LONDON (Reuters) – Activist investor Edward Bramson has admitted defeat in his battle for a seat on the board at Barclays, saying he knows top shareholders have voted against his bid to overhaul the under-fire investment bank as an insider. Climate change protesters are dragged away by security outside Barclays annual investor meeting in London,

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain should commit to a 2050 net zero greenhouse gas emissions target, the government’s climate advisers said on Thursday, which could require phasing out new petrol and diesel cars by at least 2035 and Britons eating 20 percent less beef and lamb. Climate change activists from the Extinction Rebellion protest at the

LINTON, Yorkshire (Reuters) – Dave Brailsford is accustomed to answering awkward questions and the man who masterminded Britain’s rise as a cycling powerhouse was at it again as Team Sky transformed into Team INEOS on Wednesday. FILE PHOTO – Cycling – Tour de France – Team Sky News Conference – Saint-Mars-la-Reorthe, France – July 4,

LONDON (Reuters) – The expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport inched closer on Wednesday when a High Court judge rejected legal challenges from environmental campaigners opposed to the building of a third runway. FILE PHOTO: An aircraft takes off at Heathrow Airport in London, Britain January 8, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Judge Gary Hickinbottom said he did

LONDON (Reuters) – After paralyzing parts of London, the co-founder of environmental group Extinction Rebellion has a message for the world: We’ve only just begun. Co-founder of the Extinction Rebellion group, Gail Bradbrook reacts during an interview with journalists at the Extinction Rebellion offices in London, Britain, April 26, 2019. Picture taken April 26, 2019.

OSLO (Reuters) – A white beluga whale is loitering off the coast of northern Norway, and that is starting to worry Norwegians, who are afraid it might not be able to fend for itself. Also, it might be a spy. A white whale wearing a harness is seen off the coast of northern Norway, April

MAPUTO (Reuters) – Aid workers in northern Mozambique scrambled planes and helicopters packed with aid to communities cut off, sometimes without any supplies, for at least two days after Cyclone Kenneth brought torrential rain to the region. Agiro Cavanda and his wife Agera wade through floodwaters outside their home, flooded in the aftermath of Cyclone

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sign is seen on the podium at EPA headquarters in Washington, U.S., July 11, 2018. REUTERS/Ting Shen/File Photo NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. EPA needs to look more closely at how small businesses would be affected by its proposed rule to lift the summer ban on

PEMBA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Rains grounded aid flights in northern Mozambique for a second day on Monday, hampering efforts to reach survivors of Cyclone Kenneth as the death toll there jumped to 38. Rescuers managed to use a brief break in the downpours to send one helicopter packed with aid to the island of Ibo,

PEMBA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Rains grounded aid flights in northern Mozambique for a second day on Monday, leaving communities in remote areas cut off with few supplies in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth. A man ferries residents through a flooded road in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth in Pemba, Mozambique, April 29, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

FILE PHOTO: The Ford logo is seen at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co said on Friday the U.S. Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into the automaker’s emissions certification process in the United States, the latest company

PEMBA, Mozambique (Reuters) – Rescuers raced to help people caught in rising floodwaters in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique on Sunday as houses collapsed and heavy rains raised fears of worse to come. A woman jumps across a flooded street as rain falls in the aftermath of Cyclone Kenneth in Pemba, Mozambique, April 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Rescuers were moving in to help people trapped by rapidly rising floodwater in the northern Mozambique city of Pemba on Sunday, home to 200,000 people, a United Nations (U.N.) spokesman said, as Cyclone Kenneth dumped more rain on the region. A washed up boat lies amongst storm debris on Wimbe beach as

BRASILIA (Reuters) – Thousands of people representing the more than 300 tribes native to Brazil marched to government offices in Brasilia on Friday to protest the policies of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro that threaten their reservation lands. Indigenous people attend a protest to defend indigenous land and cultural rights that they say are threatened by

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Heavy rains pounded northern Mozambique on Saturday, fuelling fears of flooding two days after a cyclone hit the coast, flattened buildings and knocked out communications. A man carries firewood on his bicycle along the street as residents wait for the effects of Cyclone Kenneth in Mikindani historical town, Mtwara region, Tanzania April

