By Carolyn Cohn and Rhea Binoy LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc is launching a home insurance portal in Britain and has signed up three big-name insurers as it pushes further into financial services across the globe. Ageas UK, Co-op, and LV= General In…
Strike ends at one of TotalEnergies’s French refineries
PARIS (Reuters) – Workers voted to end a strike at TotalEnergies’ Donges refinery on Wednesday, bolstering the government’s hopes the supply situation at petrol stations around the country will rapidly improve. A CGT union representative told Reuters i…
Factbox-Windfall taxes, spending cuts on table as Hunt tries to fix UK budget
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s latest finance minister Jeremy Hunt needs to raise an estimated 40 billion pounds ($45 billion) to repair public finances. He is due to provide more details of possible spending cuts and tax changes, beyond those announced …
Russian missile strike hits thermal power station in west Ukraine – governor
KYIV (Reuters) – A Russian missile strike hit a thermal power station in the city of Burshtyn in western Ukraine on Wednesday, the region’s governor said, the latest in a wave of attacks by Moscow on critical infrastructure. “Our region experienced mis…
Putin demands all-Russia war effort as he declares martial law in occupied Ukraine
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed last month as its own territory but is struggling to defend from Ukrai…
Bank of England’s Cunliffe has “concerns” over veto for financial rules
LONDON (Reuters) – Planned government powers to veto rules written by independent financial watchdogs would “give me serious concerns”, Bank of England Deputy Governor Jon Cunliffe said on Wednesday. Such powers, which the finance ministry is due to pr…
Israel offers help with air-attack alerts, but Ukraine wants interceptors
By Emily Rose JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel offered on Wednesday to help Ukrainians develop air attack alerts for civilians, signalling a softening of a policy of non-military intervention in the war after Kyiv appealed for ways to counteract Iranian-ma…
Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay
(Reuters) – European countries are facing strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details of some industrial actions and demonstrations. BRITAIN * Britain’s Royal Mail on Nov. 1 said members of its largest …
Investor Elliott takes stake in Germany’s Fresenius – source
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Elliott Investment Management has taken a stake in Fresenius SE, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday, sparking speculation the activist investor might push for a break up of the diversified healthcare compan…
UK Conservative lawmaker Wragg says has submitted no confidence letter in PM Truss
LONDON (Reuters) – British Conservative lawmaker William Wragg said on Wednesday he had submitted a letter of no confidence in Prime Minister Liz Truss after being “ashamed” of her mini-budget. The government has told lawmakers that a vote on her frack…