Prada CEO says it aims to double business in China in medium term

Prada CEO says it aims to double business in China in medium term

A logo of luxury goods company Prada is seen at the entrance of a shop in Brussels, Belgium July 2, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights SHANGHAI, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Prada has ambitions to double its business in China over the medium term, Gianfranco D’Attis, chief executive of the Italian luxury fashion house’s … Read more

Venezuela’s Maduro to push oil exploration in disputed territory

Venezuela’s Maduro to push oil exploration in disputed territory

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro attends an event at the National Electoral Council (CNE) after voters in a referendum rejected the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) jurisdiction over the country’s territorial dispute with Guyana and backed the creation of a new state in the potential oil-rich Esequibo, in Caracas,… Acquire Licensing Rights Read more CARACAS, Dec … Read more

France on ‘high’ alert for bird flu after new cases detected

France on ‘high’ alert for bird flu after new cases detected

Ducks are seen inside a poultry farm in Castelnau-Tursan, France, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights PARIS, Dec 5 (Reuters) – France raised the risk level of bird flu to ‘high’ from ‘moderate’ on Tuesday after new cases of the disease were detected, forcing poultry farms to keep birds indoors to stem … Read more

South Africa’s Aspen expands further into Asia with Sandoz China deal

South Africa’s Aspen expands further into Asia with Sandoz China deal

An Aspen Pharmacare logo is seen at outside company offices in Woodmead, Johannesburg, South Africa, September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights JOHANNESBURG, Dec 4 (Reuters) – Aspen Pharmacare (APNJ.J) is expanding further into China through a deal to buy the Chinese business of Swiss group Sandoz (SDZ.S) for up to 92.6 million … Read more

Snow grounds dozens of flights at Amsterdam airport

Snow grounds dozens of flights at Amsterdam airport

A general view of Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, Netherlands June 16, 2022. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights AMSTERDAM, Dec 3 (Reuters) – Dozens of flights to and from Amsterdam Schiphol airport were cancelled on Sunday due to snowfall expected to reach the Netherlands in the afternoon. Schiphol’s website around midday indicated almost … Read more

Munich flights, long-distance trains cancelled due to snow

Munich flights, long-distance trains cancelled due to snow

A person walks past a departures board inside the Munich Airport in Munich, Germany, March 26, 2023. REUTERS/Lukas Barth/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Dec 2 (Reuters) – Long-distance trains and hundreds of flights in and out of the German city of Munich were cancelled on Saturday because of heavy snowfall, according to statements by Deutsche … Read more

French ministers head to Indo-Pacific, Australia in diplomatic push

French ministers head to Indo-Pacific, Australia in diplomatic push

[1/3]French Foreign Affairs Minister Catherine Colonna and French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu leave following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, November 22, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights French defence minister to host South Pacific counterparts Paris eyes further military ties with Philippines, Malaysia Foreign minister heads to Australia, … Read more

Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

Malaysia’s Sime Darby seeks to expand car retail business into India, Indonesia – CEO

A logo of Sime Darby is seen at its car showroom in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia November 30, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Sime Darby (SIME.KL), Malaysia’s industrial and automotive conglomerate, is looking to set up a luxury car retail business in India and expand in Indonesia to … Read more

Britain’s Sunak cancels meeting with Greek PM in row over Parthenon sculptures

Britain’s Sunak cancels meeting with Greek PM in row over Parthenon sculptures

ATHENS/LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused his British counterpart Rishi Sunak of cancelling a scheduled meeting in London on Tuesday in a diplomatic row over the status of the Parthenon Sculptures. Greece has repeatedly asked the British Museum to permanently return the 2,500-year-old sculptures that British diplomat Lord Elgin removed … Read more

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

‘Vote of confidence’: UK hails $37 billion of foreign investment

FDI gathering held at 16th century palace Sunak hails investment, holds off on subsidy push Britain has slipped in FDI rankings HAMPTON COURT, England, Nov 27 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced 29.5 billion pounds ($36.8 billion) of private sector investment in Britain at a gathering of global executives on Monday aimed at catapulting … Read more