(RTTNews) - Cabot Corporation (CBT), a specialty chemicals and performance materials company, reported lower second-quarter earnings impacted by weaker sales.

(RTTNews) - Hecla Mining Company (HL) reported significantly higher first-quarter profit from continuing operations, mainly driven by increase in revenue.

(RTTNews) - Wolters Kluwer N.V. (WTKWY.PK), a Dutch provider of information, software, and services, reported Wednesday a 3 percent drop in first-quarter revenues, while adjusted operating profit and revenues increased in constant currencies. Further, the firm maintained fiscal 2

(RTTNews) - Bayer AG (BYR.L, BAYRY.PK, BAYZF.PK, BAY.MI, BAYN.DE), a German healthcare and agriculture conglomerate, on Wednesday, announced that it has agreed to acquire Perfuse Therapeutics Inc. for up to $2.45 billion to expand its ophthalmology pipeline.

(RTTNews) - Veolia Environnement VE (VE, VIE.PA, VVD.DE) reported first quarter current EBIT of 971 million euros, up 7.2% from last year. EBITDA was 1.77 billion euros, an organic growth of 5.1%. Revenue was 11.43 billion euros, up 1.0% on a like-for-like basis, and by 2.1% excl

(RTTNews) - Ørsted A/S (ORSTED.CO), a Denmark-based offshore wind farm operator, reported Wednesday lower profit in its first quarter, while EBITDA increased with higher revenues. Further, the company maintained fiscal 2026 outlook.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide hit a new record in April, averaging about 431 parts per million at NOAA's Mauna Loa Observatory. That's up from under 320 ppm when the site began measurements in 1958. Scientific American reports: Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, are measured as a proportion of the total atmosphere. The numbers are presented as the ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called for a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz in his meeting with visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Beijing. Regarding the strait issue, the international community shares a common concern over restoring normal safe passage through the strait, Beijings top diplomat said on Wednesday, according to ...

Suwayda has emerged as a new Captagon hub in Syria, triggering Jordanian strikes and a regional security crisis.

Surging jet fuel prices are prompting carriers to slash their flight schedules, casting a cloud over summer travel rush.

Violence in the remote state not only endures, but has mutated and deepened though assailants remain officially unnamed.

China has long been the country's main economic backer, though Pyongyang has drawn closer to Moscow since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Novo Nordisk on Wednesday narrowly improved its financial guidance for a year where it still sees profit and sales falling after the fastest take-up in weight-loss drug history for its Wegovy pill.

The U.S. military has launched another strike on a vessel suspected of transporting drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men

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A rescuer at the site of an explosion that killed 26 people and injured 61 in Hunans Liuyang city has described the dangerous and extremely difficult clean-up mission amid gunpowder and sparks after he and others were wounded by secondary blasts on Tuesday morning. An excavator operator surnamed Xiao, who volunteered to aid rescue work at the site of the ...

Across much of India, an energy crunch caused by the Iran war has prompted long queues for cooking gas cylinders. That is not a problem for Gauri Devi. On a stove with blue flames, she flips a chapatti flatbread, burning biogas produced from cow dung an alternative fuel helping ease pressure on supplies. It cooks everything, the 25-year-old said in her ...

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Iran's economy may be teetering on the brink of collapse, but does that really threaten its regime? Monday's flare-up of hostilities across the Strait of Hormuz makes clear that oil's not about to start flowing freely again. Tehran and Washington are both signalling they can bear the pain of lost revenue and inflation, with Iran arguably taking that ...

The United States is closing its consulate general in Peshawar due to safety concerns for diplomatic staff and resource allocation. While the physical presence is reduced, the US will maintain engagement with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through its embassy in Islamabad. This decision follows a wave of unrest in Pakistan.

Russia announced a ceasefire for May 8 to 9 to coincide with commemorations of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two and a military parade in Moscow's Red Square.

Dear Abby advises a man who is conflicted trying to get back in touch with a previous partner while dealing with the emotional and physical stress of caring for his ailing wife.

The 12-year-old girl allegedly used an ex-boyfriend's login to send the threat, which was directed at a teacher.