20,000 euros ($21,676), as European automakers target smaller and cheaper electric vehicles to compete with Chinese peers.

"Twingo's development is moving forward quickly, as we plan to make the development in two years," said a spokesperson for Renault's Ampere electric vehicles division.

"The development of the... (continue reading...)

By Carolina Mandl

(Reuters) -Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is considering endorsing Donald Trump as the former U.S. president seeks to return to the White House, a source familiar with the matter said.

Ackman plans to announce which candidate he will endorse on the social media network X, the source said, confirming an earlier report by the Financial Times. He has 1.2 million followers on X.

It would mark a change... (continue reading...)

By Daphne Psaledakis and Kanishka Singh

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Algeria's proposed draft U.N. Security Council resolution on a Gaza ceasefire, which specifically calls for a halt to Israel's offensive in Rafah, is not balanced, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, saying it does not blame Palestinian militant group Hamas for the conflict.

"It is imbalanced and it fails to note a simple fact which is that Hamas is to blame for this... (continue reading...)

By Daina Beth Solomon

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile's state mining firm ENAMI aims to start construction on its first lithium project in the country as soon as 2027 or 2028, company chief Ivan Mlynarz told Reuters, part of the government's push to boost its role in production of the battery metal.

ENAMI, which processes copper for local mining companies, has been tasked with spearheading the government's maiden ventures into lithium... (continue reading...)