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Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will travel to Norway and Estonia this week (PA)
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Starmer visits Norway as UK to launch green energy partnership

Keir Starmer is visiting Norway to announce plans for a green energy deal with the country before attending a defence summit in Estonia.

A Marathon sign is seen outside Marathon Petroleum (MPC.N) Detroit refinery in Detroit, Michigan U.S., September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
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Marathon, Teamsters reach pay deal at Detroit refinery

Teamsters at Marathon Petroleum's Detroit refinery ratified a seven-year agreement, ending a three-month strike over pay and safety.

Cyclone Chido raged over Mayotte and passed on to Mozambique (Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA))
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Hundreds feared dead on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido

A senior official said the death toll from cyclone Chido's passage across Mayotte would be in the hundreds, perhaps even thousands.

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Ukraine services say they destroy Russian train carrying fuel

Ukraine's SBU security service said on Sunday it had launched an operation to destroy 40 rail cars carrying fuel to Russian troops.

FILE PHOTO: Banners showing logos of Fiat, Jeep, Abarth and Alfa Romeo are hung outside a car dealership in Milan, Italy, November 21, 2024. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo/File Photo
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Italy ready to work with Stellantis if jobs and plants are preserved, Meloni says

The Italian government is willing to work with Stellantis NV on the carmaker's future strategy provided it keeps jobs and factories in the...

Kerch Strait, Crimea, July 17, 2023.  REUTERS
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Russian tanker splits in storm, spilling oil into Kerch Strait

The tanker split apart during a heavy storm, while another tanker was also in distress after sustaining damage.

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Storms across US bring heavy snow, dangerous ice and a tornado in California

A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital.

Chinese companies have been consolidating their position in the lesser-watched trucking scene (AFP)
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Chinese firms take on EV truck challenges

Electric trucks currently represent less than one percent of truck sales worldwide.

lgary-based pipeline giant Enbridge says it has cleaned up about 60 per cent of a nearly 265, 000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin that was discovered last month. The corporate name stands out on tanks shown Friday, June 29, 2018 at the Superior terminal of Enbridge Energy in Superior, Wis.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jim Mone
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Enbridge reports 265,000-litre oil spill in Wisconsin

Enbridge says the spill was discovered by an employee conducting a visual inspection of its Line 6 at the Enbridge Cambridge Station.

FILE PHOTO: People walk next to the N.13 gate of the Franco-Italian automaker Stellantis factory of Mirafiori, in Turin, Italy October 15, 2024. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
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Italy must be key part of Stellantis’ plans, industry minister says

Italy Industry Minister: "There must be an assertive Italy plan within Stellantis' industrial plan that protects national factories."

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