Robinho’s defense appeals to avoid prison after rape sentence
The defense of former footballer Robinho has filed a request to Brazil’s Supreme Court to avoid his immediate arrest after a different court ruled that he must serve in ...
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Pound tumbles, gilts rally after BoE nods at rate cut ahead
The pound fell, while UK government bond prices rallied on Thursday after the Bank of England kept interest rates unchanged but sigalled the economy was moving in the right direction ...
Labour’s Starmer urges people to leave Princess of Wales alone
British opposition Labour party leader Keir Starmer urged people on Thursday to leave Kate, the Princess of Wales, alone after she has become the focus of speculation, rumour and bizarre ...
Fighting rages at Gaza’s Shifa hospital
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Cairo on Thursday for talks with Arab officials to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, after Israel‘s prime minister told ...
Fed sees three rate cuts in 2024 but a more shallow easing path
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday recent high inflation readings had not changed the underlying “story” of slowly easing price pressures in the US as the central bank ...
EU leaders to discuss using profits from Russian assets to arm Ukraine
European Union leaders will on Thursday discuss a plan to use billions of euros in profits from frozen Russian financial assets to buy arms for Ukraine as they try to ...
Satellite images show 35% of Gaza’s building destroyed, UN says
Satellite images analysed by the United Nations Satellite Centre show that 35% of the Gaza Strip’s buildings have been destroyed or damaged in the Israel offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
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Goldman Sachs digital asset head says crypto rally driven by retail investors
The recent surge in cryptocurrency prices has been driven by retail investors, but institutions are starting to join in, Goldman Sachs’ head of digital assets Mathew McDermott said earlier this ...
‘Life in the old dog yet’ – Murray beats Berrettini in Miami
Andy Murray outlasted an ailing Matteo Berrettini 4-6 6-3 6-4 on Wednesday to move into the second round of the Miami Open where he will again try to do something ...
Russian criticism of athletes’ parade ban was very aggressive – IOC
Russia’s response to the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban its athletes from the Paris Games opening parade was “extremely” aggressive and included personal attacks on the ruling ...
Wales lucky to have Ramsey in reserve, says Davies
Wales stand-in captain Ben Davies says having Aaron Ramsey on the bench for Thursday’s Euro 2024 playoff semi-final is a huge boost as they seek to secure a spot in ...
UK house prices fall by 0.6 per cent in annual terms in January
British house prices fell by 0.6 per cent on an annual basis in January, after a revised 2.2 per cent decrease in December, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Wednesday’s ...
Reddit guides IPO may price at top of range or above
Reddit and its bankers are guiding that they could price the social media platform’s initial public offering (IPO) at the top of the indicated range or above, according to ...
Israeli army: 50 Palestinian gunmen killed in fighting at Gaza’s Shifa hospital
The Israeli military said on Thursday that it killed more than 50 Palestinian gunmen over the past day in fighting around the Gaza Strip’s Shifa hospital.
The military said it ...
Russia launches largest missile attack on Kyiv in weeks (Update)
Russia staged its largest missile attack in weeks on Kyiv and the surrounding region on Thursday, injuring at least 17 people and damaging schools, residential buildings and industrial facilities, officials said.
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Saudi Arabia plans $40 bln push into artificial intelligence
Saudi Arabia’s government plans to create a fund of about $40 billion to invest in artificial intelligence, the New York Times reported on Tuesday, citing three people briefed on the ...
Easing UK inflation keeps BoE on track for rate cuts later in 2024
British inflation slowed in February, keeping the Bank of England on track to start cutting interest rates in the months ahead and offering some better economic news to Prime Minister ...
Washington pressures Austria’s Raiffeisen to drop Russian tycoon deal
The United States is pressing Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, to drop plans to buy a 1.5 billion euro ($1.6 billion) industrial stake of a Russian ...
Dutch providing Ukraine with F-16 ammunition, drones, minister says
The Netherlands is providing Ukraine with 350 million euros for F-16 fighter jet ammunition and advanced reconnaissance drones, Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren announced in Kyiv on Wednesday.
Speaking to Reuters ...
Netanyahu tells Republicans Gaza war will continue, days after Schumer speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told U.S. Republican senators on Wednesday that Israel will continue its efforts to defeat Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, senators told ...
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar unexpectedly quits
Leo Varadkar said on Wednesday he would step down as Ireland’s prime minister in a surprise move, saying the country’s coalition government would stand a better chance of ...
UK plan to deport refugees to Rwanda to be delayed
The passage of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s contentious bill to deport refugees to Rwanda may be delayed until at least next month after the upper house of parliament ...
US strains with Israel show as Blinken tours Middle East
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, launching a tour of the Middle East to try to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza war ...
UN says Russia consolidates control of occupied Ukraine with ‘climate of fear’
Russia is illegally consolidating its control over occupied Ukrainian territory by creating a “climate of fear” with practices such as arbitrary detention, killings and torture, the head of a U....