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Trump’s Pick of EPA Foe to Lead Agency May Spark Senate Fight

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of a chief opponent of the Obama administration’s climate agenda and a staunch oil industry ally to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prompted vows to battle the nomination.

EU launches legal case against Germany, UK over VW scandal

BRUSSELS, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The European Union opened legal
action on Thursday against seven nations including Germany and
Britain for failing to police emissions cheating by carmakers
after the Volkswagen scandal.

As solar power expands the work day, incomes rise in eastern Kenya

EMBU, Kenya, Dec 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Violet
Karimi spends her days as she always has, attending to household
chores and working on her farm.

UPDATE 1-Italian bank Intesa to help fund Rosneft deal for Glencore and Qatar - sources

* Kremlin says Syrian war not part of talks with Qatar

(Adds details, Kremlin quotes)

Ghana opposition urges electoral commission to publish results

ACCRA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A spokesman for Ghana's opposition
candidate Nana Akufo-Addo's party urged the electoral commission
on Thursday release results quickly, saying further delays would
create suspicion it was trying to overturn its win in the poll.

Intesa to provide bulk of funds to Glencore for Rosneft deal - sources

LONDON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Italian bank Intesa Sanpaolo is
expected to provide the bulk of non-recourse funds to
commodities trader Glencore to help it finance the purchase of a
stake in the Kremlin oil major Rosneft, two sources familiar
with the transaction said.

UPDATE 1-Ghana opposition calls on president to concede vote defeat

ACCRA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Ghana's main opposition party said
on Thursday it had a strong lead in elections and called on
President John Mahama to concede defeat - comments dismissed as
"treasonable" by the incumbent's campaign team.

Solar Impulse founder sees electric passenger plane in 10 years

GENEVA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The co-founder of a project that
saw a solar-powered aircraft complete the first fuel-free flight
around the world this year expects electric passenger planes to
operate in just under 10 years.

E.ON sees limited scope for nuclear claims after ruling -Bernstein

FRANKFURT, Dec 8 (Reuters) - E.ON sees limited
scope for compensation claims following a court ruling related
to Germany's nuclear exit that paves the way for utilities to
try to reclaim money, its chief executive told brokerage
Bernstein in an interview.

Ghana opposition party calls on Mahama to concede election defeat

ACCRA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Ghana's main opposition New
Patriotic Party (NPP) said on Thursday its tabulation of results
from an election showed it held a strong lead and called on
President John Mahama to concede defeat.

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