Day: December 2, 2016

    Theresa May has not been invited to a traditional annual end of year dinner with other European Union leaders at a major Brussels summit next week because Britain is leaving the EU. The regular summit of European Union leaders will last only one day and will end with a dinner where Mrs May is not invited, the indicative programme of the meeting showed on Thursday. At her last summit in October Mrs May and the other 27 leaders had dined on pan-fried scallops, lamb with roast fig, and iced vanilla parfait. However next week Donald Tusk, the European Council president, invited leaders for a shorter one-day meeting to be held in Brussels. The meeting will start in the morning and is expected to end in the late afternoon. Leaders of the remaining 27 EU countries will continue t...

    An oil refinery in Italy has been rocked by a massive explosion. The plant in the town of Sannazzaro dei Burgondi, north of Milan, is engulfed in flames. A huge cloud of black smoke that can been seen miles away has covered the area. Italian emergency services have ordered local residents to stay inside their home. The Italian Department of Civil Protection in the province of Alessandria said in a statement "The fire occurred inside refinery Italian ENI energy company occurred around 15:40 (local time), causing a large fireball of tens of meters." ENI, Italy's biggest refiner, said in a statement the fire had started at around 4.00 pm in the so-called EST plant at the refinery. The cause was still unknown. The fire is currently being extinguished, Eni said. Traders said th...