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Britain moves ahead with mandatory climate plans for companies
Date: April 25, 2022
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain unveiled a new taskforce on Monday to write rules forcing financial firms and listed companies to publish plans from next year for transitioning to a net zero economy by 2050. Last November at the COP26 UN Climate Summit, British finance minister Rishi Sunak said companies would have to...
Soccer – UK government set to establish independent regulator
Date: April 25, 2022
(Reuters) – The British government will establish an independent regulator in English soccer to deal with the game’s finances, club ownership and corporate governance, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said on Monday. The regulator will be backed by primary legislation to provide it with the statutory powers to licence and sanction...
Bank of England policymakers weigh up inflation and recession risks
Date: April 25, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) – The Bank of England is expected to announce on May 5 that it is raising interest rates for a fourth meeting in a row and investors are mostly focused on its signals about further increases in borrowing costs after that. Last month, the BoE softened its language on the need for more...
Exclusive – Russia and India in talks to restart coking coal supplies – sources
Date: April 25, 2022
By Neha Arora NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Russian and Indian officials met last week in an effort to resolve an impasse over the shipping of coking coal to Indian steelmakers, which has dried up since March over payment methods, a trade source and an Indian government source said. Russia usually supplies about 30% of European...
U.S. says Moscow has ‘failed’ in war aims, pledges more military aid to Ukraine
Date: April 25, 2022
By Pavel Polityuk and Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – The United States will reopen its embassy in Ukraine soon, its top diplomat said on Monday after he and the U.S. defense secretary visited Kyiv, promising more military aid and hailing the fight against Russia’s invasion. Both Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd...
In troubled France, no honeymoon for re-elected Macron
Date: April 25, 2022
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) -Now comes the hard part. Emmanuel Macron may have seen off far-right leader Marine Le Pen, but his second term could be even rockier than the first with mounting political opposition and boiling social discontent. As his supporters savoured a hard-earned re-election at a rally by the Eiffel Tower on...