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Why Europe in the off-season may be the best time to visit
Strolling Lisbon’s Parque das Nações, near the Tagus River, is pleasant during the fall and winter seasons, when the temperatures are cool, rarely dropping below 15 C.
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EU plans boost for power grid investment
FILE PHOTO: Electrical power pylons of high-tension electricity power lines run through fields in Reze near Nantes, France, November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe/File Photo
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Amazon hit by strikes, protests across Europe during Black Friday trade
An Amazon staff member gestures on a GMB union picket line, outside the online retailer's site as workers take part in a strike in their long-running dispute over pay, held on Black Friday - one of the busiest shopping days of the year, in Coventry, England, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (Jacob King/PA via AP)
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Federal regulator green-lights Freeport LNG’s full operations
FILE PHOTO: A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
u.s. business
Citigroup CEO announces management changes as part of sweeping reorganization
FILE PHOTO: A Citi sign is seen at the Citigroup stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 16, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
european business
ECB’s Christine Lagarde says Europe needs single market watchdog in push for capital union
FILE PHOTO: European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde addresses the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, at the European Parliament, in Brussels, Belgium March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
energy and resources
Europe’s electricity grids are becoming a green power growth bottleneck, industry warns
FILE PHOTO: Electrical power pylons with high-voltage power lines are seen next to wind turbines near Weselitz, Germany November 18, 2022. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
energy and resources
Europe well prepared for winter but gas market volatility remains, ENI executive says
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Italian multinational energy company Eni is displayed at their booth during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 12, 2023. REUTERS/Chris Helgren/File Photo
first person
A trip to Europe’s war memorials renewed a pride in Canada I was reluctant to acknowledge
opinion
Along the trans-Saharan path, African migrants weigh the risks and rewards of heading to Europe
Doug Saunders
investment ideas
Central banks’ big pause spurs bruised bond investors to double down
A pedestrian with an umbrella walks by the Bank of England building (rear), in the financial district, central London, in London, on November 2, 2023. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP) (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
opinion
As America’s attention turns elsewhere, Europe must do more for Ukraine
Timothy Garton Ash
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Federal mediator calls for new talks in bid to end St. Lawrence Seaway strike
<div>Grain farmers, steelmakers and salt and fertilizer shippers are all feeling the squeeze of a strike by St. Lawrence Seaway workers. A UNIFOR union "On Strike" sign is shown as St. Lawrence Seaway workers strike outside the St. Lambert Lock in St-Lambert, Que., Monday, October 23, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes</div>
international business
SpaceX reportedly signs deal to launch key European satellites
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 28, 2021 the Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) headquarters in Hawthorne, California. - Elon Musk's SpaceX satellites will connect directly to T-Mobile cellphones to provide service access even in the most remote places beyond the reach of cell towers from next year, the two companies announced August 25, 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
world
Stephen Rubin, ‘Quintessential Hitmaker’ of the Book World, Dies at 81
FILE —Steve Rubin in his office in New York. on Feb. 5, 2018. Stephen Rubin, a fortune seeker of the book business who helped make John Grisham and Dan Brown famous writers and who published Michael Wolff’s 2018 chronicle of the Trump White House, “Fire and Fury,” died on Friday in Manhattan. He was 81. (Chad Batka/The New York Times)
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Defence funds see sharp inflows as Israel-Hamas conflict threatens Middle East
Two F-35 fighter jets are pictured at Fighter Wing Skrydstrup air base of the Royal Danish Air Force (RDAF) after patrolling around Denmark at low altitude near Skrydstrup, Denmark on Oct. 1.
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LVMH tumbles as French luxury group’s sales growth slows
A Louis Vuitton logo is seen outside a store on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris, France, June 27.
energy and resources
Global natural gas demand set for slower growth to 2026, IEA report says
(FILES) This file photograph taken on March 24, 2022, shows a controller at a pipe for gas lines is pictured at Open Grid Europe (OGE), one of Europe's largest gas transmission system operators, in Werne, western Germany. - Gazprom's plan to cut gas deliveries to Europe shows EU countries must agree to reduce their use of Russian gas this winter, a Czech minister, whose country holds the EU presidency, said on July 26, 2022. (Photo by Ina FASSBENDER / AFP) (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
investment ideas
When, not if, Europe copies Wall Street share trading reform
Workers walk through the Canary Wharf financial district, ahead of a Bank of England decision on interest rate changes, in London, Britain, Aug. 3.