Second-hand shopping a $1-billion-plus business for Amazon in Europe

Second-hand shopping a $1-billion-plus business for Amazon in Europe

[1/5]Customers visit the Second Chance Store, a new shop selling returned and refurbished products from Amazon’s Second Chance programmes in-person in central London, Britain November 28, 2023. John Nguyen/Handout via REUTERS. Acquire Licensing Rights LONDON, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Consumer demand for refurbished and pre-owned goods in Britain and across Europe has created a billion … Read more

All trapped workers rescued from Himalayan tunnel, say officials

All trapped workers rescued from Himalayan tunnel, say officials

SILKYARA, India, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Indian rescuers on Tuesday pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas for 17 days, hours after drilling through the debris of rock, concrete and earth to reach them, officials said. The evacuation of the men – low-wage workers from some of India’s … Read more

New York gets $24 mln federal funding to bolster electric grid

New York gets $24 mln federal funding to bolster electric grid

The One World Trade Center building stands amid the Manhattan skyline in New York City, U.S., July 26, 2023. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nov 27 (Reuters) – New York has been awarded nearly $24 million in federal funding to strengthen and improve the state’s electric infrastructure in order to minimize the effects of … Read more

Dutch politician Wilders vows ‘I will be prime minister’ on X

Dutch politician Wilders vows ‘I will be prime minister’ on X

Dutch far-right politician and leader of the PVV party, Geert Wilders gestures as he meets with members of his party at the Dutch Parliament, after the Dutch parliamentary elections, in The Hague, Netherlands November 23, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights AMSTERDAM, Nov 25 (Reuters) – Veteran Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders on Saturday … Read more

Budget crisis shakes industry’s confidence in Germany

Budget crisis shakes industry’s confidence in Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flanked by Economy and Climate Minister Robert Habeck and Finance Minister Christian Lindner to comment on the ruling of Germany’s Constitutional court that the government’s re-location of 60 billion euros ($65 billion USD) of unused debt from the pandemic era to climate fund was illegal, in… Acquire Licensing Rights Read … Read more

Russia’s sanctioned Sovcombank requests US licence to make UN climate payments

Russia’s sanctioned Sovcombank requests US licence to make UN climate payments

A view shows a board with the logo of Sovcombank at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine MOSCOW, Nov 23 (Reuters) – Russian private … Read more

Dutch election: Wilders’ far-right party set for gains

Dutch election: Wilders’ far-right party set for gains

Dutch will get first new PM in over a decade Polls indicate at least three parties still battle for top spot Talks to form coalition government usually take months Far-right, left, up in recent polls AMSTERDAM, Nov 22 (Reuters) – Voters in the Netherlands cast their ballots on Wednesday in a close election which opinion … Read more

First images from Indian tunnel show workers trapped for nine days

First images from Indian tunnel show workers trapped for nine days

SILKYARA, India, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The first images emerged on Tuesday of 41 men trapped for more than a week in a highway tunnel in the Indian Himalayas, showing them standing in the confined space and communicating with rescue workers. The men have been stuck in the 4.5-km (3-mile) tunnel in Uttarakhand state since … Read more

Indian capital resumes some activities despite hazardous air, river foam

Indian capital resumes some activities despite hazardous air, river foam

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (Reuters) – India’s capital Delhi re-opened schools and some building sites on Monday amid signs of receding air pollution, although it remained classified as hazardous, while a toxic foam besmirched stretches of the Yamuna river flowing through the city. The world’s most polluted capital resumed its annual battle on pollution this … Read more

Renewed drilling begins to rescue 40 men trapped in Indian tunnel for fifth day

Renewed drilling begins to rescue 40 men trapped in Indian tunnel for fifth day

[1/4]Members of rescue teams stand at the entrance of a tunnel where 40 road workers are trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed, in Uttarkashi in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, November 16, 2023. REUTERS/Shankar Prasad Nautiyal Acquire Licensing Rights UTTARKASHI, India, Nov 16 (Reuters) – Rescue workers renewed efforts on Thursday to … Read more