PARIS, June 14 (Reuters) - European planemaker Airbus is nearing a deal to sell A220 passenger jets to Polish carrier LOT after a hard-fought and politically charged contest with Brazilian planemaker Embraer ( ERJ ), industry sources said. Barring a last-minute upset, a deal for around 40 of the Airbus regional jets could be finalised as early as Monday's opening...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

AHMEDABAD, India, June 14 (Reuters) - The death toll in the deadly Air India plane crash rose to 270 on Saturday, with families increasingly getting upset due to delays in handing over bodies which were badly charred in the tragedy in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board bound for Britain's Gatwick...

Dundee Precious Metals ( DPMLF ) has signed a deal to acquire UK-based Adriatic Metals ( ADMLF ) for $1.25 billion. The agreement will give Canadian miner control of Adriatic's flagship Vareš silver-zinc operation in Bosnia, expanding its strategic footprint in southeastern Europe. It is Dundee's most significant move yet to boost production growth and diversify cash flow. Vareš is...