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Exclusive-Russia’s Gazprom declares force majeure on some gas supplies to Europe
Date: July 18, 2022
By Julia Payne LONDON (Reuters) -Russia’s Gazprom has declared force majeure on gas supplies to Europe to at least one major customer, according to a letter from Gazprom that will add to European fears of fuel shortages. Dated July 14 and seen by Reuters on Monday, the legal force of the letter is to shield...
Ukraine and Russia: What you need to know right now
Date: July 18, 2022
(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy sidelined his childhood friend as head of Ukraine’s security service, and another close ally as top prosecutor, in the biggest internal purge of the war, citing their failure to root out Russian spies. FIGHTING * A Russian shell smashed into a two-storey building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk...
Emirates airline sees air travel equilibrium in 2023
Date: July 18, 2022
By Tim Hepher FARNBOROUGH, England (Reuters) -The president of Dubai’s Emirates, which has clashed with London’s Heathrow over the introduction of a capacity cap, said on Monday a disrupted air travel industry would return to equilibrium in 2023 and must “tough it out” until then. Tim Clark, speaking at an event at the Farnborough Airshow,...
SAS says time running out as pilot strike enters third week
Date: July 18, 2022
By Anna Ringstrom and Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -SAS warned on Monday that time was running out as negotiations resumed with pilot unions to end a two-week strike that the Scandinavian airline says threatens its existence. Most SAS pilots in Sweden, Denmark and Norway walked out on July 4 after talks over conditions related to...
Greece’s fur industry on the brink as EU sanctions on Russia bite
Date: July 18, 2022
By Karolina Tagaris KASTORIA, Greece (Reuters) – For decades, Antonis Disios’ workshop was abuzz with the sound of sewing machines stitching fur coats for his wealthy Russian buyers. In March, European Union sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war shut the business overnight. Disios, like hundreds of other fur businesses in the lakeside city of...
Explainer-The health risks of extreme heat
Date: July 18, 2022
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – Europe is sweltering under a record-breaking heatwave, with a number of governments issuing health emergency alerts. WHAT ARE THE RISKS? Heat affects health in a number of ways. Heat exhaustion, which can include dizziness, headaches, shaking and thirst, can affect anyone, and is not usually serious, providing the person...