EU’s bid to save bees stings sugar beet farmers
By Maytaal Angel and Gus Trompiz
Europe’s sugar beet growers are turning away from the crop in a move that could drive soaring prices even higher, as the EU’...
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Turkey set to bring forward some 2024 bond sales if market favourable
Ankara could tap international bond markets more than once before year-end, while a flurry of debt sales from Turkish firms will lift overall emerging markets high-yield issuance, said Stefan Weiler, ...
Good for Chelsea owners to enter dressing room after games, says Pochettino
Co-owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd Boehly are welcome in Chelsea’s dressing room after matches, manager Mauricio Pochettino said on Tuesday ahead of their League Cup clash with Brighton & ...
Eni wins 2 blocks outright in Egypt oil and gas exploration round
Italy’s Eni ENI.SPA was the big winner in an Egyptian auction for oil and gas exploration rights on Tuesday, securing concessions for two of the four blocks outright, ...
Spain’s Feijoo kicks off long-shot bid to form government
Spain’s rightwing opposition leader Alberto Nunez Feijoo on Tuesday launched a likely fruitless bid to form a government following a July election in which no party won a majority.
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French shoppers buy fewer tampons, less detergent as prices surge
French consumers are buying fewer personal hygiene and household products, sacrificing tampons and laundry detergent as prices of products made by big brands like P&G (PG.N) and ...
Switzerland’s beloved St. Bernard dogs lap up new social role
St. Bernard dogs, one of Switzerland’s national symbols that were internationally renowned for helping in alpine rescues, are now saving people in other ways.
The Barry Foundation – a non-profit ...
Italy in markets’ crosshairs as Meloni readies difficult budget
Italy is under growing market scrutiny as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni prepares a difficult 2024 budget, with investors dismayed by government moves affecting sectors from banks to airlines.
The Treasury will ...
US calls on Azerbaijan to safeguard Armenians as thousands flee Karabakh
Hungry and exhausted Armenian families jammed roads to flee homes in the defeated breakaway enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, while the United States called on Azerbaijan to protect civilians and let in ...
Dollar at 10-month high as US yields spike
The dollar stood by 10-month highs against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, supported by US bond yields scaling 16-year peaks, while the yen tiptoed deeper into the intervention ...
Tiger Woods not in Rome but ‘in our corner’
Zach Johnson announced late last month that Woods would not travel with the team to Italy and now that tournament week is here, “it’s probably best that we navigate ...
Spain’s women players ready to stick to football after ending boycott, says Bonmati
Spain’s women players want to “just stick to football” after they ended their boycott of the national team that started after former Spanish Federation (RFEF) boss Luis Rubiales kissed ...
David McCallum, ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ actor, dies at 90
David McCallum, who became one of TV’s biggest stars of the 1960s playing Russian spy Illya Kuryakin on “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” and then won ...
Ukraine says Russia Black Sea Fleet commander killed; no comment by Moscow
Ukraine’s special forces said they had killed Moscow’s top admiral in Crimea along with 33 other officers in last week’s missile attack on the headquarters of Russia’s ...
Amazon steps up AI race with up to $4 billion deal to invest in Anthropic
Amazon.com (AMZN.O) on Monday said it will invest up to $4 billion in cash in the high-profile startup Anthropic, in its effort to compete with growing cloud rivals on ...
ADNOC, Abu Dhabi’s TAQA secure financing for $2.2 bln water project
State oil giant Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) (TAQA.AD) said on Monday they secured the financing for a $2.2 billion project to ...
Bahrain says two soldiers killed in Houthi drone attack
Two members of Bahrain’s army were killed and others were injured in a Houthi drone attack on Monday during a deployment in Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen, ...
Air alert lifted in Sevastopol, missile attack thwarted – governor
Russian forces repelled an attack on the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Monday, downing one missile, the Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said on Telegram.
Razvozhayev, citing preliminary data, ...
Russia ‘closely monitoring’ tense situation in Kosovo, blames local authorities
The Kremlin said on Monday it was closely monitoring what it called a “potentially dangerous” situation in Kosovo, where ethnic Serb gunmen stormed a village at the weekend, battling police ...
Burkina Faso junta suspends French magazine over ‘untruthful’ articles
Burkina Faso’s military junta on Monday suspended the French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing “untruthful” articles that reported tension and discontent within the country’s armed forces, it ...
Antarctic winter sea ice hits record low, sparking climate worries
Sea ice that packs the ocean around Antarctica hit record low levels this winter, the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) said on Monday, adding to scientists’ ...
‘Better Call Saul’ creators beat Liberty Tax’s defamation, trademark lawsuit
The creators of the hit crime drama “Better Call Saul” on Monday won the dismissal of a defamation and trademark infringement lawsuit by Liberty Tax Service for depicting a shady ...
Mali junta expects delay to February elections
Mali’s military junta on Monday said it would postpone February elections for technical reasons, further pushing back a timeline for a return to democratic rule after two coups.
Mali ...
Israel says US to announce it has joined Visa Waiver Program
Israel’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday it expects the United States to announce this week that it will be admitted to the Visa Waiver Program, which would allow Israeli ...