Warmer-than-normal temperatures to continue in Europe
Above average temperatures are set to continue in almost all of Europe during the October to December period, forecasts by The Weather Company showed on Wednesday.
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Taking back carbon 'imperative' to stop planet overheating, backers say
LONDON, Sept 19 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - With climate-changing emissions still inching higher - and resulting threats from extreme weather surging - sucking greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere must become an urgent priority, backers of "carbon removal" efforts say.
Coding platform GitLab enters unicorn club after raising $100 mln
U.S. coding platform GitLab raised $100 million in its latest round of funding, catapulting the company into the unicorn club with a valuation of more than $1 billion.
French court dismisses appeal over topless photos of British Duchess
A French court on Wednesday threw out an appeal by celebrity magazine Closer against a 2017 ruling that it invaded the privacy of Prince William's wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, when it published topless photos of her in 2012.
UPDATE 1-U.S. Chamber chief says Trump can still avoid a damaging trade war
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue said on Wednesday that the Trump administration could still avoid a full-blown global trade war that erodes business confidence if it seals a trilateral NAFTA trade deal and makes progress on European trade issues in the coming weeks.
UPDATE 2-Kenya's finance minister cuts spending, money transfer taxes to rise
* Lawmakers to debate president's proposals on Thursday (Recasts with finance minister's spending cuts)
Beijing allocates more roads for self-driving vehicle tests
China's capital city has designated 11 more roads for self-driving vehicle testing, state news agency Xinhua said on Wednesday, to try to speed up the technology's development.
U.S. Chamber chief says Trump can still avoid a damaging trade war
U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue said on Wednesday that the Trump administration could still avoid a full-blown global trade war that erodes business confidence if it seals a trilateral NAFTA trade deal and makes progress on European trade issues in the coming weeks.
MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt plunges as liqudity tightens, Saudi climbs
* Emerging market jitters, currency and interest rate fears cited
Brazil regulators approve American Tower purchase of Cemig assets
Brazilian competition authorities have approved American Tower Corp's acquisition of telecommunications assets owned by Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais SA, the government's official bulletin said on Wednesday.
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The race to dominate the car dashboard is heating up with Google's Android operating system clinching a victory this week. As Jane Lanhee Lee reports, an alliance of Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi - which together sold over 10 million vehicles last year - are saying future models will integrate Maps and the voice operated butler Google Assistant.
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Needs more work - EU criticises May's Brexit plan
Other European leaders pushed back against Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit plan on Wednesday, hours before she was due to try to sell it to them at a summit in Austria.