By Jarrett Renshaw and Nichola Groom (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department has recommended to the White House that all federal offshore oil and gas drilling auctions over the next five years be located in the Gulf of Mexico, where the drilling indus…
U.S. Supreme Court limits federal power to curb carbon emissions
By Lawrence Hurley and Valerie Volcovici WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday imposed limits on the federal government’s authority to issue sweeping regulations to reduce carbon emissions from power plants in a ruling that will unde…
Ferrari to churn out gas guzzlers on its slow road to electric
By Giulio Piovaccari and Nick Carey MARANELLO, Italy (Reuters) – Ferrari makes some of the fastest cars on the road, but the luxury Italian automaker is taking the slow lane to an electric future as it tries to overcome the technology’s disadvantages a…
Gazprom shares dive after dividend cancelled for first time since 1998
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian gas giant Gazprom has decided not to pay dividends on last year’s results, the first time it will not pay out since 1998, sending its shares plunging by nearly 30%. “The shareholders decided that in the current situation it is…
Philippines starts new era of Marcos rule, decades after overthrow
By Karen Lema and Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) -Ferdinand Marcos, the son of the Philippine ruler overthrown in a popular uprising 36 years ago, was sworn in as the country’s president on Thursday, promising to strive for unity and a better fut…
Russia to open trial against U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner
(Reuters) -U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner goes on trial in Russia on Friday on drug charges that could see her face up to 10 years in prison, in a case caught up in the fraught relations between Moscow and Washington. Griner, a star in the U.S….
Israel heads to Nov 1 election with Netanyahu waiting
By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli lawmakers voted on Thursday to dissolve parliament following the collapse of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s ruling coalition, opening the way for a Nov. 1 election that will be Israel’s fifth in less t…
‘I didn’t fire a shot’, says American held by separatists in eastern Ukraine
(Reuters) – A former U.S. soldier captured in eastern Ukraine said he did not fire a single shot while fighting for the Ukrainian side, in a plea for leniency from separatist authorities who will determine his fate. In a video interview with Russia’s R…
R&B singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years in prison
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Multi-platinum R&B singer R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Wednesday after being convicted of sex trafficking last year for exploiting his stardom and wealth over a quarter century to lure women and underage girls fo…
U.S., Iran indirect nuclear talks in Doha end without progress
By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Indirect talks between Tehran and Washington aimed at breaking an impasse over how to salvage Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact have ended in Qatar without the progress “the EU team as coordinator had hoped-for”, EU’s envoy Enr…