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(Reuters) -Apple Inc said on Thursday it would use only recycled cobalt in batteries by 2025 as a part of its efforts to make all its products carbon neutral by the end of the decade. Magnets in Apple devices will use recycled rare earth elements, and in-house designed printed circuit boards will use recycled tin soldering and gold plating, the company said. Apple is pushing to become carbon neutral through […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British fashion designer Mary Quant, credited with designing the mini skirt that helped to define the swinging 60s, has died aged 93, PA Media reported on Thursday. (Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Paul Sandle) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

(Reuters) – Matteo Berrettini has pulled out of the Monte Carlo Masters with an abdominal injury, the Italian world number 22 said on Thursday. Berrettini, who turned 27 on Wednesday, was due to face sixth seed Holger Rune, who advances to the quarter-finals as a result of the Italian’s withdrawal and awaits the winner of the match between Daniil Medvedev and Alexander Zverev. “I don’t know where to start… I […]

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – London Stock Exchange Group has teamed up with Global Futures and Options (GFO-X) to offer Britain’s first regulated trading and clearing in bitcoin index futures and options derivatives, the companies said on Thursday. Britain, which aims to become a global hub for crypto technology, launched a public consultation earlier this year on future rules for cryptoassets, which are currently unregulated. GFO-X, which is licensed […]

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – London Stock Exchange Group has teamed up with Global Futures and Options (GFO-X) to offer Britain’s first regulated trading and clearing in bitcoin index futures and options derivatives, the companies said on Thursday. Britain, which aims to become a global hub for crypto technology, launched a public consultation earlier this year on future rules for cryptoassets, which are currently unregulated. GFO-X, which is licensed […]

(Reuters) -The person who leaked U.S. classified documents prompting a national security investigation is a gun enthusiast in his 20s who worked on a military base, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing fellow members of an online chat group. The person shared classified information to a group on the instant messaging platform Discord of about two dozen men and young boys who shared a “mutual love of guns, military […]

By Benjamin Mallet PARIS (Reuters) -French utility EDF has warned drawn-out strikes at its nuclear reactors and hydro-electricity plants have cost it 1 billion euros ($1.10 billion) in lost output and that it is reviewing hiring plans for the year, three sources said. Two of the sources, who are union members and were briefed by two EDF executives in separate conversations last week, told Reuters they were informed that EDF […]

(Reuters) – Premier League clubs have collectively agreed to stop featuring gambling sponsorships on the front of soccer kits from the 2026-27 season, the English top-flight league said on Thursday. Eight of the 20 clubs in the league currently have betting companies as shirt sponsors, including Newcastle United (Fun88), West Ham United (Betway) and Everton (Stake.com). The UK government is expected to publish a white paper – a proposal for […]

By Terje Solsvik and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) – Norway is expelling 15 Russian embassy officials that the foreign ministry said on Thursday were intelligence officers operating under the cover of diplomatic positions, a move which Moscow said it would respond to. Some 40 Russian diplomats are currently accredited in Oslo, so the expulsions amount to more than a third of their number. It is the latest instance of a […]