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Amid global alarm, Ukraine, Russia trade blame for nuclear plant attacks
Date: August 8, 2022
By Natalia Zinets and Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – International alarm over the weekend shelling of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex grew on Monday, as Kyiv and Moscow traded blame for the attacks while seeking to address fears that their battle for control of the plant might trigger catastrophe. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres, calling any...
Cyclical rally drives FTSE 100 to two-month closing high
Date: August 8, 2022
By Sruthi Shankar (Reuters) -Britain’s blue-chip index closed at a two-month high on Monday, boosted by economically sensitive sectors such as oil & gas and banks as upbeat economic data from China and the United States eased worries about an imminent recession. The FTSE 100 gained 0.6% to mark its strongest close since June 9,...
Qualcomm to spend $4.2 billion more on chips from GlobalFoundries
Date: August 8, 2022
(Reuters) -Qualcomm agreed to buy an additional $4.2 billion in semiconductor chips from GlobalFoundries’s New York factory, bringing its total commitment to $7.4 billion in purchases through 2028, according to a filing released Monday. The announcement expands on a prior $3.2 billion purchasing agreement between the two companies and will produce chips for use in...
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: August 8, 2022
(Reuters) – International alarm over weekend artillery attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex grew on Monday with Kyiv warning of the risk of a Chornobyl-style catastrophe and appealing for the area to be made a demilitarised zone. ZAPORIZHZHIA NUCLEAR COMPLEX * The head of Ukraine’s state nuclear power company Energoatom called on Monday for the...
French utility Veolia agrees to sell Suez UK assets to Macquarie for 2.4 billion euros
Date: August 8, 2022
PARIS (Reuters) -French utility company Veolia confirmed it would sell Suez’s UK waste business to Australia’s Macquarie Group Ltd for around 2.4 billion euros ($2.4 billion), a deal aimed at resolving antitrust concerns. Earlier, Veolia said that it was proposing to sell off its former rival, Suez’s UK waste business, after Britain’s Competition and Markets...
Delay in issuing post-Brexit ID cards puts Portugal’s border agency under spotlight
Date: August 8, 2022
By Catarina Demony LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s border agency SEF has faced criticism for delays in issuing post-Brexit ID cards to thousands of British nationals in the country, putting the spotlight on a structural problem that has affected various other migrant communities for years. Nearly 35,000 British nationals called Portugal their home in 2019, the...