Section: Business Insider (USA)
Everton held by Lille but remain top in Europa League
Paris (AFP) – Everton retained top spot in Group F on Thursday as they battled to a 0-0 draw at Lille in Europa League action following a day of trouble and fighting in the city centre between fans and police ahead of the tie. The Merseysiders, who last won their only continental trophy in 1985 when they lifted the now defunct Cup...
EU leaders struggle for ‘difficult’ climate deal
Brussels (AFP) – European Union leaders warned it would be tough to seal a high-stakes climate change deal as they began talks Thursday on a pact aimed at making Brussels a global trailblazer for decades to come.The two-day EU summit will focus on an ambitious package of climate change targets for 2030 but also tackle the Ebola crisis,...
Heads roll in Russia over Total crash
Moscow (AFP) – Heads rolled in Russia Thursday over the plane crash that killed the CEO of French oil giant Total, with top airport managers resigning and four more staff detained.The driver of the snowplough that collided with Total boss Christophe de Margerie’s plane as it was taking off from a Moscow airport late Monday was also...
US Falls To Its Lowest Spot In 16 Months In The New FIFA Rankings
The U.S. men’s national team is ranked 23rd in the October FIFA Rankings, its lowest position since June of 2013. It’s a six-spot drop from September. It’s not a huge deal. FIFA’s rankings are horribly flawed and don’t take into account meaningful metrics like margin of victory. In addition, the U.S. has spent its...
GEORGE SOROS: ‘Wake Up, Europe!’
Multi-billionaire investor George Soros has issued a warning to Europe’s democracies over the threat that a resurgent Russia poses to the continent. In an essay published Thursday in the New York Review of Books, Soros calls for more economic and military support for Ukraine, as well as the abandonment of the eurozone’s current...
Russia takes bite out of McDonald’s with US ties in deep freeze
Moscow (AFP) – Russian authorities seem to have scented blood as they show no sign of halting a clampdown on US chain McDonald’s, launched after the West slapped sanctions on Moscow over its meddling in Ukraine. Ten outlets of the symbolic American eatery are now closed, McDonald’s said Wednesday, months after the...
Here Is The Major Ukrainian City Destroyed During A Supposed Ceasefire
A ceasefire has technically been in place in eastern Ukraine since negotiations began in Minsk between the Ukrainian and Russian governments on September 5. But this attempted cessation in hostilities has failed to take effect on the ground. Large parts of Donetsk have been destroyed as a result of the fighting, which has included large-scale and...
Peugeot says sales edge ahead in long haul out of crisis
Paris (AFP) – Peugeot Citroen said Wednesday strong quarterly sales in China and by its car-parts subsidiary has kept its drive away from crisis on track, despite an overall lacklustre performance. Europe’s second-largest carmaker is pinning much of its recovery strategy on a tie-up agreed this year with Chinese group Dongfeng and on...
Total seeks new boss as Russia, France probe CEO plane crash
Paris (AFP) – French oil giant Total was scrambling Wednesday to find a new boss after its chief executive Christophe de Margerie was killed in Moscow when his private jet hit a snowplough on takeoff. Executives were meeting to decide who could take over the helm of one of the world’s biggest energy companies.In Moscow, French...
Magnificent seven for Bayern as goals rain down
Paris (AFP) – Bayern Munich produced a stunning display to demolish Roma 7-1 on Tuesday but they were not the biggest winners on the most prolific evening in Champions League history.A record 44 goals were scored in just eight group games as Shakhtar Donetsk destroyed BATE Borisov 7-0 in Belarus and Chelsea recorded their biggest win in the...
