- BP in February announced that it expected to boost its profits between now and 2030 by investing more in both renewable energy and hydrocarbons, slowing the pace of its transition. Environmental group Greenpeace, which only last year was calling BP "the most ambitious" of the global majors, criticised the plans,...
Putin congratulates Macron, wishes him ‘success’: Kremlin
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated French President Emmanuel Macron on his re-election and defeat of far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, the Kremlin said Monday, as tensions remain over the Ukraine conflict. Macron was one of the few Western leaders to contact Putin since Moscow moved troops into Ukraine.Assad starts new term after re-election described ‘neither free nor fair’
The vote extending Assad's grip on power was the second since the start of a decade-long civil war that has killed more than half a million people, displaced millions and battered the country's infrastructure




