NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - Confectionery company Mars Inc has joined oil companies BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell Plc to oppose planned new European financial market regulations, arguing that they would increase volatility and reduce liquidity in raw materials markets, according to a report by the Financial Times on Sunday.
SANAA, June 7 (Reuters) - Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 20 soldiers who had gathered to collect their salaries at the Yemeni army headquarters in the capital Sanaa on Sunday, government officials and residents said.
BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - China could be wasting enough hydroelectricity to power Britain and Germany for a year, depriving its smog-bound eastern regions of huge volumes of clean energy as a result of poor planning and weak grid infrastructure.
KHARTOUM, June 6 (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir announced a new government with changes to the defence, foreign affairs and oil portfolios, state television said on Saturday, days after the start of his new presidential term.
LAGOS, June 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria's fuel marketers, who are still not importing due to money owed them, have agreed to distribute fuel brought in by the state oil company, the main trade body said on Saturday, after talking with the new administration on Friday.
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, June 6 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Group of Seven (G7) leaders to agree to limit the rise in average global temperatures to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, warning that without such a commitment a broader climate deal could fail.
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