Fighting traps civilians in Ukraine plant as Putin urges defenders to disarm
By Alessandra Prentice and Natalia Zinets ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) – Scores of Ukrainian civilians including women and ch..
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Greece to set cap on electricity prices to relieve consumers- PM
ATHENS (Reuters) -The Greek government will set a ceiling on wholesale electricity prices to help consumers and businesses cope with t..
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Rising oil prices buy Iran time in nuclear talks, officials say
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Emboldened by an oil price surge since Russia invaded Ukraine, Iran’s clerical rulers are in n..
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Volkswagen boosts electric car investment in Spain to 10 billion euros
By Emma Pinedo SAGUNTO, Spain (Reuters) -German carmaker Volkswagen AG and partners will invest 10 billion euros ($10.6 billion) to ma..
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Stellantis won’t race to split electric vehicles from fossil fuel cars
By Giulio Piovaccari MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis is not considering splitting its electric vehicle (EV) business from its legac..
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EU regulator hopes to approve COVID variant-adapted vaccines by autumn
(Reuters) – The European Union’s drug regulator said on Thursday it hoped to have vaccines adapted to address coronavirus ..
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Beijing nervously returns to work as China doubles down on ‘zero-COVID’ policy
By Eduardo Baptista and Andrew Galbraith BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Beijing residents tentatively returned to work on Thursday after ..
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COVID took 15 million lives globally, not the 5 million reported – WHO
By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) -Almost three times as many people have died as a result of COVID-19 as official data show, according to a..
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Explainer-What would be the impact of Russian oil sanctions in Europe?
LONDON (Reuters) – The European Union has proposed a phased embargo of Russian oil, tightening its sanctions on Moscow for its i..
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Markets mostly quiet ahead of Fed decision, crude jumps
By Herbert Lash and Huw Jones NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. and European equities mostly wavered on Wednesday while Treasury yields ..
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Climate activists take aim at Barclays, StanChart shareholder meetings
By Lawrence White and Iain Withers LONDON/MANCHESTER (Reuters) -Climate activists and other disgruntled investors glued themselves to ..
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Analysis-Consumer boom nearly over as Central Europe heads into “decade of peril”
By Gergely Szakacs, Alan Charlish and Jason Hovet VELENCE, Hungary/WARSAW/PRAGUE (Reuters) – War may be raging on their doorstep..
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Russia unleashes rockets after Mariupol ceasefire, EU eyes oil sanctions
By Joseph Campbell and Tom Balmforth ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (Reuters) -Russia launched an assault on the encircled Azovstal steel works..
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Greece, Bulgaria say new LNG terminal will help cut reliance on Russia
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece and Bulgaria said on Tuesday a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility to be built off the northern G..
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UK poised to ditch plans to empower tech regulator – FT
(Reuters) – Britain is poised to shelve plans to provide statutory powers to a new technology regulator, in a blow to global eff..
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Civilians from Mariupol flee Azovstal bunkers in U.N.-led evacuation
BEZIMENNE, Ukraine (Reuters) -Civilians were evacuated on Sunday from the bunkers of Mariupol’s Azovstal steel works after the U..
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Europe strains for clarity as Russia stands by roubles-for-gas demand
By Kate Abnett and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Companies and countries were at odds over Moscow’s rouble-for-..
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AstraZeneca says its COVID shot still has role despite global glut
By Natalie Grover and Pushkala Aripaka (Reuters) -AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine still has a role to play in the fight against t..
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Soccer-Liverpool boss Klopp signs new contract until 2026
(Reuters) -Liverpool manager Juergen Klopp has signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him at Anfield until 2026, giving t..
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Visitors trickle back, but climbing mecca Nepal seeks more
By Gopal Sharma and Manoj Kumar KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal is putting a 21st-century spin on a tourism sector dominated by acti..
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Europe struggles for clarity on Russia’s roubles-for-gas scheme
By Kate Abnett and Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Thursday warned buyers of Russian gas the..
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Factbox-Who is buying Russian crude oil and who has stopped
(Reuters) – Here is the response by countries regarding purchases of Russian oil following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on..
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Britain delays full post-Brexit import checks until late 2023
By Muvija M and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexit import controls on goods from th..
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US says Russia plans fake independence votes in seized Ukraine territory
By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) -The United States accused Russia on Thursday of planning to stage fake independence votes to justify..
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Bolivian boy turns photographer on iconic salt flats – with help from a dinosaur
By Santiago Limachi and Marcelo Rochabrun SALAR DE UYUNI, Bolivia (Reuters) – On the otherworldly white salt flats of Bolivia..
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Britain delays full post-Brexit import checks until late 2023
By Muvija M and William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) -Britain has delayed imposing its full post-Brexit import controls on goods from th..
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Volkswagen, BP could expand e-car charging alliance to other regions
By Christoph Steitz DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) – Europe’s top carmaker Volkswagen and oil major BP plan to deepen thei..
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UK’s Sunak followed conflict of interest rules -independent advisor
LONDON (Reuters) -British finance minister Rishi Sunak was found on Wednesday to have adhered to rules on conflicts of interest and th..
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EU to suspend tariffs on Ukraine imports for one year, Kyiv grateful
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a one-year suspension of import duties on all Ukrainian goods not co..
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Musk loses bid to end SEC agreement on oversight of Tesla tweets
By Tom Hals (Reuters) -A U.S. judge slammed Elon Musk on Wednesday for trying to escape a settlement with regulators requiring oversig..
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Hungary’s OTP Bank “pressured” by Ukraine to sell Russian unit, CEO says
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s OTP Bank, Central Europe’s largest independent lender, is under pressure from the gov..
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UK report warns of impact of Islamist groups in prisons
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s prisons have failed to recognise the dangers of Islamist “gang-type activity” and..
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What is the EU’s stance on Russia’s roubles gas payment demand?
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday for rejecting its demand that..
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Macron, with eye on parliamentary vote, visits left-leaning Paris suburb
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron paid a surprise visit to a Socialist-held working-class suburb..
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Renault to offload its stake in Lada maker for one rouble, Russia says
(Reuters) -Renault will transfer its 68% stake in Russia’s biggest carmaker Avtovaz to an auto research institute for one symbol..
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Russia halts gas to Poland, Bulgaria, taking aim at European economies
By Marek Strzelecki, Tsvetelia Tsolova and Pavel Polityuk WARSAW/SOFIA/KYIV (Reuters) -Russia halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Pola..
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Brexit has added 6% to Britain’s food bills, researchers say
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Extra trade barriers created by Britain’s exit from the European Union and subsequent..
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