By Jonathan Saul, Muyu Xu and Yilei Sun LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) -A new worldwide wave of COVID-19. Natural disasters in China and Germany. A cyber attack targeting key South African ports. Events have conspired to drive global supply...
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U.S., Germany strike Nord Stream 2 pipeline deal to push back on Russian ‘aggression’
By Simon Lewis and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States and Germany on Wednesday unveiled an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under which Berlin pledged to respond to any attempt by Russia to use energy as a...
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Natural disaster H1 insured losses hit 10-year high-Aon
LONDON (Reuters) – Insured losses from natural disasters hit a 10-year high of $42 billion in the first half of 2021, with the biggest loss related to extreme cold in the United States in February, insurance broker Aon said on...
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Central banks, wealth funds going greener and more activist -survey
By Marc Jones LONDON (Reuters) – The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating a shift by central banks and sovereign wealth and public pension funds to greener and more activist investment strategies, one of the largest annual surveys of...
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In push to supply Tesla, Piedmont Lithium irks North Carolina neighbors
By Ernest Scheyder GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (Reuters) -In its quest to build one of the largest lithium mines in the United States, Piedmont Lithium Inc has overlooked one crucial constituency: its North Carolina neighbors. Piedmont last...
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Running low on battery power: Brexit Britain faces an acid test
By Nick Carey and Barbara Lewis LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has set a fast pace in the electric vehicle race with its 2030 ban on sales of new fossil fuel-powered cars and has offered 1 billion pounds ($1.4 billion) to jump start its...
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