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Nine facts about American music supremo Quincy Jones
Date: November 4, 2024
(Reuters) -Few people in the music world can match the accomplishments of Quincy Jones, who died on Sunday at the age of 91. Here are nine facts about Jones. * Jones’ work reached the moon. He said Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon on the Apollo 11 lunar mission in 1969,...
German minister makes budget concession in bid to save coalition
Date: November 4, 2024
By Sarah Marsh and Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s economy minister made a key concession in talks over how to plug the budget on Monday in a bid to save the ruling three-way coalition which faces a make-or-break week amid differences over how to revive the ailing economy. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD), Economy...
EU must spend 39 billion euros a year for net zero transport targets, campaign group says
Date: November 4, 2024
By Alessandro Parodi (Reuters) – Europe needs to spend 39 billion euros ($42.46 billion) a year to reach its net zero targets in the transport sector by 2050, campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) said on Monday, issuing five key recommendations for the European Union. The EU is seeking a more coordinated industrial policy involving...
BioNTech lowers full-year revenue outlook on COVID-19 seasonality, inventory write-downs
Date: November 4, 2024
(Reuters) – German drugmaker BioNTech on Monday lowered its guidance for full-year revenue, citing COVID-19 uptake and price levels, inventory write-downs and Pfizer charges. The company now expects 2024 revenue to be at the low end of the guidance range of 2.5 to 3.1 billion euros ($2.72 – $3.38 billion). BioNTech, whose COVID-19 vaccine in...
Spain deploys 7,500 troops to flood zone where anger rises at slow help
Date: November 4, 2024
By Susana Vera and Raul Cadenas PAIPORTA, Spain (Reuters) – Spain is deploying 7,500 troops to its eastern region hit by devastating floods, the government said on Monday in the face of rising discontent over the response to the catastrophe that has killed at least 217 people. The army sent about 5,000 soldiers over the...
U.S music supremo Quincy Jones, who worked with Sinatra and Jackson, dies aged 91
Date: November 4, 2024
By Bill Trott (Reuters) – Quincy Jones, the man known simply as “Q,” was a huge influence on American music in his work with artists ranging from Count Basie to Frank Sinatra and reshaped pop music in his collaborations with Michael Jackson. Jones died on Sunday at the age of 91, his publicist said. There...