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A molecular biologist examines wastewater samples for pathogens in the safety laboratory at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in Mitte. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The European Union on Wednesday launched its long-awaited overhaul of existing pharmaceutical legislation, reflecting the bloc’s biggest shake-up of laws …

BP, which was one of the first energy giants to announce an ambition to cut emissions to net zero “by 2050 or sooner,” has urged shareholders to oppose the resolution put forward by Follow This. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images BP is bracing itself for a shareholder revolt …

An Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare video game is inserted into the Microsoft’s Xbox One video game console arranged in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. Michael Ciaglo | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Britain’s top competition regulator on Wednesday moved to block Microsoft‘s acquisition of …

An LNG vessel in Tekirdag, Turkiye on April 12, 2023. ] Lokman Akkaya | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Russia’s role as a global energy player is set to diminish, and the U.S. and Qatar are among a slew of nations ready to fill its shoes, analysts told CNBC. “Russia’s …

Apple and Amazon feature Europe’s list of very large platforms, meaning they face closer scrutiny from regulators. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Amazon, Apple and 17 other tech giants feature in the European Union’s list of “very large” online platforms or search engines — meaning they face stricter …

A United Airlines Boeing 777-200 lands at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, California. Louis Nastro | Reuters United Airlines is planning to grow its service to Australia and New Zealand later this year, the carrier’s latest bet that travelers will continue to book international trips. The expansion to 66 …

The European Union will launch an 11th wave of sanctions on Russia and seek to crack down on efforts to evade economic penalties introduced in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a top EU official told CNBC Thursday. “Europe has rolled out 10 packages of sanctions. We will …

The United Nations Environment Program, the world’s leading voice on the environment, said in late February that far more research into the risks and benefits of SRM would be required before there can be any consideration for its potential deployment. David Gannon | Afp | Getty Images Billionaires including Bill …

French President Emmanuel Macron. Ludovic Marin | Afp | Getty Images President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension overhaul, pushed through by overriding the country’s parliament, could eventually erase what the French leader has been working for over the last six years, political analysts told CNBC. Macron has placed himself as a …

An aerial view shows a flooded neighborhood in the unincorporated community of Pajaro in Watsonville, California, on March 11, 2023. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images More than a decade after a U.S. mortgage meltdown threatened to destroy the international financial system, a “Big Short” investor once again sees …