PARIS (Reuters) -TotalEnergies said on Wednesday it had recorded a first-quarter impairment of about $4.1 billion partly related to Arctic LNG 2, a liquefied natural gas development project in the Russian Arctic that has been hit by sanctions against R…
York strips its duke, Prince Andrew, of ‘freedom of city’ honour
LONDON (Reuters) – The northern English city of York on Wednesday stripped Britain’s Prince Andrew, who is the Duke of York, of the freedom of the city. Local councillors voted en masse to rescind the honour bestowed on Andrew, Queen Elizabeth’s second…
Analysis-Euro peers over the cliff at dollar parity as recession looms
By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The euro’s drop to a five-year low is rekindling the possibility the currency will reach parity versus the dollar for the first time in two decades, as fears of a euro zone recession encourage investors to pile o…
Dutch celebrate first King’s Day holiday without COVID curbs since 2019
By Toby Sterling and Piroschka van de Wouw MAASTRICHT (Reuters) – The city streets around the Netherlands streamed with festival-goers wearing orange on Wednesday in celebration of the national holiday King’s Day in traditional fashion — with music an…
French police to investigate vandalism behind internet outage
By Mathieu Rosemain PARIS (Reuters) -The Paris prosecutor’s office said it has opened a probe into the causes of a major internet outage which affected France’s telecommunications network on Wednesday following reports of coordinated acts of vandalism….
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 the impact of Islamist groups has been underestimated for too long by authorities, an independent report into the prison service said. The la…
Oil prices dip as dollar soars, U.S. crude stocks edge higher
By David Gaffen NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil prices dipped on Wednesday as a soaring U.S. dollar made barrels more expensive and coronavirus outbreaks in China clouded the economic outlook in the world’s biggest importer of crude oil. Supplies remained tig…
Your phone number on Google? Search giant now takes removal demands
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has begun entertaining people’s requests to remove search results containing their home addresses, phone numbers and email accounts, the latest shift in its stance between personal privac…
Boeing shares plunge on array of charges, 737 MAX target in doubt
By Eric M. Johnson and Abhijith Ganapavaram (Reuters) -Boeing Co unveiled $2.7 billion in charges and added costs across its aircraft portfolio on Wednesday, and expressed doubts over hitting jet delivery targets as technical problems, inflation and su…
Shopping mall group Unibail’s Q1 turnover edges closer to pre-COVID levels
By Olivier Cherfan and Federica Mileo (Reuters) -Shopping mall owner Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield on Wednesday reported first-quarter turnover edging closer to pre-pandemic levels, citing a strong post COVID-19 recovery. The company’s IFRS turnover came i…