Shell boosts dividend, steadies oil output in new CEO plan
Shell (SHEL.L) will ramp up its dividend and share buybacks while keeping oil output steady into 2030, it said on Wednesday, as CEO Wael Sawan moved to regain investor confidence ...
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British supermarket Waitrose cuts prices on 200 products
British supermarket group Waitrose said this week it had reduced the price of more than 200 products as part of a 100 million pound ($126 million) plan announced earlier this year in the ...
Israel reports record $12.5 bln defence exports, 24 per cent of them to Arab partners
Israel exported a record $12.556 billion in defence products last year, with new Arab partners under the U.S.-sponsored 2020 Abraham Accords accounting for almost a quarter of the business, the ...
Czech government approves plan seeking EU recovery fund loan
The Czech centre-right cabinet on Wednesday approved seeking a 137 billion crown ($6.25 billion) loan from the European Union’s post-COVID recovery funds, part of efforts to boost its energy transformation while ...
‘Stop killing us’: Polish women protest against strict anti-abortion law
Abortion rights supporters marched through several cities in Poland on Wednesday after the death of a pregnant woman whose family believe she could have survived if she had been offered ...
Lebanon’s crisis deepens as presidential vote collapses
The powerful Hezbollah group and its allies thwarted a bid by their rivals to elect a top IMF official as Lebanon’s president on Wednesday, sharpening sectarian tensions and further ...
Xi: China willing to help foster Palestinian peacemaking with Israel
China is willing to play a positive role to help the Palestinians achieve internal reconciliation and promote peace talks with Israel, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Palestinian counterpart in ...
Turkey won’t back Swedish NATO bid unless it stops protests
Sweden should not expect a green light from Ankara on its NATO membership bid at the Western alliance’s summit next month unless it prevents anti-Turkey protests in Stockholm, Turkish ...
‘Silvio, Silvio’ – Berlusconi divides Italy even at his funeral
Italy bade farewell to four-times prime minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday at a funeral befitting the business tycoon’s colourful life, with mourners bellowing football chants and politicians arguing over ...
New US military aid pushes Washington deeper in conflict – Russia
The new $325 million U.S. military aid package for Ukraine pushes Washington deeper into the “abyss” of the conflict, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said early ...
With one year to go, Germany’s Chancellor marks Euro 2024 countdown
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday marked the start of the one-year countdown towards Euro 2024 by unveiling a competition he called a “home game for Europe” — an event the hosts ...
Scores drown in deadliest migrant shipwreck off Greece this year
At least 79 migrants drowned early on Wednesday and hundreds more were feared dead or missing after their overloaded boat capsized and sank in open seas off Greece, in one of ...
Nigeria boat capsize death toll rises to more than 100
The death toll from an overloaded boat that capsized in a remote part of Nigeria’s north central region has risen to more than 100, police and officials said on Wednesday, ...
Russian parliament backs army recruitment of criminals for Ukraine conflict
The lower house of Russia’s parliament said on Wednesday it had voted to give its initial backing to legislation that will allow the Defence Ministry to sign contracts with ...
Real Madrid confirm Bellingham signing from Dortmund
Real Madrid officially confirmed the signing of England midfielder Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday in a deal worth 103 million euros plus add-ons, the Spanish giants said.
Bellingham, who ...
Russia takes over another Western asset with Bosch plant deal
Russian state entity NAMI said on Wednesday it had acquired a 100 per cent stake in a factory producing anti-lock brakes and other systems for cars that was formerly owned by ...
Retail and films drive modest growth in UK economy
Retailers and the film industry helped Britain’s economy inch higher in April, despite contractions in manufacturing and construction, according to data on Wednesday that pointed to slow growth rather ...
Analysts bet bumper Turkish rate hikes on the way
Analysts at leading investment banks expect Turkey’s new economic chiefs to start ramping up interest rates next week as part of a major reset of the country’s economic ...
Kyrgios admitted to psychiatric hospital after 2019 Wimbledon loss
Nick Kyrgios will reveal in upcoming episodes of a Netflix documentary that he spent time in a psychiatric hospital after losing at Wimbledon in 2019, The Australian newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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Lebanon’s crisis deepens as presidential vote fails
Lebanon slid deeper into crisis on Wednesday when Hezbollah and its allies thwarted a bid by their rivals to elect a top IMF official as president, sharpening sectarian tensions and ...
Croatia look to cap successful season with first major title
Croatia could cap a superb season with success in this week’s Nations League finals against a trio of opponents looking to restore lost lustre at the end of a ...
‘In principle, I’m done’: Messi unlikely to play at 2026 World Cup
Argentina skipper Lionel Messi has said that “in principle” last year’s World Cup would be his fifth and final appearance at global soccer’s showpiece event.
The 35-year-old forward ...
Russia’s Medvedev: We now have free hand to destroy enemies’ undersea communications cables
A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday there was no reason for Moscow not to destroy its enemies’ undersea communication cables given what he said was ...
UK police seek motive for Nottingham murders
British police were questioning a man on suspicion of murder Wednesday as they sought the motive for a stabbing and van attack in the city of Nottingham which had left ...