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By Abigail Summerville NEW YORK, July 28 (Reuters) – Family-owned food companies are stocking up on U.S. snack companies, which are warming to the idea of private backers – many of them overseas – that can help them weather the storm in the supermarket aisles. Last week, Hanover, Pennsylvania-based potato chip maker Utz agreed to be taken private by Germany’s Intersnack Group along with Utz’s founding families. The nearly $3 […]

By Yves Herman and Janis Laizans BORDEAUX, France, July 28 (Reuters) – France was bracing for its fourth major heatwave of the year on Tuesday, as soaring temperatures and tinder-dry conditions across the southwest piled pressure on crews battling a giant wildfire in the Bordeaux region. Temperatures in Bordeaux are forecast to reach 33 degrees Celsius (91 degrees Fahrenheit) during the day, around 7 degrees above the average high between […]

TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A tsunami warning for a wave measuring 1 m (3.28 feet) was issued after the earthquake, the JMA said. The Japanese government issued emergency earthquake warnings for Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Fukuoka, Saga, Oita, and Miyazaki prefectures, all on Japan’s southern Kyushu island. Japan is one […]

By Mohi Narayan NEW DELHI, July 28 (Reuters) – The number of vessels passing through Bab el-Mandeb rose to 28 on Monday, a four-day high, while traffic through the Strait of Hormuz remained low, according to Kpler shipping data, amid optimism about a potential resolution to the U.S.-Iran conflict. Traffic was still below the month’s peak of 46 vessels recorded on July 14, the data showed. U.S. President Donald Trump […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants third baseman Casey Schmitt left Monday night’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers in the bottom of the second inning due to a left knee injury. Schmitt appeared to hurt his left leg after rounding first base following a single to right field. He showed discomfort and was grasping at his lower left leg after the play. Schmitt was able to walk off the […]

ROME (AP) — Four decades after the Chernobyl disaster spewed radiation across Europe and turned Italy off nuclear power, Premier Giorgia Meloni ’s government is laying the groundwork to bring it back as the country seeks to improve its energy security. The government is counting on a new generation of Italians who see nuclear power as a source of low-carbon electricity, a tool to help fight climate change and a […]

MILAN, July 28 (Reuters) – Stellantis has agreed to sell its Free2move car-sharing unit to German investment company Mutares, the automaker said on Tuesday, as CEO Antonio Filosa continues efforts to sharpen the group’s focus on its core vehicle production. • In May, the French-Italian automaker unveiled its long-term business plan promising more disciplined capital allocation, a stronger focus on core automotive activities, and partnerships in manufacturing and technology. • […]

July 28 (Reuters) – Shares in LVMH were seen falling 2% to 3% in premarket on Tuesday, after the French luxury giant reported overnight second-quarter sales that failed to convince investors about an imminent recovery at its most profitable division. The owner of Louis Vuitton, Dior and Moet & Chandon champagne said quarterly sales at its fashion and leather goods division, which generates the bulk of its operating profit, grew […]

By Clement Bonnerot BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, July 28 (Reuters) – On a good day, there are only four cars available to ferry surveillance teams round the city of Bunia, the epicentre of an Ebola outbreak surging through the Democratic Republic of Congo. They were all out when Dr Moubarack Kano came in to work. So he set off in his own white Subaru Forester, with a colleague alongside […]