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LONDON (Reuters) – More than 1,600 companies identified by non-profit platform CDP as having the biggest impact on the environment are not disclosing environmental data, it said as it launched its latest campaign to get firms to provide the information. CDP, which has standardised data to allow investors and others to compare corporate performance in areas like climate change, water and deforestation, said 288 financial institutions with around $29 trillion […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday, but all eyes were on Novak Djokovic as a political row sparked by the two-times Roland Garros champion intensified. Djokovic remained the hot topic as the fallout of his statement earlier this week that “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia” continued ahead of his second-round match against Marton Fucsovics […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he expected the debt ceiling bill to pass the House of Representatives on Wednesday and come to the Senate as soon as Thursday. “We anticipate the bill passing and coming over to us as soon as tomorrow,” McConnell told reporters at the U.S. Capitol. “We had a healthy discussion at lunch about the pros and cons.” The U.S. House of […]

By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected calls for stronger measures to mitigate climate change, dismissing more than a dozen climate-related proposals at their annual meetings. The results supported the two largest U.S. oil producers in resisting pressure from investor groups calling for the pair to follow European rivals in accepting tougher emissions reductions goals. Despite efforts by Shell PLC, […]

(Reuters) – Coherus BioSciences Inc said on Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had flagged three observations at its partner’s manufacturing site in China when the agency was conducting inspections related to its experimental cancer drug. The FDA’s observations, sent in a Form 483, were yet another setback for the company and its partner Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co Ltd , and sent Coherus’s shares to a record […]

By Shrivathsa Sridhar PARIS (Reuters) -Stefanos Tsitsipas and Carlos Alcaraz cruised into the third round of the French Open on Wednesday, but all eyes were on Novak Djokovic as a political row sparked by the two-times Roland Garros champion intensified. Djokovic remained the hot topic as the fallout of his statement earlier this week that “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia” continued ahead of his second-round match against Marton Fucsovics […]

LONDON (Reuters) – North Korean missile tests are endangering the safety of commercial shipping in busy sea lanes in northeastern Asia without enough time given for notification, several countries told a UN agency on Wednesday. Nuclear-armed North Korea’s sixth satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, with the booster and payload plunging into the sea, but it still prompted emergency alerts and evacuation warnings in parts of South Korea and […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Sudan’s army suspended talks with a rival paramilitary force on Wednesday over a ceasefire and aid access, raising fears the six-week-old conflict will push Africa’s third largest country deeper into a humanitarian crisis. The armed forces said in a statement it halted talks in the Saudi city of Jeddah, accusing the other side of a lack of commitment in implementing any terms of the agreement and a continuous […]

By Hyonhee Shin and Chang-Ran Kim SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – A North Korean satellite launch on Wednesday ended in failure, sending the booster and payload plunging into the sea, North Korean state media said, and the South’s military said it had recovered parts of the launch vehicle. The new “Chollima-1” satellite launch rocket failed because of instability in the engine and fuel system, state news agency KCNA reported. The flight was […]