MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The Australian government on Monday set aside A$300 million ($191 million) to jumpstart hydrogen projects with the help of low-cost financing as the country aims to build the industry by 2030, the country’s energy minister said on Monday. The hydrogen push marks one of the few areas where the conservative government’s ambitions
FILE PHOTO: The sun is seen behind a crude oil pump jack in the Permian Basin in Loving County, Texas, U.S., November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo MELBOURNE (Reuters) – U.S. crude futures fell more than 5% in early trade on Monday, paring last week’s gains, on worries about oil oversupply and tempered hopes for
LONDON (Reuters) – The British government sought on Sunday to deflect questions over a coronavirus death toll that is Europe’s second worst after Italy, with officials saying it would take a long time before the full picture became clear. A Police officer with people in Trafalgar Square, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),
FILE PHOTO: A primary school remains closed in Glynn village, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Glynn, Northern Ireland, April 27, 2019 REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff LONDON (Reuters) – The United Kingdom could allow primary schools in England and Wales to reopen as soon as June 1 under plans being discussed by Prime Minister
FILE PHOTO: Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett seen at the annual Berkshire shareholder shopping day in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S., May 3, 2019. REUTERS/Scott Morgan/File Photo (Reuters) – Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) has sold its entire stakes in the four largest U.S. airlines, Chairman Warren Buffett said Saturday at the company’s annual meeting. The conglomerate held
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The ongoing U.S. travel crisis is causing thousands of job cuts as the aviation sector waits for passengers to return to the skies but braces for years of lower demand because of the coronavirus pandemic. FILE PHOTO: Flight attendants photograph a plane landing at Reagan National Airport during the coronavirus crisis while
FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a daily news conference to update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain April 30, 2020. Andrew Parsons/No 10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – The British government had a contingency plan for Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s death as his
(Reuters) – A strong earthquake struck south of the Greek island of Crete on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said here , but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The magnitude 5.9 quake was at a relatively shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), EMSC said. The Athens Geodynamic Institute
LONDON (Reuters) – The coronavirus outbreak will usher in profound change akin to the societal transformation that followed the two World Wars because of mounting anger about inequality, said the head of Eton, Britain’s most elite fee-paying school. FILE PHOTO: Pupils watch during the visit by Britain’s Prince Charles to open the new Bekynton Field
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – As Democratic presidential hopefuls descended on New Hampshire prior to the state’s Feb. 11 primary, John Tackeff was busy. John Tackeff, representing the Partnership, queries presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard on a financial transaction tax at a campaign event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S., December 31, 2019. Public News Service/Kevin Bowe/Handout via REUTERS
FILE PHOTO: People walk by the JP Morgan & Chase Co. building in New York in an October 24, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Eric Thayer (Reuters) – New York City’s pension fund leader claimed a win on Friday after JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) set a timetable to replace its lead independent director, a former Exxon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two NASA astronauts gearing up to ride SpaceX’s new space taxi will now be on a mission planned to last more than a month, instead of a week, to help the short-handed crew aboard the International Space Station, the U.S. space agency said on Friday. The launch is scheduled for May 27 from Kennedy Space
FILE PHOTO: An Airbus A350 is pictured with a Rolls-Royce logo at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France December 4, 2014. REUTERS/ Regis Duvignau (Reuters) – British aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc (RR.L) is considering cutting up to 15% of its workforce, a source close to the company told Reuters, with its customers cutting production
Undated handout photo released by Kensington Palace of Princess Charlotte, who celebrates her fifth birthday Saturday, taken in April by her mother, the Duchess of Cambridge, on the Sandringham Estate, where the family helped to pack up and deliver food packages for isolated pensioners in the local area. Duchess of Cambridge/Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Friday halted nearly 300 oil and gas leases on a large section of federal land in Montana that had been approved by an agency of the Interior Department and ordered the agency to conduct a thorough environmental analysis of the impact of fracking on drinking water. District Court
FILE PHOTO: Tourists take pictures of a NASA sign at the Kennedy Space Center visitors complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida April 14, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Reuters) – NASA on Thursday selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House’s
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