By Sarah N. Lynch and Laura Sanicola WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A subsidiary of BP plc will pay a record-setting $40 million penalty to settle civil U.S. charges that its Indiana-based oil refinery violated federal laws aimed at curbing emissions of cancer-causing benzene in wastewater and other harmful pollutants, the U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday….
(Reuters) – Russia confirmed on Wednesday that a deal to allow Ukraine to export its grain safely across the Black Sea, despite Russia’s war in Ukraine, had been extended for two months. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the deal had been extended to help countries in need, but added that Russia’s overall assessment of…
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s economic ministers on Wednesday highlighted the potential for monetary easing to kick off, while the central bank continued to signal caution due to concerns over expectations of rising inflation. “My understanding that there is room for a cut cycle is no offense,” Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said during a hearing at…
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) – Independent film companies facing a market upended by the entry of streaming services are showing some optimism heading into this year’s Cannes Film Festival as the Netflix era has begun flattening out and audiences start trickling back into cinemas post-pandemic. While buyers are being cautious about purchasing volumes amid…
By Tom Käckenhoff and Christoph Steitz DUESSELDORF/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Thyssenkrupp’s labour bosses cranked up the pressure on Berlin to help fund a 2 billion euro ($2.2 billion) green steel production site, warning in a letter to Economy Minister Robert Habeck that a further subsidy cut could choke off the project. Reducing support further would trigger a…
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -China’s Tencent Holdings Ltd marked a return to revenue growth in the first quarter as it recovered from COVID-19-related disruptions and China’s crackdown on video games a year earlier. The world’s largest video game company and operator of the WeChat messaging platform on Wednesday posted an 11% rise in…
By Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK (Reuters) – A measure of debt across the globe rose in the first quarter to almost $305 trillion, and the rising cost to service that debt is triggering concern about the financial system’s leverage, a widely tracked study showed. The Institute of International Finance, a financial services trade group, said…
KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine denied on Wednesday that a Russian hypersonic missile had destroyed a U.S.-made Patriot missile defence system during an air strike on Kyiv. Russia’s defence ministry made the assertion on Tuesday after an overnight air attack on the Ukrainian capital. Two U.S. officials later said a Patriot system had probably suffered damage…
By Asif Shahzad ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that police had surrounded his house and that he expected to be rearrested soon, after the government warned him to hand over supporters who it blamed for attacks on the army. Khan was arrested by the army on May 9 on…
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) -Chinese internet giant Tencent Holdings is cutting prices for cloud services by up to 40% from June amid similar moves from rivals that have plunged the sector into a price war. The fierce competition comes amid soft corporate demand, with the Chinese economy in the midst of a wobbly…
