By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – On Sunday, in their final telephone conversation, Paola Yamileth told her cousin she feared for her life: “I feel death here and I am afraid they are going to kill me.” Two days after that call, Paola, 26, and her mother, Belinda, 46, were among the at least 46…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The pilot of a light private plane that caused a security scare on June 4 when it flew over restricted airspace near Washington before crashing, killing all aboard, did not respond to air traffic control minutes into the flight, investigators said on Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)…
By Juliette Jabkhiro and Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Rahman Oliur was anxiously waiting at a corner of a Parisian street on Wednesday, shortly after a blast ripped through it, injuring at least 30 and blowing up the front of his bazaar. “The shop exploded. It felt like it was a bomb, an attack,” said…
By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – Payments company Mastercard on Wednesday launched a global project to recycle credit and debit cards as part of a plan to save the billions of cards in circulation across the industry from landfill. Initially partnering with British lender HSBC Holdings Plc in eight branches in Britain, Mastercard said banks…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Tesla urged the Biden administration to finalize significantly stricter heavy-duty emissions limits than proposed in April, arguing larger vehicles were being electrified much faster than envisioned and would lead to bigger pollution cuts. The electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer said in comments made public on Tuesday that the Environmental Protection Agency’s…
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Two companies, Upside Foods and Good Meat, said on Wednesday they have received final U.S. Department of Agriculture approval to sell lab-grown meat, paving the way for the nation’s first-ever sales of the product. With the approvals, the United States will become the second country after Singapore to allow the…
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has returned to the S&P 500 ESG index, the sustainable investing-focused market index, after the electric car maker added environmental disclosures. Tesla was cut from the index last year because of issues including claims of racial discrimination and crashes linked to its autopilot vehicles. The removal prompted Chief…
By Joanna Plucinska PARIS (Reuters) – Big deals at this week’s Paris Airshow have highlighted a sharp recovery in air travel demand. The sector promises to reduce net emissions to zero by 2050. Green groups say more planes in the sky could hamper those efforts. Aviation generates roughly 3% of global emissions. It is also…
(Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will press world leaders to take concrete actions at a summit this week on easing the debt burdens of low-income nations, a senior Treasury Department official said on Wednesday. Yellen will lead the U.S. delegation to the Paris meeting on Thursday and Friday. French President Emmanuel Macron also…
(Reuters) -A submersible vessel taking tourists on a deep ocean journey to view the wreckage of the Titanic has been missing since Sunday. One pilot and four passengers are aboard. Here is a look at the situation as rescuers search an area the size of the state of Connecticut — or about half the size…
