By Sarah Mills LONDON, (Reuters) – Personal and previously unseen photographs taken by musician Paul McCartney as ‘Beatlemania’ was soaring in the 1960s have gone on display at The National Portrait Gallery in London. Images of McCartney and his former Beatles bandmates – John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison – as…
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Silvio Berlusconi’s eldest children Marina and Pier Silvio will together control the business empire founded by the former prime minister, according to the terms of his will which was made public on Thursday. Marina and Pier Silvio Berlusconi, who both already have executive roles in parts of the business,…
ISTANBUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden and Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan may meet during next week’s NATO summit in Lithuania, sources briefed on the planning said. A brief Biden-Erdogan meeting is possible at the summit and is being worked on now, one person familiar with the matter said. A “pull aside” meeting between the…
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Volkswagen said on Thursday that it plans to launch autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles for ride hailing and goods delivery services in Austin, Texas by 2026. The German automaker, which had previously made a costly bet on Ford’s now closed self-driving car unit, Argo, has been partnering with supplier…
By Alex Lawler and Dmitry Zhdannikov VIENNA (Reuters) – OPEC will likely maintain an upbeat view on oil demand growth for next year when it publishes its first outlook later this month, predicting a slowdown from this year but still an above-average increase, sources close to OPEC said. OPEC’s forecast for 2024 will likely be…
By Guy Faulconbridge MINSK (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed on Thursday a description that he was “Europe’s last dictator”, saying that he was not a dictator but that if he were, he would certainly not be the last. Lukashenko, 68, has ruled Belarus with an iron fist since 1994 and in an interview…
By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) – China’s abrupt announcement this week that it will restrict exports of some germanium and gallium products from Aug. 1 is expected to disrupt global supply chains for semiconductors. For metals such as aluminium, copper and zinc traded on the London Metal Exchange, the price reaction to disruptions or the…
ROME (Reuters) – A man convicted of colluding with the Mafia, who was a close friend of Silvio Berlusconi, said on Thursday he was moved to tears by the late Italian prime minister’s decision to bequeath him 30 million euros ($32.7 million). Marcello Dell’Utri spent more than five years in detention after being found guilty…
MILAN (Reuters) – Details of how billionaire Italian tycoon Silvio Berlusconi divided up his assets have been made public on Thursday after the will of the former prime minister, who died on June 12, was unsealed. Under Italian law, the deceased’s heirs have a right to inherit two-thirds of his wealth in equal parts, while…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will travel to Mongolia at the end of August, the Vatican confirmed on Thursday, indicating that his health is improving well enough after surgery to be able to go to the remotest area he has ever visited. The Vatican issued a detailed schedule for the Aug….
