Plastics tax, carbon-trading cash to cover EU’s Brexit gap, officials say
Top European Union official Charles Michel proposed on Friday filling the Brexit gap in the EU’s next long-term budget with revenue from a new tax...
Insured losses from storm Ciara could near $2 billion, RMS estimates
Total insured property losses from storm Ciara, which was named Sabine in Germany, could be between 1.1 billion and 1.8 billion euros ($1.2 billion-$1.95 billion),...
Russian Jehovah’s Witness adherent was tortured in custody, says lawyer
Russian law enforcement officers in Siberia detained an adherent of the Jehovah’s Witnesses late one evening this week and drove him to a secluded area...
Thai villagers turn to court in protest over Mekong dam in Laos
Villagers along the Mekong River have asked a court in Bangkok on Friday to slow down Thai purchases of electricity from a hydropower dam in...
Plastics tax, carbon trading cash to cover Brexit gap in EU budget: officials
A top European Union official Charles Michel proposed on Friday to fill the Brexit hole in the bloc’s next long-term budget with revenue from a...
Naked couple protest in bed against Polish canal project
An activist couple spent Valentine’s day morning naked in bed on the site of a planned canal which Poland’s ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party...
Oil prices rise $1, on course for weekly gain
Oil prices rose on Friday and were on track for their first weekly gain since early January as investors bet the economic impact of the...
S&P 500, Nasdaq tick higher at open after Nvidia’s upbeat forecast
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq opened slightly higher on Friday helped by chipmakers’ shares after Nvidia issued an upbeat quarterly sales forecast, but concerns about...
Google in talks with publishers to pay for premium news content: WSJ
Alphabet Inc’s Google is in talks with publishers on paying a licensing fee for content that would be packaged in a premium news product, the...
Fiat Chrysler temporarily suspends production in Serbia over China supply disruption
Fiat Chrysler said on Friday it had temporarily halted production at its Serbian plant over the “availability of certain components sourced in China”....
