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Saluda Medical shares plummet on Australian market debut
Saluda Medical shares listed on the Australian Securities Exchange fell nearly 45% in their debut at the Australian Securities Exchange on Friday after raising A$231,000,000 ($152.67,000,000) through its initial public offer. Saluda is a U.S. medical device company that develops neuromodulation treatments to treat chronic neurological conditions. The company sold 87.1 new CHESS depositary interests at A$2.65, which valued the company at approximately A$775 millions at listing. In the first few trading minutes, the stock fell almost half its value to A$1.48. Saluda was founded in Sydney, Australia in 2010. The FDA-approved Evoke Spinal Cord Stimulation (SCS) System is a closed-loop system that uses neural biomarkers to measure and adapt therapy in real-time. Saluda made its debut after GemLife Communities Group IPO of A$750 Million in early July. This was the largest 2025 listing in Australia and surpassed Virgin Australia's A$685 Million offering at the end of June. (1 Australian dollar = 1.5131 dollars) (Reporting and editing by Alan Barona in Bengaluru)
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Irish media reported that drones were spotted near Zelenskiy's flight path from Dublin.
Local media reported that an Irish navy ship saw up to five drones near the flight path for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he arrived in Ireland on Monday to make a state visit. Irish Times reported that the sighting caused a major alert due to fears of an attempted interference with the flight path. The Irish Times cited unnamed sources who said that the aircraft was not in danger, despite its arrival a little early. The Ukrainian delegation arrived on Monday late and left late the following day, as part of an effort to drum up support for Kyiv in Europe as Russia continues its war against Ukraine. Ukrainian media reported that Dmytro Litvyn was an adviser to Zelenskiy. He said that Ukrainian officials had been informed of the drones but took no action. Lytvyn is quoted as saying "The host country is responsible for the security." According to their data there were drones. However, this did not impact the visit. There was no need to change the visit. Recent drone flights originating from unknown origins have disrupted airspace operations across Europe. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has called these incursions hybrid warfare. The Journal website first reported that drones were spotted at Dublin Airport. They said they arrived at the exact location where Zelenskiy’s plane had been expected to be, at the exact time it was due to pass. The authorities said they were conducting investigations to determine if the drones had taken off from a ship or landed on land. Both news outlets reported that they were first seen northeast of Dublin at a distance of around 20 km (12miles) from the airport. Ireland's Defence Forces stated that it could not comment on any specifics about any alleged incident for operational security purposes. A spokesperson stated that "However, Defence Forces Support to the Security Operation, led by An Garda Siochana, was successfully deployed through multiple means, ultimately leading to a successful and safe visit," (Reporting and editing by Timothy Heritage Ron Popeski Stephen Coates).
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CANADA CRUDE-Western Canada Select trades at steepest discounts ever since March
The difference between the West Texas Intermediate benchmark futures and Western Canada Select futures, which is North American benchmark, has narrowed slightly on Thursday. However, it remains larger than ever before. CalRock reported that WCS for Hardisty, Alberta delivery in January settled at $12.85 per barrel, which is lower than the U.S. benchmark WTI. This compares to $13 Wednesday. The WCS discount on increased Canadian oil production has recently increased after spending most of the year in historically tight levels. This is largely due to the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline which has provided additional export capacity for Canadian oil producers. According to government statistics, the oil-producing province Alberta has set a record for production in 2024 with an average of 3.98 million barrels per day. The first 10 months of the year 2025 have been 3.8% higher than the same period of last year. * Oil prices fell globally on Thursday as investors waited for the Federal Reserve's interest rate cut. Meanwhile, the stalled Ukraine talks dampened expectations that a deal would be reached to restore Russian oil supplies. (Reporting from Amanda Stephenson, Calgary; Editing done by Maju Sam)
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Brazil 2026 Budget Sponsor proposes $1.9 Billion Exclusion for State-run Firms' Fiscal Target
Gervasio maia, the Brazilian congressman who sponsored the bill on budget guidelines for 2026, proposed to exclude up to 10 billion reals ($1.9 billion) of next year's fiscal goal for state-owned enterprises. According to Maia’s amendment, this amount will cover the expenses of companies that have an active and approved economic-financial plan. The proposal gives President Luiz inacio Lula da Silveira fiscal flexibility. It comes at a time when the postal service Correios is facing a cash crisis. Last month, it approved a restructuring program as its losses soared this year. This raised doubts over the viability of state-run Correios. The company reported a loss for the year to date of 6 billion reals ($1.13 billion), nearly three times the amount reported a year ago. The government has to compensate state-owned companies when they exceed their fiscal targets. This often means freezing federal spending. This is what happened with this year's Budget, when the government in November approved it. It was necessary to offset the 3 billion reais deficit that had been expected at state-owned firms due to Correios’ troubles. Maia removed from her proposal a clause on compensation. This effectively prevents the government from implementing it in the event that state-owned companies miss their targets next year. After the bill was passed, the change to the budget proposal for 2026 was announced ahead of the joint session of the Congress on Thursday. Committee approval is expected to be made on Wednesday. Correios stated earlier this week that the Treasury Blockage It was prevented from taking out a loan of 20 billion reais (3.67 billion dollars) from a bank consortium with a guarantee from the government because the interest rates exceeded the limit for deals backed by the state. ($1 = 5.3048 reales) ($1= 5.3133 reales) (Reporting and editing by Diane Craft; Marcela Ayres)
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Irish media reported that drones were spotted near Zelenskiy's flight path from Dublin.
