By Susanna Twidale and Nora Buli (Reuters) -Shares of British power generator Drax jumped by about 5% on Thursday after it said it was in talks with the government over a proposed carbon capture project. Britain laid out plans on Thursday to boost its energy security and independence through investment in efforts to move towards …
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By Kirstin Ridley LONDON (Reuters) – A former Swiss Re underwriter, who last year won a sex and maternity discrimination and unfair dismissal case, is seeking 5.1 million pounds ($6.3 million) in compensation and told a London court she wants to retrain as a Baptist pastor. The lawsuit by Julia Sommer, 41, brought after a …
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PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron sought to rally citizens around a plan to save water on Thursday and stressed that protests will not stop reforms, in a nod to both climate change and an unpopular pension bill. The water-saving plan includes 50 measures, such as fixing leaking pipes, adapting the way farmers and the …
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(Reuters) -A Russian man who was sentenced to two years in prison for discrediting the army and had his daughter taken from him has been detained in Belarus after fleeing house arrest, a lawyer said on Thursday. Lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov said Alexei Moskalyov, 54, had been arrested in the capital Minsk, most likely as a …
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By Victoria Waldersee and Ilona Wissenbach BERLIN (Reuters) -Mercedes-Benz said on Thursday it had signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Spain’s Iberdrola for 140 megawatts (MW) of wind energy from a Baltic Sea wind park, part of automakers’ push to make production costs more predictable. Production chief Joerg Burzer told Reuters that Mercedes was …
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By Andrew Osborn and Felix Light LONDON (Reuters) -A Moscow court ruled that a U.S. journalist for the Wall Street Journal newspaper should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia’s FSB security service said earlier on Thursday …
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) -Criticism by some European governments of a plan to see a full return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to international sport is deplorable and cuts into the autonomy of sport, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Thursday. The IOC on Wednesday issued a set of recommendations for international sports …
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By Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – While the Vatican has looked to play down worries over Pope Francis’ health, his sudden hospitalisation has highlighted the 86-year-old pontiff’s increasing frailty. On Wednesday, the pope had appeared in good form at his regular, weekly audience, joking with bishops, hugging a young girl and letting a group …
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By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -The British government said on Thursday it would not yet bring forward a rise in the state pension age to 68, delaying a decision until after the next election to carry out a further review of the impact. The state pension age, the earliest a person can start receiving publicly …
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By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German inflation eased significantly in March on the back of lower energy prices but still came in above forecast, adding to pressure on the European Central Bank to further tighten its monetary policy. German consumer prices, harmonised to compare with other European Union countries, rose by an annual 7.8% in …
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