AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – German energy company RWE on Thursday said it had won the right to build an offshore wind farm with a capacity of 700 megawatt (MW) in the Dutch part of the North Sea. The wind farm will be built by a Dutch subsidiary of RWE that …
Ukraine has liberated 41 settlements in south of country -Zelenskiy
(Reuters) – Ukrainian forces have liberated 41 settlements as they advance through the south of the country, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday, adding that an unspecified number of pro-Kyiv troops had been killed. “Today we have good news …
Twitter security execs depart, FTC watching ‘with deep concern’
By Katie Paul and Paresh Dave (Reuters) -Twitter’s top privacy and compliance officers are leaving the company, according to an internal message seen by Reuters and a tweet, potentially putting the social media company at risk of violating regulatory o…
Exclusive-Russian withdrawal from Kherson to take at least a week – Kyiv
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s defence minister said on Thursday it would take Russia at least a week to withdraw its troops from the southern city of Kherson and that winter would slow down operations on the battlefield, giving both sides a chance to recu…
Booking’s Etraveli deal faces full-scale EU antitrust probe, sources say
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Online travel agency Booking Holdings Inc’s 1.63-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) bid for Sweden-based Etraveli Group faces a full-scale EU antitrust investigation, people familiar with the matter said. Booking announced…
British-Egyptian hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah in “good health”- public prosecution statement
CAIRO (Reuters) – A medical report showed that the British-Egyptian jailed activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah is in “good health”, Egypt’s public prosecution said in a statement on Thursday. Abd el-Fattah, who has been on hunger strike since April 2, had said…
UK PM Sunak says he is ‘pleased’ with progress on resolving N.Ireland protocol
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said on Thursday he was pleased with the progress the government was making on resolving problems created by the Northern Ireland protocol, the post-Brexit trading rules governing the region. “We al…
Allianz deal to sell Russia operations faces delay due to regulator
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The insurer Allianz said on Thursday that a deal to sell a majority stake in its Russian operations was delayed as it awaits regulatory approval. Allianz said that the financial hit of around 400 million euros ($401.36 million) to…
Bank of England to start selling emergency gilt purchases from Nov. 29
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England said on Thursday that from Nov. 29 it would start to sell back to the market some of the 19 billion pounds ($22 billion) of long-dated and index-linked gilts which it bought last month to quell market turmoil. The…
EU envoy says ‘hopeful’ about getting changes to U.S. EV tax rules
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – European Union Ambassador Stavros Lambrinidis on Thursday said he was very hopeful that negotiations with the United States could result in elimination of discriminatory provisions in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. Lambrinidis…