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By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co unveiled a new electric Courier van aimed at winning business customers in Europe, and boxing out electric van startups such as Arrival SA. The electric Courier is part of a revamped lineup of smaller, commercial vans for the European market that will also include gasoline and diesel models, Ford said. The new Courier vans are 25% larger than the current model, […]

By Michel Rose and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen began a series of meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Thursday, talks that could set a new course for the bloc’s relations with China after years of strained ties. Macron held talks with Premier Li Qiang before meeting President Xi Jinping for an elaborate ceremony outside the Great Hall of […]

By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co unveiled a new electric Courier van aimed at winning business customers in Europe, and boxing out electric van startups such as Arrival SA. The electric Courier is part of a revamped lineup of smaller, commercial vans for the European market that will also include gasoline and diesel models, Ford said. The new Courier vans are 25% larger than the current model, […]

By Ben Blanchard and Liz Lee TAIPEI/BEIJING (Reuters) -Taiwan is keeping watch on a Chinese aircraft carrier but does not expect a large escalation in tensions, the government said on Thursday, after China denounced a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy – the third highest ranking official in the U.S. leadership hierarchy – and other Republican and Democratic lawmakers met Tsai on Wednesday […]

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -It will likely be difficult to determine who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany in the Baltic Sea last year, Sweden’s prosecution authority, which is investigating the incident, said on Thursday. The Sept. 26 explosions at the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany occurred in the economic zones of Sweden and Denmark. The blast in the Swedish zone happened at a depth of 80 meters […]

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Aircraft leasing company Avolon on Thursday said the reopening of China after it eased strict COVID-19 rules has boosted levels of leasing and trading activity. The company added three customers in the first quarter for a total of 147 airlines and executed 31 lease transactions, it said in a business update. “The year has started with positive momentum as airline passenger growth continues and the impact of […]

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -It will likely be difficult to determine who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany in the Baltic Sea last year, Sweden’s prosecution authority, which is investigating the incident, said on Thursday. The Sept. 26 explosions at the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany occurred in the economic zones of Sweden and Denmark. The blast in the Swedish zone happened at a depth of 80 meters […]

By Michel Rose and Laurie Chen BEIJING (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen began a series of meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing on Thursday, talks that could set a new course for the bloc’s relations with China after years of strained ties. Newly appointed Premier Li Qiang greeted Macron at the Great Hall of the People, a cavernous building west of Tiananmen Square […]

RABAT (Reuters) – The Casablanca derby between Wydad and Raja is usually one of the best-attended matches in Morocco but there were swathes of empty terraces at Stade Mohammed V on Wednesday after fans of Wydad boycotted the match in protest at high ticket prices. Raja, who were officially the home team for the clash at the stadium the two teams share, doubled the price of the cheapest tickets and […]