Egypt’s currency seen falling faster than previous projections
Egypt’s currency will weaken at a steeper pace than expected, although inflation is likely to decrease over the next few years, a Reuters poll showed.
The Egyptian pound, trading ...
EU leaders turn to foreign policy after agreeing to disagree on gas cap
European Union leaders will discuss cutting their economic dependency on China, aiding Kyiv and punishing Iran for its involvement in the war that Russia is waging on Ukraine when they ...
Kevin Spacey wins in civil sexual-abuse case brought by actor Rapp
Kevin Spacey on Thursday defeated a sexual abuse case against him after jurors in a Manhattan civil trial found his accuser didn’t prove his claim that the Oscar winner ...
Prescient or traitor? Rishi Sunak is the favourite to be next UK PM
To some Conservatives, Rishi Sunak is the minister who got Britain through the COVID pandemic, to others the traitor who knifed Boris Johnson or the rival to Liz Truss who ...
US judge ruling allows guns back in churches and places of worship
A federal judge barred the state of New York, at least for now, from enforcing the part of a closely watched gun law that bans firearms from churches or other ...
Iranian trainers on the ground help Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
The United States said on Thursday that Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a ...
A 1990s relic, floppy disks get second life at California warehouse
It has been two decades since their heyday, but one bulk supplier of the iconic 3.5-inch floppy disk used to store data in 1990s says business is still booming.
Tom ...
Tesla cars will not be approved as fully self driving this year, Musk says
Tesla Inc’s TSLA.O advanced driver assistant software will not gain regulatory approval in 2022, Chief Executive Elon Musk said, signaling that the company is not yet able to satisfy ...
Ukraine says Russia wants to provoke mass migration to EU by hitting power plants
Russia is attacking Ukrainian power plants because it wants to force people to leave their homes and move westward to European Union nations, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.
Zelenskiy ...
Massachusetts woman accused of assaulting officers with swarm of angry bees
A Massachusetts woman stands accused of using a swarm of bees as a dangerous weapon, according to a county sheriff, after she allegedly unleashed a hive of angry insects on ...
Russia says West’s Ukraine weapons are going into the black market
Russia said on Thursday that the West’s supplies of advanced weapons to Ukraine were finding their way into the black market and then into the hands of extremist and ...
Russia says outgoing PM Truss was a ‘catastrophically illiterate’ disgrace
Russia’s foreign ministry on Thursday welcomed the departure of British Prime Minister Liz Truss, saying she was a disgrace of a leader who would be remembered for her “catastrophic ...
Swiss prosecutors appeal against acquittals of Blatter and Platini
Swiss federal prosecutors have filed an appeal to overturn the acquittals of former FIFA President Sepp Blatter and France footballing great Michel Platini on corruption charges, they said on Thursday.
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Truss resigns after six weeks as UK prime minister (Updated)
Liz Truss quit on Thursday after the shortest, most chaotic tenure of any British prime minister, forced out after her economic programme shattered the country’s reputation for financial stability ...
Child sex abuse in Britain is epidemic, inquiry says
Child sex abuse is epidemic in Britain, affecting millions of victims, and those who work with young people should be prosecuted if they fail to report it, a seven-year public ...
Women turn to sex work to survive UK cost-of-living crisis
Online sex worker Martha blames Britain’s cost-of-living crisis for her dwindling earnings – partly due to increased competition as soaring household bills push more women to sell sex.
“People are ...
Webb Space Telescope renders Pillars of Creation with new depth, clarity
One of the most celebrated, awe-inspiring images of modern astronomy, revealing colossal spires of interstellar gas and dust called the Pillars of Creation, has been rendered anew with greater depth, ...
Ukrainians try to conserve electricity, endure water outages (wrapup)
Ukrainians endured the first scheduled power outages since the war began on Thursday and braced for more after Russian air strikes destroyed infrastructure, as Kyiv’s forces pressed on towards ...
UK PM Truss clings to power as chaos in Westminster deepens
British Prime Minister Liz Truss battled to retain her grip on power on Thursday, a day after a second top minister quit and rowing and jostling broke out among her ...
Germany’s Scholz blasts Putin’s ‘scorched earth’ tactics, warns on gas price cap
Russian President Vladimir Putin is using energy and hunger as weapons but has failed to break the West’s unity and will not achieve his war aims through scorched earth ...
Morning Bid: Truss drama deepens
Britain’s political drama keeps getting more and more interesting.
The abrupt resignation of Britain’s interior minister Suella Braverman, who criticised Liz Truss, reflects the continued erosion of the ...
Ukrainian forces push toward Kherson, Kyiv orders electricity curbs
Ukraine’s military tightened the noose around Russian forces occupying the southern city of Kherson on Thursday as the government ordered nationwide curbs on electricity use because of Russian missile ...
Russian lawmaker urges WhatsApp ban for state employees
A Russian lawmaker on Wednesday urged state institutions to stop using WhatsApp messenger and the industry ministry sought to promote domestically produced software as Russia tries to wean itself off ...
UK stocks fall as inflation returns to 40-year high; banks under pressure
UK stock indexes closed lower on Wednesday after data showed consumer prices returned to a 40-year high in September, while banking stocks were hit by reports of windfall taxes.
The ...