Local media reported that an Irish navy ship saw up to five drones near the flight path for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as he arrived in Ireland on Monday to make a state visit. Irish Times reported that the sighting caused a major alert due to fears of an attempted interference with the flight path. The Irish Times cited unnamed sources who said that the aircraft was not in danger, despite its arrival a little early. The Ukrainian delegation arrived on Monday late and left late the following day, as part of an effort to drum up support for Kyiv in Europe as Russia continues its war against Ukraine. Recent drone flights in Europe have disrupted airspace operations. Their origin is mostly unknown. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, has called these incursions hybrid warfare. The Journal website first reported that drones were spotted at Dublin Airport. They said they arrived at the exact location where Zelenskiy’s plane had been expected to be, at the exact time it was due to pass. The authorities said they were conducting investigations to determine if the drones had taken off from a ship or landed on land. Both news outlets reported that they were first seen northeast of Dublin at a distance of around 20 km (12miles) from the airport. Ireland's Defence Forces stated that it could not comment on any specifics about any alleged incident for operational security purposes. A spokesperson stated that "however, the Defence Forces' support to An Garda Siochana's (police) security operation was successfully deployed by multiple means, ultimately leading to a successful and safe visit,"
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US investigations report that Waymo's self-driving car illegally passed 19 school buses in Texas
The U.S. government said Thursday that it had asked Waymo for more information after Texas officials claimed that Alphabet's self-driving cars had passed school buses illegally 19 times since the beginning of the school year. In October, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation after an incident that occurred in Georgia. A Waymo was not stationary as it approached a school bus while its red lights were flashing and its stop arm was deployed. The Austin Independent School District posted a letter on November 20, 2018 by the NHTSA. In the letter, they stated that five incidents had occurred in November following the announcement from Waymo that it had updated its software to fix the problem. They asked the company not to operate around schools at pick-up or drop-off hours until it was able to ensure the vehicles wouldn't violate the law. Waymo didn't immediately respond to an inquiry for comment. A lawyer for the district wrote: "We cannot let Waymo continue to endanger our students as it tries to fix the problem." Citing an incident in which a Waymo was "recorded" driving past a school bus that had stopped only moments after the student who crossed in front, while still on the road, had been in front of the vehicle. A spokesperson for the school district did not respond immediately to whether Waymo had met this request. NHTSA was prompted by the letter to ask Waymo if it would comply to the request that self-driving vehicles cease operations during pick-up or drop-off hours for students. They also asked: "Was a software fix developed or implemented to mitigate this concern?" If so, will Waymo file a recall to fix the problem? In a letter sent to Waymo by the NHTSA on Wednesday, it demanded answers to questions about school bus incidents and software updates that address safety concerns. David Shepardson is reporting.
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US investigations report that Waymo's self-driving car illegally passed 19 school buses in Texas
The U.S. government said on Thursday that it had asked Waymo for more information after Texas officials claimed that Alphabet's self-driving cars had passed school buses illegally 19 times since the beginning of the school year. In October, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched an investigation after a Georgia incident where a Waymo failed to remain stationary as it approached a school bus that had its red lights flashing with a stop arm deployed. In a letter published by NHTSA on Nov. 20, the Austin Independent Schools District stated that five incidents had occurred in November, after Waymo claimed to have made software updates to fix the problem. The district asked the company to stop operations near schools at pick-up or drop-off hours until it could be ensured the vehicles wouldn't violate the law. Waymo didn't immediately respond to an inquiry for comment. David Shepardson reports.
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Sources: Deutsche Bahn will return to profitability this year and next.
According to sources close the company, Deutsche Bahn will return to profitability this year and next, despite its underinvestment in trains and delays. After more than a decade underinvestment by the state-owned Deutsche Bahn, it has begun upgrading its tracks and overhead lines, as well as cutting administrative costs. This has led to major delays and cancellations across the country. Positive outlook is also a result of CEO Evelyn Palla's task to turn the company around. She took over on October 1. Palla will present her restructuring plan for the company at a meeting of the supervisory board scheduled to take place on Wednesday. Significant job cuts are expected. Deutsche Bahn has declined to comment. Sources said that the company expects a slightly positive profit before interest and tax (EBIT) in 2025 after a loss last year of 388 million euros. EBIT is expected to reach 500 million euros by 2026. The German Bahn also aims at reducing its net loss from 820 million euros to 180 million next year. Revenues are expected to stay stable, around 28 billion euro next year.
