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Economy & Business

ENERGY

Oil and gas giant Shell plans share buyback after strong recovery

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/3/22

Revenue for the quarter nearly doubled to $85.3 billion from $44 billion in the previous year

FILED - 16 June 2018, Lower Saxony, Hamburg: The container ship "Mumbai Maersk". A 400-metre-long container ship has run aground off the coast of Germany, the nation's Central Command for Maritime Emergencies said on Thursday.off the island of Wangerooge. Photo: Dietmar Hasenpusch/dpa.

World

DANISH-FLAGGED VESSEL

Container ship runs aground off German island of Wangerooge

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/3/22

A first attempt to bring the container ship back into deeper water failed, a spokesperson for the command said

FILED - 06 September 2021, Bavaria, Munich: Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, stands at the BMW booth during the press day ahead of the International Motor Show. Zipse warned against what he called a "premature and ill-considered" ban on combustion engines, even though electric mobility is a fast-growing market segment. Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa.

Economy & Business

AUTOMOTIVE

BMW boss warns against 'premature' ban on combustion engines

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/3/22

Oliver Zipse said combustion engine should not be abandoned "unilaterally for ideological reasons"

02/02/2022 Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin during government negotiations. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

Finland to phase out pandemic rules; eyeing progress elsewhere

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

According to government data, new infection rates are high in the country, but the number of patients in intensive care has declined significantly

FILED - 01 February 2022, United Kingdom, London: Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang applauds the fans after the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal FC and Watford FC. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has joined Barcelona after being released from his contract with Arsenal, the Spanish giants confirmed Wednesday. Photo: John Walton/PA Wire/dpa.

Sports

LA LIGA

Aubameyang joins Barcelona after leaving Arsenal

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

The 32-year-old has not played since December 6, he was stripped of Arsenal's captaincy for a disciplinary breach and had not featured in Mikel Arteta's squad since

HANDOUT - 02 February 2022, Belgium, Brussels: European Financial Services Commissioner Mairead McGuinness speaks during a press conference in Brussels. Photo: Lukasz Kobus/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

Economy & Business

CONTROVERSY

EU executive labels gas, nuclear energy as sustainable investments

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

The environmental group Greenpeace accused the commission in a statement of an "attempted robbery" of climate funds with its "anti-science plan"

HANDOUT - 02 February 2022, Ukraine, Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) receives Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, at the Mariinsky Palace, amid rising tensions with Russia. Photo: -/Ukrainian Presidency/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

Spain

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Spanish newspaper publishes US and NATO responses to Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

Washington and the military alliance make it clear that a large part of the Russian proposals are not acceptable to them

Economy & Business

BANKING SECTOR

Spain's Banco Santander achieves full-year profit

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

Total income for the year was 46.40 billion euros up from 44.28 billion euros last year

01 February 2022, Russia, Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured). Photo: -/Kremlin/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

World

NATO-RUSSIA TENSIONS

Putin says West has 'ignored' Russia's security demands

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

The Kremlin is insisting on a halt to NATO's eastward expansion and the rolling back of offensive weapons and troops on the eastern flank of the military alliance

Sports

BARCELONA

Laporta believes Dembele has 'already agreed to join another club'

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

Laporta confirmed: "Aubameyang's documents entered with one minute to go before midnight"

dpatop - 2021: A projection by the environmental protection organization Greenpeace shines on the German nuclear power plant Grohnde (long exposure). A debate has flared up in the EU about the climate impact of nuclear power plants. Photo: Julian Stratenschulte/dpa.

Economy & Business

ENERGY

EU to classify nuclear and gas as sustainable energy investments

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/2/22

Spain in January rejected the move in joint letter to the European Commission with Denmark, Austria and Luxembourg

FILED - 22 October 2021, United Kingdom, London: Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang reacts after the final whistle of the English Premier League soccer match between Arsenal and Aston Villa at Emirates Stadium. Arsenal and Barcelona were locked in negotiations over a loan deal for Aubameyang, with who would cover the player's salary a reported sticking point as the deadline loomed. Photo: Zac Goodwin/PA Wire/dpa.

Sports

LA LIGA

Aubameyang trains with Barcelona ahead of Arsenal free transfer

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/1/22

Barca president Joan Laporta confirmed on Tuesday

01 February 2022, Spain, Barcelona: FC Barcelona President Joan Laporta speaks during the Forensic press conference at Auditori 1989. Photo: Gerard Franco Crespo/DAX via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa.

Sports

INVESTIGATION

Barcelona reveal irregularities found during financial situation probe

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/1/22

One of the more interesting revelations included a company apparently being created solely to work on commissions with the club

Lenin's mausoleum, next to the Kremlin wall, in Moscow. Photo: Pixabay.

Tourism

RUSSIA

Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow closed in February for maintenance

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/1/22

The mummified body of Communist Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, who died in 1924, is being taken care of by the Russian Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Coronavirus

PANDEMIC

WHO: Pandemic has created a mountain of medical rubbish

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/1/22

The billions of vaccinations since the beginning of the pandemic have generated at least 144,000 tons of used needles, syringes and collection containers

31 January 2022, Australia, Melbourne: Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal (L) holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup after winning the men's singles final tennis match of the Australian Open against Russia's Daniil Medvedev (R). Photo: Dean Lewins/dpa.

Sports

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

Medvedev accuses tennis fans of anti-Russian bias after Nadal win

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/1/22

"I think nationality plays a key. I can definitely see when you are playing somebody from the other country, they would go for them and not for the Russian"