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11 Canadian stocks set to benefit from new guidelines on sustainable investing
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All EU governments complete approval of $60-per-barrel Russian oil price cap
FILE An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis complex, part of Chernomortransneft JSC, a subsidiary of Transneft PJSC, in Novorossiysk, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, one of the largest facilities for oil and petroleum products in southern Russia. The deadline is looming for Western allies to agree on a price cap on Russia oil. The cap proposed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen aims to reduce Russia's oil earnings that support its military and the invasion of Ukraine. But there are questions about how effective the cap will be. The Dec. 5 start date also coincides with the European Union's embargo on most Russian oil shipments. (AP Photo, File)
energy and resources
G-7 joins EU on $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium June 17, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
international business
EU warns Elon Musk to beef up Twitter controls ahead of new rules
FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, on April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk said Friday Nov. 25, 2022 that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week, in a fresh move to revamp the service after a previous attempt backfired. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
report on business
Twitter job cuts a concern as new EU rules kick in, EU justice head says
FILE PHOTO: Twitter corporate headquarters building is seen in downtown San Francisco, California, U.S. November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
international business
Top EU official vows to ‘stress test’ pipelines after leaks; German police see probable role of state actor in blasts
FILE PHOTO: Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline are pictured in Lubmin, Germany, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
european business
EU Commission seeks emergency powers on supply crisis with threats of fines
FILE PHOTO: European Union's flags flutter at half mast in memory of late European Parliament President David Sassoli, in front of European Commission building, in Brussels, Belgium January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Yves Herman
world
Iran says U.S. drags feet on nuclear deal, U.S. denies delaying
This handout photo provided by the Iranian news agency IRNA on June 28, 2022 shows (R to L) Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani meeting with the European Union's nuclear talks coordinator Enrique Mora in Qatar's capital Doha. - Chief negotiators from the United States and Iran began indirect talks in Qatar on June 28, bidding to remove obstacles that have stalled attempts to revive a landmark nuclear deal. The indirect negotiations headed by US special envoy Robert Malley and Iran's Ali Bagheri come after more than a year of European Union-mediated talks in Vienna on a return to the 2015 agreement. (Photo by IRNA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/IRNA/AKBAR TAVAKOLI" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS --- (Photo by -/IRNA/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Greece’s exit from enhanced EU scrutiny ends 12 years of pain, prime minister says
FILE - The Greek, right, and the European flags wave under the ancient Acropolis hill in Athens, July 5, 2015. The European Union's budget watchdog announced Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, that it is winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move marks a formal end to a major crisis that threatened to see Greece ejected from the euro single currency group, imposed severe hardship on its citizens and roiled global financial markets. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
u.s. business
EU regulator begins review of Pfizer-BioNTech’s variant-adapted COVID-19 shot
FILE PHOTO: Doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a booster clinic for 12 to 17-year-olds in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, U.S., January 9, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
world
Iran, U.S., EU to send envoys to Vienna for nuclear talks
FILE - In this photo released by the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Enrique Mora, a leading European Union diplomat, left, shakes hands with Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani in Tehran, Iran, March 27, 2022. Iran and the European Union said Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, that they would send representatives to Vienna amid what appears to be a last-ditch effort at reviving talks over Tehran's tattered 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. Mora who chairs the talks, wrote on Twitter that the negotiations would focus on the most recent draft on restoring the agreement, while Tehran said it was dispatching Kani to the Austrian capital. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP, File)
world
EU states should act now for COVID-19 waves in winter, official says
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
energy and resources
EU countries rewrite plan to cut gas demand, seek carve-outs
FILE PHOTO: The Astora natural gas depot, which is the largest natural gas storage in Western Europe, is pictured in Rehden, Germany, March 16, 2022. Astora is part of the Gazprom Germania Group. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
energy and resources
EU ministers seek deals on climate laws as economy woes test green pledges
FILE PHOTO: The European Union flags flutter ahead of the gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
