(Reuters) – Britain’s energy market regulator Ofgem on Monday proposed new measures for energy suppliers to protect consumers’ money amid risk of supplier failure due to severe weather, a move that comes as households struggle to meet soaring energy bi…
Brazil police identify five more suspects in murder of British journalist
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazilian federal police on Sunday said that five more suspects helped hide the bodies of British journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, after having already arrested three men for their murder in the Amazon r…
UK manufacturers decry government ‘gimmicks’, want tax cuts
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s main manufacturing lobby, Make UK, told the government to stop “short-term gimmicks” and cut taxes for the sector, as its members reported a significant slowdown in orders and a nose-dive in investment. Make UK said it expe…
Far-right sends shockwaves in France after electoral breakthrough
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) – France’s far-right scored a historic success in legislative elections on Sunday increasing its number of lawmakers almost tenfold and cementing the party’s rise from fringe status to the mainstream opposition. Since taki…
EU seeks to release Ukrainian grain stuck due to Russia’s sea blockade
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union foreign ministers will discuss ways to free millions of tonnes of grain stuck in Ukraine due to Russia’s Black Sea port blockade at a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday. Ukraine is one of the top wheat suppliers globall…
Analysis-Emmanuel Macron learns the art of compromise the hard way
By Michel Rose PARIS (Reuters) – Jupiter has lost his thunder. Emmanuel Macron, whose first presidential mandate was marked by a top-down government style he compared to that of the almighty Roman god, will have to learn the art of consensus-building i…
Austria revives coal-fired power option as Russia cuts gas supply
VIENNA (Reuters) – Austria’s government agreed with utility Verbund on Sunday to convert a reserve, gas-fired power plant so that it can produce electricity with coal should restricted gas supplies from Russia result in an energy emergency. The decisio…
Ukraine to restrict Russian books, music in latest cultural break from Moscow
By Max Hunder KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s parliament on Sunday voted through two laws which will place severe restrictions on Russian books and music as Kyiv seeks to break many remaining cultural ties between the two countries following Moscow’s invasi…
HIGHLIGHTS-Key quotes as Macron set to lose absolute majority in parliament
PARIS (Reuters) – President Emmanuel Macron was on course to lose his absolute majority in the French parliament after Sunday’s election, first projections showed, an outcome which would constrain his ability to push through his reformist agenda. Here …
Italy’s Eni faces a sixth daily shortfall of Russian gas supplies
ROME (Reuters) -Russia’s Gazprom has said it will only partially meet a request by Italy’s Eni for gas supplies on Monday, Italy’s state-owned energy exchange (GME) said, signalling a sixth consecutive daily shortfall. Eni is monitoring the issue and w…