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French champagne group Laurent Perrier has been victim of cyber attack By Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - French champagne group Laurent Perrier said on Saturday it had been the victim of a cyber attack, disconnecting servers after discovering its information network was hacked. Other French companies hit by cyber attacks this year include boat maker Beneteau, camping and van equipment maker Triagno and French IT monitoring company Centreon. ...

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Anti-lockdown protesters defy restrictions in central London march By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Several thousand anti-lockdown demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday despite restrictions on mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was billed by organisers: "Unite for Freedom". The protesters view COVID-19 restrictions as unnecessary and a breach of their human rights. They oppose vaccinations, mask-wearing and so called health passports. Media reports put numbers at about 10,000, though the Metropolitan Police did not confirm a figure. Protesters chanted "freedom" and "take off your mask" and some carried placards saying: "No to vaccine passports" and "Lockdowns kill". Most were unmasked. A spokesman...

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Porsche plans EV battery cells factory in southern Germany By Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - Volkswagen (DE:VOWG_p)'s luxury sports car unit Porsche AG is speeding up its e-mobility drive with plans for a German factory to manufacture battery cells for electric vehicles, its chief executive officer told Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. European car manufacturers, who mainly rely on battery suppliers in Asia, are looking to reduce their dependence from abroad in light of a ramp-up in e-cars production to meet tougher environmental rules in the European Union. "Battery cells are a key technology for Germany's automobile industry which we must also have in our own country," Oliver Blume told...

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German prosecutors charge more VW managers in emissions scandal -dpa By Reuters

BERLIN (Reuters) - German prosecutors have charged 15 executives from Volkswagen (DE:VOWG_p) AG and a supplier in connection with the diesel emissions scandal, news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) reported on Saturday. The suspects are accused of aiding and abetting fraud in combination with tax evasion, indirect false certification and criminal advertising, the news agency reported citing Klaus Ziehe, a spokesman for the Braunschweig prosecutor's office. The prosecutor's office did not name the charged executives, the report said. No immediate comment was available from the prosecutor's office or from Volkswagen. Volkswagen said last month that it would...

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UK opposition calls for standards commission after PM criticised by former top adviser By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday called for an independent commission on ethics and standards in government after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's former top adviser criticised the UK leader's integrity. On Friday Dominic Cummings, who left Johnson's staff suddenly late last year having previously been his most influential adviser over Brexit and the 2019 election campaign, denied reports he leaked Johnson's private communications over the sourcing of COVID-19 ventilators. Cummings also said he was not responsible for leaks over the cost of refurbishing Johnson's residence and that the prime minister and his...

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Astronauts arrive at space station aboard SpaceX Endeavour By Reuters

(Reuters) - A four-astronaut team arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour, NASA said, after becoming the first crew ever to be propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. The Endeavour capsule, also making its second flight, was launched into space on Friday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. SpaceX is the Elon Musk's commercial rocket company. The Endeavour docked to the space station complex at 5:08 a.m. EDT (0908 GMT) while the spacecraft were...

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Britain’s Boohoo may link executive bonuses to improved worker rights By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - British online fashion retailer Boohoo is considering linking bosses' multi-million pound bonuses to Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) improvements, including workers' rights, it said on Saturday. The British parliament's Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) recommended the move following an evidence session in December, attended virtually by Boohoo co-founder and chairman Mahmud Kamani and other executives. At that session Kamani told lawmakers he would fix the group's supply chain failings. In September, Boohoo accepted all the recommendations of an independent review which found major failings in its supply chain in England after newspaper allegations about...

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Edward Lister quits as UK’s special envoy for the Gulf -The Telegraph By Reuters

(Reuters) - Britain's special envoy for the Gulf Edward Lister is leaving his role and departing the government after facing increasing scrutiny from the press over his work in the private sector, the Telegraph reported on Friday. Lister was appointed as the special envoy for the Gulf in February and was also appointed as chief of staff for an interim period prior to that. ...

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S&P Global affirms UK’s rating at ‘AA/A-1+’ By Reuters

(Reuters) - Rating agency S&P Global (NYSE:SPGI) affirmed the United Kingdom's sovereign credit rating at 'AA/A-1+' on Friday, saying accelerating COVID-19 vaccinations should enable a phased re-opening of the world's fifth-biggest economy this year. The rapid roll-out of vaccines prevented more than 10,000 deaths of people aged 60 and older by the end of March, according to an analysis by Public Health England. Britain lifted some of its COVID-19 restrictions in April and has seen evidence of a rapid rebound from the economic impact of the pandemic, a survey showed. The agency maintained its...

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