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ArcelorMittal net profit plummets
ArcelorMittal, the world's number-two steel maker, saw its net profit tumble by 78 percent in the third quarter of 2022 as metal prices fell from "exceptional" levels during the post-Covid recovery and energy prices soared.
Lashing out at Italy, France allows Ocean Viking to dock
France said Thursday that it would allow a rescue ship carrying more than 200 migrants to dock on its southern coast and disembark its passengers, harshly criticising Italy for failing to take them in. Earlier Thursday, France said it was disembarking four of the 234 migrants aboard the Ocean Viking via helicopter for health reasons.
Moscow says Kherson pullout starts as Ukraine claims gains
Moscow announced Thursday it had begun retreating from Ukraine's southern city of Kherson as Kyiv said it had recaptured a dozen villages in the strategic Black Sea region. Ukrainian troops have for weeks been capturing villages en route to the main city in the eponymous region, while Kremlin-installed leaders in Kherson have been pulling out civilians in what Kyiv has called illegal deportations.
'Unstoppable' renewables help climate, security: experts at COP27
'Unstoppable' renewables help climate, security: experts at COP27
Wagner 'atrocities' give ammunition to Mali jihadists
Since the withdrawal of the French army from Mali, Russia's Wagner Group has replaced it as a target of jihadist propaganda, experts say, with extremists making hay with claims that its mercenaries have committed atrocities against civilians.
AstraZeneca returns to profit on higher drugs revenue
British pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced a return to third-quarter profit on increased revenue from sales of its drugs. For the third quarter of this year, revenue jumped 11 percent to almost $11 billion as AstraZeneca began to profit from the Alexion purchase that cost it $39 billion.
Dash for gas imperils 1.5C climate goal: report
The global scramble for natural gas after Russia's invasion of Ukraine threatens the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, scientists said Thursday on the sidelines of UN climate talks in Egypt. "To limit warming to 1.5C, countries need to flip to emergency mode on climate as they do on the energy crisis." mh/klm/fz
British, Irish leaders bid to resolve N.Ireland Brexit dispute
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday hosts his Irish counterpart Micheal Martin, as they bid to end a dispute over post-Brexit trade in Northern Ireland that has stymied power-sharing. It collapsed in February over opposition from pro-UK unionists to the Northern Ireland Protocol governing post-Brexit trade.
Egypt prison puts hunger-striker Abdel Fattah 'under medical intervention'
The family of Egypt's jailed dissident Alaa Abdel Fattah said Thursday prison authorities had told them he is "under medical intervention", as fear mounts that means force-feeding. On Thursday, an officer told her that her son was "under medical intervention", but gave no other details.
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