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UK’s Johnson salutes ‘Elizabeth the Great’ ahead of queen’s Platinum Jubilee
Date: May 26, 2022
LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other British political leaders paid tribute to “remarkable” Queen Elizabeth on Thursday ahead of four days of celebrations next week to honour her 70 years on the throne. Elizabeth, 96, marked seven decades as queen in February, and nationwide events to commemorate her Platinum Jubilee, including a thanksgiving...
Factbox-How Canada, Australia, UK changed laws after mass shootings
Date: May 26, 2022
(Reuters) – A shooting at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 children and two teachers has revived a push for new gun safety laws in the United States, which has more firearms than people and more permissive gun laws than many other high-income countries. Over 200 mass shootings have been reported in the United...
UK tax plan incentivizes oil, gas producers to pump more fossil fuels
Date: May 26, 2022
By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) – The British government’s 5 billion pound ($6.29 billion) windfall tax plan for oil and gas producers includes an incentive for those producers to pump more fossil fuels, riling climate activists who had called for the tax. Tax bills for oil and gas producers, including the new additional 25% levy...
Chipmaker Broadcom to buy VMware in $61 billion deal
Date: May 26, 2022
By Chavi Mehta and Krystal Hu (Reuters) -Broadcom Inc said on Thursday it will acquire cloud computing company VMware Inc in a $61 billion cash-and stock deal, the chipmaker’s biggest and boldest bid to diversify its business into enterprise software. The acquisition is the second biggest announced globally so far this year, trailing only Microsoft...
Global automakers face electric shock in China
Date: May 26, 2022
By Norihiko Shirouzu BEIJING (Reuters) – If global automakers think they can extend their dominance in China into the electric era, they may be in for a shock. Kings of the combustion age such as General Motors and Volkswagen are falling behind local players in the booming electric vehicle (EV) market in China, a country...
Sony to ramp up PS5 production and broaden games portfolio
Date: May 26, 2022
By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -Sony Group Corp said it plans to ramp up production of its PlayStation 5 console as supply chain snarls ease and signalled a radical broadening of its games portfolio including more titles on PC and mobile. The PS5, which went on sale in November 2020, undersold its predecessor in its...