UNITED NATIONS, Sept 18 (Reuters) – An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council on Friday placed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the narrow frontrunner in the contest to become the next U.N. secretary-general, diplomats and other sources close to the…
MOSCOW, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Acclaimed Russian film director Andrey Zvyagintsev, who has repeatedly criticised Moscow’s war in Ukraine, was designated on Friday as a “foreign agent”, state news agency TASS said. Russia has applied the label, which has connotations of espionage, to numerous people,…
NEW YORK, Sept 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. state of Virginia is tightening controls on data centers, with plans that include banning non-disclosure agreements for the projects, requiring stricter permitting and imposing clean energy mandates on the server warehouses, Governor Abigail Spanberger said on Friday. Virginia, which…
FRANKFURT, Sept 18 (Reuters) – Volkswagen on Friday slashed its outlook, flagging €10 billion ($11.5 billion) in one-off items related to its stake in luxury sportscar maker Porsche, provisions for job cuts and a weak Chinese market. The profit warning deepens a crisis at the…
Sept 18 (Reuters) – Poland has joined an anti-ballistic missile coalition with Ukraine and other allies, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Friday. “From today, Poland is part of this major project … we agreed on the forms and frameworks of this cooperation,” Tusk said…
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Kremlin has ordered the Russian businesses of Swiss-based food and beverage company Nestle and French retailer Auchan placed in temporary administration, procedure that previously has led to the forced sale of Western businesses to Russian owners at knockdown prices. The…
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday that it has made a formal protest to Japan over its decision to host U.S.-made medium-range missile systems that Moscow sees as a threat. The Foreign Ministry said its note of protest, which was issued earlier…
LYON, France (AP) — Interpol is rolling out a new tool to help police track down hidden criminal assets and an Italian crime boss was one of the first to feel its effects. The so-called “Silver Notice” allows the policing organization’s 196 member countries to…
Sept 18 (Reuters) – Italian cable maker Prysmian said on Friday it had partnered with Rio Tinto to supply electrical cables made with low-carbon aluminium for an Amazon data centre in Ohio. The cables will use aluminium produced with ELYSIS “inert-anode” technology, which Prysmian said…
By Jan Strupczewski and Francesco Canepa DUBLIN/FRANKFURT, Sept 18 (Reuters) – European banks need greater scale and deeper capital markets if they are to compete with US rivals, senior European officials said on Friday, as the European Union looks to strengthen its position in an…
