By Marwa Rashad and Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will have sufficient gas supply to meet demand from April to September and is expected to sustain flows to Europe, the UK’s National Gas Transmission company said on Tuesday. Total UK gas demand was forecast at 33.25 billion cubic metres (bcm) this summer versus 42.08 …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Environmental groups including Extinction Rebellion, which has previously staged highly disruptive protests across Britain, have vowed new and “creative” campaigns of disobedience unless the government meets their demands over fossil fuels. Extinction Rebellion (XR) said the groups had issued the British government with a demand to end all licences, funding and approval …
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By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -British wages rose faster than anticipated last month, in a move that economists judge may tip the Bank of England towards a further rise in interest rates next month, despite an unexpected increase in joblessness too. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the unemployment rate edged up to 3.8% …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has sanctioned an individual suspected of financing Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement, as part of an effort to “disrupt an international terrorist-financing operation”, the British government said on Tuesday. The government said it had used domestic counter-terrorism powers for the first time to freeze all assets and economic resources belonging to Nazem …
By Amanda Ferguson BELFAST (Reuters) – Twenty-nine women from political and civic society were honoured on Monday at an event to mark 25 years of Northern Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement that former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said would not have been possible without them. Clinton, the chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast who in …
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By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Demand for sending satellites into space remains strong, but U.S. rocket startups are taking drastic measures to survive a tight funding environment where fears have been exacerbated by the bankruptcy of Virgin Orbit. The industry faces an interesting dichotomy. Demand has surged from launching a few satellites on small …
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By Helen Coster WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) -The trial in the $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems against Fox Corp and Fox News will proceed with jury selection resuming on Tuesday rather than on Monday as previously scheduled, a judge said on Monday. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis did not provide a reason …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Premium electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar, founded by Volvo and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, said on Tuesday it expects production of its Polestar 4 to begin later this year in Hangzhou Bay. Speaking at the Shanghai auto show, Chief Executive Officer Thomas Ingenlath also said pre-orders for the Polestar 4 would be …
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(Reuters) – Shares of Manchester United PLC fell 13% on Monday after a report said the Glazer family was confident of securing an investment that would allow them to retain ownership of the British soccer club. The family also expects the investment to help them double the value of the club over the next 10 …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Glencore executives have met or spoken with some 120 Teck Resources shareholders during a short visit to Toronto to try to win support for the company’s takeover bid rather than an internal overhaul, a source familiar with the situation said. Glencore made its $22.5 billion all-share offer as Teck’s own plan to spin …
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