Hot weather cuts French, German nuclear power output
Scorching temperatures across Europe coupled with prolonged dry weather has reduced French nuclear power generation by around 5.2 gigawatts (GW) or 8%, French power grid...
EU warns Germany over nitrate pollution of water
The European Commission warned Germany on Thursday to meet a European Court of Justice ruling to protect its waters against nitrate pollution or potentially face...
American King loses 200 breaststroke disqualification appeal
American Lilly King has lost her appeal against disqualification from the women’s 200 meters breaststroke at the world championships in Gwangju, organizers said on Thursday....
Southwest squeezes out quarterly profit, ceases Newark flights due to 737 MAX
Southwest Airlines Co squeezed out a small profit in the second quarter as strong bookings helped soften the financial blow of the Boeing 737 MAX...
Tunisian President Essebsi has died: presidency
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the North African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 revolution, has died, the presidency...
Philippines readies new renewable energy policies to curb coal dependence
The Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) on Thursday vowed to fast-track the implementation of two key renewable energy (RE) policies, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive...
Southwest Airlines posts quarterly profit despite 737 MAX blow
Southwest Airlines Co squeezed out a small profit in the second quarter as it struggled with the grounding of Boeing MAX jets, the carrier said...
Electronics maker Flex ‘seized’ $100 million of Huawei goods in China: Global Times
Electronics manufacturer Flex held up goods worth some 700 million yuan ($101.85 million) of its Chinese client Huawei Technologies for more than a month after...
Former Israeli leader Barak joins with left-wing in election run
Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday announced a joint run with a left-wing party in a September election to try to end Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
Missing Mekong waters rouse suspicions of China
By this time of year, the Mekong River should have been rising steadily with the monsoon rains, bringing fishermen a bounty of fat fish....