Heineken to expand Mexico operations with $90 mln plant
Heineken (HEIN.AS) will build a 1.8 billion peso, or $90 million, can manufacturing plant in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua near its brewery in the town of Mequoi, the company ...
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Nissan shareholders reject proposal to deem Renault as parent for disclosure purposes
Japan’s Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) on Tuesday rejected a shareholder proposal at its annual general meeting (AGM) that would have led to the disclosure of a decades-old agreement ...
Kazakh tycoon gives up stake in major oil trader
Kazakh billionaire businessman Timur Kulibayev has handed to the state energy company his stake of 49 per cent in Petrosun, a large oil and oil products trader controlled by China’s ...
Amazon places purchase limit on emergency contraceptive pills
Amazon.com Inc has placed a temporary purchase limit of three units per week on emergency contraceptive pills, the company said on Tuesday.
The move comes days after the U....
Fourth person dies following Amtrak train derailment in Missouri
A fourth person has died after an Amtrak train carrying about 275 passengers and a dozen crew hit a dump truck at a railroad crossing on Monday and derailed, the Missouri ...
Finland, Sweden back on path to NATO membership as Turkey drops veto (Update)
NATO ally Turkey lifted its veto over Finland and Sweden’s bid to join the Western alliance on Tuesday after the three nations agreed to protect each other’s security, ...
Ghislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking
Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for helping the sex offender and globetrotting financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
The British socialite, 60, was convicted in ...
Germany, Canada in talks over LNG terminal for export to Europe -govt official
Germany is in talks with Canada over options for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on Canada’s east coast for export to Europe, a German government official told Reuters ...
Hamilton calls for action amid storm over racist Piquet comment
Lewis Hamilton called for action to change “archaic mindsets” after a racist remark about him by Brazilian triple champion Nelson Piquet emerged on social media, triggering widespread condemnation.
In a ...
Death toll from migrants found in truck in Texas reaches 50, Mexico says
The death toll from a human trafficking incident on Monday in which migrants suffered under extreme Texas heat inside a truck rose to 50 on Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez ...
Ether holds its breath for the lean, mean ‘merge’
Investors in ether and its troubled twin stETH are nervously anticipating a crypto milestone: The merge.
That’s the name for a major upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain network upon ...
Dozens missing after Russian missile strike on mall kills 18 (Update 2)
Firefighters on Tuesday searched the rubble of a Ukrainian shopping mall where authorities said 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18, as a regional governor ...
Forty-nine dead in prison riot in Colombia, prisons agency says
Forty-nine inmates died during an overnight riot in a prison in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency said early on Tuesday.
“It is ...
Berrettini pulls out of Wimbledon due to positive Covid-19 test
Eighth seed Matteo Berrettini, runner-up at last year’s Wimbledon, pulled out of the Championships on Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19, he said on Instagram.
The 26-year-old Italian, who ...
A ‘default’ when flush with cash: Five signs Russia ain’t sinking yet
Russia may have defaulted for the first time on foreign bonds since the Bolsheviks refused to pay on a vast debt pile after the 1917 Revolution, but its $1.8 trillion economy is ...
Egypt can no longer depend on hot money for budget: finance minister
Egypt’s finance minister said on Monday the government could no longer depend on foreign purchases of treasuries to finance its budget, but must work to boost foreign direct investment (...
Russia says missile hit on weapons depot, not ’empty’ Kremenchuk shopping centre
Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday denied hitting a shopping mall in the Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk with missiles, saying it had struck a weapons depot and a subsequent explosion ...
Iran wants to join China, Russia, India and S.Africa in BRICS club
Iran, which holds the world’s second-largest gas reserves, has applied to join the BRICS group of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa that Beijing and Moscow cast as ...
China extends anti-dumping tariffs on EU, UK steel fasteners imports
China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday it would extend anti-dumping tariffs on certain steel fasteners imported from the European Union and United Kingdom for five years.
The anti-dumping tariffs ...
Tokyo June heatwave worst since 1875 as power supply creaks under strain
Japan baked under scorching temperatures for a fourth successive day on Tuesday, as the capital’s heat broke nearly 150-year-old records for June and authorities warned power supply remained tight ...
UK to reduce Heathrow Airport landing fees after airline protests
London’s Heathrow Airport will be forced to lower the landing fees it charges airlines over the next four years after Britain’s aviation regulator responded to pressure from airlines ...
Boost for luxury London property prices as Russians locked in
The war in Ukraine is making it hard for even unsanctioned Russians to sell exclusive residential property in Britain, adding to a shortage of supply that has helped drive up ...
Sweden’s Kurds fear they may pay price for NATO bid as Turkey fumes
Kurds in Sweden’s large diaspora are worried they will become a pawn in the negotiations over Stockholm’s ambition to join NATO if the West makes concessions to win ...
Northern Ireland trade law clears first parliamentary hurdle
Legislation allowing Britain to scrap some of the rules on post-Brexit trade with Northern Ireland on Monday passed the first of many parliamentary tests, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson pressed ...