FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil giant Total is pictured at a petrol station in Laplume, France January 16, 2020. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo PARIS (Reuters) – Fourteen French local authorities and six campaign groups have asked a French court to order oil major Total (TOTF.PA) to sharply reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, campaign groups
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is urgently exploring options to for its nationals to leave the Chinese city of Wuhan, the centre of a coronavirus outbreak, and is finalising the details of the plan, a spokesman for Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday. “The foreign office is urgently exploring options for British nationals to leave
PARIS (Reuters) – Renault’s (RENA.PA) engineering boss will meet his counterpart at Nissan (7201.T) in Japan this week, two sources close to Renault said, as the carmakers seek to revive projects crucial to an alliance left reeling by the Carlos Ghosn affair. FILE PHOTO: The logos of car manufacturers Renault and Nissan are seen in
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s decision to launch one of the biggest advertising campaigns since World War Two to get Britain ready for a no-deal Brexit was largely ineffective, according to a report by the government’s spending watchdog. FILE PHOTO: A Union flag flies next to the flag of the European Union in
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) committed itself on Tuesday to have net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040, a decade ahead of the British government’s own target which it said “isn’t soon enough”. FILE PHOTO: Signage for Sainsbury’s is seen at a branch of the supermarket in London, Britain, January 8, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
A rescue worker searches at the site of a collapsed building, after an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey, January 27, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas ELAZIG, Turkey (Reuters) – The death toll rose to 39 from the earthquake that struck eastern Turkey on Friday, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday, as rescue teams continued the search for
LONDON (Reuters) – Crude prices extended declines on Monday, dropping below $60 for the first time in nearly three months as the death toll from China’s coronavirus rose and more businesses were forced to shut down, stoking expectations of slowing oil demand. FILE PHOTO: Pump jacks operate at sunset in Midland, Texas, U.S. February 11,
NEW YORK (Reuters) – WeWork has signed a deal to provide space to 250 employees of gym membership app company Compass in New York, the latest example of the U.S. office-sharing start-up’s majority owner, SoftBank Group Corp, using its connections to buoy its business, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday. A sign is
BRASILIA (Reuters) – At least 46 people have died in Brazil and more than 25,000 have been displaced due to widespread flooding following storms and heavy rains that have swept across the south east of the country, authorities said on Sunday. Most of the casualties were in the state of Minas Gerais, including the capital
SEATTLE (Reuters) – Boeing Co (BA.N) successfully completed on Saturday the maiden flight of the world’s largest twin-engined jetliner as the embattled planemaker steps up competition with European rival Airbus (AIR.PA) in a respite from a crisis over its smaller 737 MAX. A Boeing 777X airplane taxis during an attempted first test flight from the
Medical staff are seen at a hotel lobby where tourists from Hubei province, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, will have 14-day centralised medical observation, in Haikou, Hainan province, China January 25, 2020. cnsphoto via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Saturday it was advising against all travel to Hubei province in China due
Britain’s Prince Charles reacts as he meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (not pictured) during a visit in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank January 24, 2020. Hazem Bader/Pool via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, would like to make an official visit to Iran, he said in an
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The EU plans to adopt more protectionist antitrust rules and encourage businesses to share data as part of an industrial policy overhaul aimed at giving European companies a sharper edge in global markets, a strategy document seen by Reuters shows. FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in
ELAZIG, Turkey (Reuters) – The death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey reached 22 on Saturday, as rescuers searched for an estimated 22 more people trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings. A villager stands next to his collapsed house after an earthquake in Sivrice near Elazig, Turkey, January 25, 2020. REUTERS/Sertac Kayar
FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian walks past a bordered up pub ahead of Notting Hill Carnival in London, Britain August 24, 2019. REUTERS/Simon Dawson LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said it would cut business rates for small pubs by £1,000 from April, giving extra help to pubs as part of a wider package aimed at ensuring shops,
FILE PHOTO: A supplied undated combined image obtained January 24, 2020 shows (L-R) Captain Ian H. McBeth, First Officer Paul Clyde Hudson and Flight Engineer Rick A. DeMorgan Jr., who died in an air tanker crash while battling bushfires in southern NSW. AAP Image/Supplied by Coulson Aviation/via REUTERS MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The bodies of three
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