By Sarah Mills and Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – From diplomatic dressing and priceless jewels, bold block colours and pearls to tweed and a headscarf – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth is known for her unique wardrobe and style. Brightly coloured…
France’s Societe Generale closes Rosbank sale
PARIS (Reuters) – Societe Generale said on Wednesday it had closed the sale of its Russian business Rosbank to the Interros group, a firm linked to Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin, which will result in the bank taking a 3.2 billion-euro ($3.35 billio…
Tom Cruise swoops into Cannes, igniting film festival
CANNES, France (Reuters) – Tom Cruise rolled into the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, greeted with whoops and hollers from a crowd gathered to get a glimpse of the American star, who is attending the event in southern France for the first time in th…
Portugal identifies five monkeypox infections, Spain has 23 suspected cases
LISBON (Reuters) -Portuguese authorities said on Wednesday they had identified five cases of the rare monkeypox infection, and Spain’s health services are testing 23 potential cases after Britain put Europe on alert for the virus. The five Portuguese p…
Vallourec to close sites in Germany, France and Scotland
(Reuters) – Vallourec is starting a process to close its German manufacturing sites as it had failed to find a “credible” buyer for the assets, the French steel pipe maker said on Wednesday. Vallourec also said it would close its heat treatment line in…
UK’s Sunak to warn cost of living crisis won’t be easy to fix
LONDON (Reuters) – British finance minister Rishi Sunak will warn on Wednesday that easing the cost-of-living crisis for families will not be easy and he will also promise to cut business taxes to boost investment, staff training and innovation. Britis…
Four countries pledge tenfold rise in EU offshore wind power capacity
ESBJERG PORT, Denmark (Reuters) -Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark on Wednesday pledged to build at least 150 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity in the North Sea by 2050 to create a “green power plant” for Europe. But the task will be…
How Turkey spoiled NATO’s historic moment with Finland, Sweden
By Jonathan Spicer, Humeyra Pamuk and Robin Emmott ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – When Finland and Sweden signalled they were thinking of making the historic decision joining NATO, the alliance expected a tough response from Moscow, not from …
World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns
By Jake Spring (Reuters) -The world’s oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global clima…
Central banks’ hopes for supply chain miracle may be dashed by China, Ukraine
By Howard Schneider and Balazs Koranyi WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Global central banks hoping that high inflation would ease through improving global supply chains saw little relief through April as new coronavirus lockdowns in China and the war in Ukraine…