TUNIS (Reuters) -The European Union said on Sunday it may loan Tunisia over 1 billion euros ($1.07 billion) to help develop its battered economy, rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, with most funds contingent on it agreeing economic reforms. The offer was announced by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen during…
By Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) -Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Sunday she was innocent after being arrested and held for more than seven hours as part of a police probe into the fate of funds for her pro-independence Scottish National Party. The police investigation is looking at what happened to more than…
Mining companies have been an integral part of the global economy for centuries. The process of extracting valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth has shaped civilizations and continues to drive economic growth. We will focus on some of the most profitable publicly listed mining companies globally, examining their business models, the commodities…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank must use “informed risk-taking” to encourage private investors to get more engaged in helping developing countries deal with climate change and leapfrog fossil-fuel energy sources, its new president Ajay Banga said on Sunday. Banga told CNN’s ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS’ program that efforts now underway to stretch…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank must use “informed risk-taking” to encourage private investors to get more engaged in helping developing countries deal with climate change and leapfrog fossil-fuel energy sources, its new president Ajay Banga said on Sunday. Banga told CNN’s ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS’ program that efforts now underway to stretch…
By Andrea Shalal and Heather Timmons WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Don’t expect U.S. President Joe Biden to comment about the 37-count indictment against Donald Trump that accuses the former president of risking some of the country’s most sensitive security secrets after leaving the White House in 2021. Administration officials plan to maintain their silence on the…
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday said a deal with the West over Tehran’s nuclear work was possible if the country’s nuclear infrastructure remained intact, amid a stalemate between Tehran and Washington to revive a 2015 nuclear pact. Months of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington to salvage the nuclear accord…
CAIRO (Reuters) – Three British tourists were missing and 12 had been rescued after a motor boat caught fire on Sunday off the Egyptian Red Sea coast, Egyptian officials and security sources said. The survivors were brought to safety in the nearby diving resort of Marsa Shagra, about 21km (13 miles) north of the town…
(Reuters) -Illumina Chief Executive Officer Francis DeSouza stepped down on Sunday, the gene-sequencing machine maker said in a statement, ending a battle with activist investor Carl Icahn in which the company’s chairman left the company earlier this year. Illumina said it named Senior Vice President and General Counsel Charles Dadswell as interim CEO. DeSouza will…
By Remo Casilli and Roberto Mignucci ROME (Reuters) -Pope Francis did not deliver his Sunday blessing in public but his recovery from surgery was progressing normally and he has begun physical therapy to help his breathing, the Vatican said. As previously announced, the 86-year-old pope did not say his Sunday traditional noon Angelus prayer in…
