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UK car output drops for eighth straight month in October, data shows
Date: November 28, 2024
(Reuters) – British car production experienced its eighth consecutive month of decline in October, as factories continued efforts to retool for making the next generation of zero-emission vehicles, according to industry data released on Thursday. A total of 77,484 new cars rolled off production lines, down 15.3% from last year, the Society of Motor Manufacturers...
China scientists rush to climate-proof potatoes
Date: November 28, 2024
By Mei Mei Chu, Florence Lo and Xiaoyu Yin YANQING, China (Reuters) – In a research facility in the northwest of Beijing, molecular biologist Li Jieping and his team harvest a cluster of seven unusually small potatoes, one as tiny as a quail’s egg, from a potted plant. Grown under conditions that simulate predictions of...
Soccer-Dominant Liverpool beat Real Madrid 2-0 to top Champions League
Date: November 28, 2024
By Andrew Cawthorne LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) -Liverpool regained top spot in the Champions League table and registered a first victory over Real Madrid in 15 years on Wednesday with a dominant 2-0 win courtesy of goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo. Such was The Reds’ superiority that they could afford the luxury of...
Irish PM’s party steadies slide in support ahead of Friday’s election
Date: November 28, 2024
DUBLIN (Reuters) – A slide in support for Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris’ Fine Gael party showed signs of stabilising in the last opinion poll before Friday’s general election that if repeated would likely see the centre-right led coalition return to government. Fine Gael fell 2 percentage points to 20% in the Business Post/Red C...
Germany’s Uniper raises 2024 outlook after disputes settlement
Date: November 28, 2024
(Reuters) -German state-owned utility Uniper raised its full year 2024 adjusted EBITDA outlook on Wednesday to a range of 2.5 billion euros ($2.64 billion) to 2.8 billion euros due to the settlement of legal disputes. Settling the legal disputes will release funds that were set aside for this purpose, which will show in the fourth-quarter...
Former Conservative leader William Hague appointed Oxford University chancellor
Date: November 27, 2024
LONDON (Reuters) -William Hague, a former British foreign minister and onetime leader of the Conservative Party, was elected on Wednesday as the next chancellor of the University of Oxford, a largely ceremonial role which dates back centuries. Hague was named as the successor to Chris Patten, Britain’s last governor of Hong Kong and another former...