BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell will visit China next week, continuing a flurry of trips to Beijing by senior European officials. Borrell will visit China from April 13 to 15, EU foreign affairs spokesman Peter Stano said on Thursday. French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s JERA said on Thursday it had made sufficient disclosures when it issued a $300 million bond in Singapore last year, after a climate activist group alleged the power firm had not properly disclosed systemic risks over its investments in LNG. Australia’s Market Forces lodged a complaint with Singapore Exchange (SGX) in February …
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By Kate Abnett and Katya Golubkova BRUSSELS/TOKYO (Reuters) – Climate ministers of the Group of Seven countries may make the case for new investments in natural gas supply, despite assessments that such investments would thwart globally agreed climate change goals, according to a document seen by Reuters. Climate change and energy ministers from G7 countries …
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BENGALURU (Reuters) -Adani Wilmar Ltd said on Thursday that its overall oil sales volume was dragged down in the fourth quarter by lower demand from the bakery and frying industry. The company said that the overall sales value in the quarter ended March 31 declined in high-single digit, pulled down by edible oil, which registered …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China is ready to work together with France on obtaining a negotiated end to the war in Ukraine, a French diplomatic source said on Thursday after President Emmanuel Macron held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. “The President and Xi agreed to “work hard” in order to accelerate the end of …
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(removes extraneous words from headline) BEIJING/PARIS (Reuters) – Plans for a new Airbus assembly line in China, announced during a visit to Beijing by French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, will bolster the planemaker’s plans for increases in output while leaving spare capacity, its CEO said on Thursday. Guillaume Faury told reporters the expansion underpinned …
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By Nikunj Ohri NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s federal government plans to set up a panel for faster resolution of state-owned companies’ land disputes, two government officials with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. The move, part of a renewed push by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to slim down the public sector, …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s policy on Ukraine can be summed up in one sentence – “promote peace and dialogue”, state media quoted President Xi Jinping as saying on Thursday, adding that the top priority is to encourage a ceasefire and to end the war. In a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and European Commission …
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BEIJING (Reuters) – The trade relationship between the European Union (EU) and China is increasingly imbalanced, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. The EU is becoming more vigilant about protecting its interests and dependencies to ensure a level playing field, von der Leyen told reporters in Beijing. (Reporting by Laurie …
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By Katie Paul (Reuters) – Facebook-owner Meta published an artificial intelligence model on Wednesday that can pick out individual objects from within an image, along with a dataset of image annotations that it said was the largest ever of its kind. The company’s research division said in a blog post that its Segment Anything Model, …
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