By Andres Gonzalez and Isla Binnie LONDON (Reuters) – Abu Dhabi’s Masdar and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) are weighing binding offers for a 40% stake in Iberdrola’s German offshore wind farm in a deal that will value the project known a…
Biden feeling well, isolating after rebound case of COVID
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden is feeling well and continuing his isolation measures after again testing positive for COVID-19, his physician said in a memo released by the White House on Sunday. Biden tested positive …
Red and white England fans gather in London for Women’s Euro final
LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of England soccer fans dressed in red and white were descending on London’s Wembley stadium on Sunday for the final of the Women’s Euro 2022 tournament that has gripped the country this summer. Ahead of the sold-out final a…
Red Cross condemns attacks on Ukrainian POWs, has got no access to site
ZURICH (Reuters) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has not yet received permission to visit the site of Friday’s attack that killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war, it said on Sunday, condemning the incident at the Olenivka fac…
Iran says it responded to EU proposal aimed at salvaging 2015 nuclear deal
DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran has responded to top European Union diplomat Josep Borrell’s proposal aimed at salvaging Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, and seeks a swift conclusion to negotiations, the top Iranian nuclear negotiator said on Sunday…
On Navy Day, Putin says United States is main threat to Russia
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a new naval doctrine which cast the United States as Russia’s main rival and set out Russia’s global maritime ambitions for crucial areas such as the Arctic and in the Black Sea…
Beirut silo collapses, reviving trauma ahead of blast anniversary
By Issam Abdallah, Yara Abi Nader, Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari BEIRUT (Reuters) -Part of the grain silos at Beirut Port collapsed on Sunday just days before the second anniversary of the massive explosion that damaged them, sending a cloud of dust o…
Part of Beirut Port’s silos collapse, cloud of dust and smoke rises -Reuters witness
(Reuters) – Part of Beirut Port’s silos collapsed on Sunday afternoon and a large cloud of dust and smoke was seen in the area, a Reuters witness said. Earlier this month, a fire had been burning slowly in the ruins of the port’s grain silos, giving of…
Telecom Italia’s network boss expected to leave company
MILAN (Reuters) – The head of Telecom Italia’s (TIM) network is expected to leave after the summer, two sources said on Sunday, in a move that may further complicate the phone group’s plan to split its fixed grid infrastructure from its services unit t…
Sadr’s followers set up for long sit-in at Iraq parliament
By John Davison BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Supporters of Iraqi populist leader Moqtada al-Sadr erected tents and prepared for an open-ended sit-in at Iraq’s parliament on Sunday, in a move that could prolong political deadlock or plunge the country into fresh…