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Trump's psychedelic drug order boosts investor interest with promise of faster reviews
By Kamal Choudhury and Christy Santhosh May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to accelerate psychedelic drug development has raised hopes among companies developing the drug...
May 18, 2026
A new day at the Fed, but policy forecast cloudy for Warsh, Trump, US
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - After eight years of friction with the White House, a global pandemic, and a fight with high inflation, the U.S. Federal Reserve begins a new era wit...
May 18, 2026
Ford set to launch seven European models as it seeks to grow sales and fend off China
By Nick Carey LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Ford will launch seven new models in Europe by 2029, it said on Monday, as it seeks to grow its flagging passenger car sales, fight off fierce competition from...
May 18, 2026
How India's cooking fuel shortage is driving up California's gas prices
By Shariq Khan, Mohi Narayan and Trixie Yap NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - In India, there is a shortage of cooking gas. In California, motorists are paying $6 a gallon for gasoline. They are both sympt...
May 18, 2026
Global centres in India slow hiring as AI reshapes work, ANSR CEO says
By Haripriya Suresh and Shivansh Tiwary BENGALURU, May 18 (Reuters) - Global capability centres in India are taking a measured approach to hiring as companies are wary about the impact of geopolitical...
May 18, 2026
China’s Xpeng begins mass production of robotaxis in Guangzhou
BEIJING, May 18 (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng said on Monday it had begun mass production of its first robotaxi at its Guangzhou headquarters, targeting fully driverless operations ...
May 18, 2026
Equinix faces challenge to Cape Town data centres over environmental concerns
By Sharon Kimathi LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - A plan by U.S.-listed Equinix to build two data centres in Cape Town should not be approved without full disclosure of its water, power and environmental i...
May 18, 2026
As chip industry chases AI, U.S. national labs look to newcomers for supercomputers
By Stephen Nellis ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 18 (Reuters) - In a nondescript building on Kirtland Air Force Base on the high desert of New Mexico, liquid-cooled supercomputers gurgle and hum their w...
May 18, 2026
IKEA franchiser slashes 850 jobs in cost-cutting drive as consumer spending falls
By Helen Reid LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - Inter IKEA, which franchises the Swedish budget home furniture brand in 63 countries, is laying off 850 workers in a cost-cutting drive as consumer demand fall...
May 18, 2026
Trump tells Fortune he should have asked for bigger Intel stake
May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he "should have asked for more" of a stake in Intel on behalf of the U.S. government, in an interview with Fortune magazine published on Monday. The...
May 18, 2026
