Nevada utility announces three major solar projects with battery storage
Nevada’s largest utility NV Energy will procure 1,200 megawatts (MW) of solar electricity paired with batteries, or enough to power about 228,000 homes, as it...
Traton expected to price toward lower end of range: sources
Volkswagen’s truck unit Traton is expected to price toward the lower end of the marketing range in this week’s initial public offering, people close to...
Veteran Sanders seeks U.S. voters on live-streaming gaming channel
U.S. presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has a new strategy to reach younger voters: joining a live-streaming site for video gamers....
Ukraine president’s party leads poll ahead of July election
A party set up by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who took office last month, continues to lead in an opinion poll published on Wednesday ahead...
Toilet revolution and boutique hotels on curriculum at China party school
Images of squat toilets flash on to the screen as around 80 men and a smattering of women listen intently to their teacher tell them...
Better satellite images to help save rainforests, Norway says
Norway is to commission high-resolution satellite images of the Amazon and other rainforests as part of its multi-billion dollar effort to detect tropical deforestation, tree...
Swiss ban planemaker Pilatus from operating in Saudi Arabia, UAE
The Swiss foreign ministry on Wednesday banned planemaker Pilatus from operating in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, saying the company had breached rules...
China’s Alibaba aims to double Tmall brands with English portal
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba on Wednesday launched an English-language website for its Tmall marketplace aimed at merchants, in an attempt to double the number of...
Shares in Germany’s Brenntag drop on report of dual-use chemicals sale to Syria
Shares in German chemicals distributor Brenntag dropped 4.4% on Wednesday with traders citing a media report that the company sold substances to Syria that could...
Kremlin says work continues on possible Putin-Trump meeting
Work continued on a possible meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of a G20 meeting this week,...
