Fed’s hawkish stance weighs on oil prices
Oil prices fell in Asian trade on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve signalled it would slow the pace of interest rate cuts in 2025, which could hurt economic growth and ...
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Bank of England to keep rates steady as price pressures linger
The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates at 4.75 per cent on Thursday, despite signs of a slowing economy, as persistent inflation pressures limit it to a “gradual” ...
Man United are better with Rashford, says Amorim amid exit talks
Manchester United are better with Marcus Rashford, coach Ruben Amorim said, after the forward said he was ready for a new challenge when asked about his future at the Old ...
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Gisele Pelicot’s husband jailed for 20 years in landmark French rape case that horrified the world
A French court found Dominique Pelicot guilty on Thursday of repeatedly drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade, and inviting dozens of strangers to rape her unconscious body ...
Liverpool through to League Cup semis; Jesus hat-trick gives Arsenal win
olders Liverpool booked their berth in the League Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 victory over Southampton at a wet and windy St Mary’s Stadium on Wednesday, thanks to goals ...
War in Gaza
Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza is act of genocide and extermination says Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and ...
US to extend airbag probe rather than require vehicle recall
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it will not seek an immediate recall of airbag inflators in about 50 million U.S. vehicles assembled by 13 automakers and instead will conduct ...
Ukraine war
Ukrainian strikes refinery in Russia’s Rostov with missiles and drones
Ukraine struck Russian territory with at least 13 missiles and 84 drones, triggering a fire at an oil refinery in the southern Rostov region that burned for hours, Russian officials said on ...
As bitcoin soars, luxury brands consider accepting crypto payments
Bitcoin’s soaring value has caught the attention of high-end fashion brands and retailers, prompting further interest in offering cryptocurrencies as a means of payment to tap in to fresh ...
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US govt heading towards shutdown amid Trump, Musk threats
President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday disrupted bipartisan efforts to avert a government shutdown as he pressured his fellow Republicans in Congress to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded ...
UK inflation hits 8-month high but underlying pressures steady
British inflation hit an eight-month high in November, but the rise in services prices – watched closely by the Bank of England as an underlying measure of inflationary pressures – held steady, ...
US suffers first severe human case of bird flu; California declares emergency
The U.S. reported its first severe human case of bird flu on Wednesday in a Louisiana resident who is hospitalized in critical condition after suspected contact with an infected ...
At least 20 die, five rescued as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
Tunisia’s coast guard has recovered the bodies of 20 migrants from Africa after the boat they were in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Wednesday, the second ...
France to host Syria meeting, cautious on aid, sanctions lifting
France said on Wednesday it would host an international meeting on Syria in January and that the lifting of sanctions and reconstruction aid would be conditional on clear political and ...
Greece says its support for Albania’s EU accession bid is conditional
Greece will back Albania in its decade-long bid to join the European Union on condition it respects the rights of its ethnic Greek minority, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on ...
Chelsea support and trust Mudryk, says boss Maresca
Chelsea trust Mykhailo Mudryk and are fully behind him after the Ukrainian winger was contacted by the Football Association over an adverse analytical finding following a routine anti-doping test, coach ...
US repatriates two Guantanamo Bay detainees to Malaysia
The U.S Department of Defense on Wednesday announced the repatriation of two Guantanamo Bay detainees to Malaysia, where the government said it was planning a reintegration programme for the ...
Teenager has not guilty pleas entered over murders that horrified England
A British teenager on Wednesday had not guilty pleas entered on his behalf to charges of murdering three young girls in a knife attack in northern England in July, a ...
France’s highest court upholds Sarkozy’s corruption conviction
The Cour de Cassation, France’s highest court, upheld on Wednesday former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s conviction for corruption and influence peddling.
Sarkozy had appealed against the 2021 conviction for corruption ...
Mangione sought to ‘sow terror’ in UnitedHealth executive killing, prosecutor says
Luigi Mangione sought to “sow terror” by shooting dead UnitedHealth Group UNH.N executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street this month, a New York prosecutor said on Tuesday in ...
Arms control is thing of the past, Russia’s top general says
Russia now views arms control over the vast nuclear arsenals that were built up during the Cold War to be a thing of the past due to the lack of ...
Howe eyes first Newcastle trophy in 69 years
Newcastle United’s run to the League Cup quarter-finals in which they host Brentford on Wednesday has the team and supporters dreaming again of ending one of the longest trophy-droughts ...
League Cup touchline ban no issue for Liverpool boss Slot
Arne Slot will not be on the touchline during Liverpool’s League Cup quarter-final clash with Southampton, but the Dutch manager on Tuesday said he does not expect his ban ...
Salvini’s faces a possible six-year prison term over 2019 migrant ‘kidnapping’
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister, faces a possible six-year prison term if a court finds him guilty on Friday of kidnapping a boat full of migrants who were ...