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UK must not do trade deals with rights abusers, foreign minister says By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should not engage in free trade with countries that abuse human rights, but proposals that the country's courts should decide whether genocide has been committed by trade partners is flawed, foreign minister Dominic Raab said. Last week, Raab said Britain would introduce new rules for its companies to try to prevent goods linked to China's Xinjiang region entering...

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UK hopes to be able to consider lockdown easing in March – Raab By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's government is hoping that it can meet its target for rolling out coronavirus vaccines and be able to consider easing lockdown restrictions by March. "What we want to do is get out of this national lockdown as soon as possible," Raab told Sky News television. "By early spring, hopefully by March, we'll be in a position...

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France wants suspension of ‘poisonous’ U.S.-Europe trade spat By Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - The European Union and the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should suspend a trade dispute to give themselves time to find common ground, France's foreign minister said in remarks published on Sunday. "The issue that's poisoning everyone is that of the price escalation and taxes on steel, digital technology, Airbus and more particularly our wine sector," Jean-Yves...

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Deliveroo raises $180 million from investors, valued at $7 billion By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - British food-delivery company Deliveroo said on Sunday it had raised a further $180 million from existing investors, including minority shareholder Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), in a move that values the business at more than $7 billion. Deliveroo is set to hold an initial public offering in the coming months, in what would be the biggest new share issue in London for...

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Britain’s Prince Harry happy despite royal split heartbreak, says confidant By Reuters

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry is heartbroken over his split with the royal family but he and his wife Meghan are happy in their new lives in the United States, broadcaster and confidant to the couple Tom Bradby said in an interview to be aired on Saturday. Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, moved to Los Angeles with...

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Canada’s Couche-Tard to explore partnership opportunities with Carrefour, after takeover plan fails By Reuters

By Ann Maria Shibu (Reuters) - Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard and European retailer Carrefour (PA:CARR) SA have decided to work on partnership opportunities after takeover talks failed, the two companies said in a joint statement on Saturday. Couche-Tard dropped its 16.2 billion euro ($19.57 billion) bid for Carrefour after the French government...

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NASA’s Boeing moon rocket set for ‘once-in-a-generation’ ground test By Reuters

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA's Boeing-built deep space exploration rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), is set to fire its behemoth core stage for the first time on Saturday, a crucial test for a years-delayed U.S. government project facing mounting pressure from emerging private sector technology. Space Launch System's hot fire test, expected to begin at 5 p.m. EST (2200...

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Couche-Tard and Carrefour seek cooperation after takeover scrapped – BFM TV By Reuters

PARIS (Reuters) - Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard and French retailer Carrefour (PA:CARR) SA plan to discuss industrial and operational partnerships, BFM TV reported on Saturday, after the firms this week dropped takeover talks. Citing information acquired after a meeting of Carrefour's board of directors on Saturday, the TV channel said the two...

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Turkey announces $18.5 billion public investment programme for 2021 By Reuters

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey has announced a 2021 public investment programme worth 138.5 billion lira ($18.53 billion), with communication and transportation projects receiving the largest allocation of the investment funds. The programme, published in the Official Gazette late on Friday, set aside nearly $6 billion for public investments in the transportation and communication sectors in 2021, and another $2.6 billion for education...

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UK airports call for ‘urgent’ government support after travel rules tightened By Reuters

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) - British airports called for urgent government support and an airline industry representative said the sector was heading for a "very difficult" place after Britain tightened its COVID-19 rules for international travellers on Friday. From 0400 GMT on Monday, all travellers to Britain must have a recent negative COVID-19 test and quarantine at home for 10 days...

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