By Emma Farge and Cecile Mantovani BERN (Reuters) -Climate scientists took turns to deliver speeches on the perils of global warming to the Swiss parliament on Monday in an event triggered by the hunger strike of a frustrated Swiss father on its doorst…
Italy state sector budget surplus at 6 billion euros in April
(Reuters) – Italy posted a state sector budget surplus of 6 billion euros ($6.32 billion) in April compared to a shortfall of 12.625 billion euros in the same month last year, the Treasury said in a statement on Monday. The difference came mainly from …
Germany, India pledge climate cooperation but far apart on Ukraine
BERLIN (Reuters) -German Chancellor Olaf Scholz pledged 10 billion euros ($10.51 billion) to help India achieve its climate goals after meeting its Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Berlin on Monday, but the leaders remained far apart in their stance on …
Germany drops opposition to Russian oil ban, ministers say
By Joseph Nasr and Christian Kraemer BERLIN (Reuters) – Two senior ministers in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government on Monday said Germany would be ready to back an immediate European Union ban on Russian oil imports, and that Europe’s biggest economy …
EU prepares Russian oil sanctions, warns against rouble gas payments
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union was preparing sanctions on Russian oil on Monday, with possible exemptions for wary countries, and warned that complying in full with Moscow’s proposed scheme to receive gas payments in roubles woul…
Athletics-Farah may end track career
(Reuters) – Multiple Olympic and world champion Mo Farah said his elite track career could be over after he finished runner-up in the London 10,000 on Monday on his return to action. Farah, who completed the 5,000 and 10,000 metres double at the 2012 a…
Deliveroo backs off plan to cut pay of UAE delivery riders after strike
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -Delivery service Deliveroo on Monday put on hold plans to cut pay and extend working hours for its drivers in the United Arab Emirates after a rare strike over the weekend. The Amazon-backed company said in an ema…
Dollar approaches 20-year highs, Fed meeting in focus
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar held just below a 20-year high against a basket of currencies on Monday before an expected Federal Reserve rate hike this week, with traders focused on the potential for the U.S. central bank to adopt a…
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
(Reuters) – Russia unleashed rockets on Tuesday on an encircled steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine’s last redoubt in the port city, after a ceasefire broke down with some civilians still trapped beneath the sprawling site despite a U.N.-brokered evacuati…
Finnish group ditches Russian-built nuclear plant plan
By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) -Finnish-led consortium Fennovoima said on Monday it had scrapped a contract for Russia’s state-owned Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant in Finland, citing delays and increased risks due to the war in Ukraine. Th…