France has had its 16th “yellow vest” protest. These protests have been going on since November. While some of the protests have turned violent, the most recent one was peaceful. They originally started to protest high fuel prices but have changed into an anti government movement. I believe when the protests first began the government conceded to their demands, however… Read more »
OSLO (Reuters) – Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP is switching emphasis from M&A toward exploration, taking a potentially riskier path to increase its resources after years when it has relied on acquisitions to add the bulk of its new barrels. The company said the change of tack was prompted by falling exploration costs, partly as a result of… Read more »
GLASGOW (Reuters) – Norway enjoyed a bumper night at the European Indoor Athletics Championships on Saturday as teenager Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 3,000 meters ahead of his bronze medal-winning brother Henrik and Karsten Warholm stormed to gold in the 400 meters. Ingebrigtsen, 18, became the youngest male gold medalist in the history of the championships after he led from the… Read more »
PARIS (Reuters) – Turnout for a 16th round of “yellow vest” protests in France on Saturday was below last week’s levels and marches were largely peaceful, in a relief for President Emmanuel Macron who has struggled to find a response to the movement. While turnout figures at midday were only half of last week, by nightfall the Interior Ministry counted… Read more »
PARIS (Reuters) – France on Monday expelled an Islamist suspected of being a spiritual tutor to one of the killers in the attack on Charlie Hebdo newspaper and to one of the attackers at a Jewish supermarket in 2015. Djamel Beghal was put on a plane to Algeria as soon as he was freed from jail after serving a sentence… Read more »
Brexit has not even officially gone through and there has already been major backlash. The economy in Britain will greatly suffer because of Brexit. This article clearly shows that major car companies are assessing what losses they will incur in a no deal Brexit or a even with a deal. Many of them are deciding whether to close plants and… Read more »
ST ATHAN, Wales/GAYDON, England (Reuters) – In three cavernous former Royal Air Force hangars at an old airbase in Wales, luxury carmaker Aston Martin is forging ahead with construction of a new vehicle assembly plant. The paint shop is in, robots are being unpacked, and production of the company’s critical new sport utility vehicle is on track to start this… Read more »
(Reuters) – Shares of Purplebricks lost over a third of their value on Thursday after the British online estate agent cut its full-year revenue forecast and warned that revenue from the United States and Australia would not meet its expectations. The online broker said it expects to report fiscal 2018-19 revenue between 130 million pounds and 140 million pounds ($169… Read more »
LONDON (Reuters) – Actor Sonja Morgenstern, a German national who has lived in London since 1996, packed up and moved back to Nuremberg this week in hopes of rediscovering the peace and certainty she lost when Britain voted for Brexit in 2016. The 41-year-old, an active anti-Brexit campaigner who dresses up at pro-EU events, is one of 3.7 million EU… Read more »
CAIRO/BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Egypt will host the first joint summit of Arab League and European Union leaders starting on Sunday, a gathering overshadowed by internal divisions in both alliances and last-minute talks on Brexit. The two-day summit at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh is billed as a starting point for the two regional bodies to boost cooperation on… Read more »