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Saudi crown prince, Erdogan meet in Turkey with ‘full normalisation’ in sights

Date: June 22, 2022

By Orhan Coskun and Tuvan Gumrukcu ANKARA (Reuters) -Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Turkey for the first time in years on Wednesday for talks with President Tayyip Erdogan aimed at fully normalising ties that were ruptured after the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The visit marks a step in Prince Mohammed’s...

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Moscow fumes over Lithuania rail ban to Russian region

Date: June 22, 2022

(The June 21 story corrects in paragraph 4 to show gas flows via Ukraine and Nord Stream 1 pipeline have fallen, removes reference to Russia cutting flows via Ukraine as act of retaliation) By Natalia Zinets KYIV (Reuters) – Russia warned Lithuania on Tuesday that it would face measures of a “serious negative impact” for...

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After fractious debate, EU Parliament votes to back “biggest ever” carbon market overhaul

Date: June 22, 2022

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Parliament backed reforms to the EU carbon market on Wednesday, allaying fears of a delay to Europe’s climate change policies after lawmakers had rejected the proposals in a first vote this month. The proposals would cut emissions faster under the European Union’s carbon market, the centrepiece of a...

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Umicore plan to double down on battery business knocks almost $1 billion off market cap

Date: June 22, 2022

By Olivier Sorgho and Sarah Morland (Reuters) -Belgium’s Umicore on Wednesday presented a 5 billion euro plan to bulk up its battery materials business by 2026, as it prepares for soaring demand largely driven by electrical vehicle production. Averaging some one billion euros of spending per year, the price tag roughly doubled analysts’ forecasts, sending...

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Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000 but toll expected to rise

Date: June 22, 2022

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar and Jibran Ahmad KABUL (Reuters) -The death toll from an earthquake in Afghanistan on Wednesday hit 1,000, disaster management officials said, with more than 600 injured and the toll expected to grow as information trickles in from remote mountain villages. Houses were reduced to rubble and bodies swathed in blankets lay...

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Global food makers, retailers remain in crisis mode

Date: June 22, 2022

By Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries and Richa Naidu DUBLIN/LONDON (Reuters) – Global retailers and consumer goods makers remain in crisis mode and expect consumer behavior to remain unpredictable for the foreseeable future, top industry executives told a conference in Dublin this week. Since the start of 2020, the STOXX Europe 600 Retail EUR Price Index...