FILE PHOTO: Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to attend a cabinet meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, Britain November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville November 18, 2020 By Susanna Twidale LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars […]
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Thousands protest in Berlin against Merkel’s coronavirus plans
Demonstrators attend a protest against the government’s coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, near the Reichstag, the seat of Germany’s lower house of parliament Bundestag, in Berlin, November, 18, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch November 18, 2020 BERLIN (Reuters) – Several thousand people banging saucepans and blowing whistles gathered in central Berlin on Wednesday […]
Pressure grows on the dollar as vaccine hopes get tested
FILE PHOTO: A Japan Yen note is seen in this illustration photo taken June 1, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas White/Illustration November 18, 2020 By Julien Ponthus LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar remained under pressure on Wednesday and briefly dropped to its lowest in over a week as tighter economic restrictions across the […]
Hungary vetoed EU budget because of immigration ‘blackmail’, says PM Orban
November 18, 2020 By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary vetoed the European Union’s 2021-2027 budget and post-coronavirus recovery fund because they would have forced it to accept immigration, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday. Hungary, together with Poland, vetoed both the budget and the recovery plan on Monday, […]
Bahrain delegation heads to Israel on Gulf Air flight
FILE PHOTO: The flags of Israel and Bahrain flutter along a road in Netanya, Israel September 14, 2020. REUTERS/Nir Elias/File Photo November 18, 2020 JERUSALEM/DUBAI (Reuters) – Bahrain sent its first official government delegation to Israel on Wednesday as the two countries look to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted […]
Armenian PM, under pressure to quit after Karabakh defeat, unveils action plan
November 18, 2020 YEREVAN (Reuters) – Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Wednesday unveiled a six-month action plan he said was designed to ensure his country’s democratic stability even as the make-up of the government was in flux. Pashinyan has rejected calls from opponents and protesters to resign over what […]
Equinor, Hydro, Panasonic eye battery production in Norway
FILE PHOTO: Electric cars are parked in Oslo, Norway January 2, 2019. REUTERS/Terje Solsvik November 18, 2020 OSLO (Reuters) – Panasonic, Equinor and Norsk Hydro will explore opportunities to set up a lithium-ion battery production business in Norway, targeting auto makers as potential customers, the firms said on Wednesday. Norway, […]
From ‘haves’ to ‘have-nots’: how COVID-19 is swelling UK’s subprime ranks
November 18, 2020 By Sinead Cruise and Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – One morning, after years of financial prudence and solid creditworthiness, you wake up and it’s all gone. You’re no longer worthy. You’re a risk. In fact, you’re sub-prime. That is the fate facing thousands of Britons who, often […]
‘Better off thanks to China’: German companies double down on resurgent giant
November 18, 2020 By Michael Nienaber BERLIN (Reuters) – German industrial robot-maker Hahn Automation plans to invest millions of euros in new factories in China over the next three years, keen to capitalise on an economy that’s rebounding more rapidly than others from the COVID-19 crisis. “If we want to […]
Barbados removes Nelson statue in break with colonial past
Performers on stilts are seen next to a vehicle transporting the statue of British Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson during its send-off in this still picture obtained from social media video dated November 16, 2020, in Bridgetown, Barbados. SENATOR CRYSTAL HAYNES /via REUTERS November 18, 2020 By Robert Edison Sandiford BRIDGETOWN […]