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Jeff Beck’s guitars and amps to go on sale in London
Date: November 16, 2024
By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) – More than 130 electric guitars, amps and other pieces of musical equipment that belonged to English guitar legend Jeff Beck will go on sale in London next year, Christie’s auctioneers said on Friday. Often described as a “guitarist’s guitarist”, Beck rose to fame with The Yardbirds, went on to...
Analysis-UK inflation worries tick up after big-spending budget and Trump win
Date: November 16, 2024
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Just when Britain seemed to be moving beyond its inflation problem, the new government’s spending splurge and the risk of a global trade war triggered by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff plan are threatening to extend it. British inflation peaked above 11% two years ago after the outbreak of...
Bavarian Nordic has $340 million orders for its mpox, smallpox vaccine in 2025
Date: November 16, 2024
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Danish biotech Bavarian Nordic said on Friday the order book for delivery of its vaccine for mpox and smallpox in 2025 currently totals around 2.40 billion crowns ($340 million), including previously announced deferred revenue. The World Health Organisation in August declared mpox a global public health emergency for the second time in...
France’s Orano warns of financial problems at Niger uranium plant
Date: November 15, 2024
PARIS (Reuters) -French nuclear fuels company Orano warned on Friday of a “deteriorating financial situation” at its Somair uranium plant in Niger, as the West African nation increasingly looks to new partners such as Russia in its mining sector. Niger is one of the world’s leading producers of uranium, the most widely used fuel for...
Sri Lankan president’s coalition wins big majority in general election
Date: November 15, 2024
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown. The sweeping mandate, which included surprise backing from the...
Exclusive-Fragile countries make $20 billion climate finance push at COP29, letter says
Date: November 15, 2024
By Gloria Dickie and Simon Jessop BAKU (Reuters) – A group of conflict-affected countries is pushing at COP29 to double financial aid to more than $20 billion a year to combat the natural disaster and security crises facing their populations, a letter seen by Reuters showed. The group is one of several pitching at the...