LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s wind farms contributed a record 26.8% of the country’s electricity in 2022 although gas-fired power plants remained the biggest source of power, National Grid data showed on Friday. Britain has a target to reach net zero emissions by 2050 which will require a huge scale-up of renewable power generation such as …
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By Sarah Young and Tim Hepher LONDON (Reuters) -The first orbital satellite to set off for space from western Europe will be launched from Cornwall in southwest England on Monday. Virgin Orbit, part-owned by billionaire Richard Branson, who founded the Virgin Atlantic airline, plans to use a modified Boeing 747 with a rocket attached under …
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ALMATY (Reuters) -Workers removed the branding from McDonald’s outlets in Kazakhstan’s biggest city, Almaty on Friday after the fast food giant’s local business appeared to fall victim to collateral damage from the Russia-Ukraine war. The brand’s exit from the Central Asian nation of 20 million divided opinion on social media and among onlookers near one …
MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish-language version of “Spare”, the much-awaited memoir of Britain’s Prince Harry, went on sale in book stores in Spain on Thursday, days ahead of its official launch date. The book reveals details about Harry’s relationship with his father, King Charles, his elder brother, Prince William, and other members of the British …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s rail industry body the Rail Delivery Group said on Friday it had offered the ASLEF train drivers’ union an improved pay offer in exchange for reforms to how the railways are run, in a bid to end an ongoing industrial dispute. Drivers at 15 train companies went on strike on Thursday …
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By Michael Holden and Charlie Devereux LONDON/MADRID (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Harry says his older brother and heir to the throne Prince William knocked him to the floor during a 2019 argument over Harry’s American wife, Meghan, in his much-awaited memoir, which went on sale days early in Spain on Thursday. In his book “Spare”, Harry …
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By Shashwat Chauhan and Johann M Cherian (Reuters) – Britain’s FTSE 100 index hit a more than three-year high on Friday, boosted by miners and energy stocks, while slower-than-expected U.S. jobs growth fuelled hopes that the world’s largest economy may be less aggressive in raising interest rates. The export-oriented FTSE 100 closed up 0.9%, while …
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LONDON (Reuters) – British ambulance workers will go strike on Jan. 23 in an ongoing dispute over pay, Unite union said on Friday. The union said over 2,600 ambulance workers in the West Midlands, North West, North East, East Midlands and Wales will take strike action in late January. The strike would coincide with a …
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By Gus Trompiz PARIS (Reuters) – Senalia, operator of France’s largest grain export terminal, aims to load 4.6 million tonnes of cereals in the 2022/23 season to June 30, up nearly 14% from 2021/22, supported by Chinese demand and war disruption to Black Sea trade, it said on Friday. France is the European Union’s biggest …
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By James Pearson and Christopher Bing LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Russian hacking team known as Cold River targeted three nuclear research laboratories in the United States this past summer, according to internet records reviewed by Reuters and five cyber security experts. Between August and September, as President Vladimir Putin indicated Russia would be willing to …
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