David Barret

September 23, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – Volkswagen AG said on Thursday it is building a new battery system factory in eastern China’s Hefei city which will start production in 2023. The German automaker said it would invest more than 140 million euros ($164 million) in the battery plant by 2025. It is building a factory […]

September 23, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Two non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said they had brought a legal case before the Paris administrative court to order French customs to disclose records over war equipments exports, especially to Saudia Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Amnesty International France and the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) […]

Google on Thursday filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court against the Competition Commission of India following following the leak of a damning confidential report about  the nation’s watchdog interim fact-finding in an antitrust probe. The report, which Google has yet to formally receive or review, said the American giant had abused the dominant […]

September 23, 2021 (Reuters) – Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has reclaimed top spot in the list of the world’s highest-paid soccer players from Lionel Messi, according to Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2021/09/21/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-2021–uniteds-cristiano-ronaldo-reclaims-top-spot-from-psgs–lionel-messi/?sh=2a9bd7013b7b. Ronaldo, 36, rejoined United from Juventus in August after 12 years away, while Messi has swapped boyhood club Barcelona to join Paris St Germain. Forbes […]

September 23, 2021 (Reuters) – Former world number one Andy Murray said he is seeing signs of improvement in his game after reaching his first ATP quarter-final in two years on Wednesday with a comfortable victory over Canada’s Vasek Pospisil at the Moselle Open. The 34-year-old Briton, who had hip surgeries in 2018 and 2019, […]

September 23, 2021 Austin Meadows’ three-run homer highlighted Tampa Bay’s six-run third inning Wednesday afternoon, securing a playoff berth for the Rays in a 7-1 drubbing of the Toronto Blue Jays in St. Petersburg, Fla. After losing Tuesday despite being issued 11 walks and a hit batter, the Rays erupted by batting around against Toronto […]

September 23, 2021 (Reuters) – The Spanish economy grew a much slower 1.1% in the second quarter from the previous one, National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Thursday, revising the data from 2.8% announced three months ago. The INE also revised the year-on-year growth in the second quarter to 17.5% down from 19.8%. The Spanish […]

September 23, 2021 (Reuters) – European stocks rallied for a third day as the global mood brightened on easing concerns about cash-strapped developer China Evergrande, while investors awaited the latest batch of business surveys. The pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 0.6% by 0709 GMT and was now set to end the week with solid gains. […]

Paystack, the African fintech company that powers and processes payments for businesses, today announced that it is launching Pay with Apple Pay on its platform. The company, in a statement, called the integration “the fastest, secure way for Nigerian businesses to accept international payments.” Apple Pay, Apple’s mobile payments and digital wallet service, provides users […]

September 23, 2021 By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars said on Thursday that its vehicle range will go leather-free or ‘vegan-friendly’ by 2030, offering instead bio-based and recycled materials to a customer base that increasingly wants sustainably sourced products. “We’ve got a new generation of customers coming through, they’re far more […]

September 23, 2021 By Jessie Pang HONG KONG (Reuters) – A closely monitored national security case involving 47 Hong Kong democracy activists charged with conspiracy to commit subversion, most of whom have been in custody for more than six months, will resume on Nov. 29, a judge ruled on Thursday. Magistrate Peter Law in the […]

September 23, 2021 By Terje Solsvik OSLO (Reuters) – Norway’s centre-left election winners meet on Thursday for three-way talks to determine whether they can form a majority coalition government, with oil, taxes and EU relations among the sticking points. Labour, the Socialists and the Centre Party won a majority of seats in Norway’s parliament on […]

September 23, 2021 By Khalid Abdelaziz, Nafisa Eltahir and John Irish KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Sudanese authorities have taken control of lucrative assets that for years provided backing for Hamas, shedding light on how the country served as a haven for the Palestinian militant group under former leader Omar al-Bashir. The takeover of at least a […]

September 23, 2021 By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – An attorney for Britney Spears on Wednesday asked a Los Angeles judge to terminate the 13-year-old conservatorship that oversees her personal life and finances by the fall. In a filing submitted to Los Angeles Superior Court, lawyer Mathew Rosengart asked that the musician’s father, Jamie […]

September 23, 2021 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Swedish online gaming company Betsson said on Thursday that its chairman, Patrick Svensk, had resigned effective immediately in the wake of the dismissal of the company’s Chief Executive earlier this month. The company, which said it had appointed board member Johan Lundberg as its new chairman, said Svensk’s decision […]

September 23, 2021 By Alexandra Alper, Stephen Nellis and David Shepardson (Reuters) – Intel Corp Chief Executive Pat Gelsinger plans to attend a virtual White House meeting on the global chip shortage on Thursday, along with representatives from companies including Apple, Microsoft, Samsung Electronics, GM, Ford and Stellantis, people familiar with the matter said. The […]

September 23, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. automaker General Motors Co said on Thursday that it would invest $300 million in Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta to develop self-driving technologies for future models in China. In China, the world’s biggest car market, GM is making vehicles with SAIC Motor, which has also invested in Momenta. Momenta […]

September 23, 2021 By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – AstraZeneca Plc on Thursday struck a deal with the firm behind Imperial College London’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine to develop and sell drugs based on its self-amplifying RNA technology platform in other disease areas. Under the deal, VaxEquity, a startup founded by Imperial vaccinologist Robin Shattock, could […]

September 23, 2021 ROME (Reuters) -Europe’s biggest utility Enel has set up a new company dedicated to digital grid services, which aims to have a revenue of 1.5 billion euros ($1.76 billion) by 2030, newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore reported on Wednesday. The spinoff, Gridspertise, will manage all activities related to digital meters and intelligent […]

September 23, 2021 SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australians are finding a silver lining to lockdowns as super-cheap credit lifts the value of homes and shares to record highs, a windfall of wealth that gives consumers the means to spend big once restrictions ease. Figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics out on Thursday showed net household […]