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Five countries seek to delay EU fossil fuel car phase-out -document
Date: June 24, 2022
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria and Romania want to delay a European Union plan to effectively ban the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2035 by five years, according to a document seen by Reuters. The policy is a key pillar of the EU’s plans to tackle rising...
Cricket – Boult rips out England top order after Mitchell hits century for NZ
Date: June 24, 2022
LEEDS, England (Reuters) – Trent Boult ripped through England’s top order with a devastating spell of pace bowling as New Zealand got the upper hand on the second day of the final test on Friday. After Daryl Mitchell’s third century of the series helped New Zealand to 329 all out just after lunch — Boult...
Ryanair cabin staff strike as labour unrest spreads across Europe
Date: June 24, 2022
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Some cabin crew at Ryanair went on strike in Belgium, Spain and Portugal on Friday in a dispute over pay and working conditions, the latest in a wave of walkouts staged by workers across different sectors in Europe. Surging inflation across the continent has led to millions...
Prince Charles expresses sorrow over slavery in Commonwealth speech
Date: June 24, 2022
By Ayenat Mersie and Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) -Britain’s Prince Charles expressed deep sorrow over slavery in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Rwanda on Friday and acknowledged that the roots of the organisation lay in a painful period of history. The Commonwealth, a club of 54 countries that evolved from the British Empire, encompasses...
Boris Johnson under pressure after crushing UK election defeats
Date: June 24, 2022
By Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/KIGALI (Reuters) -Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats on Friday, a new blow to Britain’s prime minister who then lost a close ally with the surprise resignation of his party’s chairman and faced renewed calls to quit. In Rwanda for a meeting of Commonwealth nations, Johnson...
When you buy diamonds, think of Bucha, Ukraine envoy says
Date: June 24, 2022
By Helen Reid JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Consumers should think twice when buying diamonds that could be funding Russia’s war, a Ukrainian diplomat said on Friday as a fraught international conflict diamond forum in Botswana came to an inconclusive end. The Kimberley Process (KP), a coalition of governments, the diamond industry and civil society representatives responsible for...