Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Six killed in building collapse in northern Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - At least six people died when an old four-storey building collapsed in the coastal city of Alexandria in northern Egypt, local officials said on Thursday. Authorities had...
Dec 03, 2020
Russia orders U.S. rights worker to leave on national security grounds - spokeswoman
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has revoked the residence permit of a U.S. human rights worker on national security grounds and ordered her to leave within two weeks, a spokeswoman for the organisation she ...
Dec 03, 2020
Caixabank shareholders pave way to create Spain's biggest bank with Bankia
MADRID (Reuters) - Caixabank's shareholders on Thursday lifted one of the last hurdles to the merger with state-owned lender Bankia that will create Spain's biggest domestic lender two days after Bank...
Dec 03, 2020
Nearly 100,000 Californians lose power supply due to high fire risk
(Reuters) - A high risk of fires due to weather conditions in California prompted Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Edison International's Southern California Edison to shut off pow...
Dec 03, 2020
Electric hypercar maker Rimac says SPAC funding hype could damage industry
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - A surge in the use of special purpose acquisition companies (SPAC) for raising money for electric vehicle start-ups could harm the long-term prospects of the industry, Mate Rimac...
Dec 03, 2020
Analysis: UAE’s oil expansion gives it new weight within OPEC
By Rania El Gamal DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates' resistance at OPEC meetings to extend deep supply cuts into 2021 is the start of a more assertive policy stance that could make it harder ...
Dec 03, 2020
Spain's Catalonia region won't move to next phase of COVID-19 restrictions
BARCELONA (Reuters) - The Spanish region of Catalonia will keep its current coronavirus restrictions in place and will not progress to more relaxed measures on Monday as originally planned, due to wor...
Dec 03, 2020
North American farmers profit as consumers pressure food business to go green
By Karl Plume and Rod Nickel CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Beer made from rice grown with less water, rye planted in the off-season and the sale of carbon credits to tech firms are just a few...
Dec 03, 2020
Bahrain open to imports from Israeli settlements, Palestinians fume
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Bahrain's imports from Israel will not be subject to distinctions between products made within Israel and those from settlements in occupied territory, the Bahrai...
Dec 03, 2020
Energy efficiency progress falters amid pandemic: IEA
By Noah Browning LONDON (Reuters) - Global progress toward energy efficiency has slowed to its lowest rate in 10 years due to subdued prices amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Energy Agency...
Dec 03, 2020
