By Sudarshan Varadhan and Nidhi Verma BAMBOLIM, India (Reuters) -The Group of 20 (G20) major economies meeting in India failed on Saturday to reach consensus on phasing down fossil fuels following objections by some producer nations. Scientists and campaigners are exasperated by international bodies’ foot-dragging on action to curb global warming even as extreme weather…
(Reuters) – New Zealand’s justice minister resigned on Monday after being arrested in relation to a car crash the previous day, the fourth minister to quit the cabinet in as many months in an election year. Kiri Allan has resigned from all her portfolios immediately, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said, after she was taken into…
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) – Chevron Corp’s second-quarter earnings topped Wall Street estimates, the company said on Sunday, and Chief Executive Michael Wirth also signaled the number two U.S. oil company remains open to more acquisitions and to increasing shareholder distributions this year. In a rare preview of its results that coincided with the…
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The much-hyped “Barbenheimer” box office battle over the weekend proved to be a win for movie theaters that needed to add some sizzle to their summer. Ticket sales for the film industry’s biggest season had been disappointing through much of June and July. “The Flash” flopped, a new “Indiana…
(Reuters) – Russia withdrew from the Black Sea grain deal that ensured the safe export of Ukrainian grains because the agreement lost its meaning, President Vladimir Putin wrote in an article published early on Monday. “The continuation of the ‘grain deal’ – which did not justify its humanitarian purpose – has lost its meaning,” Putin…
By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) – New Japanese guidelines to promote more mergers and acquisitions and remove a long-held stigma around unsolicited bids will be a boon for the world’s top maker of electric motors, Nidec, its chief executive said. Shigenobu Nagamori, the bluntly spoken founder who built Nidec into a global powerhouse by scores…
(Reuters) – Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Sunday it had launched a criminal probe into the killing of a Russian war reporter, an incident the country’s defence ministry previously blamed on Ukraine’s use of cluster munitions. The committee said on its website that “armed Ukrainian formations targeted and deliberately fired at a group of Russian…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. The week ahead could be pivotal to the financial market landscape for the rest of the year, as the G3 central banks deliver their latest policy decisions and China’s Politburo of the ruling Communist Party…
(Reuters) – A previously-announced meeting of a new NATO-Ukraine Council, expected to address Black Sea security, has been scheduled for Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address on Sunday. NATO spokesperson Oanu Lungescu said on Saturday that the meeting, requested by Zelenskiy in a telephone conversation with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, would…
By Iryna Nazarchuk ODESA (Reuters) – A Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa early on Sunday killed one, injured 20 and severely damaged an Orthodox cathedral in the city centre, a UNESCO world heritage site, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. “Odesa: another night attack of the monsters,” Oleh Kiper, governor of the Odesa…