United States power system ends up being more fossil-dependent than China's: Maguire
Energies in the United States have actually relied on nonrenewable fuel sources to generate a bigger share of electrical energy than their equivalents in China since June, seriously undermining U.S. declares to be a leader in energy transition efforts.
U.S. energies have counted on fossil fuels to create an average of 62.4% of overall electrical energy production for the past 4 months, according to data from energy think tank Coal.
That nonrenewable fuel source share goes beyond the 60.5% over the exact same duration in China, the world's biggest power manufacturer and polluter.
The high U.S. fossil reliance came during the summer season when domestic power need is highest due to a/c unit usage, while China's reasonably lower fossil reliance has happened during a lengthy economic slowdown.
Nonetheless, the greater U.S. fossil reliance highlights how a lot more aggressive China has actually been in increase clean power output, which has left China closer to striking a peak in fossil use for power than the United States.
Without quick cuts to fossil generation or fast rises to tidy power output, the U.S. risks of falling back other major economies in energy sector decarbonisation efforts, and losing reliability as a climate champion.
IRREGULAR DEVELOPMENT
International power service providers are taking a two-pronged technique to advancing the energy transition: cutting the use of fossil fuels, and boosting materials of tidy power.
In the United States, clean power generation has been the priority over the past 5 years, with electrical power output from tidy energy sources increasing by around 16% considering that 2019, according to Coal.
However, progressively rising total power need has limited the scope for power firms to cut generation from nonrenewable fuel sources.
Undoubtedly, fossil fuel-fired generation over the very first 9 months of 2024 was down only 0.8% from the same months in 2019, to 1,967 terawatt hours (TWh).
That said, the configuration of U.S. fossil fuel use has altered since 2019, with coal-fired generation visiting 34%. from 750 TWh during January to September 2019 to 497 TWh throughout. the exact same months this year.
Coal's share of the U.S. generation mix dropped accordingly,. from around 25% in 2019 to 15% this year.
However with overall power demand rising each year, power companies. require to balance out the drop in coal output with higher. gas-fired production.
Gas-fired generation in January to September this year was. 1,450 TWh, up 20% from the same months in 2019, while gas' share. of generation climbed from 38% in 2019 to 43% this year.
Total U.S. electrical energy generation has grown by around 5.5%. from 2019 to 2024, as electric automobiles, data centres and. artificial intelligence applications raise total energy. intake.
OUTPACED
China's massive manufacturing-led economy has dealt with a far. steeper climb in overall power need recently, with. electricity intake rising by almost 37% from 2019 to 2024,. Ember information programs.
To keep pace with that demand growth, China's utilities have. been forced to raise both nonrenewable fuel source and tidy energy generation. by more than any other major economy.
Fossil fuel-fired electricity output has actually leapt by around. 23% from 2019 to 2024, to a record 4,618 TWh. Over 95% of that. power has come from coal plants, which generated 4,394 TWh.
Clean-powered electrical power generation - from renewables,. nuclear plants, and hydro dams - has grown by much more,. nevertheless, rising 67% to 2,834 TWh.
The fact that clean generation has actually increased three times quicker. than fossil generation has actually helped China's power firms to improve. total power supplies while minimizing coal's share of the. generation mix.
In 2019, coal accounted for a 66% share of total electrical energy. production, according to Coal.
Up until now in 2024, coal's share has actually dropped listed below 60% for the. first time, and looks set to keep decreasing as power firms include. more renewables and other tidy source of power to generation. systems.
CAPACITY CATCH-UP
For U.S. power manufacturers, the most effective ways of. lowering fossil fuel reliance is to build up more tidy. generation capability throughout the country.
Between 2018 and 2023, U.S. clean generation capability jumped. by 40% to 438 Gigawatts (GW), Ember data programs.
U.S. firms likewise lowered fossil capacity by around 4% over. that time, mainly through the closure of outdated coal plants.
Nevertheless, China increased tidy generation by over 100% given that. 2018, and has the most aggressive clean energy development. roadmap of any significant economy.
China's clean energy capability likewise already goes beyond overall. fossil capacity by approximately 20%, and continues to grow. In. contrast, U.S. clean generation capability stays around 35% less. than fossil capacity.
If the U.S. is to develop itself as a true leader on. environment action and decarbonisation, a lot more aggressive tidy. capacity pipeline should be developed that greatly tilts the. nation's generation blend away from nonrenewable fuel sources.
<< The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a. columnist .>
(source: Reuters)