Turbulent UK bond market may force BoE’s hand again
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has been unequivocal: the central bank will end emergency support for bonds on Friday. Yet with markets showing few signs of stabilising, the BoE ...
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Ousting under-fire PM Truss would be ‘disastrously bad idea’
British Prime Minister Liz Truss faced growing pressure on Thursday from lawmakers in her own party to rethink tax-cut plans that sent markets into turmoil, with one ally saying it ...
Europe likely entering another COVID wave, says WHO
Another wave of COVID-19 infections may have begun in Europe as cases begin to tick up across the region, the World Health Organization and European Centre for Disease Prevention and ...
Russian law on stock conversion baffles global banks, clients
Global investors and banks have been voicing confusion about their efforts to convert depositary receipts of Russian companies into ordinary shares in compliance with a new Russian law, according to ...
ECB closing in on rule change to shave banking profits, sources say
European Central Bank policymakers are closing in on a deal to change rules governing trillions of euros worth of loans to banks in a move that will shave tens of ...
Oil prices lose ground as market jittery over demand risks
Oil prices struggled to find a footing on Thursday after easing in the previous session on a weakening global demand outlook.
Brent crude futures fell 7 cents, or 0.1 per cent, to $92.38 ...
World War III to become a reality if Ukraine joins NATO (wrapup)
Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said on Thursday, as NATO allies meeting in Brussels unveiled plans to beef up Europe’s air defences after committing ...
Living costs top worry for Israeli voters stuck in election treadmill
Israelis are as fed-up with soaring prices as they are with the country’s seemingly never ending elections. In the Nov. 1 ballot – a fifth in less than four years – steep ...
Several soldiers killed, wounded in blast targeting military bus near Syrian capital
Several soldiers were killed when an explosive device detonated on a military bus in the Damascus countryside on Thursday, local outlet Sham FM said, without providing further details.
The Syrian ...
Putin touts Turkey gas hub while Europe frets over supply
– President Vladimir Putin on Thursday touted Turkey as the best route for redirecting gas supplies to the Europe Union after the Nord Stream leaks, despite the region’s growing efforts ...
RSV vaccine race heats up with highly effective GSK shot
Data unveiled on Thursday showed GSK’s GSK.L respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine was 82.6% effective in a keenly watched late-stage study involving older adults.
RSV is a leading cause ...
Man Utd’s Ten Hag determined to get the best out of a fitter Ronaldo
Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag said on Wednesday that he is focused on getting the best out of Cristiano Ronaldo after the veteran forward notched up his 700th career ...
Ireland apologise for players’ song after World Cup qualifier
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) and national team manager Vera Pauw apologised on Wednesday for players singing a song referencing the IRA after they beat Scotland 1-0 and qualified ...
Government threatens further requisitioning as strikes at TotalEnergies continue
The French government on Thursday said it was prepared to force employees to go back to work at a TotalEnergies TTEF.PAstorage site, as the CGT union and the company ...
Saudi Arabia, United States clash over reason for OPEC+ oil cut (Update)
Saudi Arabia rejected as “not based on facts” criticism of an OPEC+ decision last week to cut its oil production target despite U.S. objections, and said on Thursday that ...
Russian missiles target more than 40 Ukraine cities, towns
Russian missiles pounded more than 40 Ukrainian cities and towns, officials said on Thursday, after a U.N. General Assembly resolution called Moscow’s annexation of Ukrainian territory “illegal” and Ukraine’...
Apple to roll out 5G in India in Dec amid early adoption push
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will start upgrading its iPhone models in India in December to make them compatible with 5G networks, the company said on Wednesday, as Indian authorities pressed ...
Mercedes-Benz and Microsoft collaborate on supply chain data platform
Mercedes-Benz (MBGn.DE) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) announced a partnership on Wednesday using Microsoft Cloud for a data platform intended to improve production efficiency at over 30 passenger car plants globally, ...
Crypto firm 21Shares lists bitcoin ETP on Nasdaq Dubai
Crypto investment products firm 21.co said on Wednesday its subsidiary 21Shares AG has listed a bitcoin exchange-traded product on Nasdaq Dubai, making it the Middle East’s first physically-backed bitcoin ...
Salah hatrick helps Liverpool thrash Ranger, Spurs edge past 10-man Frankfurt
A hat-trick from substitute Mohamed Salah helped Liverpool come from behind to thrash Rangers 7-1 on Wednesday to put themselves on the verge of qualification for the Champions League knockout ...
Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook families $965 million for hoax claims, jury says (Updated)
Alex Jones must pay $965 million in damages to numerous families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook mass shooting for falsely claiming they were actors who faked the tragedy, a Connecticut ...
US to support Haiti police and deliver aid to counter gangs (Updated)
The United States on Wednesday said it will boost support for the Haitian police as they battle armed gangs and will speed up delivery of aid to a country suffering ...
Ukraine’s front line nuclear plant resorts to emergency diesel power again
Europe’s largest nuclear power plant was forced to use emergency diesel generators for several hours on Wednesday to run cooling systems for the second time in less than a ...
Trump loses bid to delay rape accuser’s lawsuit ahead of deposition
Donald Trump on Wednesday lost a bid to delay a defamation lawsuit brought by the writer E. Jean Carroll after he denied having raped her, ahead of a deposition of ...