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A ninth interest rate hike in a row by the Bank of England looks to be a foregone conclusion on Thursday and investors will be looking for clues on how ...

As a turbulent 2022 draws to a close, British companies are fastening their seat belts as bankers and investors anticipate a surge in takeover activity because of the depressed pound and ...

Barclays (BARC.L) is exploring a return to Saudi Arabia in a bid to capture a slice of the country’s burgeoning capital markets, two people close to the matter ...

A Ukrainian general said on Thursday that Moscow was digging in for a long war and still wanted to conquer the whole of Ukraine, as Russian forces pounded two strategic ...

National Health Service nurses in Britain staged a strike on Thursday, their first-ever national walkout, as a bitter dispute with the government over pay ramps up pressure on already-stretched hospitals ...

Anzhelika is one of many Russians who moved to the Turkish resort of Antalya after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but their arrival has driven up house prices and rents, ...

China raced to vaccinate its most vulnerable people on Thursday in anticipation of waves of COVID-19 infections, with some analysts expecting the death toll to soar after a loosening of ...

European Union leaders will argue on Thursday over how to prop up their countries’ industries, which have been whacked by soaring energy prices since the outbreak of war in Ukraine ...

Georgia’s jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a new hunger strike then abandoned it within hours on Wednesday as he faced further delay in a legal bid to get medical ...

Colombia’s government on Wednesday called on the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebel group to suspend a so-called armed strike planned for the northwest of the country, after advocacy group ...

With a wary eye on China, President Joe Biden announced an agreement aimed at bolstering trade ties between the United States and Africa on Wednesday after years in which the ...

Iran was ousted from a United Nations women’s body on Wednesday for policies contrary to the rights of women and girls, a move proposed by the United States after ...

A Turkish court sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to jail on Wednesday and imposed a political ban on the opposition politician who is seen as a strong potential challenger to ...

Billionaire Elon Musk’s public condemnation of top U.S. health official Anthony Fauci is “dangerous” and “disgusting,” and should be called out, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told ...

Moscow said no “Christmas ceasefire” was on the cards after nearly 10 months of war in Ukraine, rejecting a call by Kyiv to start withdrawing troops by Christmas as a step ...

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi told players of his Monza soccer team he would bring them a bus full of prostitutes if they managed to beat a top Serie ...

US President Joe Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law on at a jubilant celebration that featured U.S. singer Cyndi Lauper performing “True Colors” in front of ...

At least four people were killed when a small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters of the English Channel early on ...

Germany’s recession will be milder than expected, with the economy expected to contract by 0.1 per cent in 2023 compared to a previous forecast of shrinking by 0.3 per cent, the Ifo ...

A woman has been arrested as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the 219 million euro ($233 million) Magnitsky corruption case in Russia, ...

In March this year, a new firm appeared in Turkey’s corporate registry. Azu International Ltd Sti described itself as a wholesale trader of IT products, and a week later ...

Police in France geared up for the country’s World Cup semi-final against Morocco on Wednesday, after scuffles which followed last week’s Moroccan quarter-final win over Portugal. Some 10,000 police ...

Qatar posted a budget surplus of 30 billion riyals ($8.19 billion) for the third quarter of 2022, boosted by rocketing oil and gas revenues, the state news agency said on Tuesday, citing data ...

Turkey raised the euro-lira conversion rate for medicine prices by 36.77 per cent, the country’s Official Gazette said on Wednesday. “First step for solution of medicine shortage in the market ...