world
European Union grants Ukraine candidacy status after nearly two-decade struggle
Masi Nayyem shows the place he was injured during combat mission, where the squad suffered explosion of few land mines. Dnipro, Ukraine. 23 Jun 2022 Anton Skyba The Globe and Mail
international business
EU lawmakers face hundreds of amendments in key votes on climate policies
FILE PHOTO: An exhaust pipe of a car is pictured on a street in a Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
technology
Over 50 countries accelerate efforts to control digital information
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman
energy and resources
Oil jumps to seven-week high, then dips on hopes for Venezuela supply
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 28: An oil pumpjack (R) operates as another (C) stands idle on March 28, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. U.S. oil prices fell 7 percent to $105.96 per barrel while Brent crude lost 6.8 percent over demand concerns as China begins to implement a mass COVID-19 lockdown in Shanghai. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
energy and resources
EU clarifies how companies can legally pay for Russian gas without breaching sanctions
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the main office of Russian gas exporter Gazprom in Moscow June 3, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
european business
EU cuts forecast for economic growth as fallout from war in Ukraine widens
FILE PHOTO: People with protective face masks walk at Kurfurstendamm shopping boulevard, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
energy and resources
Oil steadies near $110 a barrel; strong dollar offsets supply concerns
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 23: Oil pumpjacks stand in the Inglewood Oil Field on November 23, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. President Biden announced a plan to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to curb high gas prices. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
international business
Euro zone sentiment drops further in April on Ukraine war, commodity price spikes
FILE PHOTO: The European Union flags flutter ahead of the gas talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium September 19, 2019. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo
energy and resources
European Commission assessing higher 45% renewable energy target for 2030
FILE PHOTO: A power-generating windmill turbine is pictured during sunset at a renewable energy park in Ecoust-Saint-Mein, France, September 6, 2020. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
energy and resources
Oil edges lower as EU looks less likely to ban Russian oil
A pumpjack of Wintershall DEA extracting crude oil at an old oil field in Emlichheim, Germany, Friday, March 18, 2022. Despite the energy transition to renewables to fight climate change, Germany still relies heavily on imports of oil, gas and coal. Most fossil fuels are imported from Russia. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
european business
EU hits Russia and Belarus with more sanctions, set to rebuff Ukraine’s appeal for swift membership
FILE PHOTO: European Union flags are seen outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium November 14, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir
world
Serbia votes in referendum on constitutional changes to advance EU membership bid
Serbian Prime Minster Ana Brnabic prepares to cast her ballot at a polling station in an art school in Belgrade on January 16, 2022, Serbia is holding a nationwide referendum on changes to the constitution that the government says would strengthen the independence of the country's judiciary. - These reforms constitute one of the key conditions for the Balkan country's bid to join the European Union. Western nations have welcomed the referendum, encouraging all Serbian nationals to take part in it. (Photo by Andrej ISAKOVIC / AFP) (Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)
european business
British firms face introduction of post-Brexit border control checks beginning Jan. 1
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 31, 2020 after disembarking from a ferry, lorries arrive at the port of Dover on the south-east coast of England, just after 2300 GMT, as Britain officially leaves the EU (European Union) trading block, late on New Year's Eve. - One year after the United Kingdom's effective exit from the European Union, border controls for goods from the continent will be gradually stepped up on the British side in 2022, raising the concern of SMEs in the country, in particular in the food industry. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)
canada
COVID-19 live updates: Omicron variant slashes plans for NHL to send players to 2022 Beijing Olympics
Canada's Jamie Benn (C) celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the Men's Ice Hockey Semifinal match between the USA and Canada at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 21, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP via Getty Images)
politics
Canada sanctions Belarus over migrant crisis in concert with Western allies
Migrants settle in the logistics center of the checkpoint "Bruzgi" at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. The West has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of luring thousands of migrants to Belarus with the promise of help to get to Western Europe to use them as pawns to destabilize the 27-nation European Union in retaliation for its sanctions on his authoritarian government. Belarus denies engineering the crisis. (Oksana Manchuk/BelTA via AP)