
Watch live: Experts outline health risks of Charon heatwave
Watch live as experts from the World Meteorological Organization speak to reporters during a UN briefing in Geneva about extreme temperatures and their health risks as the Charon heatwave sweeps across Europe. The anticylone has been named after the figure in Greek mythology who was the ferryman of the dead. It pushed into Europe region from north Africa on Sunday and could lift temperatures above 45 Celsius (113 Fahrenheit) in parts of Italy early this week. The Foreign Office (FCDO) has issued a warning for people travelling to Spain, Italy and Greece, with extreme temperarures affecting these regions. FCDO officials have advised travellers to check information on hottest areas and to follow local health service advice on how to take care in the heat. Warnings to tourists come as Italy reported the death of a street sign painter in a heatwave where temperatures have pushed well past 40C. The 44-year-old worker collapsed while working in the northern town of Lodi on Tuesday, 18 July. Local media reported that he was taken to hospital but doctors were unable to revive him. Read More High anxiety over Ukraine war sets in at EU-LatAm summit that was supposed to be a love-in Climate envoy John Kerry meets with Chinese officials amid US push to stabilize rocky relations House Republicans propose planting a trillion trees as they move away from climate change denial
2023-07-18 17:27

European Stocks Edge Up as Investors Focus on Company Earnings
European stocks edged up on Tuesday as investor focus started to turn to company earnings from economic data
2023-07-18 17:17

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow launches air strikes as Putin’s forces ‘face Kyiv attack on Crimea’
Russia launched overnight air attacks on Ukraine‘s south and east using drones and possibly ballistic missiles, Ukraine‘s Air Force and officials said early on Tuesday. A fire broke out at one of the “facilities” in the port of Mykolaiv late on Monday, the city mayor said. The port city provides Ukraine with access to the Black Sea. “It’s quite serious,” Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on the Telegram messaging app of the fire, adding that more detail will come in the morning. The southern port of Odesa and the Mykolaiv, Donetsk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions were under threat of Russian drone attacks, the Air Force said on the Telegram messaging app. It added that Russia may be using ballistic weaponry to attack the regions of Poltava, Cherkasy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Kirovohrad. It comes as Russian defence ministry said they repelled a Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea in the early hours of Tuesday - a day after an explosion on the bridge killed two people. The ministry said their air defences destroyed 17 drones and another 11 drones were intercepted by electronic warfare systems. Read More What the Crimea bridge attack means for Ukraine’s counteroffensive Why the Crimea bridge attack will get under Putin’s skin Russia stops crucial Ukraine grain export deal hours after attack on Crimea bridge Trump finally reveals how he thinks he could end Russia’s war in Ukraine in a day
2023-07-18 16:48

Pret A Manger Reports First Profit in Five Years as Sales Jump
Pret A Manger has returned to profitability for the first time since 2018, as the coffee and sandwich
2023-07-18 16:29

ECB Member Klaas Knot Calls Hiking Beyond July ‘At Most a Possibility’
European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said monetary tightening beyond next week’s meeting is anything but
2023-07-18 16:28

Ukraine Recap: Drone Attacks Reported Over South Ukraine, Crimea
Massive drone attacks were reported in southern Ukraine and over Russian-occupied Crimea hours after President Vladimir Putin vowed
2023-07-18 14:45

ECB’s Doubts on Taxing Russian Assets Are Misplaced, Latvia Says
Latvian Prime Minister Krisjanis Karins pushed back against the European Central Bank’s warning that taxing profits from sanctioned
2023-07-18 14:25

Novartis Raises Outlook, Plans Buyback of Up to $15 Billion
Novartis AG raised its profit outlook and announced plans to buy back as much as $15 billion in
2023-07-18 13:50

Eurostar: Facial verification system to reduce queues at St Pancras
New technology means some passengers can avoid manual checks and queues at St Pancras station.
2023-07-18 13:50

Factbox-Corporate debt woes are on the rise
LONDON From Britain to Sweden and France, debt-laden firms are starting to feel the strain from high inflation
2023-07-18 13:28

Long-feared corporate debt woes start to hit home
By Chiara Elisei and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON The spectre of rising corporate debt defaults exacerbating a global economic
2023-07-18 13:24

Swedbank Second-Quarter Profit Tops Estimates on Rates Tailwind
Swedbank AB delivered better-than-expected income from lending activities in the second quarter, joining peer Nordea Bank Abp in
2023-07-18 13:18