By Kate Holton OXFORD, England (Reuters) – For Ros Deegan, the thrill of raising $100 million to expand a biotech firm among the dreaming spires of Oxford was soon tempered: unable to find a bigger laboratory, she routinely had to work at home. Not far away in the rival academic centre of Cambridge, biochemist Catherine…
By Tom Balmforth NEAR KYIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – At a glance on a clear summer’s afternoon, the U.S.-made Avenger air defence system is barely visible in the shadow of trees at the end of a dirt track outside Kyiv. The short-range unit is an important part of a three-layered air defence network that Ukraine is…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Electric-vehicle (EV) startup Fisker is set to open its first delivery centre in China’s financial hub Shanghai this year, Fisker’s China board member Daniel Foa was quoted as saying by Chinese media outlet Yicai on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Fisker will start delivering its first mass-produced SUV model, the Fisker Ocean, in the first…
(Reuters) – General Electric has stopped servicing gas turbines at thermal power plants in Russia, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Tuesday, citing sources in power generating companies. General Electric suspended its operations in Russia after Moscow invaded Ukraine, with the exception of providing essential medical equipment and supporting existing power services in the…
(Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that India’s stance on Russia in the Ukraine conflict has not faced widespread criticism in the United States. Asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal about critical comments in the U.S. for not taking a more forceful stance against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Modi said:…
By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) – When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos visits South Korea this week he will find an entertainment industry that has achieved global fame through hits such as “Squid Game” and “The Glory”, but also growing worries about the service’s effects on the local market. South Korea has created some of Netflix’s…
By Krishn Kaushik, Sarita Chaganti Singh and David Brunnstrom NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the United States this week for a visit billed as a turning point for bilateral relations, with deeper cooperation in defence industry and sharing high technology in sharp focus. The visit is expected to give India…
By Trevor Hunnicutt and Nandita Bose (Reuters) – President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is “real”, days after denouncing Russia’s deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin’s announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus “absolutely…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday the United States and China were continuing to discuss the release of three U.S. citizens who are detained in China. “I don’t want to get into the details, but we are very actively talking about that,” Blinken said in an interview with CBS…
(Reuters) – A tropical wave located several hundred miles southwest of the Cape Verde Islands has a 50% chance of developing into a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Monday. “Environmental conditions appear favorable for further development of this system, and a tropical depression could form in…
