LONDON (Reuters) -British Airways will cut more flights during the crucial summer holiday months, as airlines and airports across Europe struggle to keep up with strong post-pandemic demand from holidaymakers. Britain last month temporarily relaxed rul…
UK ministers, including new Finance Minister, to tell Johnson to go-reports
LONDON (Reuters) -A group of cabinet ministers are about to tell Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quit, including the man who has just been appointed as the new finance minister, media reports said on Wednesday. BBC Political Editor Chris Mason said Tra…
UK watchdog investigates Microsoft’s $68.7 billion Activision deal
(Reuters) -Britain’s antitrust watchdog said on Wednesday it had started an investigation into Microsoft Corp’s $68.7 billion deal to buy “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard Inc. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it had until Sept. …
UK PM Johnson declines comment on report of cabinet group about to tell him to go
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson declined to comment on Wednesday when asked about a report that a delegation of cabinet ministers was preparing to tell him to resign. Johnson was speaking at a parliamentary committee hearing. (R…
Amazon faces UK probe over suspected anti-competitive practices
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain’s antitrust watchdog is investigating Amazon.com Inc on concerns it was hurting competition by giving its own sellers an unfair advantage in its marketplace over third parties, adding to global regulatory scrutiny of the U.S. …
Oil drops to 12-wk low on recession, COVID-19 worries
By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices dropped to a 12-week low in volatile trade on Wednesday, extending Tuesday’s heavy losses as growing fears of demand destruction from a global recession outweighed supply concerns. Brent futures for Sept…
UK PM Johnson says it wouldn’t be responsible to resign now
LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defied further calls for him to step down amid a wave of government resignations, arguing it wouldn’t “responsible” for him to quit right now in light of pressing domestic issues and the war in Uk…
‘Enough is enough’: Ex-minister Javid delivers parting blow to PM Johnson
By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -Former British minister Sajid Javid delivered a withering attack on Boris Johnson’s leadership on Wednesday, telling him and his fellow lawmakers in their ruling Conservative Party that it was time for the prime mini…
Exclusive-Pope to give women a say in appointment of bishops
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis said he wants to give women more top-level positions in the Holy See and disclosed that for the first time he would name women to a previously all-male Vatican committee that helps him select the…
Croatia’s PM proposes new candidate after finance minister resigns
SARAJEVO (Reuters) -Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Wednesday that he proposed economy professor Marko Primorac as the new finance minister after Zdravko Maric filed his resignation in an unexpected move. Maric, who had initiated tax …