[ad_1] VILNIUS: Latvia would not send athletes to an Olympic Games that included Russian and Belarusian nationals while the invasion in Ukraine is ongoing, a spokesperson for the country’s Olympic committee said on Wednesday.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said last week it is open to including Russian and Belarusian athletes …
Read More »Jubilant welcome for French team on FIFA World Cup return | Football News
[ad_1] PARIS: Supporters packed a square in central Paris on Monday to give a rousing welcome to the French football team despite their loss to Argentina in a nail-biting World Cup final. Fans filled the Place de la Concorde in central Paris to welcome the team who were driven straight …
Read More »Renewables to be main source of electricity generation by 2025: IEA
[ad_1] Wind turbines in the Netherlands. A report from the International Energy Agency “expects renewables to become the primary energy source for electricity generation globally in the next three years, overtaking coal.” Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Renewables are on course to overtake coal and become the …
Read More »Tickets on the Orient Express are sold by two companies
[ad_1] The “Orient Express” has been called the “king of trains” and the “train of kings.” Royalty, writers, actors and spies have ridden the original route between Paris and Istanbul, which started in the late 19th century. Author Agatha Christie described the Orient Express as “the train of my dreams.” …
Read More »JetBlue plans Paris flights next summer in trans-Atlantic expansion
[ad_1] A JetBlue Airways Corp. Airbus A321 plane sits at a gate outside of Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, July 12, 2017. Jetblue Airways Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 25. Photographer: Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg via Getty Images …
Read More »Food and wine trips to France, Italy, Spain and the UK
[ad_1] When Colin and Jenoa Matthes left their home state of Utah to embark on a world tour in 2019, they found themselves drawn to the food scenes in places like France and Italy. “We really loved, especially, the food in all of these different countries … and how local …
Read More »Clean energy investment may hit $2 trillion a year by 2030: IEA
[ad_1] Wind turbines photographed off the coast of Wales. Clean energy investment could be on course to exceed $2 trillion per year by 2030, according to the International Energy Agency. Ben Birchall | PA Images | Getty Images International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol told CNBC Thursday that the …
Read More »Stellantis debuts electric Jeep, pledges new energy target
[ad_1] The Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares photographed next to a Jeep Avenger at the Paris Motor Show on October 17, 2022. Nathan Laine | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of Stellantis told CNBC Monday that the company would use its own sites to generate half the energy it needs …
Read More »How this popular Jeff Bezos quote drives Amazon’s climate goals
[ad_1] Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces the co-founding of The Climate Pledge at the National Press Club on September 19, 2019, in Washington. Paul Morigi | Getty Images | Amazon Even while Jeff Bezos has stepped away from day-to-day operations at Amazon, his lessons still echo in the halls there. …
Read More »IEA chief Fatih Birol in warning over European gas storage
[ad_1] A German gas storage facility photographed in September 2022. European countries are attempting to wean themselves off Russian gas following the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The executive director of the International Energy Agency on Wednesday said that while Europe’s gas storage for …
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