By Tangi Salaün, Lucien Libert and Ingrid Melander PARIS (Reuters) – A French court on Wednesday handed down guilty verdicts for all 20 men tried for the 2015 killing of 130 people in a coordinated gun-and-bomb rampage by Islamist gunmen in Paris. Main…
Stellantis’ French diesel engine plant to get EV motor boost
By Gilles Guillaume TREMERY (Reuters) -World No. 4 carmaker Stellantis said on Wednesday it will speed up electric motor production at its factory in Tremery, France, long the world’s largest diesel engine plant, to account for 50% of the facility’s ca…
MFE is long-term investor in ProSieben, CEO says
COLOGNO MONZESE, Italy (Reuters) – Italian broadcaster MFE is “a long-term investor” in German rival ProSiebensat, CEO Pier Silvio Berlusconi said, reiterating MFE’s long-held view that traditional TV companies should join forces. “For now we’re happy …
EU seeks open talks on N.Ireland, not pre-set UK outcome -official
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission is willing to negotiate trading arrangements for Northern Ireland with Britain, but only if talks are constructive and do not resume with an outcome already set by London, a top EU offic…
Tennis-Raducanu given Wimbledon reality check by Garcia
By Martyn Herman LONDON (Reuters) -Emma Raducanu’s Wimbledon hopes were ruthlessly crushed on Centre Court by France’s Caroline Garcia as the golden girl of British sport suffered a 6-3 6-3 second-round loss on Wednesday. The 19-year-old, who rocketed …
VW: EV battery output bigger challenge than EU combustion engine ban
By Ilona Wissenbach and Jan Schwartz MUNICH (Reuters) – The EU deal to phase out combustion engine cars in just over 12 years is challenging, but a more daunting obstacle will be making enough batteries to power the electric cars needed as a result, a …
Europe needs to cut dependence from Russian gas quickly, Eni CEO says
MILAN (Reuters) – Europe needs to speed up its efforts to diversify its energy sources because gas supplies from Russia could stop in a few months or in one year time, the Chief Executive of Italy’s Eni Claudio Descalzi said on Wednesday. Speaking at a…
Kraft Heinz pulls products from UK retailer Tesco in pricing row
By James Davey and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. food giant Kraft Heinz has stopped supplying some products to Britain’s biggest supermarket group Tesco, which resisted charging its customers higher prices for them at a time of surging inflation….
Unilever sells Ben & Jerry’s Israeli business to defuse row
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Unilever on Wednesday sold its Ben & Jerry’s ice cream business in Israel to its local licensee for an undisclosed sum, aiming to smooth over a potentially damaging diplomatic row. The deal comes after the U.S. ice cream brand anno…
New BoE policymaker Dhingra favours ‘very gradual’ moves on rates
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) -The Bank of England should move very gradually to tighten monetary policy because the economy now appears to be slowing faster than previously thought, incoming BoE policymaker Swati Dhingra said on Wednesday. Britai…