By Nidhi Verma and Jonathan Saul NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) – India is providing safety certification for dozens of ships managed by a subsidiary of top Russian shipping group Sovcomflot, official data showed, enabling oil exports to India and elsewher…
Tight LME zinc inventories could be topped up from China
By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – Available zinc inventories in registered warehouses of the London Metal Exchange (LME) more than halved this week, but supplies could be replenished from China, where stocks have been rising, analysts said. LME zinc in…
Schlumberger sees global oil exploration and production accelerating
By Liz Hampton (Reuters) – Spending in the global oil exploration and production industry is “poised to accelerate broadly” and drive an increase in output, Olivier Le Peuch, chief executive of top oilfield firm Schlumberger , said at a conference on W…
Russian OSCE delegation denied British visas due to sanctions
(Reuters) – Members of the Russian delegation to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were denied British visas to attend a session in Britain next month. A senior Russian lawmaker said on Wednesday that members of Russia’s d…
UK supports Lithuanian ban on sanctioned goods travelling to Russia
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain fully supports Lithuania’s decision to ban the transit of Russian goods sanctioned by the European Union through its territory, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday. Russia has warned NATO member Lithuania that unles…
U.S. Senate advances first significant gun legislation in decades
(Corrects “automatic” to “semi-automatic” in 6th paragraph) By David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Senate took an initial step toward passing the country’s first major gun-control legislation in decades on Tuesday, galvanize…
After fractious debate, EU Parliament votes to back “biggest ever” carbon market overhaul
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 pro…
Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 1,000, toll expected to rise
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 …
Saudi crown prince, Erdogan meet in Turkey with ‘full normalisation’ in sights
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 …
Warner Music’s longtime CEO to step down next year
(Reuters) – Warner Music Group’s longtime top boss, Steve Cooper, will leave the company by the end of next year, the media company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. (Reporting by Eva Mathews in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)