By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) – Twitter said on Tuesday it will not recommend Russian government accounts to users as part of a rule change affecting accounts run by states which limit access to the open internet and are engaged in armed interstate …
EU countries seek ‘solidarity’ fix to urgently fill gas storage
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union countries are wrangling over how to rapidly fill their gas storage ahead of next winter and share the burden of quickly buying large stocks at current sky-high prices. Europe is facing a race to build …
Emerging markets suffer $9.8bln outflow in March with big hit to China
(Reuters) – Emerging markets suffered their first portfolio outflows in a year in March, driven by investors ditching Chinese assets and growing anxiety over recent geopolitical events, a report by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) showed on…
NATO says Russia regrouping to try to take Ukraine’s Donbas
(Refiles to correct Donbas typo) By Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Russia is likely to launch a new offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region in the next few weeks, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday, adding that allies had ti…
German January gas imports down 8.2%, bill more than trebled
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany imported 8.2% less natural gas in January than in the same 2021 month amid tight global supply but its bill rose 217% as prices surged, official data from trade statistics office BAFA showed on Tuesday. BAFA releases impor…
Russia waged deliberate campaign to commit atrocities in Bucha – Blinken
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia waged a deliberate campaign to commit atrocities in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, and the United States is supporting the efforts of the Ukrainian authorities in their investigation of these acts, U.S. Secretary of State An…
UK urges G7 to ban Russian ships and set timetable for oil and gas exit
WARSAW (Reuters) – Britain will urge G7 nations on Tuesday to ban Russian ships from their ports, agree a timetable to phase out oil and gas imports from Russia, and further tighten sanctions on banks and key industries. Speaking in Poland ahead of a m…
Sugar maker Tereos appoints Ludwig de Mot as new CEO
PARIS (Reuters) – Tereos said on Tuesday it had appointed Ludwig de Mot as its new chief executive, succeeding Philippe de Raynal who left the French sugar and ethanol maker in February after just a year at the helm of the group. Tereos, the world’s se…
Sono Motors signs up new partner for solar car
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Sono Motors has signed up a new partner for its partly solar-powered cars and is sticking to its goal of commercial production in 2023, after abandoning talks with the electric carmaking arm of indebted Chinese property dev…
Latvia and Estonia close Russian consulates, expel staff
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Latvia and Estonia each ordered the closure of two Russian consulates and told staff to leave their countries, the foreign ministries said on Tuesday, in measures taken in response to the war in Ukraine. “The decision was taken in so…