LONDON, July 16 (Reuters) – The British government said on Thursday it would ban the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s in England beginning in April next year, saying the move would protect children’s health and wellbeing. The government said drinks containing more than 150 milligrams of caffeine per litre would be covered by…
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union issued two new rules for Google on Thursday to force it to share search data and open up its Android operating system to rival AI companies. In the latest attempt to rein in tech behemoths’ deep control of the digital economy, the EU said it will support innovation and…
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A man was partially sucked out of an airplane window shortly after takeoff Friday on a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany, but nearby passengers pulled him back inside. A Greek hospital official said the 61-year-old passenger was treated for neck and shoulder injuries and friction burns. The official spoke on…
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s passenger car exports surged 80% in June from a year earlier, mainly due to strong demand for electric vehicles, though domestic sales fell 26%. In the first half of this year, Chinese passenger vehicle exports jumped 72% to more than 4.4 million, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers….
By Gilles Guillaume and America Hernandez PARIS, July 5 – The third stage of the Tour de France that will take place on Monday will be closed to the public due to risks posed by a forest fire raging in southwestern France, officials said on Sunday. The fire has ravaged more than 1,600 hectares (6.18…
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Authorities urged residents of two villages in central Greece to evacuate Wednesday as more than 135 firefighters and 25 aircraft battled a wildfire, a day after a forest fire in northern Greece killed a father and his 12-year-old son. Firefighters on Wednesday identified a body found inside a home destroyed by…
By David Lawder WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) – Trade chiefs from the U.S., Mexico and Canada are due to review their trade agreement on Wednesday in an exercise expected to launch a decade-long sunset of the regional pact as they continue negotiations aimed at satisfying President Donald Trump’s desire to shift more manufacturing to the…
TOKYO (AP) — Business sentiment among major Japanese manufacturers has improved for a fifth straight quarter, the Bank of Japan said in its quarterly “tankan” survey released Wednesday. The survey’s so-called diffusion index rose to 22 from 17 in the previous quarter, the BOJ said. The index for large non-manufacturers, such as services, edged up…
By Jana Choukeir BEIRUT, June 30 (Reuters) – Some 400,000 Lebanese uprooted by war have returned to southern Lebanon, with more expected to follow in the coming week, a government minister said on Tuesday, encouraged by a lull in the four-month-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Yet many remain unable to go back. Since March,…
COPENHAGEN, June 29 (Reuters) – Canada has given C$7 million ($4.93 million) in grants to a Greenland molybdenum mining project, a critical metal used in aerospace, energy and defence, Greenland Resources said on Monday. • Greenland Resources is developing the open-pit Malmbjerg mine in east Greenland, which holds deposits of molybdenum, classified as a critical…