Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Extinction Rebellion targets LafargeHolcim cement plant in Paris
PARIS (Reuters) - Dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters on Wednesday invaded a cement-making plant in Paris operated by construction giant LafargeHolcim to denounce what they called the firm's env...
Jun 30, 2021
Biden climate adviser says clean electricity standard needed in infrastructure bill
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gina McCarthy, the White House climate adviser, said on Wednesday a clean electricity standard and tax credits for renewable energy are "bottom lines" that are needed in a secon...
Jun 30, 2021
Portugal sees biggest daily jump in COVID-19 infections since mid-February
LISBON (Reuters) - Coronavirus cases in Portugal jumped by 2,362 in the past 24 hours, the biggest increase since mid-February, official data showed on Wednesday, as authorities continued to scramble ...
Jun 30, 2021
Italy's leaderless 5-Star Movement could spell trouble for Draghi
By Gavin Jones ROME (Reuters) - Italy's co-ruling 5-Star Movement found itself without a leader on Wednesday after a row between its founder, comedian Beppe Grillo, and former Prime Minister Giuseppe ...
Jun 30, 2021
Danish man acquitted of 1987 attack on German students on a Finnish ferry
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish court acquitted a 52-year-old Danish man on Wednesday of the murder and attempted murder of two German backpackers on a Finnish passenger ferry in 1987, after ruling a p...
Jun 30, 2021
Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus to stop selling fur products by early 2023
(Reuters) - Luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus Group will close its fur salons and become fur-free by early 2023, it said on Wednesday, joining a growing list of environmentally conscious ret...
Jun 30, 2021
Graphic: Boom, bust and bewildered - Bitcoin's year so far
By Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) - If you're a bitcoin investor, your nerves may have taken quite a pounding in 2021. The cryptocurrency's journey towards the investment and commercial mainstream has ga...
Jun 30, 2021
As outbreak worsens, Indonesian airline offers vaccines to tourists
By Yuddy Cahya Budiman JAKARTA (Reuters) - The Indonesian airline Garuda started administering free coronavirus vaccinations to holidaymakers and travellers on Wednesday, part of efforts to reduce the...
Jun 30, 2021
Brazil govt debt falls to 84.5% of GDP in May, lowest in almost a year
By Jamie McGeever BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's public finances improved across the board in May, official figures showed on Wednesday, as the budget deficit shrank to a year low and government debt f...
Jun 30, 2021
Africa's top emitter seeks $10 billion for shift from coal
By Alexander Winning JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African state power utility Eskom, Africa's biggest greenhouse gas emitter, is pitching a $10 billion plan to global lenders that would see it shut ...
Jun 30, 2021
