UPDATED: A major explosion hit an apartment building in Linköping, southern Sweden, on Friday morning, with around 20 people injured. Police suspect the powerful explosion that blew out several apartment windows in the centre of the city at about 9am was caused by “an explosive device deliberately placed outside” in the area of Hamngatan/Ågatan, police investigator Magnus Skoglund told a press conference in Linköping on Friday afternoon. Source: The Local
Britain’s energy industry could be headed for a significant shake-up, industry insiders have warned, as countries all over Europe grapple with an unprecedented crisis in the power sector. Wholesale gas prices have spiked across the region, with the U.K. being hit particularly hard. Source CNBC
The “punishing” price of wholesale electricity is making it uneconomical to make steel at certain times, an industry body has said.
Director General of UK Steel Gareth Stace said wholesale prices had quadrupled to upwards of £1,000/MWh. Source BBC
A delegation of French senators will visit Taiwan in early October, even though the announcement of such a trip drew the ire of Beijing earlier this year, the online French media outlet La Lettre A reported Monday. Source Focus Taiwan
