MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two civilians were killed in a gunfight with Mexico’s National Guard militarized police force near a violent protest at a dam in northern Mexico that diverts water to the United States.

The National Guard said in a statement on Twitter on Wednesday it had been attacked by armed civilians on Tuesday night and “repelled the aggression.”

One civilian was killed on site and the other was injured in the clash and died later in hospital.

LONDON (Reuters) - New restrictions on social gatherings in England are unlikely to be over in just two or three weeks, the country’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty said on Wednesday.

He was speaking at a news conference with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who announced a new “rule of six” limiting the number of people from separate households who can meet to six.

“That may not last for many months, but it’s very unlikely to be just over two or three weeks,” Whitty said

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tesla Inc ( TSLA.O ) shares bounced on Wednesday, a day after the electric car maker suffered the biggest one-day percentage drop in the company’s history.

Shares jumped 6.88% a day after falling more than 21% as the company was passed over for inclusion in the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States can generate affordable electricity without producing carbon dioxide emissions by 2035 by deploying hydrogen or carbon capture technology, according to a report released on Wednesday by a climate policy think tank.

The climate plan of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden calls on the power sector to erase its greenhouse gas emissions by that time, a goal major utilities believe would require big breakthroughs in technology here President Donald Trump has said the plan would destabilize the power grid, raise household bills, and kill jobs

Longtime Florida State women’s basketball coach Sue Semrau is stepping away from the court for the 2020-21 season to help her mother in her battle with ovarian cancer.

Semrau wrote an open letter to “the Seminole Family” on Tuesday, explaining the difficulty of traveling back and forth from Tallahassee to her hometown of Seattle during the COVID-19 pandemic.

“I’ve prayerfully wrestled with how I can meet my family’s needs and continue to lead our team,” she wrote

The Pittsburgh Pirates said outfielder Anthony Alford is expected to be ready for spring training in 2021 following surgery on his fractured right elbow.

Alford, 26, had the operation at Allegheny General

CHICAGO (Reuters) - American Airlines ( AAL.O ) could seek a larger loan from the U.S. Treasury Department, its chief financial officer said on Wednesday, noting that some peers may not use their portion

LONDON (Reuters) - The United Kingdom reported 2,659 confirmed new cases of COVID-19, according to government data published on Wednesday, compared with 2,460 a day earlier.

Eight new deaths were recorded compared with 32 deaths

(Reuters) - Rene has strengthened again into a tropical storm near the Cape Verde Islands in the eastern Atlantic, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Tuesday.

Rene is located about 510 miles (815 km) west north-west of the Cape Verde Islands, packing maximum sustained winds of 40 miles per hour (65 km/h).