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JERUSALEM/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon and Israel are closer than ever to signing a deal demarcating their maritime border, opening the door to new oil and gas exploration, after years of U.S.-brokered negotiations. While limited in scope, the agreement …

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy can face this winter with confidence as it will have its gas storage nearly full, the chief executive of energy group Eni said on Thursday. Nonetheless, the supply situation is tight and the country should be alert to uncertaint…

By Johann M Cherian (Reuters) -UK’s stock indexes were muted on Thursday as a slide in financial shares offset strength in beaten-down consumer and travel and leisure stocks, with Shell’s profit warning further weighing on the FTSE 100. The export-orie…

By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Shell said on Thursday its third-quarter profit would be pressured by a near halving of oil refining margins, crumbling chemical margins and weaker natural gas trading. The British energy giant reported two consecutive …

BANGKOK (Reuters) -Thirty-four people were killed in Thailand on Thursday in a mass shooting at a day-care centre by a former policeman who killed his wife and child before shooting himself dead, police said. There were 22 children among the victims of…

PARIS (Reuters) – France has enough energy to get through this winter, even factoring in worst-case scenarios, President Emmanuel Macron said at a briefing with the bpifrance state bank. On Wednesday, the French government said France had tapped its st…

(Changes designation of John Clifford to COO from CEO in para 16) By Divya Rajagopal TORONTO (Reuters) -As British lender HSBC Plc explores a potential sale of its Canadian unit, lawyers and analysts say the country’s concentrated banking market could …

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel’s top cabinet ministers on Thursday will discuss a prospective U.S.-mediated border demarcation deal with Lebanon addressing a disputed Mediterranean gas field, but were unlikely to take a final vote, Israeli…

KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian rocket strike destroyed a five-storey apartment block in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least one woman and leaving other residents trapped under rubble, the regional governor said on Thursday. Firefig…

LONDON (Reuters) – Activity among British construction companies improved unexpectedly last month, although the outlook darkened as growth in new orders dried up, a survey showed on Thursday. The S&P Global/CIPS construction Purchasing Managers’ Index …