FILE PHOTO: A view of U.S. millionaire Douglas Tompkin’s Pumalin Park, in southern Chile shown in this January 1996 file photo./File Photo SANTIAGO (Reuters) – The foundation created by the late creator of U.S. clothing brands Esprit and The North Face turned over 407,000 hectares (1 million acres) of forest, mountain, lakes and glaciers in

OTTAWA/MONTREAL (Reuters) – Canada’s capital city of Ottawa readied on Friday for heavy flooding as rains were set to further engorge the swollen Ottawa River, while Montreal declared a state of emergency as it too braced for an inundation of flood waters. A resident tries to start of pump at a flooded home in the

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s capital city of Ottawa readied on Friday for heavy flooding as rains were set to hammer the highly engorged Ottawa river, threatening hundreds of homes amid a disaster that has already led to evacuations and one death in neighboring Quebec. FILE PHOTO: A man kayaks through a flooded residential area in

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – In a meeting at the economic affairs ministry in The Hague late last year, Tata Steel’s Dutch chief Theo Henrar pledged he would spend hundreds of millions of euros to cut factory emissions – on condition the government invested a similar amount. Smoke is seen coming out of a chimney at the

MONTREAL/OTTAWA (Reuters) – Rising waters were prompting further evacuations in central Canada on Thursday, with the mayor of the country’s capital, Ottawa, declaring a state of emergency and Quebec authorities warning that a hydroelectric dam was at risk of breaking. A man looks out at a flooded residential area in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, April 24,

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration’s plans to expand offshore drilling are on hold after a March court ruling blocked drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt told the Wall Street Journal. FILE PHOTO: Former energy lobbyist David Bernhardt testifies before a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on his nomination

DURBAN/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Almost 70 people have been killed in South Africa after torrential rains along the eastern coast, an official said on Thursday, and rescuers are still recovering bodies. Cleaning crew picks up plastics from debris in the harbour after massive flooding in Durban, South Africa, April 24, 2019. REUTERS/Rogan Ward KwaZulu-Natal province, where

CHIBAYISH MARSHES, Iraq (Reuters) – This time last year, most of Iraq’s historic marshlands were dry, desiccated by upstream damming and a chronic lack of rainfall. A flock of buffaloes is seen during the sunset at the Chebayesh marsh in Dhi Qar province, Iraq April 13, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani Now, local farmers are counting their

LONDON (Reuters) – Environmental campaigners Extinction Rebellion will close their two remaining central London protest sites on Thursday, the group said after 10 days of disruption in the British capital to highlight the risks of climate change. Drawing are pictured at the Extinction Rebellion protest site at the Marble Arch in London, Britain April 24,

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s opposition leaders met Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday to discuss what the teenager calls an “existential crisis” for humanity. Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg gives a speech at the House of Commons as a guest of Caroline Lucas, in London, Britain April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville After months

SEJONG, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korea announced a proposed 6.7 trillion won ($5.87 billion) supplementary budget on Wednesday to tackle unprecedented air pollution levels and to boost exports bruised by weak external demand amid the Sino-U.S. trade war. FILE PHOTO: Cho Eun-hye (R) and her one-and-a-half-year-old Korean Jindo dog Hari, both wearing masks, go

WARSAW (Reuters) – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development plans to increase its funding for Poland’s renewable energy this year, after the government shifted toward green energy, a top EBRD official said. FILE PHOTO: The headquarter of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is seen in London, Britain, November 22, Britain 2016.

JUJUY, Argentina (Reuters) – In an arid, lunar-like landscape in the sunny highlands of northern Argentina, South America’s largest solar farm is rising, powered by funding and technology from China. Guillermo Giralt, technical director of Cauchari Solar, stands next to solar panels at a solar farm, built on the back of funding and technology from

(Reuters) – The leading business lobby group in Indiana on Monday rejected a plea from former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to back legislation that would keep aging coal-fired power plants online because it would raise electricity rates for local businesses and homeowners. FILE PHOTO: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt

MANILA (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed when a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the Philippines’ main island of Luzon on Monday and officials feared dozens could be trapped in the rubble of a collapsed commercial building. Employees walk outside after being evacuated from the office building after an earthquake in Makati City, Philippines,