By Kylie MacLellan and Dominique Vidalon LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – Firefighters in southwestern France battled on Tuesday to contain massive forest wildfires and Britain recorded its highest ever temperature, while Portugal reported more than 1,000 heat…
Stocks jump as U.S. earnings pick up, dollar falls for third session
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – A global gauge of stocks notched its biggest one-day percentage gain in nearly a month on Tuesday and the dollar weakened for a third straight day as expectations grew for the European Central Bank to enact a b…
Explainer: How climate change drives heatwaves and wildfires
By Kate Abnett (Reuters) – Brutal heatwaves are gripping both Europe and the United States this week and are forecast to dump searing heat on much of China into late August. In addition to record temperatures, wildfires are raging across southern Europ…
Scientists uncover history of ‘ridiculously charming’ penguins
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The evolution of penguins from their flying seabird ancestors into the flightless denizens of marine environments from frigid Antarctica to the tropical Galapagos Islands is among the wonders of the animal kingdom….
Twitter gets fast-tracked Elon Musk trial over $44 billion deal
By Tom Hals and Sheila Dang (Reuters) -Twitter Inc will get an October trial in its legal fight to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion takeover, after a Delaware judge said on Tuesday the social media company deserved a quick resolution of the deal’s unc…
Britain swelters on its hottest day ever as temperatures hit 40C
By Kate Holton and Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Britain recorded its hottest day ever on Tuesday, with the temperature exceeding 40C (104F) as a heatwave gripping Europe intensified, forcing train tracks to buckle and fuelling a spate of fires ac…
Explainer-What Putin wants from Iran and why Tehran might be cautious
By Mark Trevelyan LONDON (Reuters) – A budding courtship between Russia and Iran is an unwelcome development for the West that the United States will watch with concern, but it falls well short of a geopolitical game changer. Russian President Vladimir…
Prague ice bar gives tourists respite from heat wave
PRAGUE (Reuters) – As a heat wave rolls over Europe, bringing temperatures as high as 33 Celsius (91 Fahrenheit) in Prague on Tuesday, the ICE PUB in downtown Prague offers a brief escape to Arctic conditions. The bar, just a minute’s walk from the cap…
Polymetal shares jump 35% on possible Russian assets disposal
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Polymetal is considering disposing of its Russian assets in a shift to focus on its operations in Kazakhstan, the gold and silver producer said on Tuesday, sending its London-listed shares up 35%. London-listed, Russia-focused Polymet…
Cameroon’s anti-graft agency says investigations into Glencore bribery underway
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong YAOUNDE (Reuters) – Cameroon’s anti-corruption agency is investigating claims by miner and commodities trader Glencore Plc that it paid bribes to officials at state-run companies in exchange for favours, an official said on Tu…