Palm oil body to wield stick to get consumer goods giants to go green
A palm oil industry watchdog will adopt rules next month that will impose fines on consumer goods companies like Unilever and Nestle if they don’t...
Signify to buy U.S. firm Cooper Lighting for $1.4 billion
Signify , the Dutch-based lighting company, has agreed to buy U.S. firm Cooper Lighting Solutions from Eaton Corp. for $1.4 billion in cash to boost...
Yemeni government, separatists seen inking deal to end Aden standoff this week
Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and southern separatists are expected on Thursday to announce a deal to end a power struggle in the southern port of Aden...
U.S. ‘deeply concerned’ about untrackable China ships carrying Iran oil: officials
The White House is warning Chinese shipping companies against turning off their ships’ transponders to hide Iranian oil shipments in violation of U.S. sanctions, two...
Taliban truck bomb in Afghanistan kills at least three, wounds dozens
A Taliban suicide bomber killed at least three people and wounded 27 on Wednesday when he set off explosives in a truck near a police...
Spain sends Belgium arrest warrant request for Catalan leader Puigdemont
Belgium has received a third European arrest warrant request from Spain’s Supreme Court for former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont, a spokeswoman for the Brussels prosecutor...
France’s Le Drian will go to Iraq to discuss transfers, trials for jihadists in Syria
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that he would soon go to Iraq to discuss a judicial framework to enable jihadists being...
French Finance Minister: ‘glimmer of hope’ on Brexit deal
There is a “glimmer of hope” that a Brexit deal can be reached before Britain’s departure due on Oct. 31, French Finance Minister Bruno Le...
Brexit talks to resume after ‘constructive’ negotiations into the night
Brexit talks will resume in Brussels on Wednesday morning after “constructive” negotiations that went into the night on Tuesday, a British spokesman said....
Japan searching for North Korean fishing boat reported to have sunk
Japanese authorities were searching on Wednesday for a North Korean fishing boat that was reported to have sunk in the Sea of Japan....