Brussels’ flower carpet blooms despite heatwave
The creators of Brussels’ vast flower carpet, unfurled every two years in front of city hall, are opting for more heat-resistant blooms and the use of pot plants for the ...
Russia could buy yuan, rupees, Turkish lira for rainy day fund, central bank says
Russia is considering buying the currencies of “friendly” countries such as China, India and Turkey to hold in its National Wealth Fund (NWF), having lost the ability to buy dollars ...
UK’s Truss says energy firm profit is not evil as bill forecasts soar
British leadership candidate Liz Truss, the front-runner to become prime minister, said that while energy giants should be held to account their profits should not be seen as either dirty ...
English regions brace for drought as water restrictions tighten
British households faced new water usage restrictions on Friday, with parts of England likely to formally declare a drought as the government, environment officials and water companies meet to discuss ...
Egypt to ration electricity to boost gas exports
Egypt’s cabinet has approved a plan to ration electricity to save natural gas that it will instead divert to the export market to generate foreign currency, it said on ...
J&J to end global sales of talc-based baby powder
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N) will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, the drugmaker said on Thursday, more than two years after it ended US sales of a product ...
Turkish cenbank’s net FX reserves jump to $11.81 bln
The Turkish central bank’s net international reserves rose around $2.7 billion to $11.81 billion in the week to Aug. 5, rising to their highest level since late May, data from the central ...
Dry weather grounds vessels in Germany as Rhine’s water levels drop further
Water levels on the river Rhine in Germany have fallen again in dry weather on Friday, with some vessels no longer able to sail, shipping operators and brokers said.
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Bank agrees to process Russian oil transit payment to central Europe
A European bank has agreed to process a payment for the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine, Slovak refiner Slovnaft and another source familiar with the matter said, removing the ...
First export of wheat under U.N. deal as two more ships leave Ukraine
Two more ships left Ukraine’s Black Sea ports on Friday, including one laden with the first Ukrainian wheat to be exported under a U.N.-brokered deal, Turkey’s ...
FBI sought nuclear documents in search of Trump’s home
U.S. federal agents were looking for documents relating to nuclear weapons when they raided former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida this week, the Washington Post reported on ...
EU says US plan for EV tax breaks discriminatory, may breach WTO rules
The European Union said on Thursday it was “deeply concerned” about proposed tax credits for purchases of electric vehicles in the United States because they would be biased against foreign ...
Australian crypto ownership warrants consumer protection, says regulator
Nearly half of Australian retail investors owned cryptocurrency in late 2021 and more got their information from YouTube videos than from financial advisers, the securities watchdog said on Thursday, calling the ...
Armed man tried to breach FBI’s Cincinnati building, authorities say
Police were locked in a standoff on Thursday with an armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, earlier in the day before fleeing and exchanging ...
Ukraine preparing for ‘tragedy’ at Russian-held nuclear plant – minister
Ukraine’s interior minister said on Thursday that Ukraine had to be ready for any scenario at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant that has been hit shelling, including evacuating ...
Twitter to clamp down on ‘misinformation’ ahead of U.S. midterms
Twitter Inc TWTR.N will revive features on the social media site to promote accurate information about the November U.S. midterm election and clamp down on false and misleading ...
Wall Street rally lifts Nasdaq 20 per cent from low as inflation fears ebb
Wall Street surged on Wednesday, putting the Nasdaq more than 20 per cent above its June low, after US inflation slowed more than expected in July and raised hopes the Federal ...
McDonald’s to start reopening restaurants in Ukraine
McDonald’s said on Thursday it plans on reopening its restaurants in Ukraine over the next few months in an early sign of western businesses returning to the country, even ...
Russian-backed separatist head says Azov trial to begin this summer
The head of the Russian-backed separatist administration in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region said on Wednesday that a trial of captured personnel from Ukraine’s Azov Regiment would take place ...
‘No-one can stop them’: African migrants aim for Spain’s Canary Islands
Standing in a cemetery of abandoned boats, Mohamed Fane picks a West African franc off the floor and shudders at the traumatic memory of his voyage from Senegal to the ...
Islamic State ‘Beatle’ appears in London court charged with terrorism offences
A 38-year-old man who is accused of being a member of an Islamic State cell dubbed The Beatles and who was deported from Turkey this week appeared in a London ...
France battles ‘monster’ wildfire as heatwaves scorch Europe
Firefighters flew to France from across Europe to battle a “monster” wildfire raging for a third day near the wine-growing heartland of Bordeaux on Thursday, with no let-up in blistering ...
Satellite pictures show devastation at Russian air base in Crimea
Satellite pictures released on Thursday showed devastation at a Russian air base in Crimea, hit in an attack that suggested Kyiv may have obtained new long-range strike capability with potential ...
Russia says Swiss ‘no longer neutral’, can’t act as go-between with Ukraine
Russia said on Thursday it had turned down a Swiss offer to represent Ukrainian interests in Russia and Moscow’s interests in Ukraine because it no longer considers Switzerland a ...