By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan lacks the medical supplies to treat those injured in an earthquake that killed more than 1,000 people this week, a senior official said, as an aftershock on Friday killed five more. Authorities earl…
UK considers lifting anti-dumping duties on Ukrainian steel products
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain is considering lifting anti-dumping duties on some steel products from Ukraine due to Russia’s invasion of the country, a trade agency said on Friday. Duties may be lifted for a maximum of nine months on hot rolled flat and c…
Commonwealth’s royal succession stirs unease among Caribbean members
By Ayenat Mersie and Clement Uwiringiyimana KIGALI (Reuters) – Commonwealth leaders settled in 2018 that Britain’s Prince Charles should succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth as head of the organisation, but as they gathered again in Rwanda some Caribbean…
Pressure mounts on UK’s Boris Johnson after crushing election defeats
By Alistair Smout, Elizabeth Piper and Andrew MacAskill LONDON/KIGALI (Reuters) -Boris Johnson’s Conservatives lost two parliamentary seats on Friday, a crushing blow to the governing party that prompted the resignation of its chairman and intensified …
Italy’s Generalfinance prices IPO at 7.2 euros per share
MILAN (Reuters) -Generalfinance said on Friday it had priced its initial public offering (IPO) on the Milan stock exchange at 7.2 euros per share, valuing the Italian credit management company at 91 million euros ($96.01 million). The overall offering …
BP pays Britain $127 million in 2021 tax for Norh Sea production
LONDON (Reuters) – BP paid $127.3 million in taxes and fees to the British government in 2021 for its oil and gas production in the North Sea, according to a company report. The figure compares with a net tax refund of $42.3 million the previous year, …
Quick grocery service Gorillas exits Belgium
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Gorillas, the Berlin-based startup that offers on-demand grocery delivery, said on Friday it would close its warehouses in Belgium and hand over some operations to local firm Efarmz. Terms were not disclosed. Gorillas, which had e…
Holiday group TUI says CEO Joussen to resign as board member
(Reuters) – Holiday group TUI said on Friday Chief Executive Officer Friedrich Joussen is planning to step down as a board member at the end of September. TUI, the world’s largest holiday company, said it had proposed to name finance chief Sebastian Eb…
TotalEnergies says it’s prepared for strike at French refineries
PARIS (Reuters) -TotalEnergies has taken logistics measures to make sure its network of petrol stations and its clients will be sufficiently supplied throughout the weekend despite a strike hitting its French oil refineries on Friday, a spokesman said….
Spanish Q1 economic growth slows to 0.2% q/q, 6.3% y/y, data shows
(Reuters) -The Spanish economy grew 0.2% in the first quarter of 2022, slowing from a 2.2% growth rate in the last three months of 2021, final official data showed on Friday. On an annual basis the economy expanded 6.3%, after rising 5.5% in the fourth…