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Fearing Russian gas shut-off, France’s industry turns to oil
By Mathieu Rosemain and Leigh Thomas AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - France's energy-intensive companies are speeding up contingency plans and converting their gas boilers to run on oil as they se...
Jul 10, 2022
Israel’s El Al to restore pilots’ salaries to pre-COVID levels
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Flag carrier El Al Israel Airlines reached a collective agreement with its pilots to restore their salaries to pre-COVID pandemic levels and end months of labour action that led ...
Jul 10, 2022
German union Verdi calls for ‘Prime Day’ strike by Amazon workers
BERLIN (Reuters) - German union Verdi has called on staff at seven Amazon distribution centres to strike over Sunday evening's night shift in a bid to force the retailer to accept the union's sectoral...
Jul 10, 2022
“We’re not the devil”: France Inc. grapples with new political order
By Leigh Thomas and Mathieu Rosemain AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - France's business elite is grappling to live with a new more hostile political order a month after far-right and hard-left part...
Jul 10, 2022
Resident tells council Peoria may be on “pathway of possible genocide”
PEORIA, Ill. — Any city seeking to grow its population and the amount of business done or based locally, is often reticent to spotlight the true nature of its own crime problem. It’s hard ...
Jul 10, 2022
U.S. completes passenger airline refund probes into 10 airlines
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Sunday the government has completed 10 investigations into airlines over passenger-refund related issues. Buttigieg told Fox...
Jul 10, 2022
Chinese property developer Ronshine misses interest payments on two bonds
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese property developer Ronshine China Holdings Ltd has not made interest payments on its June 2023 and December 2023 notes, totalling $27.9 million, in the latest blow to Chi...
Jul 10, 2022
EDF nationalisation will not raise French household power bills – government
PARIS (Reuters) - The planned nationalisation of French power utility EDF will not result in an increase in the electricity bills of French households, government spokesman Olivier Veran said on Sunda...
Jul 10, 2022
Lebanon’s music festivals make modest comeback after crisis
By Laila Bassam BAALBEK (Reuters) - Lebanon's international music festivals kicked off at the weekend with a performance in the Roman ruins of Baalbek, the first performance there since the country's ...
Jul 10, 2022
TUI forecasts record tourist demand for Greece this year
ATHENS (Reuters) - Holiday group TUI expects the highest level of demand for Greece on record this year, its director of Communications Aage Duenhaupt told Athens news agency on Sunday. Tourism accoun...
Jul 10, 2022
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