By Thomas Escritt and Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – A German politician set up a state-backed foundation with Russian energy company Gazprom last year to help Moscow avoid U.S. sanctions on a pipeline due to carry Russian gas to Europe. The move adds …
Coinbase removes cryptocurrency links after ‘rug pull’ warnings
By Tom Wilson and Hannah Lang LONDON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Coinbase Global has removed ‘how to buy’ instructions for at least three crypto tokens which have been the subject of ‘rug pull’ warnings that investors may lose their money, saying on Thursda…
Light at end of tunnel for Czech services as government drops COVID pass
By Jiri Skacel PRAGUE (Reuters) – Czech restaurant and hotel operators saw light at the end of the tunnel on Thursday as the government cancelled rules requiring vaccination certificates to enter restaurants and events as Omicron infections started to …
UK tax authority files winding up petitions for GFG Alliance UK units
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s tax authorities have filed winding up petitions for several steel businesses owned by the GFG Alliance controlled by commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta, court records showed. Gupta’s family conglomerate GFG has…
Prince William visits UAE as Britain seeks to deepen ties
By Alexander Cornwell DUBAI (Reuters) -Prince William, second in line to the British throne, on Thursday visited the United Arab Emirates at a time when the former British protectorate has faced an unprecedented though mostly foiled string of missile a…
U.N. advisers urge Sweden to stop mine in home of indigenous Sami
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – United Nations human rights experts on Thursday urged Sweden not to award a license for an iron-ore mine in the Gallok region, home of the indigenous Sami people, saying the open-pit mine would endanger the protected ecosystem and…
Chinese electric car maker Xpeng expands into Sweden and Netherlands
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese electric car maker Xpeng said on Thursday it was expanding further to Europe, taking aim at the Swedish and Dutch markets. Until now the only overseas foray for Xpeng, which makes the P7 and P5 sedans as well as the G3 and …
Belgium museum returns painting to Jewish family after 71 years
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s leading art museum has returned a painting it held for 71 years to the great-grandchildren of a Jewish couple whose property was looted by the Nazis after they fled on the eve of World War Two. The fa…
Pandemic-era darling Delivery Hero’s shares punished as earnings disappoint
By Danilo Masoni and Linda Pasquini (Reuters) -Delivery Hero saw almost a third of its market value wiped out on Thursday after 2022 earnings guidance fell short of market expectations and investors stampeded out of another stock previously considered …
Britain’s Landsec to invest $2 billion in mixed-use spaces bet
By Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) – Land Securities plans to triple the share of mixed-use properties in its portfolio by 2027 with an investment of 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion), the company said on Thursday, adding that it targets building thousan…