By Marcela Ayres BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil’s government will partially reintroduce a federal diesel tax this year to pay for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s plan to bring down the cost of vehicles, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday. The plan offers tax credits to manufacturers who lower auto prices. Last year,…
By Maria Ponnezhath and Clark Mindock (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Monday granted a delay of a trial in a lawsuit brought by a Florida city against industrial conglomerate 3M Co over water contamination from toxic “forever chemicals,” after the parties said they were close to a settlement. 3M shares were down about 3%…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Air traffic controllers lost contact shortly after takeoff with the pilot of a light plane that caused a security scare on Sunday when it flew over heavily restricted airspace near Washington, authorities said on Monday. Four people including the pilot of the Cessna Citation 560 were killed in the crash,…
By Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) – After a rocky start to a week of negotiations, around 170 countries agreed to develop a first draft by November of what could become the first global treaty to curb plastic pollution by the end of next year. Country delegations, NGOs and industry representatives gathered in Paris this week for…
By Clark Mindock (Reuters) – Norfolk Southern Corp has asked a U.S. judge to toss a proposed class action lawsuit it is facing over a February train derailment that led to a toxic chemical spill in East Palestine, Ohio, arguing the claims are “threadbare” and barred by federal law. The railroad company told a federal…
By Khalid Abdelaziz and Mohamed Nureldin KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Shelling and heavy clashes hit areas of Sudan’s capital on Monday, residents said, with reports of spreading lawlessness in Khartoum and in the western region of Darfur after more than seven weeks of conflict between rival military factions. Fighting between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support…
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – The body of a man killed when an apartment building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, was recovered from the rubble on Monday, bringing the death toll to three, the city’s police chief said. Crews found the body of Daniel Prien, 60, eight days after the center portion of the apartment…
By Joanna Plucinska, Tim Hepher and Aditi Shah ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Airlines took aim at Europe over green fuel mandates and its failures to stem France’s air traffic control strikes as they weigh on carrier capacities at a global airlines meeting in Istanbul on Monday. European regulators have introduced a new mandate demanding airlines use…
By Jatindra Dash KHARAGPUR, India (Reuters) – The official investigation into India’s deadliest rail crash in over two decades began on Monday after preliminary findings pointed to signal failure as the likely cause for a collision that killed at least 275 people and injured 1,200. The disaster struck on Friday, when a passenger train hit…
(Reuters) -At least 16 people have died and dozens more have fallen ill after drinking adulterated cider in western Russia’s Ulyanovsk region, local officials said on Monday. Local governor Alexei Russkikh said the product – labelled “Mister Cider” – had been sold on tap after being brought into the region in 30 litre kegs. According…
