Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Umunna says JPMorgan to keep funding fossil fuel companies
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) - JPMorgan plans to keep lending to the fossil fuel industry to help it transition to a low-carbon economy, despite campaigner calls for banks to phase out financing t...
Oct 21, 2021
EU should consider sinking fund to manage COVID-19 countries debt -ECB'S Visco
ROME (Reuters) - The European Union should consider creating a sinking fund to manage public debt accumulated by member states during the COVID-19 pandemic in the last two years, European Central Bank...
Oct 21, 2021
Factbox - COP26 in Glasgow: Who is going and who is not?
(Reuters) - Several prominent figures are in doubt to attend the Oct. 31-Nov. 12 U.N. COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in person. Here is the latest on the status of delegates: OUT OR STILL TO CONFIRM ...
Oct 21, 2021
Tesla's German plant hits snag as public consultation repeated
BERLIN (Reuters) - An online consultation for local citizens to express objections to Tesla's huge factory near Berlin will be repeated, the regional environmental ministry said on Thursday, over conc...
Oct 21, 2021
Exclusive-Indian PM Modi will attend Glasgow climate conference - minister
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, the country's environment minister said on Thursday, in a boost for global efforts for steeper...
Oct 21, 2021
China coal futures slump as gov't signals intervention to ease power crisis
By Shivani Singh and Muyu Xu BEIJING (Reuters) -China's thermal coal futures fell the maximum permitted 11% on Thursday, extending losses since Tuesday when Beijing signalled it might intervene to coo...
Oct 21, 2021
Paris art fair gets back to business after COVID pause
By Michaela Cabrera PARIS (Reuters) - After missing a year, the contemporary art world's annual get-together in Paris is roaring back to life with a feast of viewings, deal-making and social mingling ...
Oct 21, 2021
Card spending in UK falls below pre-COVID average - ONS
LONDON (Reuters) - Spending on credit and debit cards in Britain fell last week to 97% of its pre-pandemic average in February 2020, official data showed on Thursday. The sharpest falls over the past ...
Oct 21, 2021
Southern African envoys due to travel to Eswatini after anti-monarchy protests
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Envoys from Southern African countries are expected to travel to Eswatini this week, South Africa said on Thursday, after protests against the kingdom's absolute monarch flare...
Oct 21, 2021
Boston Celtics' Kanter sparks backlash in China after comments on Tibet, Xi
By Josh Horwitz SHANGHAI (Reuters) -Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter was pilloried on Chinese social media and his name appeared to be blocked on the popular Weibo messaging platform after he critici...
Oct 21, 2021
