April, 2019

• 9 April

  US attempts to freeze Huawei out of Europe with court argument

  

  Bloomberg The US is urging allies to ban networking products from countries without independent court systems, an approach intended to block China’s Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp. from competing for new 5G telecommunications networks in Europe and Asia. Rob Strayer, the State Department’s deputy assistant for cyber policy, said in an interview that some European countries are signaling support ...

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• 9 April

  Transport industry bucks EU’s trend for lower carbon emissions

  

  Bloomberg Pollution from transport in Europe is rising, data released on Tuesday show, putting the industry in the spotlight for tighter restrictions as policymakers struggle to rein in the pollutants damaging the atmosphere. Transport is the only industry not to contribute to a 22 percent drop in carbon-dioxide emissions since 1990, the European Union said on Tuesday. By contrast, pollution ...

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• 9 April

  Telenor takes on Telia in Nordics with $3b DNA offer

  

  Bloomberg Norwegian mobile operator Telenor ASA is acquiring a majority stake of Finland’s DNA Oyj and will offer to buy the rest for a total of 2.77 billion euros ($3.1 billion), challenging Telia Co. for dominance in the Nordic region. Telenor will pay 20.90 euros a share in cash for the 54 percent of DNA held by Finda Telecoms Oy ...

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• 9 April

  UK power grid preparing for life sans gas plants

  

  Bloomberg Two years after Britain had its first coal-free day since the Industrial Revolution, the nation’s network operator is readying itself for life without any fossil fuels. The grid may start dropping its need for natural gas power for short periods in about 2025, coinciding with coal’s complete phaseout. The system wants to be “zero-carbon capable” by then, said Julian ...

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• 9 April

  Tripoli fighting intensifies as rivals ignore truce call

  

  Bloomberg Eastern-based warlord Khalifa Haftar struck Tripoli’s only functioning international airport, drawing a rebuke from the United Nations and escalating an advance on the capital that threatens to spark civil war and convulse oil markets. Mitiga International Airport, Libya’s largest, temporarily suspended flights after the airstrike, which the UN’s secretary-general, Antonio Gutteres, condemned. In a statement, Gutteres urged an immediate ...

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• 9 April

  Sudanese army rejects using force on protests as crisis escalates

  

  Bloomberg Sudan’s military said it rejected any use of violence to quell the protests against embattled President Omar al-Bashir, as security forces tried to storm an anti-government demonstration in the capital. As four months of anti-government unrest intensified, the military said that protesters could only be dispersed through peaceful means, al-Hadath, a pan-Arab satellite channel, reported. The military also reaffirmed ...

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• 9 April

  Russia defends Artic military buildup, US warns

  Bloomberg Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov defended his country’s military buildup in the Arctic amid US warnings of rising tensions in the remote and energy-rich region. “We don’t threaten anyone. We ensure sufficient defense capabilities given the political and military situation around our borders,” Lavrov said during a panel at the International Arctic Forum in St. Petersburg. “We will always ...

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• 9 April

  New Kazakh president calls snap ballot

  

  Bloomberg Kazakhstan’s new president called snap presidential elections less than a month after he replaced leader-for-life Nursultan Nazarbayev in a carefully-choreographed transfer of power. “I’ve taken the decision to call early presidential elections” on June 9 after consultations with Nazarbayev, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in a televised address to the nation. While the handover of power took place in a calm ...

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• 9 April

  Algeria names its interim president

  

  Bloomberg Algeria’s parliament on Tuesday named the head of its upper house as interim president, potentially placing the country’s tumultuous transition in the hands of a man widely seen as cut from the same cloth as the outgoing Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Abdelkader Bensalah’s nomination paves the way for the start of a transitional period after Bouteflika was forced to step down ...

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• 9 April

  May meets Merkel as Tories try to oust her

  

  Bloomberg Theresa May headed to Berlin as part of her efforts to win a short delay to Britain’s departure from the European Union, while at home some in her Conservative Party try to throw her overboard. EU diplomats are said to be settling on the idea of offering an extension to Britain despite the lack of progress at home. It ...

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