BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will need to use the full transition period to implement a ban on Russian coal under European Union sanctions, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday. The EU’s ambassadors agreed a fifth sanctions package on Russia, includin…
Pink Floyd joins forces with wounded Ukrainian singer in new song
LONDON (Reuters) – British rock band Pink Floyd will release a new song on Friday to raise money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine, featuring the vocals of a Ukrainian singer who quit an international tour to fight for his country and was wounded. The…
University of Kansas professor convicted of concealing China ties
By Nate Raymond (Reuters) – A chemical engineering professor at the University of Kansas was convicted on Thursday on charges that he concealed work he was doing in China while conducting research that was funded by the U.S. government. A federal jury …
Ukrainians arriving at Mexico-U.S. border doubles in less than a week, officials say
By Jorge Nieto and Lizbeth Diaz TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) – The number of Ukrainians arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum in the United States since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor has more than doubled in less than a week, officials sai…
Azov fighter video overshadows Zelenskiy’s address to Greek lawmakers
ATHENS (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy’s address to the Greek parliament on Thursday caused an outrage from opposition parties after a man who identified himself as an ethnic Greek member of Ukraine’s ultranationalist Azov battalion…
Amazon faces shareholder vote on treatment of warehouse workers
By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON (Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc., the world’s biggest retailer, will face a shareholder vote calling for an independent audit of its treatment of warehouse workers after the top U.S. securities regulator turned down the…
Benettons reject fund approach for road operator Atlantia
By Francesca Landini and Stephen Jewkes MILAN (Reuters) -The Benetton family, which controls Italy’s Atlantia, has told Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Brookfield it is not interested in the funds’ takeover approach for the Italian road and ai…
Ireland says two diplomats expelled from Russia
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ireland’s ambassador to Russia was summoned to Moscow’s foreign ministry on Thursday and told that two diplomats have been asked to leave the country, Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said. Ireland asked four senior officials at …
HP soars to a record after Buffett’s Berkshire reveals $4.2 billion stake
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – HP Inc’s stock soared to a record high on Thursday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc revealed it had taken an 11.4% stake valued at about $4.2 billion in the maker of personal computers and printers. Berkshir…
Costa Rica shuts airport after cargo plane makes emergency landing, splits in two
By Alvaro Murillo SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport will remain closed until 6 p.m. local time on Thursday after a Boeing 757-200 cargo aircraft operated by DHL made an emergency landing before skidding off the run…