|  | | | | | | | | | | | | | World | | A major polling forecaster slashed its prediction for Boris Johnson’s majority in Thursday’s British general election, saying the race has tightened and the prime minister can no longer be sure of victory. Meanwhile banks including Barclays and HSBC plan to deploy extra staff through the night, not just in London but also on trading floors in New York, Hong Kong and Singapore, to make sure they’re constantly on call for clients. | | | | Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg accused political and business leaders of polishing their images rather than taking aggressive action in the fight against climate change at a United Nations summit on Wednesday. “It seems to have turned into some kind of opportunity for countries to negotiate loopholes and to avoid raising their ambition,” the 16-year-old Swede told the meeting in Madrid, drawing applause. | | | | New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern faces tough challenges as she heads into a general election campaign next year, with economic growth slowing, divisive referendums looming and a country reeling from disasters both natural and man-made. Read our exclusive report. | | | | Increasing tremors on a volcanic island in New Zealand have hampered efforts by authorities to recover the bodies of eight people thought to be left on the island, two days after it erupted, engulfing dozens of tourists in steam and hot ash. An update from geological agency GeoNet showed conditions on the uninhabited island remained dangerous, which would likely delay any recovery. | | | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Saudi Aramco shares surged the maximum permitted 10% above their IPO price on their Riyadh stock market debut on Wednesday, closing in on the $2 trillion valuation long sought by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. 6 min read | | | | Like many Uber drivers in Sao Paulo, the ride-hailing app’s busiest city in the world, Augusto Caio Pereira does not actually own or lease the car he nudges through the city’s notorious traffic jams every day. 8 min read | | | | The U.S. Federal Reserve holds its last policy meeting of 2019 on Wednesday, having completed a year-long U-turn that saw it abandon a tightening cycle and lower borrowing costs three times in response to the global trade war. 5 min read | | | | After the initial euphoria had subsided, Mexican business leaders emerged bruised and resigned to a new stricter trade deal with the United States and Canada that could usher in more intrusive enforcement of labor rules in Mexico. 4 min read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
